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People love patterns, they like familiar things. We are creatures of habit and pattern.
When it comes to business, over time, people have come to expect to buy value in particular forms. The two most common forms are a physical product, and a service. However, there are 10 other forms as ... Views: 1209
Price is what you pay. Value is what you get. Master the art of making your value offer appear much greater than your asking price, in your customer's mind and emotions, and you will close a lot more sales. This is not manipulation. People are not stupid. What we are talking about here is truly ... Views: 1046
You are in business to sell something. You are hoping that people will want to give you money in exchange for what you are selling.
That won't likely happen unless what you are selling serves one of the seven core human drives of all humanity.
People are, at the core, the same all over ... Views: 1070
Think about it, we all want things quickly, we want them to be easy to use, we want them to look good, and so on. With or without thinking about it, we all consider 9 things whenever we are making a purchase. If you can master optimizing these 9 things in your product, you will be on your way to ... Views: 793
It is about time your marketing and business, heck, your life even, started working out successfully and predictably, isn’t it? How are your plans working out? Your marketing plans, your business plans, your product plans, your life plans, and all other sorts of plans? Do they work out exactly ... Views: 1193
There is a certain way you can act that is powerful. Acting is that which receives. It is a tool of creation, the others being thought and words. Thought, words, and action are the tools that you use to create your world.
Thoughts create on one level, the highest vibratory level.
Words ... Views: 1254
What is life? What is the most effective, powerful and fulfilling way to live it? How do I avoid pain and have success? These are questions just about everyone asks. Well, what is the answer then? To answer this question, here is the story about a race track, a high performance Formula One ... Views: 1178
What is The Way of the Business Warrior? If business is your game, get ready for the ride of your life.
First, let us begin with the obvious. In your business, you either make the sale, or you don’t. You do or you don’t, there is no try. You get the customer or you don’t, there is no try. ... Views: 1202
I was recently asked to follow up with three individuals who were provided outplacement services from their former employer to see if they wanted to use the benefit which they had been provided. The benefit consisted of anywhere from 3 to 12 sessions with a private coach to help them in their ... Views: 1009
As we start a new year, I have a couple of questions for you. What lessons did you learn during the past year that you are going to bring with you into 2013? What experiences did you have that helped you to find out something new about yourself? You do know that as long as you allow yourself ... Views: 987
There is no escaping that we live in a fast paced society. We tend to receive information in quick sound bites, whether it is via television, the radio, the internet, or even now on our electronic devices. On average, those messages that we receive come to us in 10 to 15 second sound bite ... Views: 932
For as long as I can remember, one of the standard pieces of advice that is given when you need to prioritize your tasks is to make a To-Do list. Many, especially if they’re setting themselves up in the business world, and others even in their everyday life, make a To-Do list each and every ... Views: 961
In this early part of the calendar year, there is always a lot written about dedicating ourselves to continual planning so as to meet our goals. While the intentions of these articles are well meaning and their advice can be very beneficial, there is one trap they can lead you into if you let ... Views: 854
One question I get asked quite a bit is whether I have a business coach. Most people are surprised when they find out the answer is yes. I do have a coach and can't imagine where my career would be without one.
Why does that surprise people, and most often, really surprise my clients? I think ... Views: 873
The momentum was gone and so was the fun for one of my personal business coaching clients. As he looked up from his desk he sighed and said, “This is no fun any more.”
