Posted on June 28, 2007 by Pete Jeans
I’ve been using the ABS for years. What people may not know is that they have fantastic resources to do customised research on industry sector info that you need.
In their recently released 2006 Census data, their media fact sheets painted a picture of the average Australian family…which makes interesting reading. Here it is below…
Census paints [...]
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Posted on June 22, 2007 by Pete Jeans
Simple question….what do you or your network contacts need… that your resources can’t deliver?
Please comment below or contact me via the link below. We probably know someone that can help.
cheers!
Pete
Pete Jeans CEO SMO Sydney
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Posted on June 14, 2007 by Pete Jeans
A former Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser once said “life wasn’t meant to be easy”. And it’s true in our changing business world that nothing is gained without hard applied smart effort.
Cash ( particularly free cashflow ) is king. And competitors will take it away from you if your value proposition is [...]
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Posted on June 14, 2007 by Pete Jeans
I’m constantly inundated by sales representatives flogging their wares…but at least they ring.
Anybody who sends me unsolicited blurb suffers the permanent penalty…in the trashcan!
It’s tragic that they hustle me…without asking me what I do…and what I need.
Simple questions huh! And very powerful.
I always reckon that it’s best to ring a contact that’s potentially warm…cold calls [...]
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Posted on June 7, 2007 by Pete Jeans
This week I went to a strategic selling workshop to refresh my sales development practices and thinking around the issues of customer identification and conversion.
My thanks to DSRD and presenter Sue Henry for a worthwhile morning.
It reinforced my view that refresher days are worth their weight in gold. We do all get too [...]
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