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12 Guidelines for creating Good First Impressions
Within the first few seconds of any encounter you are evaluated by the prospect. Your appearance, demeanour and body language all contribute to quickly create a first impression. This judgement happens primarily on a subconscious level and once made is extremely difficult to reverse. The prospect’s subconscious is asking the question “can I trust this person”. Follow these twelve key lessons and learn to influence this judgement in a positive way helping you to make a great first impression.

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Closing the Sale
The final step in the sales process is the close. Despite what you might have read or heard about sales, this step should be easy and quick. It is the cumulative effect of all your hard work during the first three steps of prospecting, qualifying and presenting. If there is no sale at this point, then something was missed in your presentation or qualifying stages. The sale will happen only after you do your job effectively during the entire sales process. Following are the critical points to remember when closing a sale.

A Well Managed Suite of Business Materials
When you’re not around to make a personal impression, your materials are doing it for you. So naturally, you want to be sure that your materials are making the right impression. In this article I’ll go over a few specific bits of advice to ensure that your corporate identity materials are projecting an image of competence and success.
Stress-Free Selling® - What's the Best Way to Convince Buyers to Choose You?
Recently a seminar attendee told me, "Jenae, I'm having trouble convincing people my product is the best. What should I do?" For starters, stop trying to convince people! When you approach a sale from the vantage point of "convincing others," you are focused on what you need to tell them about you. How many times have you heard, "No one cares about you until they see how you care about them?" Well then, pay attention! Start the sale by asking a ton of questions and not talking about yourself... at all. Out of this information...
Factors to Consider When Selecting a Point of Sale System
One of the most critical and possibly frightening purchases a retailer will ever have to make is a point of sale system. It is a critical purchase because it will force the retailer to reexamine their business policies, procedures and plans for the future. It is a frightening purchase because few retailers have experience in selecting a point of sale system and with such a large investment required they will have to live with their decision, be it good or bad, for quite some time. This document lists the essential items that retailers should consider in their POS buying decision.
How To Increase Your Online Sales Anytime
Hold a discount sale on your web site. Use the sale to get rid of excess inventory, gain new or repeat customers, and increase your sales. Most businesses pick a theme for their sale, like a Halloween Sale. Below are six unique sales themes you could use:

Punished by Rewards
The following review is taken from a pivotal article by Alfie Kohn in 1993. The paper can be ordered from Harvard Business Review (Sept. 1993). I will also provide my own comments on each point and offer some additional materials that amplify Mr. Kohn’s point of view.
A.S.A.P. Branding-1, Learn these smart shortcuts to branding your business quickly and effectively.
To successfully brand your small company, you must know who you are and show who you are in every aspect of your business--but especially in your promotional materials. Are you the innovative maverick in your industry? Or the experienced, reliable one? Do people choose your product because of its quality--or because of its price point? You can't be all things to all people, so you have to decide just who you are. Strategically pinpointing your niche in the market will simplify all your branding efforts. Every visual aspect of your brand should consistently point in the same direction. But when you're first starting out, how can you do this quickly and cost effectively?
Matchmaking 101: Creating Sales Tools That Build Your Brand
If you’re like other entrepreneurs, you know a good logo is important to branding your company. You may already have a great logo. Now what? How can you create a variety of marketing materials that build your brand? In a word: Coordinate. All your materials should tie to one another graphically. They should convey the same look and feel, or image, and evoke a similar emotional response in your customer. When viewed side by side, your stationery, brochures, and other promotional materials should create a cohesive “family.” Of course, your materials don’t need to “match” each other completely, but some elements should remain consistent from one piece to the next:

Home-based Business: Votive Candles II
In the previous article, it was discussed and explained the materials needed to make votive candles for your home-based business. Now, it is time to know how to start with your candles. The procedure is easy; nevertheless, it may take few articles to finish explaining each step. Hence, this topic shall be divided into two. First, you have to know the boiling point of your wax. If you use paraffin, the boiling point is at 65 degrees Celsius.
For Sale by Owner …Tips for Potential Buyers
The “for sale by owner” approach to selling valuable property is less commonly used for sale of commercial real estate and businesses than it is even used for residential real estate. From the buyer’s point of view, this usually would be more risky than buying a business when the seller is represented by a business broker.
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