Just last month, I started feeling extremely overwhelmed by all of the emails I was getting in my inbox daily from companies that I’ve either done business with in the past or currently do business with. In fact, it was getting to the point that, every morning when I opened my email, I felt kind of …
Communication Articles and Interviews (tag)
Face to Face: An Interview with Dr. Cheryl Bauman
In an interview with Monday Morning Radio host Dean Rotbart, Dr. Cheryl Bauman discusses why face-to-face communication is still important in business, even in this digital age. While Dr. Bauman recognizes that digital forms of communication are here to stay, she makes the case that it is worth the …
7 Thought-Provoking Reasons to Mentor Others
Within a year of graduating from college, I was extremely happy to land a job working as a caseworker for the local domestic relations section of the court. And while I was fairly confident in my abilities, overall proud of the work that I put out and the accomplishments I made (such as resolving …
How to Create an eNewsletter That Actually Gets Read
When it comes to marketing, there are many options available for getting and staying in front of your consumer. You can advertise on TV or the radio, you can send out postcards or direct mail, and you can hold huge marketing events complete with food and drinks. But the problem with each of these …
What is Sales, and How Is It Different from Marketing?
Sales is any type of interpersonal communication, usually one-on-one, that leads to the close of a sale, or a signed contract. Most often sales are the interactions with prospects or leads, which are the direct product of marketing. The strategy behind sales is to “push” with a concentration on …
What is an Infographic and What Are They Used For?
An infographic is a data-rich, graphical representation of a story or thesis. It combines text and graphics to convey a message in a more interesting medium than an article or single photo. Research shows infographics to be around 30 times more likely to be read than plain text articles. The purpose …
