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Big Brothers Big Sisters of Massachusetts Bay and InsightSquared: Paving the Way for Data-Driven Social Service

InsightSquared

Over at Big Brothers Big Sisters of Massachusetts Bay , they love creating meaningful relationships between vulnerable kids and area adults to help those children develop the skills they need to be successful. First, Meet Big Brothers Big Sisters of Massachusetts Bay. Over here at InsightSquared , we love data.

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Snowstorm & Weather Apps Explain Why 75% of Sales Forecasts are Wrong

Understanding the Sales Force

As a Nor'Easter barreled across Central Massachusetts today, a few interesting storm-related happenings were analogous to some sales-related occurrences. This article will explore two weather-related analogies:

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Rainforests and Torn ACL's Provide Insight into Effective Selling

Understanding the Sales Force

Based on the non-stop rain and humidity we have had for the last 6 weeks in Massachusetts, you could probably make a case that not only do we now have a rainy season, but where our house is located, we must live in a rain forest. Hold that thought. Dinger, our GoldenDoodle, who I have featured in several articles , tore his ACL last week.

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The Monday Morning Breakfast For Champions Podcast – Episode 46 – Joel Stevenson

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He lives in Massachusetts with his wife and four children. Joel earned an M.B.A. from the Yale School of Management, a B.S. in Business Administration from the University of Illinois and studied Chinese at Harvard-Beijing Academy. Join me Friday for another great Live episode.

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3 Keys That Determine the Length of Your Sales Cycle

Understanding the Sales Force

In Central Massachusetts, the 2024 Foliage season was dramatically different from a year ago when the leaves turned late in the fall, without much color, and they didn’t drop until the second half of November. Long Foliage Cycle.

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The Keys to Fourth Quarter Sales Success in 2020

Understanding the Sales Force

Each day, the Boston Globe sends an update with metrics that the state of Massachusetts is monitoring with regard to the Pandemic. As always, if you can hang in through some of the preliminary analysis, I'll make the pivot to sales and business. The update for October 19, 2020, is shown below:

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Can a New Sales Manager Be a Difference Maker?

Understanding the Sales Force

For the longest time, my local Panera in Westboro Massachusetts was awful. Like phone company awful. And cable company awful. The problem was chronic. The half and half was always empty. The supplies of cup insulators and trays were nowhere to be found. The wait at the drive-through was intolerable.

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