You’ve sent out your marketing messaging and it worked! You got a call from a prospective client and were able to transition them into a first appointment. That’s pretty sweet! Fast forward to your first meeting and you’ve closed them on a discovery. Even better! But now what? What questions should you be asking? Now [...]
You’re never late for meetings. You also chip in for every co-worker’s birthday or baby shower that comes along. That’s why you consider yourself a good colleague – certainly not like that annoying person in the cubicle next to you. But what you may not realize is that you can indeed be that person. The [...]
CharTec CEO Alex Rogers to Present Managed Services Sales Approach. View original post Bakersfield, CA (Business Solutions) August 12, 2014 GreatAmerica Financial Services Corporation announced today it will host its first ever Managed Services Sales Training with CharTec CEO, Alex Rogers. The event will be held September 16 and 17 at GreatAmerica Headquarters in Cedar Rapids [...]
It is way past the time to embrace VOIP. VOIP is here to stay, it is not going away and if you are not incorporating it into your product offerings, it will affect your business. The FCC is currently reviewing the laws they place on the incumbent ILEC's and their responsibility to provide POTS lines [...]
Over the course of the next few blogs, we’ll be introducing a few ways for your MSP to stay ahead of the curve. Our theme for the month of July is Innovation, so what better way to immerse ourselves in innovation than to take it piece by piece, department by department, revealing what we see [...]
Last week we hosted the first CharTec Marketing Lab of our summer season, which was attended by six fabulous business executives from all across the country. Over the course of three days, myself, the CharTec marketing team and the attendees spent our time developing marketing plans, SWOT analyses, objectives, social media pages and plans, a [...]
CEOs are getting a bad rap. According to a 2009 poll conducted by Weber Shandwick, only 14% of American Business Executives hold a positive view of chief executives, meaning that a whopping 86% of business executives don’t actually like their CEO or other CEOs for that matter. Needless to say, there is a lot more [...]
When it comes to owning and operating a small business, you have to wear a lot of hats. This is especially true in the case of marketing, which more often than not, falls under the Sales hat or happens only when the owner finds the time. This scenario is something that I hear quite often [...]
Just in case you missed it, this past week we had our processes and procedures filled Operations Academy! Shane Swanson took the stage for what is called around the office "The Shane Swanson Show." One of his most popular sessions is his Power of Process session. In this session, Shane enlisted the help of a [...]
How do you measure success in your business? How do you measure failure? Can you even measure anything? How about your strategy? Is there one? Are you flying by the seat of your pants or do you actually have a game plan? Yes, I know, these are a lot of questions that you hopefully know [...]
