Aim High: The Bottom Line on Bottom-Up Selling
It’s always better to start at the top
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Convention Recap: Are You Suffering from FORP?
Don’t sell yourself, and your services, short By Rich Lindblom, AVB Marketing By now, most folks have probably heard of
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ProSource Technicians Earn Their Stripes
Attendees receive certification for group’s Level 2 training
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Go to the Head of the Class
BrandSource Convention draws record registration for educational tracks.
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At Your Service
BrandSource’s Upcoming Convention Offers Full Slate of Service Education
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Where Are Your Markers?
As kids, we lived in the land of make believe often filled with crayons, markers and made up realities. We’ve grown up and maybe chased those dreams, but it seems we still use our markers to fill in the blanks when asked what success means.
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Lessons Learned About Remote Management
At the time of this writing we are in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020. Life as we know it has changed dramatically, and daily life is nowhere near where we were.
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Why Your Furniture Sales Manager (And His Team) Needs More Support Than Ever
Looking at the dynamics of today’s retail landscape, most observers would agree that the only constant is change – and change at every level of business.
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To Keep Your Job, Build Your EQ!
We’ve all heard the magical mantra, “Hey, do your job!” It’s memorable, and usually works for a single, short-term transaction. But it does not capture the essence of your work style or your career.
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Be Prepared: How to Recession-Proof Your Business
It lately seems there is a story on repeat from every person claiming to be an expert on the economy.
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Filling the Empty Seat
It’s hard to deny: the U.S. economy has provided amazing job opportunities in the last few years.
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Top Five Things Your Business Should Do to Prepare for a Disaster
Perhaps the last thing a retailer wants to think about is planning for a potential natural disaster. Who has the time to prepare for something that may never happen?
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Adding Mattresses to Product Mix
They seem to be popping up like dandelions in springtime. One on each corner in town, another one in the Mega Club Store, and still another in the mass market off-price retail store. Everywhere you look there is another place opening where you can buy a mattress.
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Tips for Managing and Retaining Your Millennials
There’s a lot of literature out there in Internet-land regarding how millennial workers (born 1982 – 2002) are different from previous generations (especially Boomers, 1946 – 1964), and how they have to be treated differently in the workplace.
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Creating Your Voice For Digital Marketing
First of all, your brand already has a voice. Is, however, it the right voice? Is your voice so quiet it’s barely heard, or falls on deaf ears? Does it accurately represent your brand, who you are and what you do?
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Exploring Smart TV Functionality
Technology has become an integral part of everything we do. From streaming our favorite TV show to doing the laundry, everything in our homes is connected.
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Is Your Company Positioned For Its Next Leader?
After attending the 2018 FurnitureToday Leadership Conference, it wasn’t surprising that I came away from the event with lots of good ideas about leadership.
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Relentlessly Positive Communication for Women
When you’re in a meeting or talking to your boss, how you express yourself might depend on your gender. And no matter how you do it, how you’re perceived might also depend on your gender.
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Welcome to WHY2K 2020
It’s hard to believe but we are just hours away from the 20th anniversary of Y2K. You may remember that time, when we partied like it was 1999 (because it was 1999), and worried about dire predictions for the turn of the millennium.
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Stranger Than Truth! Amazing Predictions for 2020!
Whether you browse the headlines of Weekly World News or cast a glance at the National Enquirer at the supermarket checkout, you may have seen these outlets touting bold revelations for 2020.
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