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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...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...n 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 offered assurances, and even tried 'tough-love,' but nothing has worked. Edith Onderick-Harvey has helped hundreds of sales managers across industries to pump the energy back into their sales team. She teaches you to identify the distractions that are causing your sales  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...

Influencing Anyone and Everyone Whether we want to influence our management, negotiate with vendors, or create partnerships with other department or company leaders, we need to know how build trust and form strong partnerships that are a win-win situation for both parties. This session will cover: Understanding different communications styles Understanding how people want to receive information Understanding 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...

How to Grow Sales By Effectively Managing the Pipeline ...lines 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 coach and hold salespeople accountable to the pipeline. The Visual Pipeline. How to Stage the Pipeline  more...

Investing In A Recession Buy, Sell, Or Do Nothing? ...t 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 investment. Retirement may be  more...

Align Vision, Mission, and Strategy to Reach Your Goals ...ers 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 it s a job that can be  more...

Pricing Strategies for Profitable Growth ...y easy to price yourself right out of business if you don t know all of the factors that affect profitability. Although competitive pricing is important, what's more critical is how you set your prices to drive profitable revenue growth. Sarah Day, small business growth strategist, teaches business owners how to price for profit. You ll learn how to identify all factors that affect your  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...

Board of Directors Accountability Avoid Operational Catastrophes It's all over the news. Publicly traded, household named companies in the financial world out of business. As a business executive, you rely on your board of directors to reduce the risk to your company. Yet, many boards put their firm at risk of SEC action or even criminal investigation. How do you know if your board of directors is applying the appropriate level  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...

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

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

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...

Accountability versus Blame This webinar is about being more effective in your responsibility to someone else. Accountable individuals have the ability to manage others, are great collaborators and have a willingness to cultivate enthusiasm. Does this sound like you? If not, then be sure to attend this session. Do your employees have the motivation to achieve what you want? Does achievement make difference in the success of  more...

Cash Flow Strategies for Entrepreneurs Small business owners and entrepreneurs are specialists when it comes to their trade, but they are rarely financial specialists. As a result, when an owner wants to know what actions make sense to increase cash flow and profitability specific to their operations they rely on already overworked resources such as their accountants, controllers, bookkeepers, and CFOs to translate the company s  more...

What Financial Planners Don t Tell Business Executives ...ce is low. With a sea of conflicting information, you don't know what to do next and cannot afford a misstep. Do you follow the tradition and hire a financial planner? Or, is it time that you consider prosperity economics? Kim Butler, financial thought leader and author of the soon-to-be released book 'What Financial Planners Don't Tell You,' helps business professionals develop a prosperity  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...

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...

Name Your Price and Get It! ...acks. 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 how to proceed -- and those who can correctly interpret the indicators get the business. Marilyn August, 20-year money expert and author of Wealthy U Seven Sacred Wealth Wisdom Lessons, coaches sales  more...

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

Leading In A Bad Economy ...t 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 thrives. In turbulent  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 Handle Customers Who File for Bankruptcy What You Need to Know Before Working With A Claims Trader Another customer filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and the pain sets in that you will never see a penny of the outstanding receivables. Then, the call comes from a claims trader who offers you sixty cents on the dollar for the outstanding debt. It's as if a fairy has come to rescue you It's all too tempting, but there are legal risks when  more...

How to Close More Sales by Shortening Your Sales Cycle Two of the side effects that this uncertain economy has had on sales is delayed closings and longer sale cycles. Most salespeople are not equipped to deal with these two additional issues in the face of the additional resistance they re seeing from prospects. This webinar will show you how to shorten your sales cycle and eliminate delayed closings by going more slowly through the sales process to  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...

Develop A Marketing Plan to Retain and Grow Your Customer Base ...e 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 steal their customers. Leveraging your customer base could be the low-hanging fruit to grow your revenue quickly and exponentially especially during difficult economic times. Laurence Bernstein,  more...

Investing In A Recession Buy, Sell, Or Do Nothing? ...t 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 investment. Retirement may be  more...

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

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

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...

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

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...

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...

The Networking Power of 7 ...rtable with the concept. Why? Typically, because they don t know how to do it, and once they learn how they see it s fun and highly productive. Seven people (the Power 7) in a Networking partnership has proven to be the optimum number. - What is your Perfect Prospect Profile? - Who should be part of your 'Power 7'? - Exactly what to do at a Networking function (GV Social, Chamber mixer, etc),  more...

Leadership Strategies for Turbulent Times What every business leader needs to know to succeed today and tomorrow... 'Business was great no matter what we did and then one day it all came to a screeching halt.' Now you re in survival mode trying to stay in business and avoid a total collapse. The strategy that made your business successful won't be the strategy that gets it out of peril. The effects of the current economic downturn create  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...

How to Build a Million Dollar Database There s Power In Who You Know! It s long been said that success lies not so much in what you know as in who you know. Learn what today s savvy business professionals do in developing a million-dollar database of high-level contacts, prospects, referral sources, resources and priceless client referral relationships. 1. Learn how to attract and 'woo' customers in to doing business with you 2. Learn how to communicate in a way  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...

Powerful Follow-up Techniques That Drive Prospects to Buy ...rganizations 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 Kirkeby, sales expert, coach, and trainer, and founder of Kirkeby Resources, has helped thousands of salespeople implement a  more...

What Financial Planners Don t Tell Business Executives ...ce is low. With a sea of conflicting information, you don't know what to do next and cannot afford a misstep. Do you follow the tradition and hire a financial planner? Or, is it time that you consider prosperity economics? Kim Butler, financial thought leader and author of the soon-to-be released book 'What Financial Planners Don't Tell You,' helps business professionals develop a prosperity  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...

The 2-Step Life Transformation Process If you re uncertain about your future, lack career satisfaction, and feel bored or burned out, then this Webinar is for you. Do you work hard but wonder whether the work you re doing really have value? Are you getting out of bed for yet another day of unfulfilling work? Do you have a desire for a greater joy, meaning, and fulfillment? You re not alone. Many seek, but few know how to realize  more...

Conduct a Brand Audit Does Yours Pass the Test? Powerful branding is critical for every business small or large. A strong brand allows you to charge premium prices, build company value, and build customer loyalty resulting in decreased cost of sales and increased profitability. How do you know if your brand is aligned so that your marketing dollars are invested correctly and is generating the expected results? Shannon Kavanaugh, president and  more...

What Financial Planners Don t Tell Business Executives ...ce is low. With a sea of conflicting information, you don't know what to do next and cannot afford a misstep. Do you follow the tradition and hire a financial planner? Or, is it time that you consider prosperity economics? Kim Butler, financial thought leader and author of the soon-to-be released book 'What Financial Planners Don't Tell You,' helps business professionals develop a prosperity  more...

Should You Write a Business Book? What Every Potential Author Should Know Before Writing a Single Word As any published author will tell you, writing a book will help grow your business. But writing a book can consume massive amounts of time, cost a lot of money, and distract you from the business of serving your clients. Before jumping on the book-writing bandwagon, discover the questions to ask to determine whether it s the  more...

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

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...

Essential Finance and Accounting Knowledge and Skills Essential Finance and Accounting Knowledge and Skills: Gain the financial literacy skills to run your business or department with clarity and confidence. This course is for you if you want to: Confidently maximize your profit and your financial position. Know the right questions to ask your accountant or bank manager Understand Financial Reports to evaluate your business and  more...