Spurious correlations can result in conclusions that only a politician could love. This chart "proves" that American-built cars prevent suicide.

Right?

 "I don't want to call her back."

"Why not?"

"Because I just emailed her a week ago and I haven't heard back yet. I don't want to be annoying…"

We understand. You and I have been on the wrong end of one too many eager salesperson's relentlessness. To them, "No" is merely the first two letters of "Now I'll buy it!" How then, to be professional, yet personable? Persistent, yet polite?

What Can You Buy with $120,000?

Samsung’s 105-inch curved Ultra HD TV.

This house at 126 N 38, Omaha NE 68131

One tall coffee from Starbucks every single day for the next 184 years

These days, most commerce can be tracked with a level of precision that old school marketers might dismiss as voodoo magic, but it’s not always easy. The good old Nielsen Ratings are great example of the struggle against obsolescence. When TV first became popular, advertising rates depended on paper diaries filled out by viewers every time they watched something, Eventually Nielsen developed a box that electronically spied on your TV habits.

Chasing new leads may seem like one more task fighting for first place on your to-do list, but it can actually be kind of exciting.  Think about your best customers… they used to be leads way back when.

Leads are chances. Leads are on opportunity to persuade, pitch, and win. As we say in the inbound marketing world, the buying cycle goes like this: Attract, Convert, Close and Delight. Discovering leads is the part where you notice customers in the marketplace AND THEY NOTICE YOU! Yes, it is a little like a romance, and without the basic notion of how the "wooing" process works, you're destined to warm the folding chairs along the wall at the eighth grade dance.

United WebWorks tips on time saving lead generation, Savannah GA

Ever feel like Jack London on the trail to the Klondike when you're digging for leads? It can sometimes feel like you're one of the thousands endlessly toiling up the Chilkoot pass, hoping to strike it rich with a pick and shovel. What you really needed was an exceptional dog like Buck in Call of the Wild.

Dogs were the industrial robots of times past. Most of the breeds we see today started out with a specific purpose in the mind of the breeder. One's dog was a semi-intelligent minion that earned its keep by doing your bidding.