Taja

Today’s show: Help Me, Help You: How to Maximize the Working Relationship Between Client and Vendor!

Discussion topics include:

1. What makes a good client/vendor partnership? As Taja says, many clients don’t know what they want, but they just want to be better.

2. How to determine, and work towards, an appropriate marketing budget for your organization.

3. In discussing design and creation, Taja and I talk about how to truly develop your brand. This was one of my favorite discussions around branding ever…

4. We discuss the best ways for clients and vendors to work together, and to optimize the design and creation process.

5. We close with the importance of open communication being the engine behind powerful client/vendor partnerships…

Tune in next month for our next conversation!

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Today is Graduation Day!  As I have mentioned in a few previous blog entries, I have been enrolled as a student in Mark Walker’s Integrity Selling class.  And it has been a wonderful experience.

I have NEVER gone through any sales training in my entire career.  But this first exposure has been eye opening.  If you are at all familiar with Integrity Solutions, you have heard about the AID INC formula.  It will change the way you look at selling.

If you are interested in talking with Mark Walker about the course, you can find him at: http://www.jmwalkergroup.com/.

Todd Schnick.  Be Intrepid.  www.intrepid-llc.com

As promised, I said I would provide some feedback on the blogging workshop I attended yesterday.  The workshop, conducted by Russell Fair of http://rfwebstudio.com, was very helpful in that I did learn some new things and confirmed some things I already suspected.

But what also became clear was there is a lot more to learn that what can be gleaned in one four-hour session.  And that while there are executable strategies to improve SEO scoring (which I still need to better understand), you still have to actually work at this to see measurable improvement.

Russell will be conducting more workshops down the road.  Stay tuned to this blog to learn more about them!

Todd Schnick.  Be Intrepid.  www.intrepid-llc.com

Today I am attending a four-hour workshop on how to become a better blogger.  The workshop is being conducted by Russell Fair of RFWebStudio (http://rfwebstudio.com/).  I am hoping to learn how to get this site viewed by many more folks to help grow both my clientbase and readership.

I will let you know how it goes!

Todd Schnick.  Be Intrepid.  www.intrepid-llc.com

Just wrapped up my weekly Integrity Selling course with Mark Walker.  What an outstanding program to be going through.  If you or your organization are looking for sales training, you owe it to yourself to explore this program.  Contact Mark Walker at 770.578.1345 to learn more.

And if you are interested in attending next week’s Meet the eXpert Live Learning Event sponsored by GrowthANSWERS, go here: http://growthanswers.com/expert/

And most importantly, opening this week:

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Todd Schnick.  Be Intrepid.  www.intrepid-llc.com

I have another day full of appointments, including a visit to the North Atlanta Business Professionals.  I have missed the last several meetings due to my election commitments, but I am looking forward to going back!  You can find us at www.natlbp.com!

Also, GrowthANSWERS issues its monthly e-newsletter, eMerge! today.  Sign up here is you want to get on the mailing list: http://www.growthanswers.com/Signup.html

Todd Schnick.  Be Intrepid.  www.intrepid-llc.com

Contact me anytime on mobile at 404.931.0969 or by email at todd@intrepid-llc.com.

Monday’s calendar is full of appointments, including the owner of a well-respected local tech support company, as well as with a prospect to run for office in 2010.  Yep – time to start planning already…

Contact me anytime at todd@intrepid-llc.com or on mobile at 404.931.0969.

The big news today is the transfer to a new website.  As you might not know, I have been carrying two sites, a main company site and an experimental blog.

I’ve decided to combine the two into ONE site, making it easier on me to manage, and quite honestly, a lot more fun for me to manage, and more fun for you to read.

I welcome feedback.  Again, todd@intrepid-llc.com.  Thanks!