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How to Stand Out When AI Makes Everyone Sound Goods

I get laughably bad sales prospecting emails every day. I mean really bad. But that’s swiftly changing, with AI making it increasingly easy for just...

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Sixteen Kinds of Individuals You'll Encounter at a Trade Show Event

When you find yourself in your trade show booth, striving to draw attendees into your space, it's crucial to recognize and understand the diverse...

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Key Strategies for Effective Trade Show Exhibit Messaging

A trade show is essentially a massive contest for grabbing attention. Imagine the barrage of noise and distractions that an average attendee...

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7 Tips to Improve Your Negotiation Skills at a Trade Show

Will you be participating in a trade show this year?? If so, did you know that 70% of all purchasing decisions start with information gathered at a...

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5 Smart Tips for Marketing Events to Gen Z

Members of Generation Z — loosely defined as people born between the years of 1995 and 2010 — are true digital natives, according to McKinsey &...

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5 Strategies the Best Reps Use to Tell Tire Kickers From Real Prospects

You've spent hours prospecting: researching, making warm calls, reaching out after the trade show event via email and on social media. If you have...

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Direct Mail is Hot Again. Here’s How to Use It

From Glossier to Quip, a variety of hip new companies is targeting millennials with...mailers? From postcards to catalogs, “hot, digitally savvy,...

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5 Event Design Tips That Will Spark Your Creativity

Great event design gets its inspiration from a multitude of sources. Maybe that inspiration comes from the world of high-end hotel designers, or it...

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How to Make the Perfect Follow-Up Sales Call

If you’re in sales, you’ve likely seen the 2011 “Lead Response Management Study.” It analyzed three year’s worth of data,100,000 call attempts, six...

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How Marijuana Is Transforming the Event Industry

Four states legalized recreational use of marijuana in November—California, Massachusetts, Maine, and Nevada—bringing the total number to eight plus...

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