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Follow up from the palm of your hand: How to use the Outstand iPhone app
Have all the power of Outstand – anytime, anywhere.
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Text from your desktop: How to send a trackable text message
Throw this one into your routine, and you'll be unstoppable.
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Texting an email - Can you even do that?
The average email response time is 90 minutes. The average text message response time is 90 seconds. What do you do when your content requires email but you need "text message" response time?
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TAG! You're it: 10 data tags to turboboost your emails
Take yourself from tagger to tag-ee.
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6 open-ended questions for sales-starting conversations
Become a little more involved than "How are you today?"
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9 tips (not wishes) for more email opens
These ideas will blow your contacts away!
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Handling sales objections: "I need time to think it over."
Does "I need time..." sound more like "No" to you?
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No pinching! 3 new St. Patrick's Day messages
The cool thing about sending a message to a client on St. Patrick's Day? No one gets pinched for not wearing green.
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What is your Brand Conversation?
What's that core dialogue that keeps customers returning to you to learn, discuss, debate, get guidance, share their experience, and soak in your perspective? Your Brand Conversation is NOT your logo, website design, business model, or revenue driver. It's the topic your customers would want to dive into if they had a chance to have coffee with you...
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How slanted is your view of customer loyalty?
Rank the following in terms of what drives the highest level of customer loyalty: Price, Product, Process, People. Most companies and people in sales behave as though Price comes first and People are last...
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Getting the most from your brand’s Instagram account
Instagram – the streamlined Facebook.
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Exporting & importing your contacts from Outlook
A quick how-to for exporting and importing contacts from Outlook...
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Import your contacts from Gmail or Yahoo! Mail
Bring your contacts from Gmail or Yahoo! Mail right into Outstand!
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Import your contacts from an Excel spreadsheet
You may already have your contact list stored as an Excel spreadsheet. To import it into Outstand, follow these steps...
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Import your contacts from Mac's Address Book to Outstand
A quick how-to for importing contacts from your Mac address book...
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Send a chuckle when they're got the sniffles: New "Get Well Soon" messages
Just what the doctor ordered for flu season.
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For new and "auld" contacts: 6 new New Years messages
Gather all your contacts before midnight!
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Tune-ups aren't just for cars: New strategy review messages
It's like a "check engine" light for a client's strategy.
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Pull a "Santa": 14 new holiday messages
There are 14 new ways to say "Happy Holidays" to your contacts.
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Roll out the welcome mat: How to create opt-in forms
In just a couple minutes, you can create brand-specific opt-in forms and autoresponders to connect with your contacts.
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December in crisis: 3 strategies to max out sales for Q4
This is the last moment of 2015 when time is on your side. You still have 2 weeks before the business world is sucked into the black hole of the holidays...
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Follow up in an instant: How to add opt-in form autoresponders
In the most basic terms, here's how an opt-in form autoresponder works in Outstand...
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How to separate an Excel cell into columns for first & last name
To separate the contents of one Excel cell into separate columns, you can...
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Outstand iOS Mobile app 1.0.2: Now available!
Here are the details on all the new changes and bug fixes for our iOS app...
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Scare up some follow up: 9 new Halloween messages
These are useful when you want to say more than "BOO!"
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Get started with Outstand in less than 15 minutes
Learn your first 3 steps and more...
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10 tips for writing proper emails to prospects
What exactly is the difference between writing to a friend and writing to a prospect? What does it take to reach a prospect most effectively?
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Get your message to your recipient every time
Our app gives you the power to re-send any email via text. Here's how.
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Exporting your contacts from ACT!
What you'll need to export your contacts from ACT!...
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How Outstand uses Outstand
How can you be outstanding using Outstand? Provide real value in your follow up...
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Connect with 2.3 billion users: New social media messages!
The stats are in: 91% of retail brands use 2 or more social media channels.
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Promote your blog in 5 easy steps
Your blog is the "Open 24 hours" expertise hub for your customers... if they know it's there.
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Back to School means Back to Business!
With the kids going back to school, your clients may have some new-found availability.
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Show 'em what they need to know: How to create and send newsletters
Show your contacts anything they've been missing.
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Are you a no-show after trade shows?
Everybody’s heard the dismal stats: Fewer than 20% of sales leads gleaned from trade shows ever get a follow-up. Yikes...
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Own the room with these 12 public speaking tips
No matter how many people you're speaking in front of, your top priority is to keep them engaged.
