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A Better Method for Cross Training Production Personnel You are invited to attend the Manufacturing Executive Institutea ™s August 2009 3rd Thursday - Operations Improvement Series FREE webinar, A Better Method for Cross-Training Production Personnel. Companies that take cross training of production personnel seriously report as much as a 30% fewer direct labor employees than exact peer companies. They also report faster cycle times, higher  more...

Business Strategy Foundation How strongly placed are you in formulating, understanding and executing your company business strategy. Get the foundation to successfully lead & grow the business. The a Business Strategy Foundationa program is designed to help entrepreneurs or future business leaders get a perspective of how business strategy can be formulated and executed. It is delivered in a pragmatic, interactive  more...

Set Appointments that Lead to Sales Tom Ziglar says, 'If you could set a higher number of better and more qualified appointments, would it help your sales career? If you answered yes, then The Seven Keys to Effective Business-to-Business Appointments Setting is just for you.' This webinar offers a unique compilation of tactical appointment setting techniques that have been proven effective for sales professionals in the  more...

Secrets to Delivering Presentations That Win Business Learn the key presentation techniques that lead your prospects to buy from you Whether you are a small business owner or sales professional, your skill in grabbing your prospect's attention during a presentation determines whether you get the account or if it goes to your competitor. Many think that great presenters are born, not developed. Not true! You can learn the secrets to engaging your  more...

Effective Writing for Sales Professionals Learn to Use Sales Writing for a Competitive Edge With the economy in strife, there are fewer sales opportunities in play. How do you make sure you are the one who wins the account? You need a competitive edge that will push you over the top and there is one at your fingertips. Sales people who master written sales communication get the account and the commission. Dr. Julie Miller, author of  more...

Business-to-Business Prospecting ...Get Your Foot in the Door with Any Prospect If there is one thing you could improve regarding your role as a sales professional, what would it be? Find more opportunities? Close more deals? Make more money? I would estimate that what you care about most is closing the sale. Funny thing is that the very first phase of the sales process the prospecting phase often has the most impact on the last  more...

Customer Service for a Social Media World Techniques Designed To Delight Your Clients For Retention and Growth Customers are more demanding than ever and with social media; it's never been easier to share their customer service experience with the world. The question is whether that message is positive or negative. And customer satisfaction isn't just about keeping clients. Satisfied clients buy more services, provide references, and  more...

Driving Business Development Using Modern Principles of Productivity Get More Business By Getting More Done Business development is simple build relationships and secure clients/customers. But getting it done is hard. To develop business, you must consistently repeat a series of small steps, but executives and professionals often fail to do this because they lack a simple, easy-to-use method for getting it done. The result is missed opportunities to grow and  more...

Get New Sales People Generating Revenue Fast Develop a Plan That Quickly Gets New Hires Up to Speed As a sales manager, you rely entirely on your sales team for revenue performance; and succeed or fail based on how they do. Your ability to effectively onboard your newly- hired sales people will make or break your year. Every moment that your new sales person is not armed to sell translates to lost sales opportunities and is a glaring cost  more...

How to Become A Great Sales Leader Learn The Secrets to Building A Winning Sales Team Baseball managers don't throw a pitch or hit a ball. They lead their team through thick and thin to deliver victories. As a sales manager, you rely on your sales team to hit homeruns every day. In a challenged economy, your sales team may be finding it tough to take a good swing at the plate these days. Your sales team is looking to you for  more...

Social Media Savvy How to Develop a Free Marketing Campaign that Delivers Profit What have you heard about social media marketing? Do you believe that Facebook and MySpace are just for teenagers? Do you know that the Obama Campaign maximized the power of the internet through social media to garner the power of close to 10,000,000 fans and supporters? What could that do for your business? In this webinar you will  more...

Time Management for Sales People Find More Time to Sell Without Working More Hours How many selling hours did you have last week? It's a frighteningly low number, isn't it? High-performing sales people spend 28% of their time selling actively, face to face sales under-performers spend just 14%. If only a small fraction of your time is spent on high-value selling activities, what chance do you have of hitting your revenue and  more...

How to Sell Consulting Services to the Federal Government Leverage the unprecedented spend by this market segment Hundreds of millions of dollars are being spent today by the federal government on consulting services. Right now, their leaders are being judged by how quickly they can spend their money to help drive the economy through the stimulus plan. Yet, if your consulting firm is not well-positioned to pursue this market, you will be left out of  more...

