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You Determine Whether a Gatekeeper is a Friend or an Ally
A “gatekeeper” is anyone who restricts entry to people you want to speak to, or who places obstacles in front… Continue Reading
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Tagged: access, ally, approval, best practices, decision maker, gatekeeper, help, job search, linkedintopvoices, make friends, sales, Sell
In Search of Curious Learners – Your Key to Career Success
Curiosity is rumored to have turned out poorly for the cat. Yet things usually end quite well for curious, career-minded… Continue Reading
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Sell at Both the Business and Personal Levels to Improve Your Success
Buyers make their purchase decisions at two levels: a business level and a personal level. That’s why each of us… Continue Reading
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Tagged: buyer, buying, communication, concern, consequences, customer, decision, decision maker, discovery, employer, goals needs, hiring manager, interest, interviewer, interviewing, jobs, outcomes, present ideas, presentation, product, prospect, rapport, ROI, sales, sales presentation, sales process, scope, Sell, service, size, solution, supervisor, trust
Five Preventable Mistakes We’re Still Making in Video Meetings
Last year in the US alone there were more than 1 billion video meetings. Yet people are still making noticeable… Continue Reading
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Tagged: appearance, artificial light, body language, brand, connection, COVID, delivery, distraction, faces, facial expression, GoToMeeting, internet, lighting, micro-expression, MS Teams, natural light, noise, pandemic, perception, remote meeting, remote work, shadows, smile, video meeting, video platform, virtual background, virtual employees, virtual meeting, words, work remotely, Zoom
How to Self-Destruct on LinkedIn
Do pushy salespeople like Harry Wormwood make your skin crawl? If we despise them in the movies, why do some… Continue Reading
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Tagged: B2B, B2C, bestpractices, businessdevelopment, buying, customer, email, Facebook, inkedin, linkedintopvoices, marketing, prospect, prospecting, sales, selling, sellingskills, socialmedia, solicitation, tomhopkins, trust
How Effective People Set Clear Expectations
Why is it that despite what you believe to be a clear assignment turns out resulting in something much different… Continue Reading
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Leading People With Courageous Honesty
It’s natural for most managers to want to be liked by the people they manage. Yet when the need to… Continue Reading
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Emotional Intelligence & Selling: Perfected Together
Whether you’re a sales and marketing professional, or someone who needs to get others to buy into your ideas and… Continue Reading
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Tagged: alignment, assessment, B2B, B2C, behaviors, best practices, biz dev, business development, buyer, client, common ground, communications, competition, customer, emotional intelligence, EQ, likability, marketing, networking, personality, rapport, relationship, sales, sales and marketing, sales management, selling, trust
A Dozen Simple Ways to Improve Your Networking – Part 2
Networking is not something you do when you need to get a job or attract new customers. Networking is a… Continue Reading
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Tagged: active listening, asking questions, B2B sales, body language, business card, contact information, conversation, conversation starter, customers, engagement, excitement, eye contact, friendship, icebreaker, LinkedIn, listening, meeting, networking, open-ended questions, positive, questions, sales
A Dozen Simple Ways to Improve Your Networking – Part 1
Networking is not something you do when you need to get a job or attract new customers. Networking is a… Continue Reading
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