Stop Mistaking Marketing for Selling

By Jeff Beals On separate occasions I recently met with two small business owners.  These guys don’t know each other but they have a lot in common: Despite great effort, neither is happy with their revenue. Both companies are “getting by” but are far from thriving. A...

Is Cross-Selling Actually a Bad Thing???

By Jeff Beals Thanks to widespread media coverage of the recent Wells Fargo fake-account scandal, the sales profession has a new villain. It’s called, “cross-selling.” And you might add another villain to the list: “Sales culture.” In Wells Fargo’s world,...