Prosperity Economic Strategies for Business Executives Apply the Principles of Prosperity to Your Business and Your Life As the economy struggles and your stock portfolio continues to shrink, it s normal to become increasingly preoccupied with money. But focusing more attention on money actually makes you less effective at making and keeping it. To attract the wealth you want, you need to embrace the economics of prosperity. This simple, yet  more...

Organizational Skills For Professional Business Women Rediscover Your Productivity Mastery CRMs, PDAs, and cell phones were supposed to help you become more organized and productive. Instead, they've caused you to become more scattered, disorganized, and overwhelmed. Some data in here, some contacts in there, and appointments in all of them. Keeping yourself organized has never been more difficult or frustrating. As a professional business woman,  more...

Secrets to Delivering Presentations That Win Business Learn the key presentation techniques that lead your prospects to buy from you Whether you are a small business owner or sales professional, your skill in grabbing your prospect's attention during a presentation determines whether you get the account or if it goes to your competitor. Many think that great presenters are born, not developed. Not true! You can learn the secrets to engaging your  more...

Lead People, Not Companies Create a People-Centric Culture to Improve Your Bottom-Line Companies aren't led, people are! You know it s critical now more than ever to lead your company. But what many business leaders don t recognize is that you can t lead a company you lead people. Your employees are the ones who can bring about financial change in your organization. In other words, you need to stop paying lip service to  more...

How to Re-Energize Your Sales Team In Tough Times ...se a re-engagement framework to energize your sales team Get your top performers onboard with you so they help you re-recruit the team Re-sell the opportunity that your company has to offer your sales team Develop tools to help your sales people prioritize their workload and invest time where they'll achieve the best results As an added bonus, you'll receive Edith's white paper 'Thriving In  more...

Get Hired! Secrets to Mastering the Job Interview ...lified?' 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 executive recruiter, helps job seekers to master the interview process.  more...

Master Cold Calling to Drive Revenue ...Get Your Foot In the Door Technology has created tremendous barriers for sales people. From caller ID to voicemail to professional screeners, reaching the decision-maker has never been more challenging. When you finally reach them, you have a mere few seconds to capture their attention or you get the dreaded click and opportunity is lost. For most sales people, the prospecting call begins the  more...

Put the Relate Back Into Relationship Strong client relationships emanate from understanding 'what s in it for the other person.' When your business relationships are all about the products and services you offer, then you become a commodity vendor that will eventually win business only based on your low price. Provide value beyond what your clients expect, and you become a true business partner, one where clients are willing to pay  more...

A Seat at the Table How Top Salespeople Connect and Drive Decisions at the Executive Level Are you a sales person who sells their wares or a business person who builds solutions? If you are tasked with calling into the executive suite, you best be the latter as the traditional seller will fail here. Executive-level selling requires a completely unique skill set, not only to get in the door, but to get the deal  more...

Stop Negotiating, Start Closing! It s the end of the month and you re off quota by 30%. Your need to sell is overwhelming your boss wants you to close more sales, your prospects want a huge price break. You are feeling squeezed! Do you discount and lose margin and commission dollars, or do you lose the deal entirely? The pressure is on! Andy Miller has taught thousands of salespeople around the world a unique negotiating  more...

Dogs are born to hunt. Is your sales staff born to sell? What is more important, nurture or nature? When it comes to sales, they both are important. Sales DNA refers to the internal qualities required to be successful in sales . Some examples include - no fear of rejection, no need for approval, money motivated, positive outlook and many others. When a new hire lacks these traits, many frustrating hours of coaching and training will be wasted. The  more...

Advanced Negotiation Techniques: Hear more yes and a lot less no at the bargaining table When is the last time you heard . . . 'If you want this contract, then you need to do it our way.' 'No . . . that won t work.' 'You re not paying attention to us. We can t agree to that.' Ouch! Now you are back at square one! The other guy just rejected your counteroffer. The problem is, in your heart, you knew the solution would work. You re left thinking, 'What just happened?' If you  more...

Align Vision, Mission, and Strategy to Reach Your Goals Leadership Strategies for Managers Yogi Berra said it best, 'Be very careful If you don't know where you're going you might not get there.' As a business leader, your organization needs to have a vision - and a plan to implement it - to reach your goals. If not, your team will be unfocused and underperform. Many think that creating a vision is too difficult and time consuming while others think  more...