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Automated campaigns new feature: Select profile
For all of you who are putting our new Automated Campaigns feature to work...
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Never say, "Open the attachment."
The next time you send an email with a file attached, avoid instructing your recipient to "open the attached file." Such instructions are now a red flag to do the exact opposite. Viruses cloaked as harmless email attachments have ruined countless computers and devices in a single click. To many, clicking any email attachment is no longer worth the risk...
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Don’t forget about Mother’s Day! 8 new messages for moms everywhere!
Just in time for Mother’s Day, choose a brand new message to let Mom know how much you love her...
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How to use opt-in forms to generate leads
Marketers know the term 'redirect' as it relates to marketing processes. But if you're in sales, customer service, or another area of business development, you may not be familiar with it...
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Out of this world "Out of Office" replies
You may have a million things to do before you leave for vacation, but an often-overlooked way to make an impression is a creative "out of office" reply...
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6 happy & humorous Christmas quote designs
We all have office buddies and favorite customers that get our humor. Send them a holiday quote that will make their day...
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7 ideas to heat up summertime selling
With customers in and out, summer can be a frustrating time for sales, but it doesn't have to be...
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Do you have "Greeting Card Moments"?
Of course you do! These marketing moments happen often, but most let them slip by...
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Use what you know to make an impression: How to create and send an email
When you combine your unique knowledge of your clients and prospects with our tools, the results can be pretty amazing...
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Give life to deadlines: Get prepared, stay realistic.
We can change how we look at deadlines and how we prepare for them...
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Get your message heard: How to create & send email campaigns
What you have to say is important! Make sure your prospects hear you.
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The top 3 social media auto-posting tools compared
It's 2:00 AM. On your way to the fridge for a late-night snack, your best tweet ever pops into your mind! What should you do?
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Network, network, network
It might sound cliché, but nothing can replace the good ol’ personal referral...
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Effective advertising: Knowing who to spend your money on
These simple tips could make a 100% difference in the way consumers react...
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Why should you care about DMARC?
If you’re an email marketer and you use a third-party email service like MailChimp, Constant Contact, etc. and your email is hosted at aol.com, yahoo.com, gmail.com, listen up!
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Daydream achiever: 9 keys to unlock your success-generating brilliance
Daydreaming is pure thinking. It's where innovation is born. Do you allocate time for pure thinking every day? If you're like most salespeople...
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Import your contacts from Salesforce Into Outstand
Here's how to import your contacts from Salesforce...
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Pick a number between 1 and 5,000: How to add contacts
Bring all your contacts over to the sweetest follow up suite you've ever seen.
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How to turn on Email Delivery Boost for Live, Hotmail and Outlook
In just a few steps, you can turn on Email Delivery Boost for Live, Hotmail and Outlook.
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How to turn on Email Delivery Boost for Gmail
Gmail can get tricky when connecting to Delivery Boost for the first time...
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Kick up your sales with a 3-shot morning latte
What do you do over your morning coffee? Scan the news? Gab with the water cooler champs? You know, some people make more sales by 8 A.M. than others accomplish all day... or all week.
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3 signs your newsletter is working against you
It's time to get real. If your newsletters aren't seen as helpful and insightful, they could be wrecking your reputation and the loyalty of your customers, rather than building them. The real question is:...
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Momentum – the product of mental muscle
Do you know how to create momentum with your business, in your industry, against your competitors? Have you caught fire yet? If not, you're far from alone...
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Clichés – avoid them like the plague!
This is especially true in your emails, marketing materials, and sales presentations.
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The value of standing out
Leading voices in the sales world are all preaching the same message...
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6 ways to become the local guru
Becoming the local “go-to" expert on your product and service can have a positive impact....
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Gmail's new Promotions tab
By now, you’ve probably heard about the new 'folders' that Google rolled out in Gmail to help email recipients manage the vast quantities of messages that flood their inboxes on a daily basis. But how is this addition affecting your open rates?
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Be on your game... even when you're not playing
Some things to consider even when you’re not technically “working the business."
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Replacements for 6 clueless sales sayings
A clueless classic is: "I'm just checking in to see if you have any questions." (You've never done this, right?)
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4 questions to help you build a team with character
What can you do to find the right players for your team? Raquel Baldelomar has a few ideas...
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One last summer bash – 3 new Labor Day messages
It's the deep breath before the final quarter...
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