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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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Change Partners and Dance: Getting Customers to Reconsider Existing Vendor Relationships
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| Winning over a prospective customer is a lot like wooing a potential sweetheart away from a mediocre relationship. Why does she stick with that guy when you could treat her so much better? To make your customer reconsider her existing vendor relationships, you need to understand her true needs and desires in order to position yourself and your product as better solutions to her business problems.
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Lesson #2: Success Comes From Pursuing A Single-Purpose Goal
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| Sharp says he is often asked what his overall vision for the Four Seasons was when he first began pondering the idea in the late 1950s. “What was my grand dream?” he asks. “Well I can say with a great deal of certainty and truth that there was no vision, there was no grand dream. The fact is I was just trying to do one small hotel deal. One deal – not a company.” |
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How to decide when you need a written agreement (and when you don’t)
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| “You have a deal!” said John as he reached over to shake Paul’s hand.
Paul was elated. He knew the new business venture could reap rewards for both parties. However, Paul had been burnt before in a similar deal and knew he should have a written agreement with John. But, he wasn’t sure John would go for it – and he didn’t want to lose the deal.
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Bringing a Sales Opportunity Back From The Dead
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| The deal is a dying patient with no will to live. Unless you approach it that way, you'll fall in love with your strategy, use the wrong tactics and waste your time trying to save a deal with a do not resuscitate order. |
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Deal with it NOW...or Deal with it LATER
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| Have you ever thought about what it would be like for someone else to have to decide what to do with all of your worldly possessions if you weren't able to deal with them by yourself? My sister and I have just spent the last several weeks doing just that with our mother's things.
In this article, Deal with it NOW...or Deal with it LATER, you'll learn several important tips that may help you or a loved one to make some decisions now that will help you later. |
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Big Hairy Deal
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| Have you ever made a big deal about something that could be managed? What makes us turn an ordinary task into a hairy deal? |
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Too Much Buzz, Not Enough Nectar?
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| Do you have too much 'buzz' going through your mind to truly do justice to the nectar that provides the joy in your business and life? Recently I've had a couple of insightful conversations with my sweetheart around our capacity to fit even more in than we already do, as well as minimising our stress levels. Sounds crazy but we are both high achievers and don't want to waste a second of our lives... here's the strategy we came up with.. |
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Your Pricing Strategy and Business Plan (2)
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| How to deal with cost conscious consumers. When writing your business plan, you are obviously going to do some financial forecasts, get projected sales out etc. Ipso facto you will have to deal with the issue of pricing your products or services. In one of my previous articles I have dealt with general pricing principles. In this article I will deal with pricing your products or services with cost conscious consumers in mind. |
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Do you work with jerks?
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| Did you ever wonder how much time is spent being annoyed (or annoying others) at work? A whopping 93 percent of workers report being negatively affected by an inability to deal with conflict on the job. They are told to "forget it", "deal with it on personal time" or "it's no big deal".
Fortune 500 HR executives spend up to one-fifth of their time dealing with litigation activities. And a typical manager spends about 30 percent of a typical day dealing with disgruntled employees. |
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Have you signed up to run a Groupon or Daily Deal for your business?
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| Here are just 5 ways you can improve your deal:
1. Collect the voucher buyers' details straight after they have purchased the deal (or as soon as possible).
2. Have a system to store the buyer' details and have a solid follow-up contact plan
3. Know the impact of reviews following a deal and have a response strategy in place
4. Plan which complementary products and services to up-sell and cross-sell and have staff trained on the process
5. Have an efficient way to manage your bookings |
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