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What is Professional Presence?
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| In my book, "Workplace Etiquette, A Guide to Surviving and Thriving in the Workplace", I discuss the concept of professaionl presence. This concept is applicable, no matter what industry or job you perform. But what is professional presence? |
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Professional Presence: Brand Me!
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| What do you want people to think when your name is mentioned? When you walk into a meeting how do you want to be perceived? Are you new? Improved? Fast-acting? What is your brand?
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“A Business Coach’s Top Ten Tactics for Marketing Professional Services”
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| Marketing professional services is a real and difficult challenge. The challenges of marketing professional services are different from those of marketing products. Two major reasons for the differences are that clients cannot see or touch professional services before they buy them and the professional services are often produced and consumed simultaneously. And another reason is that marketing professional services is split among marketing, sales, professional and management staff instead of a dedicated marketing and sales force.
Based upon my research and my own professional experience, I developed a Top Ten Tactics for marketing professional services.
My top ten tactics for marketing professional services are:
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Use the Magic Words in Consultative Selling
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| At some point in a sales meeting with a client, a professional is expected to offer some course of action. If the professional is focused only on what he or she came to offer the client, there is a great risk of rejection. Using these four questions—we call them the magic words—the professional has a greater probability of closing a sale. |
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Breakdown Breakthrough: Overcoming the 12 Common Professional Crises Working Women Face
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| Thousands of professional women today are discovering a startling and deeply disturbing truth – that their professional lives are no longer working. Often this realization hits a woman smack between the eyes in midlife, and is experienced as a full-blown crisis. In fact, there are 12 common crises professional women are facing today, all sharing one common theme – disempowerment — the inability to advocate effectively for oneself or move forward in positive, self-affirming and productive ways. Read about new research findings on professional women today which helps women address, and successfully overcome, these personal and professional challenges. |
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THE TOO SALESY PARADOX WHY PROFESSIONAL SERVICE PROVIDERS CANT SELL AND WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT
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| By John Doerr
The distress is obvious. The complaints are frequent. The clear disdain for the activity is surprisingly unfiltered. What are we talking about? Selling, or more specifically, selling professional services.
In conversation after conversation as I work with clients, conduct seminars, or network with my professional colleagues, I hear the same comments:
Selling conflicts with my values as a professional.
Selling gets in the way of building strong relationships.
You have to have it in your genes - like a used car salesman.
I don't sell professional services - I work with my clients to create the best solutions.
People won't respect me as a professional if I am selling to them.
I can't sell to them. What will they think of me?
It (selling) is not what we do around here.
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Sales Skills For Service Professionals Part 1
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| The first of three skills every professional or sales professional needs to hone is the ability to ask provocative questions. |
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Allow Yourself Genuine Sales Success
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| What’s more important maintaining a professional demeanor, or allowing yourself to really care about your potential clients? Fortunately, this isn’t an either or choice. You can be both professional and sincere. |
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How to Stop Suffering From I Hate to Sell But I Need to Pay My Bills
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| As a sales professional, small business owner or service professional have you ever suffered from either or both of theses thoughts? I hate to sell, but I need to pay my bills. Boy, if I could only do what I love to do. A recent survey of 135 business consultants, executive coaches ad professional facilitators revealed these exact thoughts. Read on to learn the answer to this dilemma. |
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HR Professionals as Business Coaches
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| What can a HR professional do to prepare himself/herself to embark on professional coaching as a post-retirement option? |
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Become the Star You Are Meant to Be
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| You want more out of life than just a job. Whether you work for a large company, a startup, a nonprofit, or you are an entrepreneur, you want to be a star; a complete and total personal and professional success. But professional success is complicated and may be elusive. To achieve professional success and become the star you are meant to be you need a professional success blueprint. |
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How Integrated Should Your Online Presence Be?
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| A professional online presence is a powerful tool. What should you include in your personal professional brand? |
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