I have encountered this scenario numerous times in my business coaching practice and it even happened to me in the businesses ... Views: 1011
The size, shape, and style of your mailbox is important to the overall look of your home. If you are unhappy with the look of your mailbox, it is now possible to get a Custom Mailbox made to your specifications. A Residential Mailbox that suits your taste can go a long way in enhancing the ... Views: 496
In the current economic climate many businesses are facing pressures to streamline as much as possible in order to reduce ongoing expenses and therefore increase their profitability. Unfortunately, one of the greatest ongoing expenses for the majority of businesses is their employees. As a ... Views: 415
It’s that time of year again when we look back to what we accomplished over the past year and forward to what we wish to do in the next twelve months. For many years this has been an important time of reflection and goal setting for me but this year I’m approaching it a bit differently – by ... Views: 1012
If you spend a lot of time speaking to resource and project managers, you will notice that they often complain about how much of their time is taken up finding available staff and booking them. They will spend time going back and forth, through their excel sheets, and liaising with other ... Views: 679
Welcome to a new year! One that I think demands a new understanding of how we sell, and how buyers are buying.
In recent years, buyers in the sales process have become increasingly educated, and with that, the sales process has undergone a transformation. In order for your team to be ... Views: 1001
How To Make A LOT More Money As A Guitar Teacher
by Tom Hess
Are you not earning as much money as you would like to teaching guitar? Although most guitar teachers work hard to teach lessons, they do not make very much money from their efforts. As a result, they end up feeling discouraged ... Views: 2153
I remember the days where I would be at work one afternoon, up to my neck in work and I would get a phone call. On the other line would be my boss telling me that the senior management was holding a meeting in a few hours about how they can cut company costs, and wanted me to be there to give ... Views: 695
Lighten Your Load And Boost Your Momentum December 18, 2012 Posted In: Momentum By: Dr. Mo We think thoughts all day long and sometimes these thoughts cause us great dismay and worry. When you find yourself feeling overwhelmed and nervous it’s important to practice the skill of listening ... Views: 3413
Appraising your employees has many benefits. Appraisals help to develop your staff, improve your company's performance and help you plan better. They help identify training needs and can form the basis for pay reviews. They also record progression, and can be helpful for career and succession ... Views: 1328
Here are some marketing strategies that I have learned from my coaches over over the years, I hope you will find them useful – they work.
1. Who – The first thing to consider as a marketing strategy is to determine exactly who your target clients are going to be – in other words the ... Views: 1556
FEAR vs. LOVE
I was raised as a Muslim, under the teachings of Islam. I was always told that I needed to make sure that my 5 prayers were completed every single day no matter what unless "I was not able to pray" meaning when I was on my period, which was the only time I could not pray or fast ... Views: 957
Are you interested in Profitability? Productivity? Performance? Well guess what, all three of them depend on your resources. The quality of your resources impact your company’s performance; their allocation and management impacts productivity; and considering resources are usually a company’s ... Views: 778
When we work with our customers, one of the biggest joys that we get as professionals is to be appreciated for the service that we provide. We all work hard as knowledge workers trying to perfect our craft. One thing that no professional enjoys is when your client discusses the value that you ... Views: 1146
As one year ends and another is about to begin, this is the time of year when a number of different articles appear about taking steps to plan for the coming year. Some write of the practice of setting New Year’s resolutions. Often business based or self improvement based articles talk about ... Views: 983
As you ring in the New Year this year and develop resolutions to better yourself throughout 2013, consider the area of life where you spend around 1/3 of your day… your job. Finding an enjoyable job can not only bring more happiness into your life, but also make you more successful in your ... Views: 1048
Draw something cheat is the incredible popular iPhone, iPad and Android application. Any one with this gadget can get help in drawings and play with his/her family and friends. The application has been developed by Omgpop, winning the Flurry App Spotlight awards in the year. The stunning part of ... Views: 2204
With ever growing competition in the global market, it has become critical for organisations to manage and utilise scarce resources more efficiently and smartly. Any improvement in resource utilisation adds directly to the bottom line of the organisation and provides required competitive edge ... Views: 773
How to Know Your Variable Costs to Increase Profits in Your Small Business
If you don’t know your variable costs you don’t have the information you need to maximize the profits in your small business. You don’t have the information you need to price your products and services. You can't ... Views: 2793
Improving employee usage and productivity can significantly add to the profitability of the organisation and provide competitive edge against its competitors. One of the effective ways to achieve this improvement is to assign right type of work to the right person at the right time across the ... Views: 785
I woke up this morning glad to be back to my routine: coffee, breakfast, a little news and a workout! It felt good, after the holiday, to be back to normal. As I started the coffee, still waking up, the lead story on the morning news caught my ear; partly because it was refreshingly positive and ... Views: 1026
To improve overall profitability of the organisation, it is critical to achieve more out of fewer resources as resources are major cost to the organisation. In other words it is important to maximise the utilisation of your existing resources. This becomes further crucial in case of human ... Views: 822
Is it possible you’ve built your business on a model that is out of alignment with your entrepreneurial archetype or that you are on your way to doing just that?
