I bought the iPad about three weeks ago, hoping that it would be a device that fit soundly between the iPhone (which is an awful web-browsing and content creation experience) and a laptop (which is cumbersome to carry, especially in business meetings and sales calls). I bought … [Read more...]

I heard from Doug Aley (VP for Business Development and Marketing at Jott) that many sales pros use Jott just as described in the previous post and that they have some new sales-specific offerings being developed. I am still an easy mark for cool sales tools, so I am intrigued to … [Read more...]

I had an email conversation this weekend with a sales rep who is using the economic downturn to get back to the basics (which, in my opinion, is never a bad idea). For him, this includes hand-written thank you cards and writing down leads while he is actually in the field. First, … [Read more...]

One of my clients is a first-rate salesman and sales manager himself. Last week we were going to meet for dinner and the weather and roads were terrible. To make sure were still on for dinner despite the weather, I called. When I answered, my client said: "Hi Cher." … [Read more...]

Turns out that Michael Hyatt has blogging about GTD for some time at his blog, From Where I Sit. His list of past GTD blog posts is an excellent resource. … [Read more...]

If you are new to GTD (Getting Things Done), it is a productivity system created by David Allen. I recommend you start first with David's book, Getting Things Done. You can visit David's consulting firm, David Allen Company here. I have found no better primer on GTD than … [Read more...]