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Research: Customer Referrals Are Contagious

Harvard Business

New research reveals the surprising power of “referral contagion,” where referred customers not only buy more but also refer 30-57% more new customers than others. This phenomenon, observed across industries, is driven by social factors like the perception of referring as appropriate and the tendency to befriend similar people.

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Replacing the Sales Funnel with the Sales Flywheel

Harvard Business

I’ve been using the sales funnel for 28 years, my whole career. For one thing, in an era when trust in traditional sources has eroded — in government, media, and in companies and the marketing they employ — word-of-mouth from trusted peers wields greater clout than ever. .” It was the right thing to do.

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If You're a SME Make Extra Money with GLG

Successful Independent Consulting

GLG refers to these SMEs as Council Members, and they provide expertise in small bits, like an hour or two by phone or video conference. It’s hard to know if your expertise will be in demand, but like most solopreneur marketing, the more specific your niche, the better. The phrase “Council Members” references this history.”

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How to Overcome Your Imposter Syndrome Fears

Consulting Matters

The fear might be not having what it takes to do the marketing and attract clients or even if they landed clients they wouldn't have the goods to back up whatever promises they made in their marketing. It comes out with all types of logical excuses about money and ethics about marketing. And this fear is sneaky.

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Eight Secret Weapons of the Modern Consultant

Steve Shu Consulting

I also think of changing one’s reference of thinking with. Business Development and Management Skills – Consulting services sales and marketing are unique topics, and turning to folks like Michael McLaughlin at [link] , Ford Harding [link] , and Ian Brodie [link] are some of the best investments that one can make.

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One of the Best Ways to Market Yourself as a New Consultant

Steve Shu Consulting

One of the best ways to market yourself as a consultant is by having someone refer you to a client prospect. This type of marketing can be viewed through the lens of “networking by helping someone” (in contrast to networking and just meeting lots of people). They then invited me to propose to them.

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It’s 10 AM. Do You Know What Your Sales Reps Are Doing?

Harvard Business

Sales executives with even moderately large, distributed sales forces rely on data to help them understand which activities and behaviors lead to the best outcomes. Refining Sales Team Structure and Roles. At the highest level, Workplace Analytics can provide a factual foundation for decisions on sales structure and roles.

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