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Sales Stars 2019
Sales Stars

Why You Aren’t Getting Leads from Your Website

Brian Offenberger - SDM Magazine
Brian Offenberger
March 5, 2019

Do visitors to your website become your customers? After all, that’s why you have a website, right? You want people to find it and either use it to contact you or buy something from it.


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Marketing Madmen 2019
Marketing Madmen

How to Build a Strong Local Brand

David Morgan
David Morgan
Alex Chavez
March 5, 2019

In today’s market, competition is fierce. When big security companies have endless budgets, how do you compete?


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Security  Law 2019
Security & The Law

Do I Really Want to Sell my Security Company?

Lessing E. Gold
March 5, 2019

The first article I wrote for SDM was in January 1980. While almost 40 years has passed since then, I recently came across the article and realized it is still as relevant today. So if you are at all considering selling your company, read on.  


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Editor’s Angle

The Real Threat of ‘Operating Complexity’

Laura Stepanek
March 5, 2019

How would you rate your ability to operate a security company in a complex environment? The fact is that business-operating complexity may be one reason the security industry is contracting.


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5 min quiz 2019
5-Minute Tech Quiz

Your Life Depends on It

Roy Pollack
February 4, 2019

Columnist Roy Pollack challenges professionals to test their knowledge in the latest 5 Minute Tech quiz.


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Vector Security

Vector Security Provides Plethora Of Content With Two Blogs

February 4, 2019

While many companies feature a corporate blog on their websites, they often only post something monthly or bi-monthly — hardly enough to keep a customer checking back for more.


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Living Security 2

Living Security Offers Free Security Awareness Starter Kit

February 4, 2019

Living Security, which helps enterprises reduce their human cyber risk through engaging and metric-driven security awareness training, is offering a free security awareness starter kit to any security awareness program owner interested in starting a program that goes beyond compliance.


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WeSuite

WeSuite Offers Free Edu-Guide for Systems Integrators on Creating Sales Proposals

February 4, 2019

WeSuite’s president, Tracy Larson, has written a free educational booklet that provides actionable steps that sales professionals within security and technology organizations can take to create more powerful and winning proposals.


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3xLOGIC
Digital Shuffle

3xLOGIC Releases 2019 Online Training Schedule

February 4, 2019

For those unable to dedicate a specific date or time to a training course, 3xLOGIC has got you covered with its self-paced online courses that provide videos, discussion boards, hands-on demonstrations and a number of other resources to help you become a VIGIL or infinias expert.


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Surfing the Technology Tsunami

February 4, 2019

I must admit that as I advance in age, I become more resistant to the changes that technology brings.


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