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Arif Qazi

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I spend most of days talking to small businesses regarding their decision making process.

Aug. 2, 2011

Arif Qazi and 8 other people answered this question

At what point do you stop nurturing a lead?

I think it varies from field to field, sector to sector whether financial or technology related. Nurturing can continue indefinitely in some fields for those who are constantly changing, upgrading.
I think the nurture process should be terminated once both parties have at least reached ... more

Lead Management

July 29, 2011

Arif Qazi recommends this answer by Ellie Baba

How should Airbnb respond to the media coverage of the apartment ransacking incident?

Airbnb has been assisting investigators and they have a suspect in custody.
If you read the blog post, you'll see that she points this out:
"I would be remiss if I didn’t pause here to emphasize that the customer service team at airbnb.com has been wonderful, ... more

Customer Service

July 27, 2011

Arif Qazi recommends this answer by Douglas Crets

Which web property that you visit/use would be most devastating if it suddenly disappeared tomorrow?

On second thought, I would be really upset if Failblog went down.

Customer Service

Information Technology

July 19, 2011

Arif Qazi and 4 other people answered this question

Market Researchers: what is the single most effective tactic for improving survey response rate?

hmm. Most effective. I would say its a lot of different things that add up. demographic? pool?
I think incentive based surveys, or at least involving the person with the results of the survey is a good method. Some sort of reward system. earning points perhaps? ... more

Market Research

July 14, 2011

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Whats the hottest new Smartphone/touchscreen phone right now?

Information Technology

May 5, 2011

Arif Qazi asked a question

Why hasn't Google done a Cinco de Mayo page?

May 5, 2011

Arif Qazi is now following Charlie Judy and 9 other people

May 2, 2011

Arif Qazi recommends this answer by Martin Fettig

Share your favorite, or frustrating, sales objections and be featured on a future Focus Roundtable!

"If you are phone qualifying prospects that articulate they have intent to purchase products/services offered by us, then why don't all leads convert?"
I work for an online media company selling "Thought Leadership" programs primarily to Marketing Directors and CMO's. More often than not demand-gen ... more

Sales Enablement

Sales Management

April 29, 2011

Arif Qazi and 41 other people answered this question

Assuming a blog is important to your business, how often do you write articles & post them?

I think it absolutely depends upon the quality of the updates or the news. If you are just doing small minuscule updates few times a day it will put less and less value in each of the post and your audience might overlook it. But ... more

April 29, 2011

Arif Qazi and 3 other people answered this question

We will be hosting a roundtable on Sony PlayStation's breach. What Q&A do you have for our Experts?

My major questions are. Who are the culprits? What were they after? More details basically. I am semi worried since I have an account with them but I do not believe I gave them my Credit Card info. more

Information Technology

April 29, 2011

Arif Qazi answered this question

Is it amateur/ frowned upon to use abbreviated online lingo in tweets?

I feel it is generally up to the population and personal preference. I would think if it is for business they would try to maintain a level of professionalism in their tweets and only use shorthand when needed. Abbreviating bigger words or using shorthand for ... more

Personal Branding

Feb. 18, 2011

0 people recommends this answer by Schlomo Rabinowitz

What role does design play within your company?

Here at Focus, our designers play the Wii.

Feb. 16, 2011

Arif Qazi recommends this answer by Jennifer Rodstrom

Should Twitter do away with the 140 character limit?

No- The 140 character limit forces people to be more creative about what they write. Also makes it easier for people to read through posts.
..and that's my response in 140 characters ;) more

Feb. 16, 2011

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Most profitable company per employee?

Business Growth and Development

Feb. 11, 2011

Arif Qazi recommends this answer by Andrew Vashro

With the "death of RSS" how and where are you reading content?

Are people really going to go and give up computer feeds for mobile apps? While there are plenty of good mobile news apps out there they don't do what RSS is meant for; a way to aggregate your information into a simple way to read ... more

Content Consumption

Content Creator

Feb. 11, 2011

Arif Qazi recommends this answer by Brian Phelps

What is your favorite music to listen to while working on a big project?

Rodrigo y Gabriela has to one of my favorite. Fast paced acoustic guitar just gets me moving. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENBX_v1Po1Y more

General Management

Feb. 11, 2011

Arif Qazi asked a question

What are the penalties for copyright infringement/inaccurate information in social media?

Feb. 10, 2011

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