5 Why Web-based Seminars - Training Resources

E-Mail Communication: Power, Peril, and Protocol Learn what to do before you press Send American businesses sent 1.4 trillion e-mails last year, and the vast majority were short missives hastily typed and fired off without much thought. You re addicted to its speed, but have you mastered the correct use of the tool? A poorly written e-mail can damage relationships, ruin a sales opportunity, and even limit your ability to move up within your  more...

Process Management for IT & Professional Services Firms Restore Profitability and Become Scalable Through Process Efficiency As a leader of an IT or professional services firm, you know that cost containment is critical to survive and thrive. Without it, you can't provide competitive pricing on proposals making it difficult to compete. Yet, there is a key part of your business that is draining your profits without you knowing it process management! IT  more...

Process Management for Manufacturing & Construction Firms Restore Profitability and Become Scalable Through Process Efficiency As a leader of a manufacturing or construction firm, you know that cost containment is critical to survive and thrive. Yet, there is a key part of your business that is draining your profits without you knowing it process management! Manufacturing firms that do not have documented processes and workflow become inefficient,  more...

Process Management for Manufacturing & Construction Firms Restore Profitability and Become Scalable Through Process Efficiency As a leader of a manufacturing or construction firm, you know that cost containment is critical to survive and thrive. Yet, there is a key part of your business that is draining your profits without you knowing it process management! Manufacturing firms that do not have documented processes and workflow become inefficient,  more...

Get Hired! Secrets to Mastering the Job Interview Learn to Interview With Impact 'Why did he get the job when I'm better qualified?' Relying on credentials and accomplishments won't get you hired. In today's competitive job market, the winner of the job foot-race is the one who interviews best. It is the master interviewer that gets the job, not the expert pedigree. Karen Avery, founder and president of Next Generation Careers and award-winning  more...

Project Management Leadership Learn the Critical Steps to Lead a Successful Project You've been asked to be the lead on a critical project for your company and your team is relying on you for leadership and guidance. While you know the subject matter like the back of your hand, you don't feel as bullish about being the lead for the project. There's scope to define, cost to analyze, and status to report ... all key components  more...

The Sales Compensation Conundrum How to Develop a Truly Effective Sales Compensation Plan Developing a sales compensation plan can be a pretty intimidating undertaking. What are the most critical decisions you need to make? What compensation plan structure will motivate your salespeople to achieve the targets you set for them without producing unintended consequences? Sales performance expert Alan Rigg has helped hundreds of  more...

Using Search Engine Optimization To Grow Your Business Myths, Legends, and Facts for Effective SEO for Your Website 'Why is my competitor getting ten times the website traffic that I do?' The world of search engine optimization (SEO) is a mystery for most. Conflicting information and inconsistent advice make you wonder if there truly is a method to getting search engines to highly rank your website. Some (maybe your competitors) have figured it out,  more...

How to Prevent Foot in Mouth Disease - A Prescription from The PR Doctor for Healthy Media Relations Public relations is essential to any comprehensive marketing program. At its best, a well-run PR program can increase exposure to your business dramatically while significantly reducing your advertising costs. Poor public relations, on the other hand, create missed opportunities and can even do significant damage to your business s reputation. This webinar will present Public Relations DOs and  more...

Masterful Networking: What Else Do You Need? Do you have questions about networking such as 'What is it? Why to do it? How to do it? When to do it? Who do to it with? Where to do it? What next?' This seminar takes a look at networking and how to make it work for you and your own personal style. Learn what networking is all about What networking is and is not How to plan to network effectively How to stay connected  more...

Performance-Based Sales Recruiting How to Hire More Top Sales Producers and Jump-Start New Hire Sales Performance How expensive are sales hiring mistakes? To answer this question, take a look at the difference in revenue, gross margin or profit (whichever number is most important to you) produced by your company s top sales producers and your bottom sales producers. Then add in the costs of recruiting and training new salespeople.  more...

Why Your Sales Team Doesn't Work For You and Never Will Sales people don t wake up energized, wondering how they will make your company more money. What motivates people varies greatly between individuals. Often, management believes money is the only motivator needed for a sales staff but money alone does not have emotion tied to it. If the employee has a goal for retirement, education for a child, or a dream vacation, that is much more real and  more...

