Tag: sales

July 16, 2014

Creating Your Sales Pipeline

Pipeline management has become a major focus to organizations and salespeople throughout the years. This renewed focus has quickly highlighted problems that might have been hidden during ‘boom’ markets a few years ago, such as accuracy and a streamlined system. Cydcor is committed to examining these problems and finding solutions. When polled, 44% of senior sales professionals found that a major cause of frustration at their workplace stemmed from stalled opportunities. So what part or parts of a sales pipeline […]

July 15, 2014

Cydcor Reviews ‘The Victory Lab’ by Sasha Issenberg

Cydcor CEO Gary Polson

The worldwide leader in outsourced sales solutions, Cydcor provides clients with proven sales and marketing strategies that get results. Here is Cydcor’s review of The Victory Lab by Sasha Issenberg. About The Victory Lab: This is an insider’s account of how database marketing and psychology has caused political campaigns to gradually become more science than art in recent years. Issenberg introduces us to groundbreaking ideas that were the works of such iconoclasts such as Todd Rogers, Mark Grebner and Ken Strasma. […]

July 11, 2014

How to Make Your Own Luck

A quote by Carl Zuckmayer says, “One-half is luck; the other half is discipline—and that’s the most important half, for without discipline you wouldn’t know what to do with luck.” Luck doesn’t just happen, and it’s Cydcor is a firm believer that it’s entirely possible to create your own. There are many events that happen over the course of an individual’s life that they have nothing to do with—both negative and positive occurrences. The concept of ‘luck’ is truly about […]

July 8, 2014

Tips for Increasing Your Productivity

Productivity is an ability that can be continuously improved upon. Staying productive in the workplace can sometimes be a challenge, and effective productivity is the combination of smart planning and focused efforts. Here are Cydcor’s tips for increasing your work productivity. Delegation: Learning to trust your colleagues in helping you complete work is an ability that some struggle with. However, everyone will need help every once in a while; be it covering for you while you are on vacation, handling […]

June 18, 2014

Traits of Successful Salespeople

An important trait to instill in yourself is this: Don’t think in terms of sales but rather in terms of building a business. Great salespeople are building a business, not just trying to make a sale. When you think beyond a sale, you’re going to get other people’s attention much more easily. They’re going to be interested in what you have to say. You want something that’s going to live and go beyond a single sale. Successful people are persistent. Cydcor […]

Cydcor Reviews ‘Identity Economics’

The recognized leader in outsourced sales services, Cydcor is committed to providing clients with proven sales and marketing strategies. Here is Cydcor’s review of Identity Economics: How Our Identities Shape Our Work, Wages and Well-Being by George Akerlof. About Identity Economics: Identity Economics bridges the gap in the social sciences. It brings identity and norms to economics. People’s notions of what is proper and what is forbidden, and for whom, are fundamental to how they work and how they learn, spend […]

June 4, 2014

Top 5 Tips to Make the Most of Networking

Networking events can be a bit overwhelming, and if you don’t know what you’re doing, they can feel like a waste of time. Follow these 5 tips in order to get the best return on investment at a networking event. Be Prepared Look over the list of attendees if possible. If a name strikes your eye, Cydcor recommends checking out their LinkedIn profile, or other social media or website and find out a little more about him or her. It’s […]

May 29, 2014

Cydcor Reviews ‘The Good Listener’

The following is Cydcor’s review of The Good Listener: Better Relationships through Better Communication by Hugh Mackay. About The Good Listener: Now in its second edition, the Good Listener is a guide to communication within relationships by social researcher Hugh Mackay.  Originally published as “Why don’t people listen?” the book discusses communication and why it is difficult for most people to properly communicate ideas to others. One of the more interesting ways that Mackay teaches communication skills is by creating a […]

May 16, 2014

Cydcor To Move Into Larger Corporate Headquarters

WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif., May 16, 2014 — Cydcor, the leading provider of professional in-person sales teams, announced the company will be moving to a new location to continue serving its thriving network of independently-owned sales offices and significant internal growth. Cydcor’s new 40,000 square foot headquarters will be located in Agoura Hills, California, and be double the size of their current location in Westlake Village. The new building will have a Silicon Valley look and many outdoor spaces exclusive to the company. It will host […]

May 13, 2014

Cydcor Reviews ‘The Personal MBA’

Here is Cydcor’s review of The Personal MBA: Master the Art of Business by Josh Kaufman. About The Personal MBA:  This is a pocket version of what you would learn in business school.  Getting an MBA is a big commitment of both time and money.  One book can’t replace an education, but The Personal MBA provides tools and resources to get you in the right direction to become a successful business leader.  Josh Kaufman founded PersonalMBA.com as an alternative to […]