Creating Business that Justifies Budgets

As we get closer to the printing of, From  Vendor to Adviser, my new book, I am conducting a few webinars to introduce some of the new and exciting topics of this book.  On Oct 28th I’ll be conducting the second one – the first was last week.  I don’t know how many I will […]

Marketing Requires Passion

Passion drives the sale.  If you’re not passionate about what you are selling, change jobs.  As I prepare for next week’s Venture Tech Network conference in Las Vegas, it occurs to me that no matter how great your questions are, your references, the technology you sell, or the team behind you, if you don’t look […]

The Retail Opportunity; Technology Motivational Speaker David Stelzl Preparing to Speak to Top Retail Sales Teams

This morning I am headed out to speak to 35 sales teams calling on the top 35 retail organizations in the world – My topic, Moving From Vendor to Adviser – Capturing the Security Opportunity.  As I’ve prepared over the past several weeks, I’ve had the opportunity to interview some of the top performing sales […]

Tool for Sending Secure Email

How often do your clients send stuff through email that just shouldn’t be sent?  I came across this tool through a client recently – up to five sends free per month; and support for up to 2GB files!  Pretty cool stuff.  This morning I used it to send some very large files to a client […]

Using Social Media to Sell

Social Media and The Internet – Marketing Available to You. When I started my company the first thing I did was build a website.  Within minutes of launching I was talking to the entire world for about $30/month.  Since then some great tools have been introduced, allowing me to interact, create content, publish, reach out, […]

Will They Buy From You?

There are thousands of sales techniques out there, but when you boil it all down, people buy from you (or don’t) because you are you.  So what value do you bring to the sale?  You’ve heard it said, “People like to buy, but hate to be sold.”  I’ve heard this for years, so whoever claims […]