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Marketing Strategy Masterclass Learn Market Segmentation, Marketing Planning, Marketing Accountability, Key Account Management from Prof. Malcolm McDonald, best seller of more than 1M books worldwide for Marketing Planning and authors of more than 40 books on marketing strategy. This is a great series of videos for professionals and students alike. The program is in video format and course notes.  more...

Telecom eLearning Course You can learn Telecom ( GSM/ CDMA/ WCDMA/ WiMAX ) from anywhere using web power ( internet) and stay ahead on learning curve.  more...

ITIL v3 Foundations - Distance Learning This online-instructor led course introduces learners to the lifecycle of managing IT services to deliver to business expectations. As well as an engaging, case study based approach to learning the core disciplines of the ITIL best practice, this course also positions the student to successfully complete the associated exam, required for entry into the future ITIL v3 intermediate level training  more...

SAP Master Data Management SAP Master Data Management - Elearning from MyEGurukul with 24x7 access to SAP Servers. Learn from the convenience of your home. All you need is a computer with broadband connection - Speakers and Mike for VOIP or a phone to dial into conference call.  more...

Project Management using Microsoft Project Training Course Online Classroom PROJECTINGIT [www. projectingit. com] Microsoft Project Training Course on Project Planning and Scheduling Classroom Online Offline Training Interactive Course in Microsoft Project Learn MS Project 2003 2007 & Project Server for Project Planning and Scheduling Learn from Microsoft Certified Specialist / Experts Become an Expert in Project Scheduling using Best Practices in Project  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...

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...

Empower Others to Promote Your Business What if you could cut your prospecting time in half? How about never having to prospect for business again because you ve developed a network of Ambassadors to seek and find business for you? The Ambassador relationship is the ultimate relationship in sales. Also known as champions or advocates, Ambassadors see such benefit in what you do and the products and services you provide, that they re  more...

Use Customer Service to Win Loyal Clients Differentiate By Making Client Satisfaction Pervasive Throughout Your Organization When service is blas , price becomes the decision driver for customers. If you aren't committed to delivering a high-level service experience, be prepared for a never-ending price war that slashes your margins. Today's marketplace demands that companies deliver consistent, stellar service to retain their existing  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...

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...

Advanced Customer Service Planning for Services Firms Align Your Firm s Service Delivery With The Desires of Your Clients According to the American Society of Quality, 68% of clients leave because of an attitude of indifference from a company employee. Excellent customer service doesn't happen by accident. It is designed, planned, and scripted to account for every aspect of the customer service experience. Most services firms cross their fingers  more...

Entrepreneurial Innovation for Solopreneurs Generate Sound Business Ideas When You Work Alone The health of your business requires a constant infusion of new ideas and innovation. Market trends, competition, and technology challenge you to look at your business in new ways to stay ahead of the competition, but the answers to solve those challenges don't rush to mind. As a solopreneur, you don't have a team to rely upon to brainstorm for  more...

Business-to-Business Prospecting Innovative Techniques to 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  more...

Establish A Solid Foundation for Your Small Business Learn Critical Business Growth Strategies Beyond Product Expertise Being an expert in your field inspired you to launch your own business. The tough economy has quickly exposed the difference between being a, subject matter expert and a business expert ... the latter of which is knowledge many business owners do not possess. If you don't master the business side of the equation, your firm is  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...

Create A Winning Workplace Culture Learn How to Develop A Motivated Workforce to Drive Profits Employees want to work for a winner. Customers want to buy from a winner. Winning creates positive energy in the workplace where employees are inspired and over perform. Bottom-line, companies with winning workplaces succeed while losing ones fail. In this tough economy, it's more critical than ever to instill a culture founded on the  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...

How to Run Effective Internal Meetings Increase Productivity with Well-Run Meetings As you are searching high and low for the costs that are dooming your business, you are forgetting one of the most expensive ones unproductive, unnecessary meetings. Talk to your employees and you will hear the complaints fly: being invited to meetings that are not geared toward them meetings that are poorly run and meetings that were not needed at  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...

Establish A Solid Foundation for Your Small Business Learn Critical Business Growth Strategies Beyond Product Expertise Being an expert in your field inspired you to launch your own business. The tough economy has quickly exposed the difference between being a, subject matter expert and a business expert ... the latter of which is knowledge many business owners do not possess. If you don't master the business side of the equation, your firm is  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...

