Want to Be a Better Leader? Read This
A conversation about leadership with author Kimberly Davis.
A conversation about leadership with author Kimberly Davis.
In recent years, the proliferation of BYOD — or “bring your own device” — has emerged as a major trend in the work landscape. Be it laptops, smartphones, or tablets, many employees are now able to collaborate from the comfort of their own devices.
I’ve seen this trend make meetings more effective and perhaps even enjoyable. Here’s how the BYOD landscape will continue to change the way meetings are viewed and conducted over the next decade, and how it could affect your company’s meeting culture.
Emerging technologies make it possible to move segmentation and personalization models beyond marketing personas to distinct, individual customer profiles.
The ability to collect customer information — and organize it (i.e., big data) and draw insights from it (i.e., machine learning) — makes it possible for marketers to evolve.
This evolution from buyer personas to individual profiles can provide superior personalization and an enhanced experience for shoppers. In turn, retailers may sell more products if they offer a more personalized shopping experience.
A sturdy and comprehensive culture will provide your workforce with the proper guidelines to work within
Fire. We are told to look for “fire” in new sales reps so they’ll have a burning desire to find and close deals. And while drive is tremendously important, staying composed, focused, and motivated during long sales cycles requires more.
It’s good to be the boss. But what about the other roles in your company?
It’s time to ditch the cold calling to heat up sales.
Move over Alec Baldwin, robots are the ultimate closers.
A reliable sales funnel is the key to a thriving business.
Scaling has probably been one of the most rewarding – but also challenging – things I’ve had to do as the co-founder of a SaaS startup. While the rush of bringing on ambitious new team members or opening offices in new countries never gets old, getting to the point where our organization had a process in place for how to scale has been, admittedly, a challenge at times. Perhaps what is the most important thing to do — and what takes the most precision — is finding that right mix of the right people to help accelerate your company’s growth and carry your vision forward.