Don't Be a Media Sales Airline

Jul 16, 2013 7:43:42 AM / by Kitty Malone posted in Media Sales, Customer Success

don't be a media sales airline Are you giving your customers a fair price for add-ons?
Pacific Southwest Airlines flight attendants. San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive.
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It's What You Don't Know That Can Hurt You in Media Sales

Jul 10, 2013 12:36:32 PM / by Chris Crawford posted in Media Sales, Customer Success, CRM, Account Management

it's what you don't know that will hurt you in media sales Protect yourself from "bullets" that can bring you down by using your media sales CRM to win your own media sales battles!
Repairing front line trench after bomb explosion fifty yards from enemy trenches. France, 1917. National Archives.
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When Are They Going to Make a Reality Show About Media Sales?

Jul 9, 2013 6:27:42 AM / by Kitty Malone posted in Media Sales, CRM

media sales reality show Is winning in the cards? It is when you use your CRM to prepare!
Florence Lee, c.1912. Bain News Service, publisher. Library of Congress.
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Call Me — Maybe? How to Communicate More Effectively in Media Sales

Jul 3, 2013 2:30:11 PM / by Kitty Malone posted in Media Sales, Customer Success, CRM

media sales communication Go analog! Pick up the phone!
Genevieve Clark, c.1912. Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection.
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5 Ways Media Sales Managers Can Avoid the Summertime Blues

Jun 25, 2013 4:56:40 PM / by Kitty Malone posted in Media Sales

media sales managers beat summertime blues Have a Christmas in July sales meeting to brainstorm ideas for a holiday promotion!
Santa Claus at the beach, Panama City Beach, Florida, 1956. Francis P. Johnson, photographer. State Library and Archives of Florida.
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Where Have All the Ideas Gone in Radio?

Jun 19, 2013 10:07:29 AM / by Chris Crawford posted in Media Sales

where have all the good ideas gone in radio Is the remote really the only creative idea in radio today?
WLS broadcasting from the kitchen of the Sherman Hotel in Chicago, 1929. Underwood & Underwood, photographer. Library of Congress.
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I Admit it. I Am “Challenged.” And So Are YOU!

Jun 11, 2013 7:59:20 AM / by Kitty Malone posted in Media Sales, CRM

deal with your weaknesses in media sales Are you organizationally challenged? Get a friend in your office to give you a hand!
Postal clerks sorting the mail, 1890. National Postal Museum.
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React or Respond in Media Sales: It's Not Cool to Lose Your Cool

Jun 5, 2013 4:22:31 PM / by Chris Crawford posted in Media Sales, Customer Success, CRM

respond or react in media sales Be prepared ahead of time so you don't lose your cool with your clients.
Two characters in an angry mood, photographed by Roger Smith during a scene in "Black Marketing," a motion picture produced by the U.S. Office of War Information (OWI), 1943. Library of Congress.
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Fish Gotta Swim and Birds (and Media Sellers) Gotta Fly

Jun 4, 2013 4:42:25 AM / by Kitty Malone posted in Media Sales, CRM

know your strengths in media sales Your manager will know what your strengths are.
Otto Flint with his manager, c.1912. Library of Congress.
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I Guess I Could Try Sales

May 22, 2013 8:11:50 AM / by Chris Crawford posted in Media Sales, Customer Success, CRM

professional sales is hard work A sharp knife cuts best, so don't lose your edge.
Nui Dat, South Vietnam, November 1970. Corporal Arthur Wallis, 21, of Preston, Victoria, Australia, sharpening a knife in preparation for carving the three prime hams he has prepared for Christmas. William James Cunneen, photographer. Collection of Australian War Memorial.
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