Using Social Settings to Get Your Deal Done Dining Etiquette That Differentiates You From The Competition Mind your manners! Even if you don t pull up a chair to your parents dinner table every night, heeding their advice about mealtime manners is more critical now than ever before. In today s competitive business world, meals aren t for nourishment they re an efficient way to get deals done. Whether you are closing a sale or interviewing  more...

Unconventional Marketing Strategies for Small Business Owners Boost revenue and profit in this stressed economy Small business owners are struggling now more than ever to grow revenue. Cash flow is limited and return on investment (ROI) dictates where this money is spent. You need to question where to invest marketing dollars how to measure performance and what to expect from ROI. Your marketing budget must be invested wisely or you will suffocate your  more...

Motivating the Underachieving Employee How to have the tough conversation with employees who are not pulling their weight Employee underperformance affects team morale, productivity, and company profitability. If not addressed, the manager runs the risk of losing the respect of their team, making it even more challenging to achieve productivity goals. With companies running lean and mean, subpar performance must be addressed and your  more...

Create A Synergistic Executive Team to Drive Profits ...the genius of each player while still building consensus Get your senior management team on board and committed - NOW Assure continued buy-in, cooperation and accountability Teach your management team to make decisions in terms of the overall enterprise not just their own sphere of influence Accelerate the pace of results-driven activity to drive profits As an added bonus, you'll receive a  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...

Managing Difficult Employees In Key Positions Five Proven Strategies to Maximize Expertise and Minimize Angst Difficult people wreak havoc in your company. You know that. Difficult people who hold key positions are even more problematic. When leadership power, authority and decision-making fall into the hands of an employee with poor or non-existent people skills, you are likely to be losing up to 40% of your profits: money going out the  more...

Drive Employee Productivity in Challenging Times Strategies to Regain Focus of Your Team Budget cuts. Employee layoffs. Doubled workload. Your employees are being asked to do more with less with all of these factors contributing to productivity paralysis. Yet, as the manager, you re accountable for ensuring productivity goals are achieved despite all of these hurdles. How do you regain control in this sticky situation to achieve corporate  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...

Article Publishing to Grow Your Business or Consulting Firm How to Build Your Reputation and Generate Revenue Using Articles The first thing clients do when looking for a consultant or researching your business is to check Google. One of the easiest ways to dominate search engine results is article marketing. Done correctly, articles help prove your expertise and generate leads. Incorrectly, article marketing becomes a drain on your time and can even  more...

Take the Cold Out of Cold Calling If you are involved in business development, sales, or account management in any way, you ve probably 'cold called.' Any time you meet with a prospect without knowing about them, their industry, their issues, and how your company is relevant to something they care about, you run the risk of losing credibility and worse, losing the deal. In 'Take the Cold Out of Cold Calling' you'll discover  more...

Social Media Savvy How to Develop a Free Marketing Campaign that Delivers Profit What have you heard about social media marketing? Do you believe that Facebook and MySpace are just for teenagers? Do you know that the Obama Campaign maximized the power of the internet through social media to garner the power of close to 10,000,000 fans and supporters? What could that do for your business? In this webinar you will  more...

Secrets to Delivering Presentations That Win Business Learn the key presentation techniques that lead your prospects to buy from you Whether you are a small business owner or sales professional, your skill in grabbing your prospect's attention during a presentation determines whether you get the account or if it goes to your competitor. Many think that great presenters are born, not developed. Not true! You can learn the secrets to engaging your  more...

Secrets to Delivering Presentations That Win Business Learn the key presentation techniques that lead your prospects to buy from you Whether you are a small business owner or sales professional, your skill in grabbing your prospect's attention during a presentation determines whether you get the account or if it goes to your competitor. Many think that great presenters are born, not developed. Not true! You can learn the secrets to engaging your  more...

What Financial Planners Don t Tell Business Executives Leverage Prosperity Economics to Re-Establish Your Wealth The market has squeezed dollars out of your savings, delayed your retirement, and you feel your net worth shrinking. As a business executive, you know you need to do something, but you also know that when fear is high, intelligence is low. With a sea of conflicting information, you don't know what to do next and cannot afford a misstep. Do  more...

Coaching for Success The four step process in changing beliefs and outcomes Getting performance from others is one of the biggest challenges in business. Employees simply do not see things the same as the owners and managers! Yet, performance is needed and Managers and Leaders need to build people and performance in order to grow the business and stay competitive! One challenge is the vast variety of motives and  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...

