Stop Fearing Rejection. Stop Seeking Approval. Start Prospecting!
by Al Simon, President // Sandler Training by Simon Inc.
There is a question most people want answered when they go to a sales training program or read one of the many sales how-to books; that question sounds like this, “Is there really one secret weapon or magic formula to make me better and increase...
Gateway85 Community Improvement District (CID) Executive Director, Marsha Anderson Bomar, was recently recognized as an Honorary Member of the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE), the highest acknowledgement of notable and outstanding professional achievement attainable through the organization. Since 1933, when the first Honorary Member was selected, only 80 individuals have been so honored.
Her work at Gateway 85 CID, the...
Product QuickStart is a product development and prototyping company in Lawrenceville that helps entrepreneurs turn their ideas into viable, successful products. They guide individuals and businesses to the next step or the next level, advising and assisting with every step from product design through manufacturing.
Al Simon, President
Sandler Training by Simon Inc.
Your strategies for interacting with prospects from the time you first meet them to the time you make a presentation can have a greater impact on your likelihood of closing a sale than the actual aspects of the product or service you have to offer.
Following are three unproductive strategies that are so commonplace...
CARRIE SETTLES-LIVERS, of Brookwood High School in Snellville, Georgia, has been named one of eight recipients of the prestigious 2018 Leavey Awards for Excellence in Private Enterprise Education.
Settles-Livers is being honored for her creation of "STEMpreneurship with Brookwood Aquaponics," which combines the teaching of next-generation science standards alongside the free enterprise system.
The Leavey Awards, administered by the Thomas and...
Research by financial advisory company WalletHub shows that Georgia has the third best environment for entrepreneurship in the U.S.
Drawing on a wide variety of governmental, independent, and finance-oriented sources, WalletHub found that Georgia was not outstanding in any particular area, but that taken as a whole the business development climate in Georgia is ripe for startup success.
Here's how Georgia...
Documents related to zoning of a 2.5 million-square-foot facility in Stone Mountain has sparked speculation that Amazon could be planning a distribution center for the county. Based on parking capacity, some speculate that the facility could involve as many as 1800 jobs.
The property in question lies in both Gwinnett and DeKalb counties, though the facility itself would be entirely...
