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This is Dave Brock’s Blog.
It offers my views on a variety of business, sales, marketing, and leadership topic. My goal is to make a difference for you, the reader, in both your professional and personal lives.
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Sales Smack, Talk Shoe, and Other Topics
This post is to let you know about a couple of interesting things coming up. My friend, Jim Keenan, has started an interesting event, Sales Smack. It is an open discussion of issues important to sales professionals. Jim has honored me by asking me to participate in the discussions. The goal is to have a discussion every 2 weeks, at 7:00 PM Eastern. Each session, we will have a variety of participants and will be tackling a different topic. Tomorrow, January 12, the inaugural session will discuss, “Is Sales Responsible For A Company’s Growth.” As you might expect, I preparing […]
The Commoditization Of Relationships
The other day, I was having breakfast with a great friend, one of the most talented marketing executives I have encountered. Unwittingly, we had the same thought on our minds, ending up talking through breakfast—unfortunately, with no good ideas on dealing with it. Thought I would share it here, getting your views about the issue. Both of us are very active, both individually and with our respective companies in leveraging social media/networking tools, many of the marketing automation, Sales/Web 2.0 tools, and other tools. We each are also on the receiving end of seemingly endless communications, through email, the various […]
Happy New Year — A Moment Of Reflection Before We Start
Well, it’s 2010, a New Year! We have put 2009 behind us, and as we are prone to do, forget the lessons we learned or things we discovered. Before rushing into the New Year, take time this weekend to reflect. Do a couple of things to inspire yourself: Read Seth Godin’s eBook: What Matters Now. It’s a great collection of short articles on all sorts of different perspectives. It’s great food for thought as you think about what you want to achieve for the new year. Then take the time to think about how you can Make A Difference. My […]
Thank You And Best Wishes For 2010!
The New Year is around the corner. Before we launch into the New Year, forgetting 2009, I want to take a moment to thank my readers. Sometimes, when I write, I wonder if anyone is reading, and if I am making a difference. Thanks to your graciousness and generosity, I never have to wonder long. I get hundreds of comments and emails commenting on my various posts. At times, it’s disagreement–I actually like those. It gives me a chance to rethink things and consider different points of view. There are others, those of you who offer better insight into an […]
A Year Of Change, The Work Is Just Starting
(The article before was originally published in my Newsletter. I got so many comments on it, I thought I would share it with you and invite your comments) The last thing any of you want at the end of the year and during this Holiday season is a long update from me. I’ll try keep this short. My main purpose is to thank each of you for following this update, your feedback and great support! I continually get great comments, they mean a lot to me. A Year Of Change: A year ago, I think all of us were reeling, struggling […]
March Madness, I’m Getting Ready!
(This was originally published on 12/16 in Sales Bloggers Union: March Madness, I’m Getting Ready) NCAA Basketball has a tremendous impact on my schedule starting now. I’m looking at the schedule, kind of planning my time backward. According to the NCAA Basketball site, final selection is on March 14, Opening Round Game is March 16, Fourth Round Completes on March 28 and the final four on April 3rd and 5th. I’m getting my schedule ready in anticipation. I think of the teams–all aiming to be part of March Madness. Actually, they started months ago in their training. Their seasons are […]