Guest blog by Dennis Bridges, MBA About a month ago I drove to Banff National Park for a wedding and a weekend in Canmore with my girlfriend. Unfortunately, on the highway between Calgary and Banff we had a flat tire. We tossed on the donut (spare) and managed to make the wedding just in time…
Guest blog by Dennis Bridges, MBA Communication and transparency: Schedule meetings with your sales staff regularly. Instead of just focusing on what they’re doing well and what they are doing wrong, make sure that some 1-on-1 time is used to address their worries, pain points and work environment issues. If you encourage honesty and constructive criticism…
Guest blog by Dennis Bridges, MBA I spend the majority of my time as of late working in sales with teams and individuals and a question I continue to get is, “what roles do we need to fill to operate a successful sales team?”
Guest blog by Dennis Bridges, MBA There are many questions you can ask yourself about work productivity. Here are four big ones that have a lot to do with tracking – something Jenny Craig and other big weight watching companies have perfected.
Guest blog by Dennis Bridges, MBA Occasionally I get questions about how we run our blog at X5 and seeing as this week’s topic includes marketing and operations, I figure it’s not a bad time to talk a little about that.
Guest blog by Dennis Bridges, MBA It seems to me that Oscar Sunday has become a huge event over the last number of years. Supposedly 40 million plus tuned in to watch the Oscars this year, however, over 110 million people watched the last Super Bowl.
Guest blog by Dennis Bridges, MBA In one of my coaching appointments the other day I was preaching the value of LRT (Like, Respect and Trust), as I often do, when the conversation took a small step backward. The question was, “What’s the key to attracting those relationships in the first place?” Both a relevant and…
Guest blog by Dennis Bridges, MBA In his latest blog ” Christmas Customer Service Commitment ,” Matt Graff shared a couple telling customer service stories, highlighting theimportance of a brand’s relationship with its customer.
Guest blog by Dennis Bridges, MBA In my last blog post for X5 I talked about marketing, more specifically how to build and share your message more effectively. One of the steps I mentioned was understanding where and when to share that message, mostly with respect to social media. The last few weeks I haven’t been…
Guest blog by Dennis Bridges, MBA Marketing products or services is something every company, and in my opinion, every individual needs to do. There are so many marketing firms, channels, mediums and philosophies out there that it’s difficult to know where to start and/or how to improve your existing efforts.
