Many of you are small biz entrepreneurs, so effective marketing is critical to your success. With that in mind, I am happy to “treat” you this Halloween with this business building tip from guest blogger Paulette Ensign, founder of www.TipsProducts.com Build Your Business by Being Pleasantly Persistent Throughout the years, many solopreneurs have reported they …
Your client calls up frantic with a problem he wants resolved immediately. What do you do? Your likely reaction is to ask questions about the problem. Right instinct, but, if you have more than two or three questions, you risk the client becoming impatient and annoyed with you. Tweak Your Instinct To avoid that, preface …
So you have what you think is a great idea to solve a major problem. Unfortunately, your idea is rather complex to explain to the people whose support you need for it. What do you do? Drown your listeners in the details of your idea? Talk v–e–r–y s–l–o–w–l–y and hope for the best? Rushthroughthedetailsanddazzlethemwithyourenthusiasm? Or, …
One way to deal with price pressure (there are others) “Persist — with Justification.” If you can justify your terms, it is not necessary to change them. Example: WEAK: Seller: That will be $1500. Buyer: You must be joking! I will only pay $1000. Seller: How about $1200 BETTER Seller: $1500 is a very fair …
Which of these do you do when your desk is a mess and you can’t deal with everything on it anymore? Freeze? Leave? I bet you ultimately re-arrange things into more manageable piles. Why? Because your brain becomes frazzled and momentarily short circuits. It cannot absorb so many seemingly equally important stimuli demanding your attention, …