Do You Need To Be There In Person To Sell? #Flashtopic9
Joe Tarnowski, Tracy and Tom Hazzard, Jamie Robinson from Trivium Consulting, and Salah Khalaf join together in bringing back Flash Topic no. 9 to talk about how selling in person compares to digital mediums. Is virtual selling over the phone, Zoom, Skype, or email just as good as face-to-face? They pour their insights to...
How Important Is Your Story? + Other Questions Answered
Tim addresses a couple of questions about retail and some important aspects that you need for your business. Starting with Toys R Us leaving the market, he shares the big opportunity that opens up, which those in the Toy industry should grab. He then puts forward the value of your story, reiterating how it...
Solopreneur Leadership Strategies with Jocko Willink
There is an intersection in War that can bring out the best and worst in human nature. As a leader in combat learning to motivate all types of soldiers can be the difference between life and death. On his wildly successful Podcast, Retired Navy SEAL officer Jocko Willink covers first-person accounts of soldiers from...
How To Know When It Is Time To Change Course #flashtopic8
Every so often, you hear the words stay the course, never quit, don’t quit, but changing course can mean a lot of different things. You read books like Five Feet from Gold and think about JK Rowling who got turned down seven times on Harry Potter before she struck it rich. You think that if you...
Five Keys To Solution-Based Selling
Every time you talk to somebody about your product when you go to a trade show, get in front of a buyer, or get on the phone, you’re selling your product. You are a salesperson. You sell people on investing in your product, you sell people on the idea, you sell people on how...
#Flashtopic: How To Gain An Edge In 2018
As entrepreneurs, we always have so many plans. Every year, we start out thinking what we’re going to do, and then we get to the end of the year and it’s the last push of the quarter. You realize that you haven’t done a lot of anything and that you ended up filling your...
Pulling Back The Curtain On “As Seen On TV” with Carrie Jeske
Have you ever watched television and came across As Seen on TV programs and felt it was shady or that people are trying to pull the wool over your eyes? Then you might want to hear from Carrie Jeske. Carrie is an As Seen On TV guru and has been in the industry for over...
Tips for Building a Successful Relationship with Your Buyer
Creating a positive relationship with your buyer is key to having a productive partnership. John from San Francisco wanted to know how this could be achieved, and I thought that this is something worth discussing for all our listeners out there. You have to build a mutually beneficial relationship with your client by creating a...
Getting Grocery Retailers To Eat Out Of Your Hand With Millies Kitchen Creations’ Tracy Postic
There’s a brand-new giant in grocery retail who is taking the food industry by storm – but they’re not quite the mass-production factory you have come to expect. Meet Tracy Postic, founder and CEO of Millies Kitchen Creations whose original ideas, super fresh and healthy ingredients, and business smarts have stamped their mark in grocery...
Goodbye Toys R Us! My Experiences In The Field
The inevitable has happened: retail giant Toys R Us is out. It is sad to see such a giant in retail go away forever, but change is inevitable. Now, Big Boxers might be wondering: What was it like working with Toys R Us? How did the company manage to stay ahead of the game in...