by Jeri Quinn | Dec 5, 2012 | Business coaching, Change to Goal Achievement & Implementation, Communication, Dance of Business, Employee Engagement & Staff Retention, Leadership, Marketing, New york small business training, Recession Proofing, Strategic Business Planning
I just attended the ‘Best Places to Work” lunch sponsored by Crains. Fifty businesses were selected out of the hundreds of thousands of businesses in New York City, after a vote on the Labor Law Compliance Center website. These companies were voted in by their own...
by Jeri Quinn | Sep 13, 2012 | Business coaching, Creativity, Dance of Business, Leadership, Marketing, New york small business training
This is my new tagline. In my last blog post (Knowing Your Value Proposition) I told you about using a virtual private server hosting and start of my rebranding process (asking clients questions about the value I deliver and the impact of that value.) As I go through...
by Jeri Quinn | Feb 17, 2012 | Marketing, Sales
After more than 20 years of selling and prospecting, just this fall a colleague of mine drew an analogy between sales and a job interview – an analogy I hadn’t thought of until then. It’s a fascinating comparison. All of us have been on job interviews before. And...
by Jeri Quinn | Aug 16, 2011 | Business coaching, Customer Service, Executive Coaching, Leadership, Marketing, Sales
Let’s use an Olympic athlete as an example. She probably was introduced to the sport like downhill skiing at age 5, took lessons, practiced, started to shine by age 9, took advanced lessons, attended special camps, traveled to where the best teachers were for private...
by Jeri Quinn | May 25, 2011 | Business coaching, Marketing, Sales
I was at breakfast with a friend the other day and we were talking about networking and building our respective businesses. “I don’t think I’m threatening enough.” He said. Excuse me. I wasn’t sure I heard him right so I asked him again. He reiterated that a very...
by Jeri Quinn | Mar 29, 2011 | Client Loyalty/Experience, Leadership, Marketing, Sales
“Selling’s hard,” she moaned, shoulders drooping. “I get told ‘No’ a lot more often than ‘Yes’ and I’m not sure how long I can keep this up.” How many times have we heard comments like this from a sales person? Selling is hard, but for many it’s harder than it needs...
