Simple Strat Blog

Building rapport is all about being authentic and human.

By definition, rapport is “a relationship marked by mutual understanding and trust.” Establishing those kinds of relationships is what sales people have been trying to do for years, with varying degrees of success. But in this digital, global world, we can’t rely on the same rapport-building tactics that worked for them just a couple...

Are you sending videos to your prospects? Not those sexy videos that your marketing team or ad agency put together, we’re talking about raw, real videos of you talking on camera.

If you are, you’re way ahead of most salespeople out there – and your commissions probably reflect that. If you’re not, don’t worry. There’s still time to add video to your sales process, but not much. Video isn’t the...

What if you had a chance to nearly double your sales? Well, there’s one way you can. According to a recent study cited by Adobe, online shoppers are 1.81 times more likely to buy when they view a demo video.

Now we aren’t saying that you can just throw a video on your website and get twice as many sales, but we do know that the stat above is just one of many that prove the need for video in your...

Hiring a marketing agency can seem like a dooming task that involves a lot of red tape and scary contracts. In reality, it’s just meeting with a few cool people (our judgement may be biased) over a cup of coffee and talking about your business’ successes and challenges.

Every business wants to be the best they can, but sometimes there’s just one piece missing. Over our cup of joe, we’ll discuss...