Successful Trade Show Strategies In A Down Economy Trade show exhibiting can cost tens of thousands of dollars per show which is why many companies are closely evaluating whether to cut trade shows from their budgets. While the knee-jerk reaction is to skip the show this year, it may not the best decision for your company. How do you select the right shows and maintain a strong booth presence when your dollars are limited? Barry Siskind, author  more...

Let Me Think It Over. I'll Get Back to You...Now what?! The most challenging step in any sales cycle is 'follow-up', those contacts you have between the Initial Meeting, the Proposal, and the Close. Very few salespeople know how often to contact their prospects, and fewer still know what to DO and SAY with each of those contacts. Yes, selling IS a numbers game, but it s the QUALITY of the numbers that is most important. This session will teach sales  more...

Got Business Challenges, Issues & Opportunities? Then Get Strategic Thinking & Planning Now The day-to-day hassles of running a business can be overwhelming. Before you know it, all your time is spent working in the business instead of working on the business. This is a common mistake that can be costing you and your business BIG TIME over the long haul. In this webinar, participants will discover the benefits of implementing strategic thinking and planning in the execution of their  more...

Leading In A Bad Economy What Authentic Leaders Must Know to Make a Necessary Difference As a leader, do you ever feel like an impostor? Or, wonder why you ever thought you could pull off your vision? In this turbulent economy, you would be in good company if you were doubting your leadership. NO! Now is the critical time to take stock, step up, and shine as a leader to insure that your company not only survives, but  more...

Brand Busters: How What You Say And Do Can Ruin Your Reputation Do your customers seem confused when they interact with your sales or customer service departments? Have you had trouble getting the clients or projects you really want? Is your marketing and advertising failing to bring the results you need? It could be that you re busting your brand sending out signals through your words and actions that contradict the brand image you want to project. By  more...

Forecasting & Pipeline Management How to Eliminate Stalled Opportunities from Your Company s Sales Opportunity Pipeline What is the condition of your company s sales opportunity pipeline? How many of the opportunities have been stalled at the same step in the sales cycle for weeks or months? If sales forecasts and opportunity pipelines are inaccurate, or if opportunities do not close in predictable time frames, it can wreak  more...

How to Handle Customers Who File for Bankruptcy What You Need to Know Before Working With A Claims Trader Another customer filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and the pain sets in that you will never see a penny of the outstanding receivables. Then, the call comes from a claims trader who offers you sixty cents on the dollar for the outstanding debt. It's as if a fairy has come to rescue you It's all too tempting, but there are legal risks when  more...

How to Become Recognized as an Expert And Monetize Your Expertise! 'I know more about that subject than her! How come she is always the keynote and I'm always the attendee?' You have the experience done the research and created a unique approach but you are also a well-kept secret. You work hard chasing prospects and are constantly asked to share your knowledge for free. How do you go from being knowledgeable to being recognized as a  more...

Create an Accountable Workforce to Grow Your Bottom-Line Lead Don t Manage Your Employees to Success Searching for answers to fix your bottom-line? Don t panic -- the answer is right under your nose. Your most valuable asset your employees -- can come to the rescue. You can grow your bottom-line despite the economic woes if you build an accountable workplace. Leadership expert, Joel H. Head, former Partner with Ernst Young, LLC and Principal with  more...

Get the Funk Out of Your Sales Team! Refocus Your Sales Team on Achieving Revenue Goals 'The stock market is down.' 'Home values are in decline.' 'Personal debt is on the rise.' These are just a few of the excuses that your sales team offers as reasons why they aren't selling. They feel defeated and lost which means your team is on a one-way track to failure. For you to achieve the corporate revenue goal, your team needs a burst of  more...

Process Management for Manufacturing & Construction Firms Restore Profitability and Become Scalable Through Process Efficiency As a leader of a manufacturing or construction firm, you know that cost containment is critical to survive and thrive. Yet, there is a key part of your business that is draining your profits without you knowing it process management! Manufacturing firms that do not have documented processes and workflow become inefficient,  more...

