But tell me what you really think.
When you come down to it, some people use their blogs to make themselves look like big shots. We don’t. We view our blog as a chance to comment (we hope in a humorous way) about what our clients are talking about. It’s nitty gritty stuff, really. How can we sell better? How can we make people listen? How can we break through the clutter?
Here’s what we’re hearing out there!
Can you get us some stuff that helps us sell?
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