How passion kills a business

1,372 views | Comments (37) | August 31, 2010

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BLACK CHAIR: BUSINESS SUCCESS TV

Episode 19: How passion kills a business

Welcome to Black Chair. The single-minded purpose of Black Chair is to help you succeed in business.

“There’s a lot of discussion about the importance of passion in business.”

In this episode, we touch on a topic close to the hearts of many business owners and entrepreneurs – passion!

tags | Black Chair, Business advantage, Business advice, Business development, Business disciplines, Business mentoring, Business numbers, Business planning, Business skills, Business success, Business tips, Business training, Commercial conversation, Commercial mindset, Commercial skills, Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, Maximizing profit, Passion, Revenue, Video, Video tutorials

Extreme sales makeover: cold call into sizzling hot sales

3,161 views | Comments (78) | August 23, 2010

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The thought of having to make cold calls to prospects to generate sales may excite some people, but leaves many of us frozen in our tracks. This next edition of Extreme Sales Makeover is all about building power, passion and persuasion into cold calls.

Let’s work together on a real-life scenario to improve our skills.

tags | Blogging, Building engagement, Building sales, Business development, Cold calling, Communication skills, Crowdsharing, Crowdsourcing, Effective communication, Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, Extreme sales makeover, Growing sales, High-performance communication, Online sales, Sales copy, Sales pitch, Sales tactics, Selling online, Share-words, Sharewords, Words that sell

What makes a successful entrepreneur?

3,656 views | Comments (91) | August 16, 2010

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At the prompting of my friend, Leanne Berry, I applied for the following opportunity WANTED: Big thinking entrepreneur for documentary film. Must travel. My logic is simply that it could be a really good opportunity to help boost my efforts to build awareness of and promote the members of the online business community I serve – The Centurions. Here’s how it’s unfolded so far… Read more…

tags | Building an on-line community, Building engagement, Building sales, Business & social, Business development, Centurions, Communication skills, Crowdsharing, Crowdsourcing, Diamond focus, Entrepreneurship, Growing sales, High-performance communication, Increasing referral, Mutual muscle, Online engagement, Referral business, Remarkable business, Share-market, Sharewords, Social media, Social networking, Valuable community, Word of mouth

The most exciting numbers

771 views | Comments (12) | August 11, 2010

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BLACK CHAIR: BUSINESS SUCCESS TV

Episode 18: The most exciting numbers

Welcome to Black Chair. The single-minded purpose of Black Chair is to help you succeed in business.

“How much money do you really need to make to be profitable?”

In this episode, we discuss the most avoided topic in business – your key numbers!

tags | Black Chair, Business advantage, Business advice, Business development, Business disciplines, Business mentoring, Business numbers, Business planning, Business skills, Business success, Business tips, Business training, Commercial conversation, Commercial mindset, Commercial skills, Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, Maximizing profit, Revenue, Video, Video tutorials

Extreme sales makeover: flabby copy into sales muscle

2,744 views | Comments (102) | August 3, 2010

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Writing words that sell is an incredibly valuable skill to have, especially if you plan to market products online. It’s a skill that affects your income, so it’s worth putting effort in to continually improve it. Below is a real-life example of sales copy that needs some sales muscle.

Let’s work on it together! Here are five pointers to stimulate your thinking.

tags | Blogging, Building engagement, Building sales, Business development, Communication skills, Crowdsharing, Crowdsourcing, Effective communication, Extreme sales makeover, Growing sales, High-performance communication, Online sales, Sales copy, Sales pitch, Sales tactics, Selling online, Share-words, Sharewords, Words that sell