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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...

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...

Advanced Customer Service Planning for Services Firms ...registrants receive an autographed copy of Susan Hoekstra's book, 'The Service Journey.' Susan Hoekstra is a customer service expert, author of The Service Journey, a client experience strategy book, and is owner of Susan Hoekstra & Associates, a service consulting firm focused on the client experience. Susan is an experienced senior manager, customer service presenter, trainer and client  more...

Entrepreneurial Innovation for Solopreneurs ... Teamwork As Your Foundation,' a chapter excerpt from Raj's book Winning at Entrepreneurship. Whether it's growing your business to winning-class, winning a sports championship, or fighting for your life, Raj Gavurla empowers your mindset, mood, and motivation to win. His motivational, inspirational, and humorous stories stimulate organizations and sports teams to consistently play at the  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 ... Teamwork As Your Foundation,' a chapter excerpt from Raj's book Winning at Entrepreneurship. Whether it's growing your business to winning-class, winning a sports championship, or fighting for your life, Raj Gavurla empowers your mindset, mood, and motivation to win. His motivational, inspirational, and humorous stories stimulate organizations and sports teams to consistently play at the top  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...

Create A Winning Workplace Culture ... Teamwork As Your Foundation,' a chapter excerpt from Raj's book 'Winning at Entrepreneurship.' Whether it's growing your business to winning-class, winning a sports championship, or fighting for your life, Raj Gavurla empowers your mindset, mood, and motivation to win. His motivational, inspirational, and humorous stories stimulate organizations and sports teams to consistently play at the  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...

Establish A Solid Foundation for Your Small Business ... Teamwork As Your Foundation,' a chapter excerpt from Raj's book Winning at Entrepreneurship. Whether it's growing your business to winning-class, winning a sports championship, or fighting for your life, Raj Gavurla empowers your mindset, mood, and motivation to win. His motivational, inspirational, and humorous stories stimulate organizations and sports teams to consistently play at the top  more...

Profitability Strategies for Service Firms ...e Profit Repairman s' e-book version of his newest business book, 'My Little Black Book To Success.' The Profit Repairman s Lifelong Mission: Increasing the Success Rate of Small and Mid-Sized Businesses! The Profit Repairman s Goal Is To Do 3 Things For Small And Mid-Sized Businesses Reach, Teach and Send! I want to Reach as many small and mid-sized  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...

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...

Unconventional Marketing Strategies for Small Business Owners ...e Profit Repairman s' e-book version of his newest business book, 'My Little Black Book To Success.' Tom practices a radical approach to succeeding as a small business owner. The Profit Repairman s Lifelong Mission: Increasing the Success Rate of Small and Mid-Sized Businesses! The Profit Repairman s Goal Is To Do 3 Things For Small And Mid-Sized Businesses  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...

Article Publishing to Grow Your Business or Consulting Firm ...aders in their field and industry. Ken demonstrates in his book how thoughtleading offers superior competitive advantages, higher career satisfaction and... increased income! Founder and Chief Imaginative Officer (CIO) of emerson consulting group inc. (Concord MA) which specializes in transforming experts into thoughtleaders, Ken speaks to business grous and conferences on such topics as  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...

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...

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...

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...

How to Become Recognized as an Expert ...k, 'The Expert Edge Primer,' containing highlights from his book published by McGraw-Hill, and a tool to help you implement the teachings from this webinar. Ken Lizotte CMC is author of The Expert s Edge: Become the Go-To Authority that People Turn to Every Time (McGraw-Hill) which explores how consultants, business owners, entrepreneurs, attorneys, professional servcies firms, expert  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...

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...

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...

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...

Become An Effective Solution Sales Person Powerful Techniques to Drive Your Sales Career to the Next Level What is the determining factor in who wins a sale? Is it price? No! Is it the product knowledge of the sales person? No! Prospects can learn product information easily enough on the web. Buyers expect sales people to formulate solutions to their problems, not push their wares. Yet, many sales people say they are solution sales  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...

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...

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...

Email Marketing for Consultants and Entrepreneurs ...ok 'The Expert Edge Primer,' containing highlights from his book to help you implement the teachings from this webinar. Ken Lizotte CMC is author of The Expert s Edge: Become the Go-To Authority that People Turn to Every Time (McGraw-Hill) which explores how consultants, business owners, entrepreneurs, attorneys, professional servcies firms, expert professionals and entire companies can  more...

Create A Winning Workplace Culture ... Teamwork As Your Foundation,' a chapter excerpt from Raj's book 'Winning at Entrepreneurship.' Whether it's growing your business to winning-class, winning a sports championship, or fighting for your life, Raj Gavurla empowers your mindset, mood, and motivation to win. His motivational, inspirational, and humorous stories stimulate organizations and sports teams to consistently play at the  more...