Customer Service Strategies to Increase Revenue See Your Business Through the Lens of Your Customer When dollars are tight, customer loyalty is easily lost. When the service with your company slips due to budget cuts, the customer exodus becomes massive compounding your bottom-line issue. You can't afford to have your customers feel your pain as they represent a tremendous opportunity to grow your business. It s critical to deliver WOW!  more...

Fill Your Pipeline with Hot Prospects It has never been harder to be successful to get profitable clients. Budgets are tight. Competition is fierce. The secret to success is to fill your pipeline with only hot prospects. But who are they? Referrals! Don't stop reading because you think 'I already know how to get referrals.' Successful referral sellers aren't asking clients to pass their name along, nor are they calling a new  more...

Restore Employee Trust After A Workforce Reduction Learn The Steps To Regain Productivity After A Layoff 'Am I the next to go?' Workforce reductions destroy trust among the surviving employees. Yet, trust is one of the critical factors in restoring the productivity of the team. You made the tough decision to downsize; now you need to regain the trust and confidence of your employees to ensure your firm succeeds in these difficult times.  more...

Name Your Price and Get It! Strategies for Effectively Handling the Money Conversation 'If we don t lower our price, we won t get the business!' Just as kryptonite paralyzes Superman, the price objection stops sales people in their tracks. For some, it triggers a paralyzing fear. Others don t know how to resolve the concern. Drop the price? Walk away from the deal? Hold firm? There are tell-tale signs that tell you exactly  more...

Prosperity Economic Strategies for Business Executives Apply the Principles of Prosperity to Your Business and Your Life As the economy struggles and your stock portfolio continues to shrink, it s normal to become increasingly preoccupied with money. But focusing more attention on money actually makes you less effective at making and keeping it. To attract the wealth you want, you need to embrace the economics of prosperity. This simple, yet  more...

Success Strategies for Small Business Owners Learn the Secrets to Effective Decision Making. Answer the question: Where do I spend my time, energy and money for the best possible gain! The economy is forcing you to work harder than ever on your business, but the hard work isn't paying off. You find you busy but not as effective as you could be. You are being pulled in a million different directions. Things are not getting done and your  more...

Put Your Strategic Plan Into Action Implementation Strategies that Get Results! Many companies have the right strategic plan, but still don t grow their business! If effective execution is a major challenge when the economy is booming imagine what it is now that a recession is here and resources are scarce. Having the best strategic plan in the world won t help you increase profitability and grow your business if it's not  more...

Get New Sales People Generating Revenue Fast Develop a Plan That Quickly Gets New Hires Up to Speed As a sales manager, you rely entirely on your sales team for revenue performance; and succeed or fail based on how they do. Your ability to effectively onboard your newly- hired sales people will make or break your year. Every moment that your new sales person is not armed to sell translates to lost sales opportunities and is a glaring cost  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...

Managing Introverted Employees How to Identify and Motivate Introverts for Maximum Performance According to recent studies, an estimated 30% of the population is introverted. While some consider introverts to be an employer's Achilles heel, this personality type brings tremendous advantages to your business. As a manager, you need all of your employees to deliver peak performance in today's challenged economy. Discover how to  more...

Strategies to Find Your Next Job Fast! Learn How to Conduct A Successful Job Search Post a resume on a job board, respond to a few online job ads, call a couple of recruiters and still no job opportunity is in sight. The typical job search lacks a game plan, focus, and direction leading the search to take, what feels like, forever. With today's competitive job market, you can't afford to thrash about; you need a job search strategy.  more...

How To Be An Online Spy ...en meeting with clients and prospects, and ways that will get you thrown out of an office. Learn the difference. This Webinar is fun, eye-opening, and sometimes a bit scary. You ll receive access to free resources you can use to make practicing being an online spy easy. About the Spymaster: Sam Richter, CEO of SBR Worldwide and SVP/Chief Marketing Officer at ActiFi ( ), is a nationally  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...

Critical Thinking for Business Leaders ...'Globally' versus 'Micro' to get more productive outcomes Get your edge and get better results today by attending! Enroll now! Sales Expert and Trainer Harlan Goerger (Gr-Gr) brings almost three decades of experience to modern sales. Author of The Selling Gap and over 100 articles on sales & sales management, Harlan provides the proven ideas that change thinking, skills and results for your  more...

