Tag: Cydcor

November 1, 2013

Diet for Confidence

Health and wellness are an important part of Cydcor company culture.  We value our team and want them to the be the best fleet of sales people in the business.  We also want Cydcor team members to feel like their best selves. Confidence and good moods are key building successful sales relationships.  There are some good personal exercises to build confidence, but the best practice for mood boosting is to incorporate foods that will energize and provide balance.  We all […]

October 30, 2013

Check Out Cydcor Sites!

Check Out Our Great Sites! At Cydcor, we want to stay connected with our stakeholders and promote the company culture that has made us one of Los Angeles County’s Best Places to Work.  That’s why we’ve decided to make sure we provide a rich digital landscape for our team and network to see what we’re up to and any advice we can offer for success in the sales industry.  We encourage you to like, share and comment on things such […]

October 29, 2013

Cydcor’s Favorite Books

At Cydcor, we believe strongly in personal and professional development.  We want our sales rock stars to move on to become management super stars.  Part of our effort to do that is to provide advice and resources for team members to build their communication and leadership skills. We like to collect our favorite books that have inspired us to be better leaders and share them with you on our Cydcor Reviews website.  Here’s a roundup of some of our favorite […]

October 23, 2013

How to Spend More Time Selling

According to Oracle, sales people spent 78% of their time looking for leads.  That leaves very little time for actual selling, especially when relationship building is so crucial to making the sale. So how can one manage leads and spend more time selling? Here are some tips from Cydcor Sales Blog. Start by organizing your leads into categories of likelihood. One for people who have bought from you before.  Two for people who have expressed interest.  Three for people you […]

October 10, 2013

Thousands of reasons… (and dollars) to smile!

This past weekend, the Cydcor team hosted our first “Day of Smiles,” a fundraiser held throughout the United States and Canada among our network of independently-owned sales companies for Operation Smile.  In addition to our own team members, more than 200 participating sales companies put their sales powers to work to raise money to provide cleft palate surgeries for children! Though we have been supporters for years – and have raised enough for two medical missions, one of which took […]

October 4, 2013

Using Sales Power for Good: Cydcor on Fundraising

This week the team at Cydcor and its network of independent sales offices will launch the Day of Smiles campaign for Operation Smile.  Operation Smile is a nonprofit that provides cleft palate surgeries to children all over the world.  One in ten children globally are born with a cleft palate, and many of them do not survive past the age of one.  This summer, Cydcor and its sales network were able to a medical mission that would provide downs of […]

October 1, 2013

Cydcor Launches “Day of Smiles” on October 4th to Heal Smiles and Save the Lives of Children Born with Facial Deformities

Operation Smile, an international children’s medical charity, has announced that Cydcor, the global leader in outsourced sales, is launching the first-ever “Day of Smiles” beginning October 4th and running through October 6th to help children around the world who are born with facial deformities. All proceeds will benefit Operation Smile. Cydcor and its network of independently-owned sales offices across North America will be working together on the same day to raise funds for Operation Smile. All participants will wear tee-shirts […]

September 26, 2013

What Type of Sales Manager are You?

The Heavy Hitter Sales Blog recently reported on the seven types of sales managers.  We wanted to review the types and then ask you what type you may fall under and which manager you prefer to have.  So here they are! For more detail, read Steve W. Martin’s post on the seven types of sales managers over at the Heavy Hitters blog.

September 25, 2013

Medical Mission #2 Funded

Cydcor worked together with the network of independent sales companies to create fundraising events to raise enough money to fund a medical mission for Operation Smile. The trip, at a total of $150,000, will fund a team of surgeons to help correct cleft palates in poor countries. Independent sales companies sold brown bag lunches, threw parties, held events and sales, and many more creative ideas from coast to coast. Check out our video of all of our fantastic, engaged team […]

August 22, 2013

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey

Title: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People Author: Stephen R. Covey Review by: Vera Quinn, COO Description of the book: These “Seven Habits” express a simple yet compelling idea: To be effective, we must adopt a principle-centered, character-based approach. We must work from the “inside-out,” guided by the habits that correspond with each stage along the “Maturity Continuum.” Why should you read this? My copy of Stephen R. Covey’s The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People is signed by […]