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Advice on how to grow the sales in your business. Direct sales, telesales, networking, Sandler techniques and NLP and to profit and bottom line
Are You Guilty Of Cherry-Picking Prospects?
You’re sitting down to make some sales calls. You’ve got your list of prospects in front of you and you find yourself going down the list and evaluating who to call. Can you relate to this situation? This happens quite often for salespeople and business owners.
Doing business on the golf course especially if you are a woman
Should you worry about beating a male customer at golf and upsetting them? Certainly not says Janette Withey
Nationwide competition launches to support UK sales industry
National Sales Awards in partnership with Huthwaite International launches a nationwide competition asking sales professionals to share their top sales tips, for the chance to win £1,000.
Direct Selling Association announces 2012 awards shortlist
The Direct Selling Association (DSA) has announced the finalists for its annual Industry Awards which celebrate the best direct selling companies and individuals in the UK.
Raising the profile of your business by speaking is great if you can do it
One way to raise the profile of your business, or of yourself within an organisation, is to seek opportunities to speak in public. But with so many speakers failing to hit the mark your presentation could end up putting your audience off. Not really the result you want!
UKs largest networking group celebrates sixth birthday in super human style
More than 55,000 members of social and business network 4Networking celebrated reaching a milestone in February – 6 years since the launch of the first 4Networking group.
Buying Cillit Bang from Facebook instead of Tesco’s
Reckitt Benckiser are set to introduce a raft of cost-savings in a move to fund additional brand building with brands such as Finish and Vanish.
4Networking & Blackberry kick start business with Make It Happen On a Monday sessions
UK Business networking organisers 4Networking and BlackBerry have teamed up to create a new concept in face-face networking called Make It Happen Mondays.
Face-to-face networking is still important, Smarta 100 & Metro Bank
Mark Dixon: ‘Why you must network face-to face’ Social networking brings many business benefits but there is still great value in having personal contact with potential customers and clients, says Mark Dixon chief executive, Regus The Smarta 100 Awards, brought to you by O2 and Smarta, are now open for entries. If you run a […]
One million UK professionals join LinkedIn in six months
LinkedIn, the world’s largest professional network, have announced that over one million UK professionals have joined LinkedIn since June 2010, bringing the total number of UK members up to five million, which represents 40 percent of UK professionals.
Business networking group 4Networking looks to go global
4Networking, the business breakfast network started by entrepreneur Brad Burton, has unveiled its plans to launch in the USA, Republic of Ireland, Australia and New Zealand, and ultimately to create the world’s first, joined up global business network.
The 10 Biggest Sales Mistakes People Make On LinkedIn – Part One
Sales Expert Andy Preston explains that although LinkedIn is one of the best business development tools available, many people don’t use it properly, and even worse – make various mistakes that actually LOSE them sales, rather than WIN them…
Brad’s three top tips for getting the most out of networking
There’s lots of advice I could give you about how to get the most out of networking. If you ever want my help with that come and ask me. But these are the most important things to remember, in my opinion:
Visibility is good. Credibility is better
This winter there has been a lot of talk about ‘visibility’. For the purposes of this blog post, though, I’m not talking about whether you can see out of your windscreen when it has frosted over. The kind of visibility that has become a trendy subject is about being seen in the marketplace. We all know about information overload and how much competition there is for your customers’ attention, both online and offline. So being seen – in person, online, in the media – is essential. However it is dangerous to stop there.