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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...

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...

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...

Differentiation Strategies for Financial Advisors Create Compelling Stories To Stand Out From Your Competitors and Win More Clients The competition for new clients is fierce in the financial advisor industry. You're up against the big guys who offer a comprehensive suite of financial services as well as financial advisors deeply entrenched in the region for ages. Although competition is tough, there is a secret strategy for becoming the victor  more...

The Busy Professional's Guide to Social Networking Leverage this Power In Just Minutes A Day Social networking is hot, but you are still sitting on the sidelines. You hear about LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, blogging and perhaps, it's all so overwhelming with your plate already full with other initiatives. Getting involved with social networking can help you and your business grow without a huge time investment if you know how. Lynne  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...

Create a Client Experience to Grow Your Financial Advisor Practice Strategies for Developing a Consistent, Memorable Impression Over 80% of surveyed clients said they were dissatisfied with their financial advisor. That's pretty scary if that includes your client base. You certainly can blame the economy for some of your client s frustration but are you responsible too? How you define the client experience affects, not only retention, but also the new clients  more...

Master Cold Calling to Drive Revenue Techniques to 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  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...

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...

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...

Turn Business Blogging into Your Highest ROI Marketing Tool Learn the secrets to leveraging your blog to grow your business Blogging is more than the next new hip communications tool. It's the way that savvy companies even 12% of the Fortune 500 are generating business and driving profits. If your company doesn't have a business blog, you are missing out on a powerful, low-cost communication tool to reach your prospects and customers. Eric Knight, one of  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...

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...

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...

How To Build A Million-Dollar Business Remove The Obstacles That Prevent Business Success You set out to create a million-dollar business. What you have is a J.O.B. -- Just Over Broke. The painful realities of owning a business being tied to the office 24/7, putting out fires and managing employees have left you in tactical mode. You're stumped as you try to re-discover the strategic mindset you had when you launched your business.  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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...