{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Are You Investing Sufficiently in The Growth of Your Business?","description":"So, what do you think you can do for us?\u201d&amp;nbsp; The CEO had finally gotten to that question after a couple of hours of introduction to his company and their specific marketing problem.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; They had a successful company, selling acoustic panels through architects for buildings that had a sound problem.&amp;nbsp; A year or so ago, they had developed a new product \u2013 a computer-operated sign board that allowed building managers to list events and meetings, and to easily change those as needed.&amp;nbsp; The product had taken a year to develop and the company had poured all its excess financial resources into it \u2013 a couple of hundred thousand dollars.&amp;nbsp; Now, they were having difficulty selling the product, and had no money to invest in a sales and marketing system. &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; I answered his question.&amp;nbsp; \u201cNothing.&amp;nbsp; I can\u2019t make something out of nothing.&amp;nbsp; If you have no money to invest in the system to sell this new product, I can\u2019t do anything for you.\u201d &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Unfortunately, their situation is not unique.&amp;nbsp; Download Kahle's Kalculaltion here: https:\/\/www.thesalesresourcecenter.com\/kahles-kalculation-sales-productivity-measurement\/ ","author_name":"Christian Business Insights","author_url":"http:\/\/christianbusinessinsights.libsyn.com\/site","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/18987344\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/8c0c59\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/102542261"}