How to Close More Sales by Shortening Your Sales Cycle ...losings by going more slowly through the sales process to get your prospects more motivated to buy and buy now. Motivated prospects take action while prospects lacking in motivation find it easy to delay or avoid closing. The Key to a Motivated Prospect Compelling Reasons The Power of Compelling Reasons The Rule of Ratios How Moving Slower Gets You to Closing More Quickly. The  more...

Keys to Unlocking Your Employees Potential Strategies to Improve Employee Performance As a manager, you feel the pressure to keep your top performers happy and dedicate your time trying to get subpar performers to rise to the challenge. You've been tasked with delivering results, but unless your employees take ownership of their performance, the goals will not be met. If you haven't been trained how to develop your team or don't have the  more...

Stop Running Your Business By the Seat of Your Pants Design an Action Plan That Works for You Having a strong foundation enables you to build a thriving, profitable life and business. Learn to be the architect of your own life and business. Topics covered in this lively, interactive presentation are: 1. Discovery - To make sure you are on the right path, headed in the right direction and positioned properly. 2. Vision Determine clarity on  more...

How to Build a High Performance Sales Engine Develop the foundation for your sales organization 'We have one guy who brings in 90% of the company s revenue. What are we doing wrong?' You re right to be concerned. Your company s financial success depends on the rainmaker s ability and motivation to sell. Plus, if you lose your top performer to a competitor, it could destroy your company. If this sounds like your company, you need to address  more...

Hiring Strategies for Your Sales Organization Best Practices When Hiring Sales People 'I just found my rainmaker or did I?' Sales managers are often blinded by the star qualities and accomplishments of prospective sales candidates. The resume reads like the perfect sales rep met 150% of quota, grew the business 200%, and thrived with a competitor. If you re only looking at their track record, you may be missing key information that indicates  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...

Negotiating With The Big Dogs How Small Businesses Can Contract Without Losing Their Shirt Every small-business owner dreams of landing big clients. But doing business with the big guys doesn t automatically mean big profits. Their executives and procurement officers are well-trained and ready to put the squeeze on you during contract negotiations. If you can't hold your own in the negotiation, be prepared to sacrifice all of  more...

Get the Funk Out of Your Sales Team! ...ecome pervasive at the water cooler and presents ideas to get your sales team re-invigorated to conquer the selling world. In this webinar, your sales team will learn how to: Break through the negative obstacles that distract them from successful selling Eliminate the feeling of helplessness and restore selling confidence Use mind-focusing techniques that elevate their sales  more...

Secrets to Successfully Cold Calling Executives Most sales professionals start the pursuit of new accounts by cold calling lower-level or middle-management contacts because it fits your comfort level. Cold call success is not about comfort, it's about being effective. By immediately reaching the executive-level decision maker, you can reduce the sales cycle and be better positioned to win the account. If you want impressive results from your  more...

Drive Growth Despite the Recession Create the right strategic plan for your company Professional sports coaches don t send teams on the playing field without a game-plan they ll get crushed. Even when games are broadcasted, viewers see coaches and managers constantly reviewing strategies and updating plays to leverage strengths, eliminate weaknesses, and identify the gaps to win. Similarly, businesses without the right strategic  more...

How to Become A Great Sales Leader Learn The Secrets to Building A Winning Sales Team Baseball managers don't throw a pitch or hit a ball. They lead their team through thick and thin to deliver victories. As a sales manager, you rely on your sales team to hit homeruns every day. In a challenged economy, your sales team may be finding it tough to take a good swing at the plate these days. Your sales team is looking to you for  more...

Social Media Savvy How to Develop a Free Marketing Campaign that Delivers Profit What have you heard about social media marketing? Do you believe that Facebook and MySpace are just for teenagers? Do you know that the Obama Campaign maximized the power of the internet through social media to garner the power of close to 10,000,000 fans and supporters? What could that do for your business? In this webinar you will  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...

Master LinkedIn to Increase Sales Secrets that drive prospects to you LinkedIn to generate sales? Absolutely! Yet, few know how to leverage the advanced functionality in LinkedIn to find prospects and better yet, have them find you. In the competitive sales arena, everyone is looking for the edge when it comes to reaching prospects, but few can leverage the power that lies within LinkedIn. Tim Hagen, LinkedIn expert and  more...

Fearless Cold Calling ...ker on your first try Easy-to-implement techniques to get you into the executive s office even if you are the 100th salesperson to call from your company How to get past the gatekeeper even if you blew it the first time Steps to overcome price objections and other 'turn-offs' that would keep even the toughest competition away Immediately following this webinar, be prepared to  more...

