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Strategy Kills

I’m in the midst of reading an excellent book at strategy. Good Strategy/Bad Strategy: The Difference and Why It Matters, by Richard Rumelt, should be consumed by any senior executive or advisor who is serious about business growth (h/t to David Cancel, Drift’s CEO for the recommendation). While some people may think a book published in 2011 is “old,” don’t let that scare you away. If anything it demonstrates that the fundamentals of good strategy are timeless. I have a friend who likes to say...

5 Pieces of an Effective Conversational Marketing Strategy

Conversational Marketing is a hot topic today. Whether you’re in a book store, in Times Square,...

The 3 Biggest (& Most Common) Mistakes Made With AI

FOMO: The Fear of Missing Out It was Bill Gates who said, “We always overestimate the change that...

The Accountability Game: Creating Clarity & Alignment In Your Business

I regularly write about a variety of growth-focused strategies, systems, and skills. Yet, while...

5 Popular Sales Metrics That Destroy Sales Performance

Editor's Note: This post originally appeared on the HubSpot Sales Blog In 1997, Billy Beane became...

Just Say No To Shitty Emails: 5 Tips To Revitalize Your Emails

Welcome to the first in our series of Just Say No to Shitty Sales & Marketing videos. Today, we're...

5 Necessary Elements for a Successful Account-Based Marketing Approach

One of my favorite things from 2018 was the opportunity to join Ryan McInerney’s podcast to discuss...

The Missing Persona That’s Damaging Your Sales & Crushing Your Margins

A client of ours, who provides a uniquely designed sales performance improvement program design for...

5 Strategies to Increase Sales Rep Productivity By a Third (or More)

This post originally appeared on HubSpot's Sales Blog. For more than 30 years (yikes!), I’ve been...

2018 In Review: 7 Initiatives That Worked & 3 That Didn’t

A hat tip to Databox’s head of marketing John Bonini for this post. I’ll admit it. Just as I was...