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Common Logical Fallacies
Often a prospect spirals into a negative abyss. As a master persuader you need to understand what is happening to your prospect. By having an understanding of your prospects concerns, you will have a greater ability to resolve concerns and close more sales.1. Faulty Cause: assumes that because one thing follows another, the second thing was definitively caused by the first. Example: Shawn broke his mother's mirror, and sure enough, he was in a car wreck the next week2. Sweeping Generalization: assumes that what is true in most cases must be true in all cases. Example: We can't hire this candidate because he's an ex-felon, and studies show that most ex-felons experience relapses.3. Hasty Generalization: assumes that a small piece of information is soundly representative of the whole situation. Example: I don't like Thai food at all. The food I tried at this one Thai restaurant just was terrible and I was sick for days.4. Faulty Analogy: assumes that if two things are alike in some ways, they must be alike in all ways. Example: Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera dress the same and sing the same t

five main root causes of poor implementation. Some of these are very closely linked to each other - that is, it's common to see pairs of this issue operating in tandem. But, ultimate

Management Training Videoes
Watching a video is an enjoyable pastime for almost everyone. Thus, management training videos have become very popular these days. Management training videos are booming in corporate offices, and employees’ development has become more or less solely video based. Many business houses have their own video production team which makes employee-friendly videos according to the needs of the employer. Such a team will be focusing on the business and training needs of the employees and the company. This could be a new scheme of the company, a new policy, new staff training, career development programs, seminars and colloquiums.Corporate houses are also outsourcing some of their video productions for training videos that deal with everyday problems that crop up in the office. Actually, business-marketing.com has come up with training videos on how to handle sexual harassment in the office. This is one such training video, and corporate houses have come up with hundreds of such everyday problems and solutions in videos and are distributing them among their employees.Management training videos are aimed at the overall skill developmen

In our strategic planning work, we often work with companies who have tried strategic planning before. Almost inevitably, the companies we meet were disappointed in the results they got before using Simplified Strategic Planning. While some of these disappointments can be attributed to poor strategy or process issues, many - perhaps a third - were disappointed because the plan failed to lead to good implementation of the strategy.

This is a shame, because your management team puts some of its best thinking into your strategic plans. Often, the team is quite excited about the vision portrayed by your strategies. So, how is it that strategic plans are so often poorly implemented?

In our experience, there are five main root causes of poor implementation. Some of these are very closely linked to each other - that is, it's common to see pairs of this issue operating in tandem. But, ultimate

6 Ways To Create A Powerful, Persuasive P.S. For Every Direct Response Promotion
The postscript or PS is a vital part of any direct mail on online sales letter. If it's worded properly the PS will inflame your prospect's desire for your product or service right before they sign on the dotted line or type in their credit card number. If you want to build a PS that really reaches your prospect, you must create it with passion. You must return to the original promise that brought your prospect into the copy and stir the emotions that are burning inside of them.Here are 6 ways you can do that.1. Restate Benefits. The easiest way to evoke emotions is to remind your prospect of all the things your product or service will do for them. I’m talking about restating the benefits you mentioned earlier in your copy.2. Make another promise/introduce a surprise benefit. Hold back one or two strong benefits or promises from your letter and introduce them here.3. Provide more creditability. Give your prospect an extra dose of credibility…an ironclad reason to believe that your product or service is the real thing. You can do this by adding another testimonial from a satisfied customer.4. Commun

got before using Simplified Strategic Planning. While some of these disappointments can be attributed to poor strategy or process issues, many - perhaps a third - were disappointed because the plan failed to lead to good implementation of the strategy.

Scheduling Greater Marketing Results
I'm often asked, "What's the greatest small business marketing tip you could offer to someone?" The answer may surprise you.You want to get better, more regular and consistent results from your small business marketing? Then start booking appointments in your calendar to actually work on your own marketing. Marketing takes regular and consistent effort to get the results you're seeking. I've found many small business owners just don't make it a consistent habit.It's like an exercise program. If you don't schedule a regular time to go to the gym or get up and go for that jog in the morning, what do you think your chances are of reaching your goals? It's the same with your small business marketing.Even if you say you're not a marketer, everyone at least has notions about what kind of marketing they should be doing. I talk to business owners all the time that have great ideas, but they never get implemented because they never work on them. If you always let administrative work or busy work or even client requests get in the way, it's likely you'll let the marketing get pushed off week after week.T

ecause the plan failed to lead to good implementation of the strategy.

Accelerate Sales Through Product Marketing
Many companies shortchange themselves when it comes to marketing their products by not developing a proper product marketing function within their companies. Product marketing is a critical element of a functional organization that positions and promotes products, pushes them into the market place, and pushes them into the channels that you’re trying to develop. Without proper product marketing many companies actually expend needless sales resources and support resources to try to makeup for the shortcomings of not having this function inside their company.A lot of companies during the slowdown years of 1999, 2000 and 2001 decided to start cutting marketing staff functions. Product marketing and product management were two areas that were furloughed or greatly cut back in the face of trying to cut staff expenses in the sales and marketing area. As companies are getting healthier and the economy is strong again, some businesses are hesitant to replace those people… but they still need to do good product marketing whether it be for managing the existing products or for launching new ones.If your company is struggling to co

ften, the team is quite excited about the vision portrayed by your strategies. So, how is it that strategic plans are so often poorly implemented?

Let Your Words Speak for You: Increasing Expert Credibility in Your Industry or Profession
One of the quickest ways to increase credibility in your industry or profession is by writing about it. Yes, writing.Writing is inordinately undervalued by professionals in virtually every industry and profession. People who rely exclusively on the truism, "a picture is worth a thousand words," are missing out on vast amounts of business and credibility opportunities, because words are the things that really sell. Whether it’s Web copy or an article, the details are contained in the words. Pictures are nice; words motivate. Words give your customers — and your potential customers — reasons to relate to you. Words describe the features and benefits that move your clients to buy from you or use your services.Words sell. Period.Using writing to enhance and increase your visibility should not be limited to your Web copy or articles. Other ways and places to use words to promote your ideas, vision, expertise, and products or services include: E-mail Media releases E-zines and newsletters Blogs Books and e-books Info produ

five main root causes of poor implementation. Some of these are very closely linked to each other - that is, it's common to see pairs of this issue operating in tandem. But, ultimately, each of these items, by itself, can torpedo your strategy implementation:

1. The plan is not linked to implementation

2. The implementation lacks follow-through

3. The implementation is given insufficient resources

4. Managers change their objectives too quickly

5. The plan attempts too much too quickly

Let's examine each of these issues, and how to mitigate its negative effects on strategy implementation at your company.

1. The plan is not linked to implementation

This one is unfortunately, very common. In many cases, the plan's issues can be traced back to a consultant who wanted to sell each step of the implementation as a separate service, but sometimes, it arises

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Government regulation and public awareness are external forces that have increased the social responsibility of business. But business decisions are made within the company. Two contrasting philosophies, or models, define the range of management attitudes toward social responsibility; the economic and the socioeconomic model.

You know that cash is and always will be king. One of the biggest drains on small business cash flow is often out of control past due accounts receivable. I have seen business owners try to tackle the problem by cutting off any new credit and thus running themselves straight out of business. There is an easier way.

Recruiting and hiring sales professionals is typically reactive in nature: sales managers generally do not start looking for candidates until they have an immediate need. In an attempt to fill an open position as quickly as possible with the most qualified candidate (the best of the bunch), hiring managers often overlook or ignore critical areas in candidate's backgrounds and personalities, only to realize they've made a bad decision down the road.

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