The Center for Sales Strategy Blog

I make a habit of researching and evaluating all of the opportunities out there with respect to Internet and Digital marketing. If you do this too, then you can empathize when I say you can easily be overwhelmed with all the commentary, research and application you read from multiple experts in multiple fields.

Every day last week, I received at least two flyers on my door and another two telemarketing calls from roofers trying to cash in on the hail damage claims in the Kansas City area. One of the vendors caught me outside and engaged me in this conversation, which made me think about The Budget Question when it comes to the sales process.

Why is that “role play” has such a bad rap? It’s as if these are the dirtiest four-letter words that a salesperson might hear, and I really don’t get it.  When did practice become a bad thing?  

In Part One, we talked about some mainstream uses of Twitter. And, that’s all swell, but what everyone really wants to know is  how do you MAKE MONEY with Twitter?

When I talk to salespeople, there is a lot of resistance to using Twitter. Twitter is noise, a waste of time. You might be surprised to know... I agree! Twitter is a waste of time—until you know how to use it effectively.

Everyone has a Great Aunt Martha who safeguards her secret family recipe. She makes a special item— perhaps an out-of-this-world cookie—and brings it to every family gathering, causing relatives to rave. She goes on and on about the “secret ingredient” and years later, when the recipe is finally handed down, the family discovers there was no secret ingredient. Great Aunt Martha’s “secret” recipe was available to everyone all along: It was a recipe taken from the back of the chocolate chip package. The same is true with selling digital advertising.

Thought:  Maybe the sales staff for the 21st century should look different than the sales staff of the 20th century…

During last night’s game, The Center for Sales Strategy invited people to provide live commentary about the commercials of Super Bowl 45 via Twitter. The result? A shared conversation about real-time events among 183 participants, who exchanged 1, 131 comments.

We've spent the last month giving you reasons to join us as we live Tweet our reactions to the Super Bowl ads. We sincerely hope you’ll share your insights during the CSS Ad Bowl. Besides playing with the cool kids, honing your social media skills and picking up new ideas to discuss with clients, you’ll also contribute to a great cause.

This Sunday there’s a football game, and many of us be talking more about our favorite commercial than our favorite team. Advertisers will be using traditional media’s biggest stage to springboard to digital media and fans will be holding a beverage in one hand and texting and tweeting with the other.