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By Brittany DowSalesinfusionsoft

Adrian Miller on How to Get Your Business Out of a Sales Slump

[content field="callout1" format="true" class="calloutwide"]Is your business in a sales slump? This week on Ignition, Sales trainer, Adrian Miller shares her tips and advice on how to get your business out of a sales slump. This is box titleQuestion of the Week: I have been running my printing business for 15 years. I have a team of...

By Brittany DowSalesinfusionsoft

Ishita Gupta on Leveraging Your Story to Improve Sales

[content field="callout1" format="true" class="calloutwide"] This week on Ignition, Ishita Gupta, Founder of Ishita Gupta Consulting & Media joins Ramon and Ellis to share how small businesses can use their "why" to help improve their sales. As an entrepreneur, Ishita has gone from ground zero and back in business and is excited to share how small business owners and entrepreneurs can become...

By Adrian MillerSales, The 'Biz Experts' Weekly Columnnetworking

How to Know When the Business “Relationship” is Over!

[content field="callout1" format="true" class="calloutwide"] Too many businesses stay together with the wrong clients for far too long. These unhealthy negative relationships, if not ended soon enough, can cause unnecessary stress, decreased revenue, and even the complete loss of other, more productive opportunities. What are the key indicators that lead you towards a split? How can...

By Brittany DowSalesinfusionsoft, marketing, networking, startup

Dr. Nadia Brown on Networking for Introverts

[content field="callout1" format="true" class="calloutwide"] Networking can be a double edged sword for entrepreneurs and small business owners. On the one hand, it can be a great way to make connections and open new doors for your business. However, on the other hand it can be extremely frustrating and intimidating, especially for individuals who are more introverted...

By Adrian MillerSales, The 'Biz Experts' Weekly Columnnetworking, startup

The Plight of the Busy Networker: Many Connections, Little Value

[content field="callout1" format="true" class="calloutwide"] If you're a busy networker you know the drill. You attend countless events hoping to make new contacts and reconnect with old friends as well. The routine is pretty much always the same. But how you execute the steps is what makes you a successful networker. Successful networkers know that networking is...

By Ramon RayMarketing, Sales, Tipsshark tank

11 Big Tips for A Perfect Pitch On Shark Tank or Anywhere from #GROWCO15

[content field="callout1" format="true" class="calloutwide"] Shark Tank is awesome. Millions of us watch each week as the entrepreneurs brave the glare of the studio lights and the 5 sharks. It's great entertainment, but more so, it's chock full of great lessons for entrepreneurs, professionals and everyone in between. At #GROWCO15, INC magazines three day event for entrepreneurs,...

By Brittany DowAdvice, Marketing, SalesCRM, infusionsoft, shark tank, startup

Six Shark Principles That Are Key to Unlocking Infusionsoft Success

Ever wonder what technologies Daymond John, from ABC’s “Shark Tank” uses to grow his Shark Tank companies? While there are many technologies out there to grow small businesses, one of our premiere software partners, the one that outshine the rest, is Infusionsoft. Infusionsoft allows us to get organized, grow sales and, ultimately, save time....

By John LawsoneCommerce, Operations, Salesecommerce, pricing, shark tank

10 Steps to Designing a Web Store That Sells

10 Steps to Designing a Web Store That Sells The feeding frenzy over the ABC show "Shark Tank" among us “hustlers” is undeniable. Every week my DVR’s red recording light is on for ABC’s top-rated business based reality show. Some people think the show is about business, and it is. However more importantly the show...

By Ashwin SatyanarayanaOperations, Salescustomers, marketing

6 Assumptions That Are Hurting Your Customer Acquisition

[content field="callout1" format="true" class="calloutwide"] In order to survive in business, you need customers. How you get your customers – and how long you keep them – can directly determine your profitability. While it seems to be pretty straight forward, customer acquisition isn’t that simple. Especially not with all of the assumptions, myths and wrong pathways...

By Ramon RaySales, Tipsnetworking

The Absolutely Wonderful Change I Made to Help Grow My Business

[content field="callout1" format="true" class="calloutwide"]For the last few months I've been running a more disciplined day to day life. I've only made a few changes to how I've operated my professional life for the past few years, but these changes have made a difference. One big change I have made is taking the time to...