Software Development for Business Executives What You Need to Know to Guarantee Project Success 'Why do our IT projects keep running over budget?' With your bottom-line being squeezed by the economy, you can t afford to have your software development projects run over budget, miss delivery dates, or fail altogether. The good news is that you can avoid these deadly pitfalls if you know what questions to ask and when. Gary Gack, 40-year  more...

Lead Generation Techniques in a Slow Economy People Are Still Buying, But Are They Buying From You? Media is bombarding us with stories of economic doom and gloom, but everywhere you look there is proof that people are spending money! Football stadiums are still packed every Sunday, stores are full of shoppers and restaurants are full of patrons. People are being pickier with how they spend their money. Your challenge is how to get them to  more...

Fearless Cold Calling Overcome Your Fear of Cold Calling to Drive Sales Many sales professionals thrive selling face-to-face, but freeze at the thought of cold calling. There are many reasons why they avoid cold calling, but the number one reason is fear of rejection and failure. This fear causes an epidemic of sales paralysis that results in lost sales opportunities, missed quotas, and lower income. Leslie Buterin,  more...

Send Me Something in Writing! Dead-End or Opportunity? You made it to the gatekeeper talked to the executive and now they asked for 'something in writing.' It sounds like the classic brush off so you stuff the company brochure in the mail. It won t go anywhere or will it? Leslie Buterin, author of 'Secrets to Scheduling the Executive Level Sales Call,' and founder of 'Reach the Top Dog' methodology, revolutionized the  more...

Partnership: Separating the Creeps From the Jewels It takes a lot of courage to exchange a dependable paycheck for the unknown of business ownership, no matter how thrilling it sounds. You can t just put mortgage payments or college tuition on hold while you ramp up the business. So you find a business partner to share the risk. At least that s the thinking for over 40% of the successful businesses started each year. But if you ve ever been in a  more...

Empower your Employees - a proven strategy to improve profitability While employees are one of your company s greatest assets, they are also one of your largest fixed cost items. So how do you maximize your return on your investment? This seminar includes ideas on how to implement an empowerment program and enhance your current program. The more empowered your employees, the lower your turnover, and the higher your productivity and profitability. Why empower  more...

What to do Before, During, and After It Hits The Fan - Developing a Plan for Crisis Management When a business is facing a crisis, there is little time to react effectively. Also, the stress created by a crisis often limits rational thinking and can lead to costly mistakes and mis-steps. This is why it is essential for both large and small businesses to have a crisis management plan in place. Minimizing the damage from a crisis can prevent an unfortunate incident from blowing up into a  more...

The Networking Power of 7 Yes, it is 'who you know', but it s also 'who THEY know'. Networking is a powerful way to make your life easier, yet few people are comfortable with the concept. Why? Typically, because they don t know how to do it, and once they learn how they see it s fun and highly productive. Seven people (the Power 7) in a Networking partnership has proven to be the optimum number. - What is your Perfect  more...

Goal Achievement Strategies for Business Professionals Don t just set a goal achieve it! Another goal set another goal forgotten The real question is why? Was this a goal that should have been set in the first place? What obstacles kept you from achieving it? Business professionals will tell you that the key ingredient to their success recipe is their ability to set a goal and achieve it. Have you mastered this skill? If not, it could be limiting  more...

Give Your Elevator Speech A Lift How do you stand out in the crowd in a competitive environment? Your prospects are getting inundated by confusing marketing messages making it difficult to sound unique. The sales people and entrepreneurs that get in the door are the ones that can quickly and powerfully communicate their value. Your 30-second commercial had better hit the mark -- or you re going to lose sales and referral  more...

Five Magic Questions From the days of Socrates the ability to 'Lead others through the power of questions' has set those with the skill apart from the rest. Yes we all ask questions, the real question is how effective are these questions! You will gain the following insight into this powerful, yet rarely used skill set. Understanding why questioning is so powerful a communication tool. Understanding the Five Levels  more...

The Secret to Closing More Sales Closing is certainly an important sales activity, as the time, effort, and resources invested in managing sales cycles are wasted if orders are not secured. However, the real secret to closing sales is doing a great job at the FRONT end of the sales cycle. In other words, it is the quality of the work that is done during the OPPORTUNITY QUALIFICATION stage of the sales process that determines  more...

