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Relationships

Go-Givers: Do They Really Sell More?

by Donna Payne on August 5, 2009

in Because you should, Intentions, Relationships

Today I had the pleasure of stumbling upon Bob Burg’s blog thru a retweet on twitter.  (RT @BobBurg Bob Burg » Do Go-Givers Really Sell More? http://bit.ly/nqJUY)
His post today was about meeting two new friends at Dunkin’ Donuts who are in sales and met each other through their local BNI (Business Network International) organization.
Bob continues,
“Both [...]

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Do You Know What Your Customers Want? How do you know?

by Donna Payne on May 31, 2009

in Following up with prospects, Marketing, Relationships, research

Seriously?
Have you asked them?  Or, do you just assume what your clients/customers want?   That can be a terrible mistake… one that COULD put you right out of business before you even get started.
Perish that thought.(!)
This October will the 5 year anniversary of The Web Coach.  And only YESTERDAY I conducted my first official Survey with [...]

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Three Reasons You Need to Be on FriendFeed *Now*

by Donna Payne on May 29, 2009

in Articles, Getting Traffic to Your Website, Marketing, Relationships, social media

Lately, I’ve had many conversations about SEO n’such with people who are looking for the quick fix to get high Google rankings.  These kinds of people HIGHLY annoy me, because I have always preached content and article writing is really the only organic way.
So as I preach from my SEO pulpit, I know now that [...]

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Personal Note on: MLK, Obama, and Oprah

by Donna Payne on January 19, 2009

in Relationships, other schtuff

I DVR’d Oprah’s show today.
Her series is programmed to be recorded if it’s new – so I didn’t go out of my way to record this particular show. (You can see excerpts at http://oprah.com)
What I didn’t realize is how united, inspired and hopeful the nation feels about Obama being elected.  Especially on this day, Martin [...]

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