Create A Winning Workplace Culture ... Teamwork As Your Foundation,' a chapter excerpt from Raj's book 'Winning at Entrepreneurship.' Whether it's growing your business to winning-class, winning a sports championship, or fighting for your life, Raj Gavurla empowers your mindset, mood, and motivation to win. His motivational, inspirational, and humorous stories stimulate organizations and sports teams to consistently play at the  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...

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...

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...

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...

Migrating from a Product Sales Person to a Solution Sales Person What is the determining factor in who wins a sale? Is it price? No! Is it the product knowledge of the sales person? No! Prospects can learn product information easily enough on the web. They don't need a sales person for that. Buyers expect sales people to formulate solutions to their problems, not push their wares. Yet, many sales people say they are solution sales people, but can only say the  more...

Become Your Prospect s Trusted Advisor How to Build Confidence that Turns Prospects Into Buyers Only 28% of buyers trust a message from a company. The Wall Street Journal found 92% have more confidence in information they find online themselves than from a company source. Prospects hit search engines first when they decide to solve a problem. They ask their friends and colleagues for referrals and opinions. They look for information  more...

Increase Lead Generation with Social Media How to Personalize E-Marketing to Attract Inbound Demand Buyers are only finding content relevant to their needs 42% of the time. If content isn t relevant, you ve lost leads without giving your company a shot. The top two marketing imperatives are increasing demand and enticing new audiences to engage. Company-focused messaging won t cut it. While it s long been touted that content is King, the  more...

The Tao of Creating Customers for Life Imagine a self sustainable book of business. Customers for Life are the answer to every sale and marketing professionals dream. Customers that are loyal, that provide good margins, that offer sincere valuable referrals are the type of customers we want for life. 'The TAO' translates from Chinese to be the way. So the way of creating customers for life is what this webinar is all about. Taken  more...

Create a Sticky Lead Nurturing Process Use e-marketing to increase qualified leads and shorten sales cycles. According to Marketing Sherpa, 64% of companies with a lead nurturing process are dissatisfied with their results. Every company needs more sales-ready leads. But, unless nurturing content syncs with the way they think, the dissatisfaction will continue. Your leads have taken control of the buying process. They decide when or  more...

Driving Cash Flow and Profits For Small Business Owners Critical Action Steps To Improve Your Bottom Line The economy is squeezing small business owners. If you are to survive and thrive, you need to be focused on the right activities and metrics for your small business. But, what are they and how do you achieve them? Jack Howe, 30-year business coach, teaches small business owners how to grow sales, profits, and most importantly, cash. Selected by  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...

How Marketing Can Help Sales Sell More Sales Enablement Drives Revenue Growth PACE research finds that salespeople only spend 23% of their time actually selling. Salespeople spend too much time in early-stage lead generation instead of late-stage selling. They clamor for more qualified leads, but only follow up with about 30% of the leads marketing provides. With budgets tightening and sales cycles lengthening, companies can t  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...

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...

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...

Find Buyers Who Are Ready to Buy Now! Learn to Identify the Trigger Events That Motivate Prospects to Buy 'I have lot of business in my pipeline, but very few deals are closing.' Adding prospects to a sales pipeline is easy but if they aren t ready to buy, you ll waste precious time that could be better spent pursuing accounts that are ready to sign. Although the economy is in strife, people are still buying. The key is to identify  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...

Should You Write a Business Book? ...ct the best path What publishers look for in a business book and how to best approach them Customized 'business-building' book promotion strategies As an added bonus, you ll receive Ken's eBook, 'The Expert's Edge Primer,' containing highlights from his book, published by McGraw-Hill, and a tool to help you implement the teachings from this webinar. Ken Lizotte CMC is author of  more...

Help Your Employees Get Healthy, While Reducing Costs and Increasing Profits ...hor and advocate for free-market healthcare solutions. His book, Why Healthcare Matters: How Business Leaders Can Drive Transformational Change, offers perspectives on the US healthcare crisis, proposes that business has a major role to play in transforming consumer health attitudes and behavior, and provides a blueprint for change that incorporates creating a culture of health, fostering  more...

Help Your Employees Get Healthy, While Reducing Costs and Increasing Profits ...hor and advocate for free-market healthcare solutions. His book, Why Healthcare Matters: How Business Leaders Can Drive Transformational Change, offers perspectives on the US healthcare crisis, proposes that business has a major role to play in transforming consumer health attitudes and behavior, and provides a blueprint for change that incorporates creating a culture of health, fostering  more...