Author: Leanne Hoagland-Smith

marketing strategies

The Secret Behind Marketing Success

Marketing is all about attracting attention and building a relationship. There is no selling going on. This past week I had the good fortune to facilitate a working breakfast seminar on marketing at the Hammond Innovation Center. After introductions by…

sales methodology

Business Ethics are the Foundation for Success

Business ethics, when positive and consistently displayed, build customer confidence and add tremendous value to the buying decision-making process. Foundation for Success Writers never truly know what hits a nerve with their readers and will subsequently generate the most responses. Recently…

sales success fear

Successful Sales Professionals Confront Fear and Move Forward

“You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing which you think you cannot do.” — Eleanor Roosevelt Is false evidence appearing real or is…

lead generation

Increase Your Leads by Blogging

Today's industrious entrepreneurs, small business owners, and even C Level executives have a new strategy not afforded to past generations - blogging. Today's industrious entrepreneurs, small business owners to even C Level executives have a new strategy not afforded to…

client relationships

Assistant to the Buyer

How do you view yourself as a salesperson? What would happen if you changed that perspective? Sales still slumping along and not where you want them to be? Maybe you need to change your role. Marcel Proust wrote: "The real…

Saying Yes Could Be Costing Your Business

What would happen to your business results if you just said "no" a little more often? Building business demands that you, as the solo professional, wear many hats. In wearing all of these hats, you are probably saying a lot…