When is it Marketing and When is it Sales

line in the sandI had the pleasure of hearing from an ongoing prospect today. He and I have talked, proposed and talked before. He brought a potential project to me that I had to deny because it was in the "sales" bucket, something Pollock Marketing Group doesn't do. I gave him my best advice for meeting this need and we bid each other farewell in hopes of working together soon. The light bulb went off that it's pretty uncommon for the rest of the business world to know where the line-in-the-sand is between sales and marketing when it comes to hiring the right person or firm. Allow me to shed some light on this topic.

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Small Business: We're What's for Dinner

Last week was hell for SME - small, medium enterprise in Washington D.C. While bailing out big banks is no problem, trying to pass a $30 billion loan package to help small businesses (that come from small business banks) is being used as political collateral by the GOP and has become a taboo to lobby for by the groups many of us pay regular dues to.

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Interrogate your Prospects, or Pay the Price

interrogation roomBusiness surprises are hard to manage and always costly. Like having a flight canceled that gets you're entire trip thrown off, everyone goes into disaster recovery mode. Some surprises - like this - are out of your control. But when you get surprised by a client, "Did I forget to mention we're taking next week off and you'll need to get us that research by Friday?" it is a shame-on-you moment. That's where questions, questions and more questions become your best friends. The $300/hour corporate term is discovery. Here are some suggestions to better qualify your potential clients and even current clients as they grow with you.

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