Category: Blogs

December 28, 2024

5 Ways to Prepare for 2025

Take a big leap this New Year!

Experience more, learn more, and be ready for more! If you’ve been trying to figure out your resolutions for the new year… stop.  We’re not making resolutions this year. We’re making changes.  If you want to experience, learn, and earn more in 2025, these 5 actions will empower you to hit the ground running. Let’s make 2025 the best one yet! 1 – Simplify Have your past New Year’s resolutions looked something like this? This year I will: Aspirations are […]

December 22, 2024

Does Door-to-Door Sales Still Work?

Is Door-to-Door dead?

We get it. You can run ads on social media, make cold calls, and leverage ALL sorts of technologies to find new customers. Why would you want to go door to door anymore? But when you consider how starved our society is for human connection — and consider how effective face-to-face communication is… there’s a BIG case to be made for good, old-fashioned door-knocking. This blog highlights 5 key reasons that D2D is more relevant than ever  Why Door-to-Door Sales […]

December 15, 2024

You Don’t Just Deserve Rest and Relaxation. You Need It.

Do yourself a favor. Rest a bit!

Do you ever feel guilty for taking a break? You shouldn’t be. When we’re able to find the right moments to step away, we are empowered to show up far better when we return! Keep burnout at bay. Get your creative juices flowing again. There are many practical and scientific cases to be made about the importance of a little R&R. And if you have reservations about taking a some time away for yourself… Give this a read! The Importance […]

November 3, 2024

Their Lives Fell Apart… But Setback Couldn’t Stop Them

ALWAYS get back up!

30 publishers thought Steven King’s writing just couldn’t cut it. So you know what he did? He got better. Nobody has it easy — not even the big names who are now leading industries. What separates the greats is a willingness to step through failure, heartbeat, and tragedy — and come out stronger on the other side. Here are some of the most touching true stories on surviving setbacks, and thriving in spite of everything that’s come before. From Failure […]

October 14, 2024

10 Incredible Business Leaders. 10 Inspiring Quotes

At Cydcor, we’re big believers in continuous learning and improvement.

Seek wisdom and actionable advice from some of the world’s most successful entrepreneurs. 1. Steve Jobs on the importance of Passion: “Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do.” There’s a good chance you’re reading this on a device first imagined by the late Founder […]

August 29, 2024

ICYMI: Being Honest Will Make You Better at Sales

'Speak Truth' spelled out in scrabble letters

Lots of people try to bend the truth to get ahead — but this is probably the worst way to build alasting career or business in sales. From embellishment and omission — to outright lies that completely misrepresent what’s being sold — we all know how frustrating it is to deal with a dishonest salesperson. That’s why honesty can make you far more successful in sales — because people will always choose to do long-term business with the person they […]

August 15, 2024

Culture Takes Courage — and Other Leadership Lessons From CEO Vera Quinn

Vera Quinn joins top business podcast hosts to discuss leadership, her entrepreneurial journey and more. Here are our three favorite takeaways! Jack Welch, the former CEO of General Electric, once said “Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others.” And no matter where you are in that journey — whether you’re taking the first step into entrepreneurship and trying to grow yourself, or you’re leading a […]

July 25, 2024

ICYMI: Get Sales Inspiration from These Iconic Movie Quotes

What do these famous movie characters have to say about sales?

If Yoda was a sales manager, what would he say at the team meeting? Blake from Glengarry Glen Ross isn’t the nicest of characters, but he still has the most quotable sales lines of all time. Citizen Kane isn’t just the greatest movie of all time because it has a good story — it also teaches us a thing or two about what business success really is. Business and Hollywood collide in this blog. Here are 10 inspiring sales quotes […]

July 11, 2024

Here’s a Four-Step-Framework for Responding to Negative Customer Feedback

Cat perched on fence

Criticism is an opportunity for growth — but only if you know how to properly deal with customer complaints.  Let’s face it — everyone’s a critic these days, and it’s all but impossible to work a job without getting some negative feedback at some point in your career. Even the most successful people deal with valid criticism. In the end, their ability to handle and interact with that feedback is what sets them apart.  Knowing how to isolate, identify, reflect […]

June 27, 2024

ICYMI: Is Being on Time Important?

The best way to get ahead? Be on time

Are we just being sticklers—or does being on time ACTUALLY matter? If there’s anything we’ve learned from three decades in business (and counting), it’s that time is one of our greatest assets as entrepreneurs. If you don’t keep on schedule—and disrespect the time of others—you’re not going to get very far at all! In this blog, we highlight 7 reasons being on time matters—and how you can make punctuality your superpower. 7 Reasons Being on Time Matters