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Punished by rewards
Punishment and reward proceed from basically the same psychological model, one that conceives of motivation as nothing more than the manipulation of behavior. As part of my own development and in an attempt to keep my mind as open and fresh as possible, I take to reading all sorts of things. On my current reading list is a very interesting book called “Punished by Rewards” by Alfie Kohn, author, speaker and educator. He writes about the trouble with “gold stars, incentive plans, As, praise and other bribes”.

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How Do You Find the Right People to Increase Sales?
You know you need to find the right people. The right people are people who are more likely to buy what you have to offer than others. The right people are people you have a way to connect with and open a conversation.

Motivation or manipulation?
What is the line between motivating sales staff and manipulating sales staff? How do you make sure you don't go over the line and place people under extreme pressure to achieve? Research both here and overseas shows that high performing sales people identified how important it was to their performance that they remain motivated, which they recognised can be influenced by both internal and external factors, with a sense of self satisfaction found to be the most important contributor to their motivation. Management need to act as true mentors and motivators for their staff, especially in sales call centres as this is, or can be,
Who do you believe?
While big money continues to move funds in and out of the market (all-the-while being ignored by Regulators what regulators used to consider manipulating the price of stocks) Main Street continues to shed jobs and close doors.

How Many Keywords Should You Use On Your Website?
Manipulating keywords on a page is the key to search engine optimization. This, of course, raises the question of how many keywords to use on a page?
Buying A Franchise: Some Do's & Don't
Life has a way of manipulating the circumstances and the conditions. Often executives and those vulnerable to economic downturns turn to consideration of business ownership. I'm often asked when I speak to groups, "Are there some hard and fast rules of doing a proper examination or investigation of the various kinds or brands? Can you better understand the business if you do certain things?" The answer is mostly yes. The more you actually know the more confident you are once you make a decision. But there are dangers as well. Often we study so much the line becomes blurred between what is factual and actual and what is someone's overly blustered and inaccurately stated opinion or random thoughts. Here are some things I recommend to you that you DO:
Power play Linking - Link Building that Boosts Traffic Without being Manipulative
I know there are many people that think there is only one reason for link building (the most common reason being SEO.) You say, "what?" All of these SEO people talk about is link building as an essential off-page influential factor. Are you telling me that it's not? No, but what I have been trying to show people is that link building is not particularly a nightmare or not even that stressful if you go about it the right way. I am not talking about link building for the purpose of manipulating rankings or for SEO. This is about linking for traffic.

Climate Scientist Cleared: Deniers Deprived of Misinformation Strategy
The British scientist best known for his role in the "Climategate" controversy was cleared of hiding or manipulating data. From the beginning, Climategate was a ruse. Jones' findings are corroborated by numerous reputable sources. The body of climate research is sound, deniers will have to find other means of discrediting the science supporting climate change.

6 Psychological Principles to Improve Your Copywriting
I have a minor in Psychology, and I always assumed that would make me an excellent copywriter. But the truth is, people are complex creatures, and trying to motivate an entire group of individuals by manipulating a headline and tweaking a word here or there is a lot more difficult than it might seem.
How to Use SEO to Get More Traffic
Everyone is talking about SEO (search engine optimization) these days, but what does it really mean? Basically, SEO is a way of driving more traffic to your website. There are lots of ways to do this, including using key words and manipulating code. As you build and maintain your site, here are some SEO ranking tips from Google’s Search Engine Optimization Guide that will increase your ranking in no time.

5 Proven Sales Rewards for 2011
This is one of the easiest strategies to use to motivate sales people but it is also one of the least effective because sales people are very adept to manipulating sales rewards programs as well as they only give you a short term gain in sales and don’t produce sustained motivation over the long haul.

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