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Simple makes more and more sense in an increasingly Attention Deficit world. - Bill Rice

This is my all time favorite Web video. I can't wait to take a look at the sequels! - Bill Rice

We're using Google Wave in our projects. - Bill Rice

I agree. Joel, FogBugz is great. Don't freak-out. - Bill Rice

Hallelujah! - Bill Rice

Yes. - Bill Rice

In the following video, you’ll first learn how to create a minimalist layout, and then you’ll learn how to maximize the new design controls (and the entire Thesis platform!) to create a killer new layout that is bursting with color! - Bill Rice

2010 is just around the corner, time to reflect on the year past, and what's happening next year. My 2009 list of online community and social media conferences blog post was one of my post popular articles last year. Use... - Bill Rice

Winning In A World Transformed By Social Technologies - Bill Rice

Nothing is more important to a marketer or lead generation company than lead acceptance. Sales needs to like your lead for it to have any chance of converting. Every other lead conversion metric is irrelevant until you get this part right. Brian Carroll, of the B2B Lead Generation Blog nails it: For this reason, I think cost-per-opportunity [...] - Bill Rice

Anyone else I would buy the coincidence argument from...Arnold...not so much. - Bill Rice

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I'm hoping that I'm not paying for this :) - Bill Rice

Customer sorting. Important. - Bill Rice

Prayers answered. Did it this morning. - Bill Rice

You learn the best lessons from the simplest experiences. Here’s mine… Last night I crashed about 11:00 p.m., never even cracking my MacBook to take my typical final pulse for the evening. I was exhausted. My work is a bit chaotic (my business is in a full scale client-led strategic shift because of our new Eavesdropper [...] - Bill Rice

Jason Fried of 37Signals has taken the stage at Y-Combinator's Startup School this morning at UC Berkeley. I'm taking my notes below on ... - Bill Rice

Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has taken the stage at Startup School, where Y Combinator's Jessica Livingston is interviewing him. I'm liveblogging ... - Bill Rice

True. - Bill Rice

Image via Wikipedia Looking for free lead management software? It is possible. The basic principles of lead management can be cobbled together with free tools. Depending on your sales goals and quotas, these just might do the trick. Let’s build a free lead management system. Lead Capture: Email, Contacts, and Spreadsheets Most sales leads are coming from business cards, [...] - Bill Rice

I always learn something from successful entrepreneurs. Three things that are consistent: 1. Never instant success, 2. Few are doing it the way they started, and 3. All made mistakes. - Bill Rice

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Companies are deciding whether or not they should have a social media presence, and hence, a policy. Here is what your company needs to know. - Bill Rice

Big win. Now I can manage business and personal in the same account. Thanks Facebook! - Bill Rice

This means big strategic thinking change for big corps that haven't embraced social media. Time to get onboard. - Bill Rice

Image by travisepoling via Flickr I was an early follower of David Allen’s Getting Things Done (GTD) productivity philosophy. It immediately synced with my observations of what makes sales people productive. Allen’s techniques in personal productivity are most effective with busy people. Sales is a numbers game. Processing high volumes of opportunities–efficiently–makes GTD a bulls eye [...] - Bill Rice

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Chris Brogan is the real deal! - Bill Rice

Image by AlexWitherspoon via Flickr Too often we are looking for silver bullet systems or recipes for success, while ignoring the basics. In my experience 90% of big sales improvement comes from getting back to the basics. These basics will have an immediate, measurable impact on your sales numbers. Let’s put it to the test. Here are [...] - Bill Rice