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Welcome to the April 5, 2008 edition of Carnival of Sales & Management Success. This week there were 39 submissions and I cut the list down to 19 for you reading pleasure! I'm sorry this is getting posted a day late, but I had a touch of the flu and was too sick to BLOG! Can you believe that! One whole day with no Internet! Anyways, I am feeling a bit better today and will have another post or two ready this week. Enjoy this weeks carnival and please feel free to let me know what you think. -Brad Karl Goldfield presents Training: Habits ... Read Full Story

Welcome to the March 1, 2008 edition of Carnival of Sales & Management Success. Charles H. Green presents Trust Is the New Leadership In A Flat World posted at Trust Matters , saying, "In a flat world your suppliers and customers are your partners, and leadership requires building trust." Sagar presents Look on the Bright Side: 100 Tiny Tips to Improve Your Mood posted at Bootstrapper . Martin Russell presents 5 Keys To Word of Mouth Marketing posted at Word of Mouth Marketing . Akemi Gaines presents Are You Afraid To Express Yourself In Business? posted at Yes to Me . Mark Riffey presents ... Read Full Story

When running a business it is very important to have a clarified, written statement on where the company is going. It is also very important to specify how its going to get there. Many small businesses think that just because they only have a hand full of employees they don’t need a strategic plan. This is not true. When writing your business plan you should invite all of your employees to participate. This will form teamwork within the company and give the employee motivation to work hard. After the plan is written you should have a strategy adaptation meeting at least twice a year. ... Read Full Story

I have just come through some heavy duty weeks of development to launch our new product and so finally I have a little time to take stock and breathe in and out. So, I have had a few days to review the past few weeks and months and analyse the goings on in the company I work for and others in general. The result of my pondering was a blog article I wrote entitled “ Businesses are like engine components – that argue with each other ” giving the analogy of a businesses similarity to the workings of an engine. I like analogies, in ... Read Full Story

One of my clients taught me a great lesson about selling, branding and marketing. Sometimes, in our quest to find revenue, we forget something more important - trust. Our goal as an organization is to deliver on our commitments reliably and predictably. By doing so, we build the trust needed to sustain a healthy relationship for many years. The sum of these healthy relationships is a strong brand. A strong brand is evidenced by happy customers. At Macon Raine , we put skin in the game and invest in our client’s sales, marketing and business development process. If we are going to promise revenue ... Read Full Story