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Keeping Your Mobile Work Force in Touch
Although it can be useful for employees to use mobile phones for work, it can also cause a lot of inconvenience and expense. Business cards need two numbers. Customers don’t know which number to call, so they tend to call the cell number because they can be assured that they will reach your employee where ever they may be; even if they are sitting at their desk. There are additional cell phone bills that can get out of control and grow to be your biggest monthly expenditure. Outbound calls from cellular number lines don’t display the...
read moreHow to have Success with New Year’s Resolutions
Is there some part of your life that you would like to be more successful? Wikipedia describes a new year resolution as a commitment that one makes to their personal goals, a project or to forming a habit. These resolutions involve change, usually a significant change, such as losing weight, improving health or finances. These types of changes are very difficult to make. Many resolutions fail. Research shows that after six months, 50% of people have abandoned their resolutions and after a year, only 10% are still working to achieve their...
read moreProtect Your Equipment From Power Variances
One of the biggest expenses that businesses incur today is the maintenance and replacement of their electronic network equipment. Most people take the power that comes from the wall for granted. It is not realized that this power can wreak havoc on your electronic equipment. “It’s there almost all the time”. “My equipment is designed to be plugged into the wall”. “Why do I need to invest in these expensive power conditioners; won’t an inexpensive UPS from Costco do?” A few questions that you...
read moreGoal Setting
Goal setting is a powerful tool to use for your business as well in other aspects of your life. In order for it to work though you do need to have a plan. So take out a pen and paper and start physically charting a course. If we do not make a plan to succeed we will fail by default. Often the difference between the wildly rich and the incredibly poor is just the ability to make a plan and then to work it consistently. 1. Assess where you are now. Before you can make plans for the future you need to really analyze where you are right now. When...
read more14 Steps to an Awesome Elevator Pitch – Part 1
We all know we need one, we’ve all been caught fumbling when someone asks us what we do – or worse, we give the pat “I’m in real estate” kind of answer. Well, that all ends today. We’re giving you the template to create two pitches – the first is a 10 second pitch that answers the question “What do you do?” (which is the subject of today’s post) in such a way as to get the next question “Tell me more” (which we’ll deal with on Saturday). So, get your pens and paper...
read moreThe Skilled Networker – Come Again Soon!
So, you think a networking group would be a really useful place to market your business. You’ve done your research, picked a few you’re interested in visiting, and you head off. At each meeting you exchange cards, and then go home and….wait. And….wait. And…………wait. The phone doesn’t ring. Your email is not flooding with requests. Your conclusion? Networking meetings don’t work. Or maybe there’s a better way to do this! One of the most important things you can do to make a...
read morePhenomenal Follow-Up, Part 2
Following along from our last post, here’s how to continue with phenomenal follow-up so that it makes a huge impact on your client: Paste Mackay66 Questions into your “notes” section on your contact management system Connect with your contact on all the Social Media opportunities you have in common Search each client online as thoroughly as possible and fill in the answer to as many of the Mackay 66 questions as possible. Make sure, at a minimum, you find out their birthday and anniversary and enter those into your...
read morePhenomenal Follow-Up – Part 1
So you’ve just been to a networking meeting or a trade show, and you have dozens of business cards. What do you do with them? Follow up is a hugely important part of your business. If you’re not following up properly, you’re leaving a lot of money on the table. Usually it takes 4 “no’s” to get the “yes”, and if you only have one contact with a person, you’re never going to get to that yes. It’s also very possible that the person you’re talking to will never use your...
read moreTips on Making The Presentation
You have been working really hard to get your name, your brand and your product line out there. Finally you have an opportunity to showcase what you know to a group of your peers. How do you prepare? What should you share? What is the best way to engage your audience and have them remember you? There are so many questions running through your mind as you get ready. Here are some tips to help you prepare to make the best presentation possible. Look at the audience – From time to time as you speak look different people in the eye. Engage...
read moreWelcome to The CBN Blog!
Welcome to the CBN blog! I’m so excited that we are able to now offer this to our community! This is a wonderful place for you to share your expertise, help other business owners, and establish your credibility. Here’s how this works: You are welcome to submit an article – either one you’ve written yourself, or one from elsewhere that we have permission to publish (along with the author’s bio, etc). The article must be informative – no advertising of any kind is allowed in the article other than in the...
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