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Turn All Your Employees Into Salespeople

It’s almost the end of the year. The books are coming to a close and the bottom line is near. It’s time to really push your sales to the finish line! How do you get that little extra boost from...

by Tribe|27 November 201204 October 2018|Post Category, Strategy and Measurement

Make Your Entire Workforce Your Sales Force

Do you want to grow your business? There really isn’t a company or leader that doesn’t want to grow their business. An easy way to grow is to have your entire workforce be your sales force. Here are a few...

by Tribe|22 December 201104 October 2018|Post Category, Vision and Values

The Power of Reflection

Once a year, my business partner and I go to Arizona for several days to think about the business. We take a thick workbook filled with questions about every aspect of the business, from our business development strategy, to how...

by Elizabeth Baskin|27 January 201004 October 2018|Internal Branding, Post Category

Do you Treat Your Clients Like Tiffany Customers?

No matter how good your company is, sooner or later you're going to mess something up. You won't mean to, but you'll do something that upsets a client. Maybe you'll miss a deadline, maybe costs will come in higher than...

by Elizabeth Baskin|19 January 201004 October 2018|Inside Tribe, Post Category

How a Tough Year for Your Business in 2009 Might Mean a Fantastic 2010

Everyone's talking about how companies are stronger for trimming expenses in 2009 and figuring out bow to do more with less. Thinking small is a good exercise. But an even better way to think is how we could get bigger....

by Elizabeth Baskin|23 December 200904 October 2018|Inside Tribe, Post Category

“Have You Made Any Money from Your Blog?”

One of the most important benefits of blogging is that it changes the dynamics of the sales process. Instead of making cold calls, trying to set meetings with people who've never heard of you, blogging allows you to reach out...

by Elizabeth Baskin|22 October 200904 October 2018|Channels, Post Category

Social Media for Old Folks, in Five Easy Pieces

Plenty of reasonably (or even exceptionally) intelligent people still resist social media. One problem is that there's so much information out there on how to use LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter, and how to blog. What you need is someone to...

by Elizabeth Baskin|07 October 200904 October 2018|Channels, Post Category

When Can Entrepreneurs Stop Worrying About Winning More Business?

"My business seems to be successful," said the new entrepreneur, "but when do I get to quit worrying about enough work coming in?" "Never," was all I could tell her. In my years of running my own companies, I've been...

by Elizabeth Baskin|01 October 200904 October 2018|Post Category, Vision and Values

The Long Road to Overnight Success with an iPhone App

Our new iPhone app has climbed the charts of Apple's rankings over the last 10 days, and today stands at number 17 in paid business applications. But what makes this idea pop and many of our others fizzle out? Here...

by Elizabeth Baskin|21 September 200904 October 2018|Channels, Post Category

How Does a Small Ad Agency Manage to Launch an iPhone app?

Yesterday, Tribe's first iPhone application launched in the App Store and on iTunes. This is a perfect example of how quickly a small company can do something that would take a large corporation months of meetings before they even got...

by Elizabeth Baskin|11 September 200904 October 2018|Channels, Post Category