“Always be confident and your sales will take care of themselves.” I have never liked being ‘sold’ anything. The pressure of the other person’s need to get your money, to win your deal, is a sure-fire way to dissolve the good will that is initially extended in business. What’s worse is I don’t ever want [...]
Archive for October, 2009
The ABC’s of Sales: Always Be Confident
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Comments OffLead On Friday To Be Happy On Monday
admin “In fact, we often joke about “having a case of the Mondays” because nobody ever does.” I have mentioned in previous articles that I approach leadership from the “servant leadership” mindset. This means that I put the interest of my team before my own (of course, with the interest of my company’s overall welfare as [...]
Why Some M&A Fail To Succeed
admin To read part 1 and understand what a merger and acquisition is, please go to: https://ivoireconsultancy.org/blogs/ivoire_article_view.php?id=54 Limitations of M&A One should know that M&A as a strategy for rapid growth can be risky and uncertain. Shareholders of acquired firms are likely to earn above-average returns, while shareholders of acquiring firms’ shares fall as soon as [...]
What is Brand Trust?
admin Most of us inherently understand the importance of trust, whether it’s in our personal friendships, business and even down to the contents of our food. Brand trust might appear to some as a fuzzy notion, but ultimately it delivers hard, tangible bottom line results for organisations & brands. It creates lifetime consumer cycles, when customers [...]
Posted in Auto Credit Tags: amp, amp drivers, amp services, bottom line results, brand, breach, Business, consumer, customer, developing new products, food brand, guiding principles, jeopardy, lifetime, line, loyalty, metrics, personal friendships, relationship, research, strategy, trust, Vision Comments OffChoosing the Right Business Model for Your Startup
admin There are many ways to set up a business model, and more are developed every day with the growth of the world wide web. The classic brick-and-mortar storefronts, pure service ventures, and manufacturing and warehouse models still exist, but have been expanded from their classic versions to remain competitive in today’s environment. In addition, purely [...]
Posted in Auto Credit Tags: brick and mortar, brick and mortar store, classic brick, classic models, classic versions, furniture fixtures, lease costs, startup capital, startup opportunities, top search engines, web based businesses Comments OffChanel Brand Story
admin Chanel founder Coco Chanel was originally called “Gabrielle Bonheur Chanel”, 1883, was born in France’s Auvergne. She was six years old when my mother passed away, his father even leave her and four other brothers and sisters. Since then, her upbringing by her aunt adult, a child admitted to convent school, and there learned first-hand [...]
Posted in Auto Credit Tags: Auvergne, Bali, bottle, Chanel, child, child temperament, Coco, coco chanel, convent school, designer, fashion, fashion brands, France, Gabrielle Bonheur, gabrielle bonheur chanel, hand sewing, hat, history, Jean, Jean Cocteau, Karl Lagerfeld, Korea, little black dress, Merry, millinery shop, Nicole Kidman, Pablo Picasso, Paris, perfume, rue cambon, sailor dress, series, sewing, sewing skills, shop, style, Switzerland Comments OffGet them with a powerful sales letter!
admin The main reason why 95% of online businesses fail is because of poor sales letter. Write your sales letter with an Individual in mind; think as if you are writing personally to them. People love to read good stories, tell them stories that illustrate a point you are trying to make. 1.Heading. Write attention grabbing [...]
Don’t Put Me On Your Bid List!
admin This year has been a rude awakening for many sales professionals. A few years ago, large sales were easily had. In 2009, reps are working twice as hard for smaller sales. Margins are also tight due to intense competition among companies that are willing to sacrifice profits for the sake of staying busy. The good [...]
Posted in Auto Credit Tags: bid, competition, customer, Don, economy, gallon tank, inferior product, intense competition, list, mediocre results, morsel of food, Palm Springs, piranhas, pork pie hat, premium product, product, radar, RFQs, rude awakening, soup line, Stephen Ondich, vendor, way, work, year Comments OffMerchant Loans For 2009
admin photo credit: papalars There are many reasons why I feel the merchant loan will be one of the most sought-out methods of business financing for 2009. Many of those reasons stem from our current economic situation. Fact: “We are in the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression,” as stated many times by President Barack [...]
Posted in Uncategorized Tags: Barack Obama, Business, Credit card, Finance, George Washington University, Great Depression, Small business, United States Comments OffA Small Business Loan Alternative For Today’s Economy
admin photo credit: edkohler You need money for your business. Under normal circumstances, you’d look into a getting a small business loan. But these are far from normal circumstances. Our economy is in a full-on recession and you need something fresh, something new, something innovative. You need a small business loan alternative. If you own a [...]
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