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What's the best sales book you've ever read? [closed]
Any recommendation? Is sale a process to deliver comfort which is declared in the book "E-myth revisited"?
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What is the best invoicing tool you have discovered? [closed]
We're running an online store of electronic devices, and we need to start creating invoices for our clients.
What is the best invoicing tool you have discovered?
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What are some good ways for me to practice my pitch?
I'm trying to put together a pitch, and am looking for ideas on where/how to best practice giving it, before it's polished enough to show to potential investors.
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What term is the business world equivalent to the term “social media”? (Or help us coin the term right here!)
My business will provide an automated “tool” that can be used as part of the pre-sales/pre-purchase process. A by-product of using this tool is the creation of a network of buyers and sellers. (In ...
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How do I approach a large business to sell them my product?
How should I approach selling a niche product or service to a large company? Do I use the "contact form" on their website? Do I call and ask to speak to a business team or salesperson?
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Is there a list of recent startup acquisions?
What is a good source for finding for how much money were startups recently purchased for?
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When do you know it's time to pull out, and cut your losses/earnings off?
Sometimes the hardest thing to do is cut-bait, and walk away from a venture. What factors are the most important taking this leap?
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Ways to sell domain names without using a domain auctioneer?
I am aware of Sedo, Godaddy Autions and Afternic. I don't like their added fees and commission rates. Sedo wants Appraisals for domain names selling for more than $10,000. I am not sure why.
Other ...
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How to answer a business phone call? Is there any good book on that?
Some customers may call you to inquire about the rate, how to answer such phone calls tactically? Is there any good book on it?
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Create my own brand or sell my products directly without brand?
I have developed 2 electronics products and the manufacturer is in China.
I will sell them to some importers/distributors in many countries. Some of them will maybe sell my products with their own ...
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How to be an excellent trader/middleman? [closed]
Any tips? Or is there a great book on this subject?
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Future development of an e-learning product
I initally started with the aim of rolling out a number of courses based around peer-to-peer learning i.e. you learn by marking and commenting on other students essays. This soon to be too broad a ...
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Best places to sell domain names?
I have a domain name I would like to sell. What is the best bid auction site for selling domain names? Is it OK to list it in different domain name bidding sites? I don't want to commit to selling it ...
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How to develop enterprise software and sell it?
What framework or platform is commonly used to develop enterprise software?
I would also like some reference materials on how to sell such software.
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How to present a product to potential buyer without risking them stealing my idea?
I have developed a new and fairly unique development tool, but I don't have the time, skills, or experience to productize, sell, and distribute it.
So my plan is to go to a suitable existing company ...
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Where do you start looking for the low hanging fruit for short term sales revenue?
I need to move my cash flow now but know my target customer is really a larger customer but sales cycle too long for now. How do I start with finding the low hanging fruit to get things going? Some ...
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How can I find prospects with a budget & timeline?
I need to get on the phone and start cold calling and try to find a prospect with a budget and timeline to buy our solution.How do I do this? Where do I start? Since i have sold software like this ...
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Proposal Presentation: Proposal Before or During?
For complex and relatively high-dollar sales (five to six figures), it's a common practice to present the final cost in the form of a proposal, and to present that proposal in person, instead of ...
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Selling a website developed under my corp, but with a partner
I started an S Corporation for my own business (software contracting and various SaaS products). A friend approached me with a viable idea so we built another application together. They are not an ...
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How to sell a website?
I would ask you something that is a problem for me: sell my website. This website is a blog, a forum and a "database" of anime and manga (as imdb) built with Zend Framework. It has many daily visits ...
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How to incorporate in the US without traveling there?
I live in Colombia and have a web service, I would like to create a company in the US so I can receive payments from there. Is there a way to create a company without traveling there like this website ...
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How to hookup with possible partners?
I have always been an interested is starting and running my own business. I have built small websites basically for the fun of it, never intending them to get large. I run my own company now but my ...
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Should I sell parts of my program also or not?
I am selling an utility that is consisting from 5 different modules. This modules are thematicaly connected, but could also exist independently. My utility is $24.95.
I was wondering if I should ...
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Selling a high traffic mobile site, any adivce?
We are looking to sell our business. We are a high traffic mobile site (16+ million unique visitors/month). What is the best way to get acquired? Should we use a business broker to facilitate this ...
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Should we offer a money back guarantee? If so, how?
I'm starting a web site with another founder that proof reads university and college student's papers and essays. Users upload an essay and pay us then they get an edited of the paper back and a list ...
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What tips do you have for running a booth at a tradeshow?
Eric Sink says that tradeshows are like sex: When it's good it's really really good, and when it's bad, it's still pretty good.
It's easy to waste a lot of time and money at tradeshows. But also ...
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Getting a product in front of people who don't necessarily know they have a problem
AKA selling a solution in search of a problem!
Our product is a web-based tool which helps people take and manage meeting minutes. The problem we face is that while most people don't like the way ...
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Are affiliate programs worth it?
I've heard both sides to this argument.
Joel Spolsky said in another question that it was a complete waste of their time at FogCreek, but I've heard success stories as well. For example the Thesis ...