Send Me Something in Writing! ...n her safe guarded secret messages to include, which will get you into the executive suite and move the sale forward. In this webinar, you ll learn: What your prospects really want when they ask for 'something in writing' Techniques to turn a blank page into a compelling sales tool with power words and phrases that grab your prospect's attention Tactics to collect critical information that  more...

Never Have Another Cold Call! Know More Than You Ever Thought You Could About Your Prospects, Clients, and Competitors You've heard it before Knowledge is power and, as a sales professional, you need that power to sell. A tremendous amount of information is available at your fingertips to prepare for a sales call or research competitors, but few know how to find it online. Deals are lost every day because the wrong sales  more...

Organizational Skills For Professional Business Women Rediscover Your Productivity Mastery CRMs, PDAs, and cell phones were supposed to help you become more organized and productive. Instead, they've caused you to become more scattered, disorganized, and overwhelmed. Some data in here, some contacts in there, and appointments in all of them. Keeping yourself organized has never been more difficult or frustrating. As a professional business woman,  more...

Business Development Secrets for Consultants Techniques that Get Clients Knocking Down Your Door! Business consulting generates over $100 billion in annual revenue yet, my phone isn t ringing. Welcome to the harsh reality of owning a consulting business, where working hard and knowing your stuff isn t enough to fill your client roster or your bank account. If you don t want to crawl back to the world of corporate employment, you need to  more...

Powerful Secrets to Keep Your Sale Moving Learn the keys to keeping the connection alive with your prospects Business is tough. Budgets are tight. Buyers are scared. How do you get clients comfortable enough to buy from you? In the current market where dollars are scarce and clients are wary of new commitments, getting precious time in front of a prospect is extremely valuable. You want to have to make the most of that opportunity. You  more...

Drive Employee Productivity in Challenging Times Strategies to Regain Focus of Your Team Budget cuts. Employee layoffs. Doubled workload. Your employees are being asked to do more with less with all of these factors contributing to productivity paralysis. Yet, as the manager, you re accountable for ensuring productivity goals are achieved despite all of these hurdles. How do you regain control in this sticky situation to achieve corporate  more...

Email Marketing for Consultants and Entrepreneurs Build a Loyal Following and Keep Business Flowing Most consultants live by the feast or famine rule except those who master database cultivation and relationship building. Your email list is the lifeblood of your business and it takes proper care and feeding to generate revenue. Promote too much, people unsubscribe. Promote too little and you get no business from the campaign. Those who have  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...

How to Develop a Strategic Plan That Works For You The manager's key to creating competitive advantage Do you ever get the feeling that you are throwing darts while blind-folded? As a business leader, how can you expect to make this year your best year ever without having a well-defined plan? Perhaps, you have a strategic plan, but it s hiding under the cobwebs in your office. In these challenging economic times, having the right strategic plan  more...

Get New Sales People Generating Revenue Fast Develop a Plan That Quickly Gets New Hires Up to Speed As a sales manager, you rely entirely on your sales team for revenue performance; and succeed or fail based on how they do. Your ability to effectively onboard your newly- hired sales people will make or break your year. Every moment that your new sales person is not armed to sell translates to lost sales opportunities and is a glaring cost  more...

Driving Business Development Using Modern Principles of Productivity Get More Business By Getting More Done Business development is simple build relationships and secure clients/customers. But getting it done is hard. To develop business, you must consistently repeat a series of small steps, but executives and professionals often fail to do this because they lack a simple, easy-to-use method for getting it done. The result is missed opportunities to grow and  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...

Create Value in the Selling Process Drive Sales by Becoming Your Clients' Trusted Advisor When you meet with a prospect, what value do they get from the meeting? In the past, it was acceptable for a salesperson to be less than fully informed about the prospect s company, their industry and their challenges. All of that has changed! Business executives expect to get value when they meet with you. Sales people who cannot create  more...

Driving Business Development Using Modern Principles of Productivity Get More Business By Getting More Done Business development is simple build relationships and secure clients/customers. But getting it done is hard. To develop business, you must consistently repeat a series of small steps, but executives and professionals often fail to do this because they lack a simple, easy-to-use method for getting it done. The result is missed opportunities to grow and  more...

