Pecha Kucha is a presentation method, developed in Japan, that is reputed to improve audience attention. It is a method of presenting that ensures both content and length are kept short and to the point, hence the claim of ending the nightmare we’ve all experienced – death by PowerPoint.
What the Pecha Kucha?
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Patience & Persistence: Two Drivers of Sales Success
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Skip Weisman of Weisman Success Resources Inc., recently paid me the great compliment of writing the following post in his Champion Organizations blog, writes Robert Clay of Marketing Wizdom. It was inspired, he says, by a post I had previously written: Why 8% of sales people get 80% of the sales. I read it, liked it
An Unusual But Highly Effective Marketing Technique
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The story that follows shows you what phenomenal results you can achieve once you start to truly appreciate yourself and/or your products and services. It comes from Bernadette Doyle, Ireland’s leading marketing maven. I liked it so much that I asked her permission to reproduce it here in its entirety for you to read, and
LinkedIn: 100 Million can’t be wrong!
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If you’re in business there’s a good chance that you’re either a member of LinkedIn, or have at least been invited at some point to join. Lot’s of people join LinkedIn but really don’t really understand what it is for; how to use it; what it’s good for; what the benefits are; or how to leverage it. The aim of this post is to give you a simple understanding of what LinkedIn can do for you and get you up to speed quickly on the absolute basics to save you time when you use this powerful online networking tool […]
Programming brings many happy returns
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A client who buys a hundred times is many times more valuable to you than someone who only ever buys from you once, writes Robert Clay of Marketing Wizdom. As obvious as this should be, in most cases when someone carries out a business transaction for the first time the businesses concerned just wait passively
The key to profitable long-term business right now
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The concept of acquiring new customers at a breakeven or slight loss sounds crazy to some people, writes Robert Clay of Marketing Wizdom. Why would you even want to do it? After all, staying in business requires you to make a profit on every sale … or does it? Acquiring new customers at a breakeven
Innovation is the key
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The time to innovate is now. It is widely understood that the current global economic downturn is one of the most severe of the past 100 years, writes Robert Clay of Marketing Wizdom. While some believe that people (and the media) talked the downturn into existence, the realities must still be acknowledged. Major banks and
Build a superior lead- or sales-generation machine
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Nearly one billion people use Google to search for an untold range of topics. No other advertising medium draws such a vast crowd. This article explains the benefits of sing paid search, and the basics of setting up Google AdWords campaigns.
Get your share of 61 billion online searches a month
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Since Google AdWords was launched in 2002 the face of advertising has been changed almost beyond recognition, writes Robert Clay of Marketing Wizdom. Using AdWords it’s possible to achieve things today that could hardly be imagined just ten years ago. When Google was founded in 1997, the “big boys” in internet search like Yahoo, AltaVista
The most prolific product ever seen
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In the last few years we’ve experienced a world of rapid change brought about by the internet, writes Robert Clay of Marketing Wizdom. The internet has fundamentally changed what we do on a day to day basis, from the way we communicate and do business, to politics, entertainment, culture, health care and just about everything
Taking the mystery out of list buying
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The right mailing list can be worth a small fortune to you. The wrong list can cost you a fortune in the blink of an eye. Most people just pick up the phone and order a list. That’s a recipe for disaster. There is more to buying lists than most people realise. This article tells you how.
Please everyone and kiss your ass goodbye
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Here’s a fabulous story which illustrates the point that you can’t please everyone. It is adapted from Aesops’ fable “The Old Man, the Boy, and the Donkey.” I often quote it (thank you Michael Port) to illustrate the importance of focusing eveything you say and do only on the niche you’re trying to serve, and
Opportunity in adversity: Steve Jobs delivers an inspiring talk
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Want to know what makes Apple CEO Steve Jobs tick? Here is a fascinating insight. It was an address he famously gave on June 12, 2005 to a graduating class at Stanford University. This talk greatly inspired me when I first came across it, and still does. At a time when so many businesses and individuals are