How would you know?
If you are “doing all the right things”, but experiencing the frustration of success eluding you, or you ... Views: 736
Whether you are a hobbyist, or a company that goes through a variety of different arts and crafts companies for your materials, there are a few things that you need to be looking at in order to ensure that you are working with, and purchasing from, the best available company for you. You will ... Views: 679
If you think about it… there are so many locations that you can go (both in your team and online) where you will NOT get excellent customer assistance and assistance. These locations might have nutrients, and be promoting it daily, but their customer storage is NOT up to par. …But what is par? ... Views: 816
People are indeed the greatest assets to an organisation; they are the foundation, but also one of the largest expenses. Thus it is critical that an organisation ensures that these human assets are properly utilised before going ahead and hiring new staff. However, when you have hundreds of ... Views: 3327
You would be hard-pressed to find a dentist that would not want to increase his collections without an appreciable increase in overhead. After all, if you are paying your bills now and were to increase your collections by $10,000 to $20,000 per month without much of an increase in overhead – ... Views: 623
I was recently touched by a Facebook post called The Amazing Transformation of a Guy Who Didn’t Give Up!
It’s an inspiring thank you video to his Yoga instructor Diamond Dallas Page. The “guy who didn’t give up” is a former disabled Gulf War Paratrooper whose back and legs gave out because of ... Views: 798
Training modules are extensively offered by professional keynote speakers, marketeers and therapists. Here are seven recommended methods for marketing online training courses:
Give a Free eBook: First, Offer a free eBook at your website. The topic of eBook can be anything relevant to your ... Views: 1070
We’re two weeks away from the end of 2012. What kind of year has it been for you? Have you accomplished all of your goals? What were those wonderful things that have happened to you during the past twelve months?
It is human nature to tend to have a sharper memory toward what we have not ... Views: 972
What if there was a system of Inventory classification that you could use to maximize the effectiveness of your efforts in just about any aspect of your business especially inventory management?
The good news is that such a system was developed a long time ago. Originally based upon an ... Views: 1422
For many people it is desirable to have everything in their life “under control”. Whether it is having a routine for going to work each day, when their family has dinner, or the leisure activities they do when they have free time, there is some sense of normality to their life. However, life ... Views: 919
Tom Hess, musician success coach and guitar player in the 1.5+ million record selling metal band Rhapsody Of Fire discusses success in the music industry.
Why do some musicians reach success in their music careers while others never seem to ‘make it’ and end up working in jobs outside of the ... Views: 1285
Habits. We’ve all got some great ones and some really bad one. The ability to quickly and consistently create new habits is a major factor in anyone’s success.
Studies and research has found that it takes us 21-40 days of consistent, daily action to create a new habit, and a little longer if ... Views: 1212
What is the #1 question asked weekly by ‘Mr. Wonderful” – Kevin O’Leary?
Who really chooses the winners of the Mirror Ball on Dancing with the Stars?
I do watch TV on a regular basis and I’m not ashamed to admit it. These days, it seems like it’s a bad thing to watch TV – but that all ... Views: 1219
There are many corporate executives that are wondering how to best mobilize their workforce to drive the mission of their organization forward to meet their goals for the fiscal year and beyond. This has been a major puzzle for many companies that are both successful and companies that are on ... Views: 843