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Building Rapport

What’s your story Morning Glory? Well?

August 27, 2009

Your constantly being told to “tell your story”.
Like all advice from the great and good – it can be a bit of a sweeping statement and not specific enough for it to be of much use to you.
There’s my take on it….
Your story is…

How you help your customers
Your beginnings
Your future
Your principals
How you approach the challenges [...]

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Marketing and Sales – is there a difference?

August 25, 2009

One of the most common questions I am asked is:
Is there a difference between marketing and sales?
The answer is very much disputed.  But yes, there is a difference.  Like a pair of identical twins it can be tricky to tell them apart but there is a definite difference.
So what is it?
Marketing is everything that leads to [...]

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What language do you speaking?

July 30, 2009

When you communicate with your target market, can you be sure they actually understand a single word you’re talking about?

A common mistake made by business (large and small) is to communicate in industry lingo.
This is fine, if you’re selling within your industry, but 9/10 times you’re not. Your either communicating to Joe Public or [...]

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Want to win business? Take a tip from a waiter…

June 8, 2009

How can one waiter earn almost double the amount of tips than a colleague?
Taking out of the equation that they’re equally as pleasant a very successful technique some waiters use is called ‘mirroring’.
Mirroring is a huge subject; one that I can cover in many posts but the waiter technique I’m about to share with you [...]

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