Building relationships in the government market is quite different from the commercial market. In the commercial market, you can take clients to dinner, golfing, out to a football game, or even buy them gifts. You can’t do any of this in the government market unless you want to get in some serious trouble. The big question in this episode is; how do you build relationships with your hands tied? My special guest, Kristy Pittman, and I discuss simple tips that you can implement right away to build meaningful relationships with your buyers, partners, and colleagues in the government market.

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Featured Guest:	Kristy Pittman	Company:	Federal Business Coach, CEO of Peak Performance Strategies
Email:	kristy@kristynevils.com	Phone:	(954) 993-5665

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When it comes to government sales, I tend to put Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) into two buckets. The first is sales goals. We use sales goals to help us define what we want to achieve. The second bucket is activities. Activities are the things you need to do in order to hit your sales goals.

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Featured Guest:	Michael LeJeune	Company:	Partner and Federal Access PM, RSM Federal
Email:	mlejeune@rsmfederal.com	Phone:	(636) 577-5005

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There are nine core marketing tools that every government contractor needs. The first half of the tools that I discuss are focused on helping you communicate professionalism, your value, and that you are serious about government contracting. The second half of the tools focuses on helping you build your brand and position your company with teaming partners.

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Featured Guest:	Michael LeJeune	Company:	Partner and Federal Access PM, RSM Federal
Email:	mlejeune@rsmfederal.com	Phone:	(636) 577-5005

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If you’re a government contractor, you likely know that you need a capability statement, but do you know the seven key elements that make up a great capability statement? Well, if you don’t, today’s episode is going to walk you through those key elements and how you can set up your capability statement to be a cut above everybody else that’s out there with one.

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Featured Guest:	Michael LeJeune	Company:	Partner and Federal Access PM, RSM Federal
Email:	mlejeune@rsmfederal.com	Phone:	(636) 577-5005

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I recently sat down with Jim Sherwood of Federal Compass to talk about the domination of contract vehicles in government contracting. We discuss the impacts on contractors and strategies to help them adapt to this rapidly increasing way of life.

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Featured Guest:	Jim Sherwood	Company:	Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer, Federal Compass
Email:	jimsherwood@federalcompass.com	Phone:	(703) 728-3759

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