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Strategic Selling
All of us preach the basics of selling and encourage all sales people to go “Back to the Basics” of building value in yourself and your product. That’s a given particularly in today’s competitive environment. Much time and effort is invested in training your sales force on product knowledge, features, benefits, and closing tools. Little time is invested in training on the “Strategy of Selling”. This is what I am referring to.

Heres why the market tanked when Geithner spoke
Traders and investors alike have been waiting for Geithner’s speech. However, what he ended up doing was opening up more questions than answers. Until we get some “light” as to which way this will all go, the markets will continue to be choppy and erratic.
Content Everywhere…In What Form, What Format?
Photo and video content is everywhere. It is rapidly becoming the leading form of communications, information and entertainment. Where is the technology going? What lies ahead? We spent two days at the 6Sight Conference in Monterey listening and learning about what consumers want (or think they want) and issues hardware/software producers are wrestling with. Cameras, camcorders, camphones and more...see what is behind the curtain.

An Oasis of Creative Thought and Action in a Desert of Conflicting Policy (Associated Manufacturing Marketing Group Profile)
“From a domestic engagement perspective, public sector procurement practices are leading to an erosion of the overall supply base. This escalating level of erosion and its negative impact on innovation was initially presented as part of an October 2002 U.S. report by the Executive Office of the President. Specifically, the practice of contract bundling which resulted in a steadily decreasing number of Small – Medium enterprises receiving federal contracts was seen as a direct threat to the nation’s pool of “innovation and creativity.” This of course has paved the way for newer legislation which has resulted in agencies such as NASA unbundling contracts in an effort to make business more manageable for small enterprises, or groups of small enterprises.

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WHAT IS YOUR LIFES PURPOSE
You climb out of bed every morning; take a shower, brush your teeth, get dressed, have some coffee, toast or cereal, pat the dog, hug the kids, kiss the wife (husband), not necessarily in that order and head out the door to where and to what? No it is not a destination that I am talking about, it is a PURPOSE. Does your life have one?

Trouble with Personality Tests
Personality tests are commonly used for hiring in organisations. Personality tests attempt to measure a broad range of basic traits, such as the Big Five Personality traits or Emotional Intelligence. Although these may provide useful information on how to describe a person, research has repeatedly shown that they do little to predict how well a person will perform in a given job. Academic researchers are re-emphasizing what Chally reported over 30 years ago -personality tests are simply too broad to predict on-the-job performance. Chally, on behalf of the US Justice Department, found it necessary to research solutions well beyond the accuracy of this type of assessment; to identify and measure very precise, job-specific competencies, behaviours, and skills that have been scientifically shown to predict on-the-job sucess.

HELPFUL HINTS TO OVERCOME STRESS
Different studies show that it is not stress per se but the coping strategies to deal with it that need close attention, People with effective strategies find it easier to brush off stress, while those who use bad coping skills suffer the health consequences.

Does Your Resume Have That Extra Zing?
What are your dreams, goals, resolutions and commitments for the months ahead? For many it will be to get a new job. Maybe you have been made redundant or just left college or simply fancy a change of role. To make this goal of getting a new job reality, however, you’ll need to create a resume or brush up your existing one.
5 Most Important Coaching Skills
Many Managers begin to coach their staff thinking that they have all the skills they need. Here's a quick overview of the top 5 skills any manager needs to brush up on before coaching their staff.
Be Clear and Concise When You Hire
A client called me recently to tell me his company was growing and that he needed to re-hire some employees he had laid off at the beginning of 2009. Given his current growth and the possibility of additional expansion in 2010, he thought it was time to brush off the company's hiring letter and discuss the use of a non-disclosure agreement for key employees.

The ‘Don’t Bring Me Problems-Bring Me Solutions’ Brushoff
How many times have you heard this from your managers,"don't bring me problems,bring me solutions"? That's a brush off phrase used to quieten chronic whiners.
... and start all over again!
For every entrepreneur who eventually attains wealth and power, there are many more who, in the eyes of the world, are either only moderately “successful” or who are considered “losers” because no matter what they do, they seem to only ever be disappointed. Over the years I have spent much time (and money) in working with this second group of people - helping them regain confidence and enable them to “pick yourself up, brush yourself down, and start all over again”

The Pull of Positioning
What areas of your broad expertise do you specialise in? Are your specialisations unique, different, or better than other people who operate in the same broad space? If you can answer yes to these questions you have positioning. If not, do your work because positioning is the best way I know to pull rather than push in our businesses.
Preventing Objections or Push-Backs
Objections or push-backs are natural. You will always face brush-off objections, especially on your initial call. Once you counter brush-off objections you have a choice. You can either let objections come up and handle them or handle them before they come up as part of your sales presentation/rapport building process.

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