Category Archives: The Whale Hunters

Free Webinar Tour of Sales/Biz Dev Resources & Community

What’s Behind Door #2? A Free Virtual Tour of Pier9 Premium, Thursday, March 3 Are you trying to implement Whale Hunting in your company?  Does your sales team need access to up-to-the minute ideas and strategies for complex business-to-business sales?  … Continue reading

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Why Your BEST Proposals Fail–Fear?

Today I’m reprising a blog post from a couple years ago because it’s a great example of a sales team being flabbergasted by the response they are getting from very large prospects. The team I wrote about is the Asia/Pacific … Continue reading

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4 Ways That You Scare Big Companies

  Whale Fears Big company buyers are afraid of small companies. They know you offer many advantages–speed, agility, personal attention, and innovation, to name just a few. But their fears get in the way.  They have four primary fears: Fear of … Continue reading

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“Rewire the Sales Mind” with Brooke Green

We’re now accepting registrations for The Whale Hunters next Expert Series Call,  coming up on Wednesday, February 16.  I will be interviewing Brooke Green,  “The Ultimate Sales Chick” , who is a  principal with Caskey sales training and leadership company in … Continue reading

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Learn Unconventional Sales Tactics for 800% Growth

Last day to register!  Sign up now for The Whale Hunters Expert Series call featuring  Dan Waldschmidt, Founder of IntroMojo and Sales Expert Wednesday, February 2, 9am Pacific, 10am Mountain, 11am Central, 12noon Eastern. Dan Waldschmidt is a sought-after sales strategist … Continue reading

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Gini Dietrich Predicts: Smart Ways to Spend Your Marketing Budget

    Gini Dietrich writes the wildly popular blog Spin Sucks, the 2010 Readers Choice Blog of the Year and was recently named the number one PR person on “the channels” and number one on Twitter.  And I get to interview her … Continue reading

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What’s Your Sandwich Board Offer for 2011?

It’s a new year.  Of course.  But I think this is a special kind of new year, one in which the lousy economy of the past three is finally going to come back strong for small business owners  and their teams.  [more … Continue reading

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Top Ten Small Business Trends from SmallBizLabs

The 2011 edition of the Top Ten Small Business Trends from Small Business Labs is a must-read for small business owners.  Several of the trends will surprise you, and understanding all of them will position you for greater success. In … Continue reading

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Start 2011 With More Power in Your Brand

2011 will be a year for change–positive, forward-looking change, not reactive, fearful change. Is your brand ready for the new year? Many companies had to violate their brand promise in order to survive the recession.  I’ll give you some examples: … Continue reading

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Generate Leads with manta.com

Marketing Sherpa released its 2011 B2B Marketing Benchmark Report, reporting that the #1 marketing challenge reported by survey participants is generating high quality leads.  78% of respondents named is as a significant issue. When we teach The Whale Hunters Process™, we … Continue reading

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