Profitability Strategies for Service Firms Find the cost sinkholes that are draining your profits Business leaders in service firms are under enormous pressure to find opportunities to reduce costs. While you have already undergone a round of cost-cutting, the cuts did not produce the expected results to the bottom-line. The company is relying on you to create cost reduction strategies without damaging the brand, but you've exhausted  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...

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...

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...

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...

Wellness Strategies Following A Workforce Reduction Protect Profitability By Creating A Healthy Workforce You reduced your workforce to cut costs and become profitable. Yet, the profit strategy goes for naught if your healthcare costs skyrocket which will happen if you don't help the surviving employees adopt a healthy lifestyle. Increased stress, doubled-workload, and financial concern are creating health issues for your employees and their  more...

How to Re-Energize Your Sales Team In Tough Times Learn How to Re-engage and Motivate Your Sales Organization Budget cuts, lost accounts, and staff reductions have left your sales organization fatigued. Once, they were so committed to your company and product that they oozed with passion. Those days are gone. You can see the lost, unfocused look on their faces and you don't know what it will take to get them back on track. You tried praise  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...

Sharpen Your Communication Skills to Drive Revenue Help Prospects See the Value in Your Offering 'Our product is the best but no one is buying it!' It's easy to blame the economy for a product not selling. It's much harder to look in the mirror and question if the problem is how you communicate with prospects. True, the economy is in peril, but people are still buying. How do you differentiate yourself and your product with your prospective  more...

Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance As A Growth Strategy The economic crunch is presenting serious challenges for every size business publicly traded firms, small businesses, and even non-profit organizations. Companies that cannot find a way to grow during these challenging times run the risk of failure. Yet, the secret weapon to drive growth could be in your back pocket Sarbanes-Oxley best practices. Dr. Peg Jackson is your trusted advisor as she  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...

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...

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...

Turn Tradeshow Leads Into Sales Over 43% of trade show leads fail because sales follow-up is too late! Companies invest an exorbitant amount of money, time, and resources in trade shows. Business leaders hold sales and marketing departments accountable and responsible for generating a return on the investment made in trade shows. With marketing dollars being finite and marketing investment being heavily scrutinized, it is more  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...

Survive and Thrive In Economic Turbulence How to build business by ensuring your teams are right-sized, well-managed & clear-focused In a troubled economy, it s more critical than ever that every employee pulls his or her weight. To maximize profits, each person must be making the full contribution for which they were hired. As a leader, you must eliminate redundancy and lack of accountability or you ll lose money. Lean, focused teams  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...

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 Grow Sales By Effectively Managing the Pipeline The sales pipeline should be the single most accurate indictor of future revenue. However, most companies have pipelines that don t predict anything and most executives don t know whether they have lumps of coal or gold bullions in their pipelines. Attendees will learn how to change the look of the pipeline, change what s in the pipeline, change how it gets into the pipeline and change how they  more...

Investing In A Recession Buy, Sell, Or Do Nothing? What every investor must know to protect and grow their wealth The recession has created a culture of investment paralysis. Should I pull my money out of the market and put it under my mattress? Do I put my dollars in a savings account and earn 2%? Buy, sell, or do nothing? For most people, there are more investment questions than answers, but inaction now can be worse than making a bad  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...

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...

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...

Pricing Strategies for Profitable Growth How to Formulate the Right Price in a Service Business 'If I price it too high, they won t buy. If I price it too low, we barely break even.' The yin and yang pricing debate has been a staple in business since the beginning of time. When you are operating a service company, it is very easy to price yourself right out of business if you don t know all of the factors that affect profitability.  more...

Create A Synergistic Executive Team to Drive Profits Leverage Your Leadership Team for Peak Performance Your executive leadership team holds the secret formula for business success in tough times. But is this critical team operating at its true potential? Probably not. From back-biting, to conflicting perspectives, to uncooperative attitudes, the executive leaders of your company may not be performing optimally and their success determines yours.  more...

Improve Morale Following A Workforce Reduction Techniques That Reduce Stress and Gain Productivity 'My workload is overwhelming I m stressed to the max!' Employees who survive a layoff do not come away unscathed. Fear, uncertainty, and doubt create unmanageable stress levels preventing them from performing at optimal levels and reduces morale. Stress restricts creativity, damages morale, and reduces productivity...and your company can t  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...

Marketing Strategies to Reach the Gay and Lesbian Community Learn how to reach this powerful, niche market segment According to the Selig Center for Economic Growth, the gay and lesbian market is the 3rd largest consumer segment with a buying power of $720 billion. This rapidly growing market can be a key revenue source for your company - IF you know how to reach them. Fear and a lack of knowledge of this market segment may be keeping you from creating a  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...