How to Develop an Effective Sales Compensation Plan The most common sales compensation question my company receives is, 'What is the standard (salary, draw, commission percentage) for (an industry, product or service, geography)?' Unfortunately there are very few standards that apply to sales compensation. The variations in sales compensation plans are infinite, and there is little published research that provides compensation details (salary or  more...

What Every CEO Should Know About Their Sales Organization Ask the right questions to know if your sales team is on track 'Where are the sales?!' Every CEO knows how to ask this question, but the response does not tell if the sales team is performing optimally or is aligned with the corporate vision. Revenue used to roll-in, almost magically, through the front door. Now that the economy has slowed, CEOs need better predictors of performance to  more...

Get the Trash Out Of Your Funnel What s a sales professional supposed to do in this turbulent economy -- you re not getting meetings with real prospects, your clients wonder if they ll be in business tomorrow and you re not generating revenue. You may rationalize that your sales funnel is filled with active leads, but it s actually just filled with rocks, weeds, and sand. How do you fill your sales funnel with qualified leads and  more...

Own Yourself on Google Personal Branding is a key part to anyone s career growth today. If someone does a web search on you, do they find 100 s of positive things about you? This not only improves your personal brand, but also helps create buzz for the organization you are working for. Join us to find out how to create a real online presences that will help you own your own image on the web and build up expert status.  more...

Predictive Analytics for Business Leaders As you grow your business, you rely on financial statements to make important business decisions. Whether you re planning a new business or preparing an exit strategy, your financial planning success hinges on choosing the correct metric as your driver. The right reporting metric is like a personal credit score get it wrong and you ll jeopardize your livelihood. But choose it correctly and your  more...

Powerful Follow-up Techniques That Drive Prospects to Buy Sales Tactics to Unclog Your Sales Funnel Low closing ratios on outstanding proposals is one of the biggest issues plaguing sales organizations large and small. Most salespeople simply don't know how often to contact prospects, or what to do or say when they do contact them. They end up doing the same things their competitors do, with increased pressure to reduce price to close sales. David  more...

How to Handle Customers Who File for Bankruptcy What You Need to Know Before Working With A Claims Trader Another customer filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and the pain sets in that you will never see a penny of the outstanding receivables. Then, the call comes from a claims trader who offers you sixty cents on the dollar for the outstanding debt. It's as if a fairy has come to rescue you It's all too tempting, but there are legal risks when  more...

Help Your Employees Get Healthy, While Reducing Costs and Increasing Profits Employee Health Strategies That Impact Your Bottom-Line 'There must be something I can do to address the rise in healthcare costs ' Like all business owners and leaders, you re searching for solutions to help rescue your company from the economic crunch. But you can only cut staff and spending so far. In the end, a healthier workforce will actually save money and deliver better results. To truly  more...

The Business of Ethics and The Ethics of Business When you re running a business, you face ethical challenges. 'Doing the right thing' is not always easy. In some cases, it s not even clear, as the complexity of business ethics is increasing. In this webinar, Glenn Ebersole will present an overview of the concept of business ethics and the current state of ethical business thought. This webinar will demystify the concept of business ethics and  more...

Help Your Employees Get Healthy, While Reducing Costs and Increasing Profits Employee Health Strategies That Impact Your Bottom-Line 'There must be something I can do to address the rise in healthcare costs ' Like all business owners and leaders, you re searching for solutions to help rescue your company from the economic crunch. But you can only cut staff and spending so far. In the end, a healthier workforce will actually save money and deliver better results. To truly  more...

Extrovert or Introvert? Why Can't We Talk To Each Other? What does it mean to be an introvert or an extrovert? How do the two communicate differently? And why do they irritate each other? We will do a simple exercise to find out if you are an introvert or extrovert and what this means in the way you interact with others. We will discuss the differences in the way these two types communicate and give strategies to understand the two very different  more...

Starbucks Summits and other Coffee Shop Meetings So many of today s social and business exchanges take place at the local coffee shop. Lean how to turn these into money maker meetings. We examine the proper rules of conduct for various meetings. Why are so many business meetings taking place out of the office? How can you take advantage of this in your business? Do you know all the new rules of engagement during such meetings? In this webinar  more...