Research is at the core of everything we do. It helps us decide what groceries we need, what phones we want, and what cars we like. It’s the fuel that drives every decision we make. The importance of research is…
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Stock photo/ Unsplash Being a sales trainer is a lonely job and it is a slowly becoming a dying profession. Over the last 35 years, I have had the joy to be able to help people become better trained with…
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Way back when, I was writing a story on the White Sox’s lagging attendance at the ballpark formerly known as Comiskey. This was before the internet, when many single-game seats were purchased at ticket outlets in and around Chicago. Rob…
6 real estate lessons from the woman who developed 1920s Chicago
In 1922, an unusual woman started a real estate firm in Chicago. She began with a single salesman who was still driving a taxi when he started, but within a couple of years built one of the nation’s largest firms,…
No Packers fans makes recovery harder for Green Bay area businesses
ASHWAUBENON – For businesses that rely on the Green Bay Packers for a substantial part of their income, a training camp without fans is another blow in a coronavirus-dominated world. “You didn’t really build pandemic into your business plan. We…
This Entrepreneur Is Making Easy Online Revenue Through Marketing and E-commerce
Francesco Rivera had the passion and dedication to study the functioning of the Web and online marketing from a very young age Francesco Rivera Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Leaving the comfort zone and initiating the challenges…
Bill Gates Thinks Entrepreneurs Must Develop These Skills
There are plenty of skills entrepreneurs need to be successful, but in an interview from more than a decade ago, Bill Gates suggested that sales skills may be the most important differentiator between success and failure. Speaking at the 2007…
3 Entrepreneurs Share Advice That Can Help You Reset Amidst COVID-19
Creative working at desk getty As COVID-19’s impact started being felt in the United States in March and April, advice on how to pivot was necessary and shared often. Now that many are four to five months into their COVID-19…
Overlooked Ways for Local Businesses to Boost Sales During the Crisis
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. I’ve watched these last few months as Amazon and its big box friends have enjoyed rapid expansion while many of my neighborhood shops have shriveled on the vine. According to the U.S.…
Cybersecurity software sales and training in a no-touch world
The pandemic has led to an outbreak of cybercriminal activity focused on remote workers and enterprises that needed to quickly migrate to the cloud to maintain business continuity. More than 3,100 phishing and counterfeit websites were created each day in…