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...

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...

After the Handshake Networking Strategies to Propel Your Business 'I shook a lot of hands at the event but now what? How do I turn the business cards I collected into real business relationships?' Networking is a powerful way to convert suspects into prospects if you do it correctly. Unfortunately, most professionals don t. Instead, you have dozens of tongue-tied conversations at industry events worrying whether you  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...

Blogging for Big Business Blogs are a great way to create internet buzz. They build better relationships with your clients and bring in more visitors via web search. However, it is not about the technology behind a blog. It is about your organization s commitment to fresh ideas and relationships. Come learn how to leverage a blog format to create higher visibility for your organization and it s key employees.  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...

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...

Elevate Your Presentations Powerful Strategies to Engage Your Audience Great news! You just found out that you are a finalist for a huge account. It s an exciting time it s a scary time. After all, the one who is most effective at presenting their solution will win the business. Will your presentation skills lead you to victory? Lorraine Howell has spent more than 10 years successfully coaching business professionals  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...

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...

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...

Master the Art of Storytelling to Grow Your Career Strategies for effective networking Credentials look great on a resume, but how you present your accomplishments to others determines your ability to advance in your career. Say too much and it sounds like bragging. Say too little and you blend in with the other candidates. In a crowded talent pool, your ability to effectively tell your story is your key to standing out and being remembered.  more...

Developing Powerful Booth Staff There is no such thing as a naturally born boother. It takes skills, dedication and a commitment to understand the process. All exhibit staff move through four distinct stages of growth until they achieve spectacular results. During this webinar you will learn: - The four stages to booth excellence - How to move into a meaningful discussion - The ACTION steps to the 90-second qualify - Make  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 Create Successful Strategic Marketing Alliances Use Marketing Partners to Grow Your Business Surviving the economic crisis demands fresh thinking and strategic marketing and you have plenty of creative ideas. The only catch? You don t have the budget to implement all of your plans. The solution? Develop strategic marketing partnerships with other organizations to extend your marketing and sales reach without increasing your budget. Ann  more...

How To Be An Online Spy (and use what you find for business success) There is an incredible amount of information online about what s going on at companies and with people. The problem is when you look for information using popular search engines, most people receive thousands and sometimes millions of results. In 'How To Be An Online Spy,' you ll learn the inside secrets on how to find information on companies and  more...

Too busy for you? Learn 5 quick techniques to benefit your health picture. It is hard for the busy professional to know what to eat to maintain a healthy lifestyle. The choices you make today at your business luncheon and dinner sales meeting impact your mood, metabolism and mental clarity. In this webinar, you will learn practical tips on how to know what food is suitable for consumption, and how to implement these tips into your busy day from renowned Wellness  more...

How to Develop Your Employees with Little Investment Improve performance through self-directed learning Cuts hit the training budget hard. Yet, despite the economic crunch, employee development remains a critical requirement of a successful company. Resources are scarce, budgets are tight, but the companies that survive and thrive are those who learn the secrets to training their employees without breaking the bank. Tim Hagen, salesforce  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 Grow Profits In a Recession Strategies to Protect Your Bottom-Line The economic squeeze has conditioned most business leaders to operate in reactive mode to ensure survival but this approach jeopardizes the future of the company. For your company to remain profitable now, and in the future, you need to become proactive so that you make prudent decisions not knee-jerk reactions. John Myrna, author of '100 Quick Tips for  more...

Critical Thinking for Business Leaders How Outcome Based Thinking Can Change Your Results The higher you climb up the leadership ladder, the more important 'conceptual skills' are to your ability to drive organizational success. Leaders who possess conceptual thinking skills can leverage critical thinking and problem solving techniques that produce faster, better results. Those that continue to approach issues the same old way are  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...

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...

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...

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...

Develop A Marketing Plan to Retain and Grow Your Customer Base Uncover the Secrets About Your Customer's Buying Habits You've heard it before. It's much more costly to find a new customer than to expand the buying relationship with an existing one. While the concept is not new or revolutionary, most companies don't know what drives their customers to buy, and what else they can sell them. Worse yet, they leave the door wide-open for their competitors to  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...

Investing In A Recession Buy, Sell, Or Do Nothing? What every investor must know to protect and grow their wealth The recession has created a culture of investment paralysis. Should I pull my money out of the market and put it under my mattress? Do I put my dollars in a savings account and earn 2%? Buy, sell, or do nothing? For most people, there are more investment questions than answers, but inaction now can be worse than making a bad  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...

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! 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...