How to Sell Consulting Services to the Federal Government Leverage the unprecedented spend by this market segment Hundreds of millions of dollars are being spent today by the federal government on consulting services. Right now, their leaders are being judged by how quickly they can spend their money to help drive the economy through the stimulus plan. Yet, if your consulting firm is not well-positioned to pursue this market, you will be left out of  more...

Recession Proof Your Business All business is cyclical, and in tough economic times companies that react quickly to an adverse market have a good chance of preserving profitability. Companies that go beyond that by leveraging disruptive events to get the buy in they need to drive transformational change will raise their organization s performance to world class. The Webinar is presented from the professional perspective of  more...

Prosperity Economic Strategies for Business Executives Apply the Principles of Prosperity to Your Business and Your Life As the economy struggles and your stock portfolio continues to shrink, it s normal to become increasingly preoccupied with money. But focusing more attention on money actually makes you less effective at making and keeping it. To attract the wealth you want, you need to embrace the economics of prosperity. This simple, yet  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...

Customer Service for a Social Media World Techniques Designed To Delight Your Clients For Retention and Growth Customers are more demanding than ever and with social media; it's never been easier to share their customer service experience with the world. The question is whether that message is positive or negative. And customer satisfaction isn't just about keeping clients. Satisfied clients buy more services, provide references, and  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...

Set Appointments that Lead to Sales Tom Ziglar says, 'If you could set a higher number of better and more qualified appointments, would it help your sales career? If you answered yes, then The Seven Keys to Effective Business-to-Business Appointments Setting is just for you.' This webinar offers a unique compilation of tactical appointment setting techniques that have been proven effective for sales professionals in the  more...

What Financial Planners Don t Tell Business Executives Leverage Prosperity Economics to Re-Establish Your Wealth The market has squeezed dollars out of your savings, delayed your retirement, and you feel your net worth shrinking. As a business executive, you know you need to do something, but you also know that when fear is high, intelligence is low. With a sea of conflicting information, you don't know what to do next and cannot afford a misstep. Do  more...

Strategies to Find Your Next Job Fast! Learn How to Conduct A Successful Job Search Post a resume on a job board, respond to a few online job ads, call a couple of recruiters and still no job opportunity is in sight. The typical job search lacks a game plan, focus, and direction leading the search to take, what feels like, forever. With today's competitive job market, you can't afford to thrash about; you need a job search strategy.  more...

A Seat at the Table How Top Salespeople Connect and Drive Decisions at the Executive Level Are you a sales person who sells their wares or a business person who builds solutions? If you are tasked with calling into the executive suite, you best be the latter as the traditional seller will fail here. Executive-level selling requires a completely unique skill set, not only to get in the door, but to get the deal  more...

What Financial Planners Don t Tell Business Executives Leverage Prosperity Economics to Re-Establish Your Wealth The market has squeezed dollars out of your savings, delayed your retirement, and you feel your net worth shrinking. As a business executive, you know you need to do something, but you also know that when fear is high, intelligence is low. With a sea of conflicting information, you don't know what to do next and cannot afford a misstep. Do  more...

Are You Missing the Mark In These Magic Moments In Sales? Prevent Sales From Stalling Out On You Business is tough. Budgets are tight. Buyers are scared. How do you get clients comfortable enough to buy from you? In the current market where dollars are scarce and clients are wary of new commitments, getting precious time in front of a prospect is extremely valuable. You want to have to make the most of that opportunity. You don t want to inadvertently  more...

Time Management for Sales People Find More Time to Sell Without Working More Hours How many selling hours did you have last week? It's a frighteningly low number, isn't it? High-performing sales people spend 28% of their time selling actively, face to face sales under-performers spend just 14%. If only a small fraction of your time is spent on high-value selling activities, what chance do you have of hitting your revenue and  more...

Using Sales Compensation Plans to Achieve Revenue Targets ...ting the pay-mix Effective compensation elements that get your sales team motivated How to develop your company s 'commission calculator' All registrants receive Shannon s sales compensation template, which will help you design the right sales compensation plan for your company. As the President and founder of Go-To-Market Strategies, Shannon Kavanaugh has over 18 years of  more...

Secrets to Doubling Your Revenue in a Down Economy In a desperate attempt to hit quota in a down economy, sales reps are filling their pipeline with every lead imaginable and spending equal time with every Tom, Dick and Harry. You re investing long hours, spinning your wheels, and most importantly, not landing the high pay off clients. Andy Miller, an internationally renowned sales training guru, works with sales professionals that are breaking  more...