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How To Start Your Own Business At Home
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| So, you've decided that working for someone else is no longer an option. Then it's time to FIRE YOUR BOSS! In today's economy, thousands of people are looking for ways to supplement or replace their income every day. One of the more popular is to work from home, using the internet. I have seen and heard of many people having success with the internet. |
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PR Peeves
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| There are some pet peeves that arise again and again - not only for me but for many journalists - in dealing with publicists.
So here are a few "do's and don'ts." |
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Managing Small Business Growth by Balancing Big + Small
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| Growth presents a real challenge for many small businesses. As your organization grows, how do you avoid compromising the personality and characteristics that helped build your business in the first place? |
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Using the Phone to Gain a Competitive Edge
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| How well does your organization answer the phone? It may seem like an odd question, but it could be very relevant to the success of your small business. |
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Multitasking is Out, Pinpointed FOCUS is IN!
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| It has been proven in scientific studies that toggling between tasks slows the brain down. Here are five daily practices to attain pinpointed focus and stop multitasking. |
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When You Get Voice Mailed
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| A recent issue of TIP lead with an article on how to prepare for a phone call to a client. What about the case when the client, business contact or whomever doesn't pick answer the phone and you get voice-mail prompts? |
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WHAT IS YOUR TIME WORTH TO YOU?
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| Excerpt: The following is a true story. For starters, I like to answer my own phone for the purpose of studying the phone and sales skills of the person who is calling me. About three weeks ago, I received two calls from the same, large financial newspaper and both people were trying to sell me subscriptions over the phone. We'll call this paper the DUM Daily Paper.
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How Not To Impress People
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| I answer my own phone. I always have. If I’m sitting at my desk working on something and my phone rings I’ll usually pick it up, even if I don’t recognize the phone number. I know this doesn’t fit the “be hyper-productive” method of life, but I like the randomness of it. |
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How To Cold Call Effectively: What To Say First
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| “When prospecting via phone and the contact picks up, do you ask for their time? Or do you go into your spiel?” This question was asked on Linkedin and below is my public answer: This is a great question and there are many ways to approach this. Assuming this is a pure cold call and they are not expecting your call, the first thing I would recommend doing is put yourself in their shoes. What would you want to hear? How would you want to be treated? Start there and you might find your own answer… |
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Phone Systems Can Save Big Money!
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| “But the answer to this much lower cost for space lies in their new phone system. It’s not just that the phone system was purchased at a good price.” |
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Network Marketing Prospecting tip: 4 must-ask questions
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| One of the things that scared me the most in my network marketing business was to pick up the phone and call people. I used to get paralyzed when the time came to get to the phone. This had an adverse effect on my business. In order to cure me of this disease, I started researching on the subject to get an answer. And I got the answer from... |
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How Important Is Your Urgent?
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| How often do you hear the phone ringing and NOT answer it? |
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Free UP Their Future…And YOURS!
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| I was working with a client recently who asked "Can you help me find better people?" That's not something I've done in the past for clients even though it's a skill I could apply...so I said "yes".
What I find fascinating - even today in 2011, is how many companies are still tolerating "terribly bad behavior" in their employees. There is absolutely no reason to do that - and especially now when there are so many good people out of work who are begging for the opportunity to tie their talent to your company.
So what am I seeing...
1. Horrible phone skills. It's almost a laziness on the phone. When calling companies to check out their phone skills, the worst ones either act like I'm bothering them by placing the call, or have no incentive to find the answer to the question I ask. Did you know that often I will ask for their President's |
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How to Click with People on the Phone
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| Telephone. Tell a phone. There are times when I get the feeling I’m talking to a phone instead of over the phone. Incoming telemarketing calls don’t allow for meaningful connections. And by all reports, cold calls are another example of missed opportunities. Yet there’s no question that you can build connection with people over the phone. |
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Free UP Their Future...And YOURS! (Firing Bad Team Members)
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| I was working with a client recently who asked "Can you help me find better people?" That's not something I've done in the past for clients even though it's a skill I could apply...so I said "yes".
What I find fascinating - even today in 2011, is how many companies are still tolerating "terribly bad behavior" in their employees. There is absolutely no reason to do that - and especially now when there are so many good people out of work who are begging for the opportunity to tie their talent to your company.
So what am I seeing...
1. Horrible phone skills. It's almost a laziness on the phone. When calling companies to check out their phone skills, the worst ones either act like I'm bothering them by placing the call, or have no incentive to find the answer to the question I ask. Did you know that often I will ask for their President' |
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