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How To Retain And Find New Customers

Eric Jacobson

Identify a market you may have overlooked. Thanks Bank of America and SCORE Association for these ideas from your Small Business Basics handbook. Thanks Bank of America and SCORE Association for these ideas from your Small Business Basics handbook. Ask all customers how they heard of your business.

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StrategyDriven Editorial Perspective – The Government has Created a Monster

Strategy Driven

Our trust in this institution is so strong that it is rare to find someone with a checking account in a bank that lacks an FDIC placard in the window. Nonetheless, the failure and resolution of Texas-based First RepublicBank, reminds us that the hand of government can harm as well as help when it wrestles the invisible hand of the market.

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12 Tips For Retaining Customers And Finding New Ones

Eric Jacobson

Identify a market you may have overlooked. Thanks Bank of America and SCORE Association for these ideas from your Small Business Basics handbook. Thanks Bank of America and SCORE Association for these ideas from your Small Business Basics handbook. Ask all customers how they heard of your business.

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Scott C. Whitaker on completing successful cross-border mergers and acquisitions: An interview by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

Scott Whitaker is a Partner with Global PMI Partners and has been involved in dozens of mergers and acquisitions totaling nearly $100 billion in value. Industry experience includes healthcare, financial services, telecommunications, gaming, hospitality, chemicals, oil & gas, industrial manufacturing, retail and consumer durables.

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The Best Ways to Hire Salespeople

Harvard Business Review

But most are a bland summary of the Boy Scout Handbook, with traits like extroversion, assertiveness, empathy, modesty, and an “achievement orientation.” It’s a function of the sales tasks , which vary according to the market, your strategy, the stage of the business (i.e., Focus on behaviors.

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