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11 Quick Tips to Get More Value out of Your Board

Both Sides of the Table

If they need to dial in make sure they’re on a web conference and you can see them and vice versa. I’m usually more able to see their laptops than you can at the front and I promise you — best will the world — they are sneaking a peek at their email, stock prices, web, etc. It happens. It is a HUGE MF distraction.

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3 Sales Tips for Startups – Creating a Burning Platform

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Their goal is to get you to appear in person at city roadshows that they run or to come to their annual Dreamforce conference. In products designed to sell directly on the web the process is no different. Here they surround you with sales professionals, product people and, of course, lots of referenceable customers!

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To Sell Anything You Need to Know What Makes You Unique

Both Sides of the Table

If you need demo tips I’ve covered that before. They may have met you at a conference, attended a web conference or somehow else interacted with your company’s marketing department. Ideally it will be close to the problems that your prospect is trying to solve. But how would I use it?”. So what’s next?

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Understanding the Power of Your Human Networks

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The guy who popularized the term maven was Malcom Gladwell from his break-out book, “ The Tipping Point ” in which he talks about how ideas or products spread through networks until the reach a point where they “tip” over into mass adoption and the phenomenon spreads ever faster. Mavens & Super Mavens.

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Making The Most out of Sitting on Panels

Both Sides of the Table

I sat on two panels in the past week – once at LeadsCon (** see appendix if you’re interested in a back story here) and today at the America’s Growth Capital conference. Tip : On panels I believe it is OK for you (even as a panelist and not moderator) to say, “I want to understand whom I’m speaking to.

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The Convergence of Social Media & Traditional Radio

Eric Greenspan

What I mean by this is we do radio better by building it around the web, social media and traditional marketing strategies alongside, behind and wrapped around our radio shows. We post content from our show on blogs including show notes and tips and tricks. OSN 101 – Online Social Networking news and tips.

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Silicon Beach Fest Hollywood, LA Tech Summit, and Idea to Screen | Why You Need to Attend Any or All

Tech Zulu Event

This one-day conference has been created and produced by David Beebe Projects led by Emmy winning Digital Entertainment Executive and Producer, David Beebe himself. LA Tech Summit takes place the following day and takes a more comprehensive look at the entire tech eco-system in Los Angeles, not just Hollywood. This is the wave of the future.

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