Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

Members of Fast Company Executive Board share their expert insights. [Image: Courtesy of the individual members.] The Fast Company Executive Board is a private, fee-based network of influential ...

Confidence is the key to cold calling success, and that confidence comes from being uncomfortable. That’s the word from Katelynn Blackburn, founder of Diligence Agencies, where she provides financial ...

In their book Start Your Own Business, the staff of Entrepreneur Media Inc. guides you through the critical steps to starting your business, then supports you in surviving the first three years as a ...

A ttending a class where discussion is always dominated by the same handful of confident students can be annoying. It’s not great for learning, either: Participation is a form of practice, and hearing ...

President of the Nashville office of Dalton Agency, Jeff is a former journalist with 30+ years of experience as a PR professional. Everyone—certainly every business owner—gets cold sales calls. No one ...

It happens every day of the week and on Sundays in the radio business. Local radio sales reps talk themselves out of cold calling. It’s not your fault. Cold calling is hard. See. There I go. Talking ...

You know the rep. Cold calling is intimidating and hard. Unless it isn’t. How can you and I reshape how we feel about cold calling and use it as an expandable tool to grow our sales?The real ...

Cold calling usually isn’t a part of what real estate agents look forward to, but it still works if you do it right. Picking up the phone and having a direct conversation is one of the quickest ways ...

Sept 26 (Reuters) - A robust debate over law professors' use of "cold calls" — randomly calling on students in class instead of waiting for volunteers to answer questions — is unfolding online after a ...