I’ve got just three words for you: Breakfast. Lunch. Dinner. That’s right, the meals you need to eat anyway can be big lead and revenue tools when you invite a few prospects or clients along. They’re easier, cheaper and way more effective than those useless old trade shows and you get to control the whole […]
Archives for October 2014
The Very Simple System For Picking Your Trade Shows
Last time we established that trade shows are many things, among them giant cash-sucking machines, that are terrible at lead generation. Before we dive into the Very Simple System, let’s remember that trade shows exist for one reason: to make money for someone who isn’t you. It can be a private event company or, in B2B, […]
Pssst. Trade Shows Suck at Lead Generation. Pass it on.
Sales squirrels ignoring you? Here’s a fun way to get their attention: tell them you’re cancelling all the trade shows next year. Now count backwards from ten after you click send and stand by for the howling, the outrage, the pleading. It will sound something like this: “How will we ever make quota?” “The quarter is […]