Sunday, September 11, 2011

Top 10 Blog Posts for the Week of September 4, 2011


  1. Anthony Iannarino, "12 Most Essential Attributes of the Best B2B Sales People" This list is golden for anyone who wants to be successful in sales or simply life in general. Worthy of framing and putting on your wall!
  2. Kelley Robertson, "11 Little Things That Make a Big Difference in Sales" 11 small, easy things to remember when selling that can help you make a huge difference in your effectiveness.
  3. Ted Coine, "12 Most Surefire Ways to Rock Leadership" Great list of behaviors a leader engages in to successfully inspire his or her followers
  4. Lisa Barone, "18 Reasons to Use Social Media" Not using social media yet? You now have no excuse.
  5. Jeffrey Gitomer, "What Are the Biggest Mistakes Sales People Make?" Huge errors in thinking that render sales people ineffective.
  6. Joel Brown, "24 Lessons I Have Learnt in the Past 24 Years" 24 small tidbits of wisdom to inspire success in life.
  7. John Jantsch, "More Cheese; Less Whiskers" Instead of trying to scare customers into buying (customers actually run when they're scared), try TEMPTING customers into buying.
  8. Shawn Murphy, "4 Ways to Recover After Being a Jerk" When you screw up with someone, go back and make amends.
  9. Dan Waldschmidt, "The Secret Behind Getting People to Follow You" It's all about love.
  10. Art Sobczak, "To Be a Better Sales Person, Don't SOUND Like a Sales Person" Don't sound like you're pitching something; talk to prospects as you would talk to friends.

6 comments:

  1. Great round up, Doug. Thanks so much for these and for the introductions to Kelley, Dan and Art. Happy to say, the others are on my regular reading list.

    Doug, isn't it amazing how much incredible talent and knowledge is so freely shared with us in the online world? Absolutely love it!

    Best wishes to you, Doug, for a fabulous week ahead. Aloha. Janet

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  2. Thx, Janet! I'm currently following about 120 blogs and am hungry for more! It is quite amazing how much quality stuff is out there for free, and I am definitely taking advantage of it. Dan's sales blog is very inspiring, Kelley's always has great sales tips, and Art's is (along with Jim Domanski's) one of the top telephone sales blogs I have yet to discover. Got any other suggestions? Send them my way!

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  3. Social media is very important to a companies branding. The most important
    #1 rule is knowing you customer and create a dialog with them. This was very helpful information...

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  4. Hi, this is really awesome. I learned a lot from these posts that you've listed here.

    I have something similar called "favorite blogs friday". You wll be able to view the best blog posts I came across for that week. These are blogs that people will either find interesting or informative, and most will be tips on how to maximize blog and traffic. You can view it this friday at Online Money Trip.

    Thanks for your awesome blog, Doug. I am planning on featuring this post of yours in my blog post this friday, so be on the look out for it, along with the other top 4 picks of this week. :)

    ~Lisha

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  5. Lisha, Thank you so much for your comment! I will definitely check out your blog. I am always on the look-out for interesting new content and have great respect for those who use their web presence to highlight the work of others. It continually amazes me how much awesome stuff is out there for free. Woe is me if I don't call attention to it!

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