Category Archives: sales
Changing Your Negative To A Positive
Can Your Negative Actually be a Positive? Some very smart thinking from the SoundAdvice newsletter and Michelle@clearskyradio.com “Once consumers have perceptions about you or your business, positive or negative, changing those perceptions can be a monumental task. A marketing consultant … Continue reading
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Relationship Building From The Master
Learning to Like Others Zig Ziglar “The rule for all of us is perfectly simple: Do not waste time bothering whether you ‘love’ your neighbor; act as if you did. As soon as we do this, we find one of … Continue reading
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More Web Wisdom
From web consultant Tonya R. Taylor: Here are 10 things customers HATE about visiting your website: 1. Flash intros – are only interesting (maybe) the first time you visit a site. Avoid using heavy flash intros because surveys show 80 … Continue reading
Filed under advertising, Best Practices, Commercialization, sales, Web Development
Do You Have Bad Client Radar?
Interesting article from Cliff Ennico: “What can I do to weed out my bad clients and focus all my attention on clients that are worth having?” There is no law I’m aware of saying you must take every client who … Continue reading
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Want Your Life To Be Fantastic?
Wishing you a Fantastic Friday from me and motivational guru Zig Ziglar. (his article below excerpted from the Business Success newsletter and www.creators.com) “Speaker Catherine D. Fyock had been looking forward to an evening with her husband when her flight was … Continue reading
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Do You Own The Contacts in Your PDA?
A VERY interesting Q & A from business lawyer and columnist Cliff Ennico: Who Owns the Stuff on Your PDA? COPYRIGHT 2010 CLIFFORD R. ENNICO “I’ve found myself in a predicament that I could use some advice on. I have … Continue reading
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Celebrate!
Congratulations to all the southern Alberta businesses and organizations who have been nominated for the Lethbridge Chamber Business of the Year awards coming up during Small Business Week October 17th through 23rd! Here are a few of them: Astro Insurance … Continue reading
Filed under advertising, Awards, business, Business Recognition, collaborate, community, Customer Service, entertainment, EWI, marketing, sales, Uncategorized
Secrets (shhhh!!) to Better Writing
Here’s a great article from author Dean Rieck and ProCopyTips that offers some helpful perspectives for writers and communicators of all sorts: AIDA and 14 Secret Copywriting Formulas If you put 100 copywriters into a room and ask each for … Continue reading
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The Gift of Newness
Although I don’t have time personally to take on as many as I used to, one of the most fun things we do is consulting with start-ups. I love their vision, idealism, optimism and sense of possibility! Just being around … Continue reading
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Success Stories by Visa
Visit the link to VISA’s small business resource center to read about some of the case studies they have been following: http://www.visa.ca/smallbusiness/advice-and-resources/success-stories/index.jsp
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