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Monthly Archives: June 2012
The Winner of the June 2012 Supplier Spotlight Contest is…
This month’s contest proved out the slogan: Real ideas for SBEs from real SBEs. These days the Small Business Enterprise is the focus of many efforts, but none like Supplier-Connection. This month’s winner is Entry #2: Use a Marketing Approach … Continue reading
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Tagged advertising, blogging, business, Business continuity plans, Dan Gallo, Employee Performance Plans, Goal Setting for Business, Good Corporate Citizen, Incremental Improvement, Sales, Sales Growth, SBE, Small Business, Small Business Contest, Small Business Contest 2012, SmallBiz, social-media, Splash Worldwide, Supplier Connection, The Supplier Spotlight
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June 2012: Vote for The Supplier Spotlight Contest Now!
Real ideas for SBEs from SBEs! Think about that “tag line” for a moment. This is not just about winning a free month of promotion for your SBE. It’s much more. We’ve posted 50 ideas on how to improve your … Continue reading
Posted in June 2012 Contest
Tagged blogging, business, Business continuity plans, Client Satisfaction Survey, Community Service, Dan Gallo, Employee Incentives, Employee Innovation, Employee Performance Plans, Employee Submission Contest, Fortune 500 companies, Goal Setting for Business, Hire A Vet, Incremental Improvement, marketing, minute video overview, Sales, Sales Growth, Sales Process, Sales Tips, SBE, Small Business Contest 2012, social-media, Splash Worldwide, Supplier Connection, technology, The Supplier Spotlight, Veterans, WBE, webinar series, Webinars, Woman Based Enterprise
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Entry #1: “Creative Thinking” as a Differentiator
We recently dealt with a prospect that makes custom painted aluminum framing. They were incurring damage to their product when forklifts unloaded their 24’ frames from delivery trucks. While the panels were already packaged in corrugated cardboard and wrapped with … Continue reading
Posted in June 2012 Contest
Tagged business, Business Innovation, Creative Thinking, Dan Gallo, design, Employee Incentives, Employee Innovation, Employee Submission Contest, Fortune 500 companies, Goal Setting for Business, Incremental Improvement, Innovative Thinking, Logistics, Sales Growth, SBE, Small Business, Small Business Contest, Small Business Contest 2012, SmallBiz, Supplier Connection, The Supplier Spotlight, transportation, WBE, Woman Based Enterprise
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Entry #2: Use a Marketing Approach to Debt Collection
All companies need to collect their Accounts Receivables to be successful. But that becomes difficult if we start treating our customers as delinquents or write-offs, which is happening more and more in this economy. When you consider the cost to … Continue reading
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Tagged Accounts Receivable, accounts receivables, advertising, Assest Management, business, Business continuity plans, Client Satisfaction Survey, Collection Calls, Dan Gallo, Debt Collections, Employee Innovation, Employee Submission Contest, favorable impressions, Fortune 500 companies, Goal Setting for Business, Improve collections, Incremental Improvement, initial attitude, marketing, multi channel marketing, Sales, Sales Growth, Sales Tips, SBE, Small Business, Small Business Contest, Small Business Contest 2012, SmallBiz, Supplier Connection, The Supplier Spotlight, WBE, Woman Based Enterprise
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Entry #3: Why You Should Hire Veterans
I’m a service disabled veteran (have all of my limbs but with some mobility issues), who’s taken the gamble of starting my own company. There’s a large veteran population seeking employment. As a veteran business owner it’s my honor to … Continue reading
Posted in June 2012 Contest
Tagged business, Business continuity plans, Citizenship Codes, Dan Gallo, economy, Employee Innovation, Employee Submission Contest, Fortune 500 companies, Good Corporate Citizen, government, Incremental Improvement, leadership, Sales, Sales Growth, Sales Tips, SBE, Small Business, Small Business Contest, Small Business Contest 2012, SmallBiz, Supplier Connection, The Supplier Spotlight, WBE, Woman Based Enterprise
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Entry #4: The Supplier Spotlight Advantage
We are a society constantly seeking instant gratification, but the road to a successful business is a long and bumpy one. The truth is, little steps add up to big rewards. Here are 5 useful tips I’ve learned from The … Continue reading
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Entry #5: Lions: No Time to Chase Chipmunks
Our client’s best sales people (the Lions) want to spend their time winning customer orders, and not wasting time chasing the “Chipmunks”—gaps and delays in their internal sales process where only the sales rep can move the process forward. Most … Continue reading
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