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The Center for Sales Strategy Blog

One Magical Trick to Upgrade Your Writing Skills

One_magical_trick_that_will_make_you_a_better_writerMost of us have had the experience of staring at a blank sheet of paper or empty document on our computer… and struggled mightily to come up with those first few words.

The screen stares back at you… empty. Taunting you.  Laughing at you.  You know that if you could just come up with the first few words, the rest of your document would flow onto the keyboard almost magically. But those first few words are nothing less than a logjam keeping the rest of your thoughts backed up.

Topics: Inbound Marketing

What You Need to Know About All This Google Encryption Talk

Google changes to your digital marketing strategyThere’s a good chance you’ve heard some things in the past few days about Google announcing changes to their keyword data. In case you haven’t heard, or if you’re just not sure what it all means, here’s an update: 

Topics: content marketing SEO Inbound Marketing

Freaking Out Mid-Month About Website Traffic? Ask These Questions

5 Questions to Ask Yourself Instead of Freaking Out Mid Month About Website TrafficSometimes we’ll get an influx of emails from different inbound marketing clients all at the same time questioning why their website or blog traffic is down (this happens internally for us too!). Recently this happened all at once, and ended up being a mix of #1 and #2 below, but it had our clients wondering what they could or should be doing differently.

Topics: Inbound Marketing

Four Ways Thought Leadership Can Lead to More Revenue

4 Ways Thought Leadership Can Lead to More Revenue

Thought leadership has been one of the newest buzzwords in the C-Suite over the past years. With companies focusing more on blogging and social media it’s now easier than ever for C-Suite Executives to engage and discuss the company’s and industry’s direction. 

However, not all C-Suite Executives have been forthcoming about providing insight or perspective on what’s taking place in the marketplace.  Some C-Suite Executives haven’t bought into the benefits that thought leadership offers and are hesitant to make the investment of time and resources to get started. 

Topics: Inbound Marketing

How to Perfectly Align Your Marketing with the Prospect’s Interests

How to perfectly align your marketing with the prospect’s interestsThe Center for Sales Strategy turns 30 years old later this week , and for about 29 of those 30 years we’ve been proselytizing against cold calls. So it should be no surprise that I read with delight author Jeffrey Gitomer’s recent rant about cold calls.  (Oh, and maybe Gitomer’s enthusiastic endorsement of my book Close Like the Pros gives me another reason to appreciate his good judgment!) 

Topics: Inbound Marketing

Five Undeniable Truths of Implementing a Lead Generation Strategy

inbound marketingAfter wrapping up four days in Boston at the INBOUND conference, our team left filled with tips and tricks, insights and inspiration – all aimed to make us better inbound marketers and even better teachers of the strategies that so many companies are utilizing to connect online with their customers, best prospects, and biggest fans. Plus, you can check out a great recap on all the keynotes here

Topics: Lead Generation Inbound Marketing

Five Posts on Inbound Marketing You Might Have Missed

inbound marketingIt's been a big week for inbound marketing, with the HubSpot INBOUND13 conference taking place in Boston and a variety of new product announcements made that affect thousands of marketers. However, with all this buzz about inbound marketing you might still be wondering what exactly it is and whether or not it can truly help you reach your revenue goals.

Topics: Inbound Marketing

The Time to Humanize Your Business is Now: Updates From INBOUND13

inbound marketingYesterday was the first day of HubSpot’s INBOUND conference, a gathering for some of the top inbound marketers, writers, speakers, and thought leaders in the industry – and it became evident very quickly to our team in attendance that there was an underlying theme to this year’s event.  

Topics: Inbound Marketing

Inbound 2013 and Eight Reasons Why You Need Inbound Marketing

inbound marketingTomorrow is the first day of Inbound 2013 in Boston, the international headquarters of Hubspot, who is the undisputed world champion of inbound marketing software.  It’s Hubspot’s all-in-one marketing software that powers the inbound marketing efforts of many very successful businesses. 

Topics: Inbound Marketing

What Every Media Company Needs to Know About Inbound Marketing

inbound marketingThose of us that work in or around the media industry know that radio, TV, and newspaper are far from becoming dead advertising vehicles. Instead, the best and most innovative media companies have learned that it’s about evolving and finding new ways to not only get the attention of readers, viewers, and listeners but to uncover new methods of attracting and retaining advertisers as well. 

Topics: digital marketing Inbound Marketing