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Playing to Win
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| Anything can happen - and it often does! One of the old clichés in professional athletics is that on any given day in any given city, one professional athletic team can beat another team. Their standings in the won-loss record at that moment don’t really matter. That’s equally true in individual competition when you have players who are skilled and determined to do their best. |
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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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Teamwork
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| I suspect that all of us in the world of business, athletics, music, etc., recognize the importance of teamwork. Old cliches come to mind, like, "Individuals score points, but teams win games." |
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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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How to run a gold medal business
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| We are now in the middle of the Olympics and every evening I watch the highlights on TV. I marvel at how the athletes can pull exceptional performance out of the bag, when the pressure is on and there are hundredths of a second between win or lose. So having achieved the heady heights of running for Scotland in athletics here are my five tips to help you run a gold medal business. |
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How to Create a Winning Attitude in Your Business
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| Athletes have a desire to win and the ones who are successful hold a winning attitude. From working in the sports performance arena, staying positive in athletics applies in business too. Company owners can apply the same mindset of professional athletes by using the Neuro-Linguistics Programming and Psychology as tools to create powerful results.
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Playing to Win
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| Anything can happen - and it often does! One of the old clichés in professional athletics is that on any given day in any given city, one professional athletic team can beat another team. Their standings in the won-loss record at that moment don’t really matter. That’s equally true in individual competition when you have players who are skilled and determined to do their best. |
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BOOK REVIEW: The Dynamic Path: Access the Secrets of Champions to Achieve Greatness (By James M. Citrin Rodale, 2007 ISBN #978-1-59486-358-5)
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| Drawing from the world of athletics and the success (or not) of superstars in their lives after sports stardom. The major “dynamic path" shift they had to make was to now apply their fame and wealth to something beyond themselves. Sports stars find this especially difficult but so do star individual contributors, professional specialists, salespersons, etc. when they move into a significant leadership role. |
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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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The Terrific Power of Optimism in Sports Success
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| Wise old Abe Lincoln described a pessimist as someone who “finds difficulty in every opportunity,” while an optimist is someone who “finds opportunity in every difficulty.” This principle is particularly true in athletics. Much research has shown that athletes and teams that have an optimistic interpretation of their performance (especially after losing) will consistently outperform those who view their performance and losses from a negative, pessimistic perspective. |
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Losing Your Cool During Competition: Just Part of the Game or Unresolved Anger Management Issues?
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| Given that there are hundreds of provocations made to elite athletics each season, why do some athletes melt down, while others don't? |
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