Finding time for new business development can be difficult. There’s always something else that seems to be more important. I’ve found that people who don’t carve out time for this find themselves with an empty pipeline down the road. Here are 10 tips for fitting new...
Over the last year I’ve heard several stories about lost sales opportunities. Many occurred as a direct result of post-conference oversights that could have been avoided. It happens too often. Join me by shaking your head as you read the story below. Then, vow to...
The perfect pipeline includes a consistent incoming flow of new prospect relationships with the exact right decision makers. Most business leaders and sellers say they can close sales most the time when they are in front of the right prospects. The problem is they...
Many make personal resolutions to ring in the New Year. But have you considered making a professional resolution as well? Each year business leaders and upper management set annual goals that often include things like 'grow top-line revenue' or 'meet more prospects'...
Even with a team of rock star sellers, it can be very tricky to figure out the exact recipe for business development that works for your company. The world seems to offer every kind of business development program imaginable – email marketing without calls, email...
For many, fourth quarter can be a time to reflect on decisions made over the last year. What worked, what didn’t? What to continue doing to meet your goals and what to stop doing? As you may be embarking on this kind of reflection as well, I thought it would be...
By Caryn Kopp, Chief Door Opener® at Kopp Consulting, LLC I'm proud to announce that Kopp Consulting and our popular Door Opener® Service (we get our clients in the door with their prospects for the first meeting) just completed our 25th year in business. What began...
Did you ever notice people become more serious at the beginning of September? Gone are the lazy days of summer and in front of us are four important months before year end. I call this the “Back to School Mentality.” I see it as much amongst adults as I do amongst...
Today, I'm supposed to be in Boston with the Scaling Up Coaches for the CEO Summit where Verne Harnish will speak. Sadly, and thank to my first bout with Covid, I cannot be there and am experiencing F.O.M.O! In honor of the CEO Summit, I'm rereleasing this article I...
Many say cold outreach is not a successful way to land prospect meetings. After owning a company for 25 years that only does outsourced Door Opening at the Executive level, here is my experience... If the cold outreach someone is doing is NOT working, then they're...
One of the limitations of LinkedIn introductions is that you are at the mercy of the person doing the introducing. You have no control over how quickly your contact introduces you and you have no control over when you receive a response. To avoid what can feel like...
Fellow Business Leaders... Are you ready to declare your freedom from sales tactics and old ways of thinking that no longer serve you in today's market? To honor July 4th and America's Freedom, here are 4 ideas to help you declare YOUR sales independence! 1. You CAN...