Quick Sprout

This is a guest post by Wayne Mullins. He is the founder of Ugly Mug Marketing and he blogs about business at Marketing Confessions.

There are hundreds of companies that sell computers, but what is it that makes Apple so successful?

There are thousands of chocolatiers around the world, but what is it that makes Godiva stand out?

There are thousands of coffee shops around the world, but what allowed Starbucks to dominate the coffee world?

Every day you likely face hundreds (maybe thousands) of competitors, so what can you possibly do to stand out from the crowd? And more importantly, how can you become the success story in your field?

I’d like to share a principle that works every time, but yet I can only remember once in my life hearing someone talk about this principle. I’m going to give you six specific steps you can easily take today to implement this principle.

But first, here is a story for you… [click to continue…]

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Because startups like Airbnb and Dropbox are becoming very successful and making their founders millions, everybody wants to form a startup these days. But what most people don’t realize is that startups involve a lot of time, energy and sometimes even money.

So although it may seem rewarding to startup a company, it can be painful. So do you think you are up to the task? Well, if you are unsure, you should have your answer after you read this… [click to continue…]

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As someone who is looking to learn about social media, you’re probably confused on where you should start, right? With all of the resources out there, which ones should you follow and which ones should you ignore?

Over the last 6 years or so of leveraging social media, I’ve found the following sites helpful. And hopefully they’ll help you learn everything you need to know about social media. [click to continue…]

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A lot of startups are launched by engineers, designers, and product managers. That’s why they have such great products, right? But have you noticed that they typically lack on the sales front? Well it’s because they usually don’t understand sales and how a startup should use salespeople.

That’s a big problem since they’ll need to interview, hire, evaluate, assign regions and to salespeople. And sometimes, even fire them.

If that’s you, then it’s helpful to have a framework when it comes to building a killer sales team. The following advice should help you do just that. [click to continue…]

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