May 3, 2012 | CONNECT WITH SMARTBRIEF |  |  | |  | | The Leaderboard |  | | | |  |  | Sales leaders: feeling disconnected from your field reps? Become relevant, connected, and effective. 150 clients are already using RealBiz Shorts to reach their teams and stay engaged in the age of the social enterprise. Click here to preview our library of videos. |
 |  | - Teaching is the new selling
The key to succeeding in the current sales climate is to focus on providing customers with valuable information, writes Jim Keenan. "Customers today are looking for more than product information. ... [They] want to learn something that will help their business grow," he writes. A Sales Guy blog (4/30)  |  |  |  |  | How to turn money you already spend into points you can use: The Business Gold Rewards Card from American Express OPEN, designed to earn Membership Rewards® points faster: 3X on airfare. 2X on advertising, gas & shipping. 1X on everything else. Use points to pay for travel, Amazon.com purchases, Facebook ads, and more. LEARN MORE & APPLY |  |  |  |  |
  |  | Daily Data Points |  | | | | - An app to help you dodge traffic jams
The Inrix Traffic application, which is available for Android, BlackBerry and iOS, provides traffic information so you can avoid getting stuck in gridlock. Besides providing information about accidents and construction, it can also show you whether traffic on a particular road is moving faster or slower than normal. PCWorld Business Center/Simply Business blog (5/1) SmartPulse |  | | | | - Do you use your smartphone to track your business receipts?
No | 89.04% | Yes, sometimes | 10.96% | Yes, exclusively | 0.00% | - Is the new BlackBerry exciting enough to make you think about buying one?
 | Yes, I want one |  | Yes, I'd consider getting one |  | No, BlackBerry has been surpassed by better products |  | No, I was never into BlackBerry and won't start now |  |  | Top 5 HR Compliance Concerns for Small Business Small and medium sized companies spend a lot of time focusing on core business issues, but they may overlook one of the most potentially serious and costly issues — regulatory compliance. How do you know what issues to look for in order to protect the company? Download this must-read paper that discusses the top 5 HR compliance issues. |
 |  | - Ohio "Mushroom House" is up for sale
An unusual building is on sale in Cincinnati, Ohio. The property -- the "Mushroom House" -- was designed by a local architect with the help of his students. "It's an art installation really, and it took so long because he incorporated the design students," said Amanda Voss, one of the listing agents. MSNBC/The Bottomline (5/1)  | Customers and prospect are making their early buying decisions based what you know, not on what you have in your product portfolio." | | SmartBrief on Sales Partners |  |  |  |  | SmartBrief delivers need-to-know news in over 100 targeted email newsletters to over 3 million readers. All our industry briefings are FREE and open to everyone—sign up today! | | This SmartBrief was created for cpgbrokers@gmail.com | | | | | | Recent SmartBrief on Sales Issues: - Wednesday, May 02, 2012
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