Over the last 15 years, my company has extensively studied organizations that are consistently growing at rates of 50, 100, 200, even 300% their industry's averages. What are the key things that these companies are doing that enable them to grow in such a way that they outpace their competition? It's like they've figured out a secret, and that's the focus of what I want to share with you today, the secret to fast growth.

I have heard often that sales people are the easiest people to sell to.  I never thought I fell into this camp until a recent experience reminded me how important the buyer's journey is.  In this case, I was the eager buyer.  And by the end of my journey, I was reminded of a profane yet still memorable axiom taught to me by one of my best mentors on how a seller should treat a buyer: 

Every salesperson and marketer wants to know, "When is the best time to send email?" We spend hours crafting our email campaigns and sales emails, creating copy and messages that we know will get a response—if they're seen. We need our recipients to open our emails in order to engage.

But so many emails go unseen, thanks to the sheer number of emails individuals receive daily. On any given day, our prospects are dealing with 100+ messages in their inboxes.