Small changes to achieve BIG results for your business

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In business we’re all about having a BIG vision, creating a strategy to fulfill on that vision, developing a plan and taking daily action to create results that fulfil on the vision. Every time we tick something off our “to do” list we should experience a sense of achievement, knowing we’re a step closer to [...]

Closing sales is like eating spinach

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… you may hate it but it will make you and your business stronger   Until we have closed a sale it isn’t actually a sale. While you may dread putting the “hard word” on your customers, closing a sale isn’t as much of a challenge as you might think. Here are 6 key strategies to [...]

Be smart about sales – have you heard of social engineering?

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Many of us spend hours perfecting the art of procrastination to avoid making sales calls.   Cold calls are an essential part of generating new business and often we spend more time dreading them than actually experiencing the rejection we fear.   Social engineering can be a key tool to garner information from the people [...]

Do you have the systems, skills and discipline for a successful sales campaigns?

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Would you agree that a crucial part of business is acquiring customers? And would you also agree that historically this acquisition of customers has been called sales. Stay with me here. So if the sales process provides new customers, whom our business relies on, then why is it we go to such extraordinary lengths to [...]

Mirror Mirror on the wall … reveal yourself to me and to all

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“Starting and building a business is the greatest personal development course available”.  I can’t remember where I first heard these words or who said them but the quote still makes me smile.  How true!   I’m in the throes of creating a keynote covering the 7 Rules of Engagement for Creating World Class Connections and self-awareness, [...]

Update on Productivity Rampage

Update on Productivity Rampage

Just when I thought I’d dealt with all my vices!

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When was the last time you felt completely and utterly immersed in a task to the point you lost track of time?  For me it’s been a while!   Last week I went in search of an email and forgot what I was looking for as I began reading other emails. Yesterday I went to [...]

Can the Queen Bees please exit stage left

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My mother put herself through law school and started her own law firm, before being appointed a magistrate, deputy chief magistrate and district court judge. I salute her for her strength and courage and I’m thankful I had such a powerful role model in my life. Not once have I ever believed I couldn’t achieve [...]

Are your client surveys as effective as a pollies poll?

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I’m about to survey the contestants of our treasure hunt and it got me thinking about the political polls of the past few days.   At first I was interested in the Rudd’s political savvy; about to be knifed he threw himself on his sword and resigned  knowing he would receive a drubbing in the [...]

Simply QR codes

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The excitement is growing as we inch closer to our first hands-on event, a digital treasure hunt.  The questions have been rolling in, particularly about QR codes so I put together a video explaining some of the uses and benefits.     What exactly is a QR code?   In layman terms it’s like a [...]