Watch this video to take a peak into the future of clothes shopping at a digitally transformed fitting room. Now, imagine shopping like this at your favorite store.
Read moreWhy 40 Percent of Businesses Will Die in the Next 10 Years
During his interview with Box CEO Aaron Levie, John Chambers, Executive Chairman of Cisco Systems, got the Keynote audience's attention at the BoxWorks 2015 conference (box.com) when he said that 40% of all Fortune 500 businesses today will die in 10 years. We see this potential risk increasing in every company from startups, small businesses, midsize companies... to Fortune 1000 international enterprises.
Is your company going to be one of the "survive and thrive" companies by 2025?
Read moreTop 5 Cyber Security Tips for Sales Teams
Cyber Security has jumped to one of the top of executive priorities - from large enterprises to small businesses. Since the sales team handles sensitive customer and company information on a daily basis, they should be a high priority focus to help reduce and prevent cyber crime.
Here are 5 Top Sales Team Best Practices that are easy to implement this next quarter:
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2 New Apple Announcements that will Increase Sales Productivity
Apple iPad Pro with an add-on keyboard and an electronic pencil - Announced in September 2015
Apple had their big product announcements event in September this year. The new iPad Pro and the iPhone 6s (and 6s Plus) are two products that can actually be used to increase your sales productivity. Here are a few ideas on how you can do that.
Read more5 Sales Leadership Best Practices for Team Personal Development
"When you take the time to focus on your employees' personal needs and goals (in addition to your business goals), you gain loyalty and increased productivity. Everyone wants their boss to care about them. It's not just the Millennials.... everyone feels that way."
Over the years, I've had the benefit of being managed and taught by some really great executives. The following are a few of the best practices for developing people that I learned and implemented in my own organizations.
Read more5 Social Selling Secrets for Increasing Your B2B Sales
There is no denying that social media has changed the way that businesses interacts today. Many businesses have not caught up with the demands of the new business world, and have allowed social media use to slip by - but not using social media efficiently and effectively can almost certainly cost a businesses heavily, especially in the B2B world. Here are five social selling secrets for LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, and other social sharing sites that will increase business-to-business sales productivity for a company forever.
Read more5 Tips to Increase Millennials' Sales Productivity
Did you know that in 2015, Millennials (20-35 year-olds) surpassed Baby Boomers as the largest segment of workers in business? Did you also know that by 2025, these tech-savvy Millennials will represent 70 percent of your workforce?
As a result, you need to make sure that your sales team has the infrastructure for Millennials to be productive and successful. If not, you'll be dealing with the following three issues:
Read more25 Ultimate Apps for Business Travel and Vacations
Travel and technology are two of our favorite passions - and both offer so many choices. Traveling for business these days can be very stressful and planning a vacation takes time, research and energy. There are so many great travel apps available that can help you find everything from the best deals on airfare, accommodations, attractions and sightseeing tours to discovering where the locals go to eat, drink and play.
We put together 25 of our favorite travel apps that can help you before and during your next business trip or vacation. Just click on a link to download any of the apps to your smartphone or tablet. Most of them are free. Happy travels!
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