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Look Ma, No Hands!
The boy on the bike seeks attention. His mother on the bench talks to a friend. The boy casts a sideways glance at his mother. Her conversation continues. The boy calls to her. She glances up and returns to her conversation. He escalates, riding his bike close to her, letting go the handles and shouting, “Look Ma, NO HANDS!” She looks up just in time to see him crash into a trash barrel with a bang. He now has her attention, but not her praise. That will have to com

find the main business directory in the building and write down every tenant in the building (If you are smart you could bring a camera and take a picture of the business directory).

*Try handing out candy (Be prepared and bring sugar-free candy) along with your special promotional flyer. Who doesn’t like candy?

*Bring a notepad with you to take notes or write notes on the back of the business cards that you collect from each office.

*Make sure that you follow up that day or the next day with each

Mortgage Marketing - Broadcast Advertising vs Direct Advertising
Do you know how to design and deploy a marketing campaign?Even if your ad budget is small you should still plan and measure the results of you advertising. This process is the key to your ultimate success.You see, there are two types of advertising. The first is broadcast marketing. This category includes TV and radio commercials. While broadcast ads can be effective, they are very expensive and almost impossible to measure.An

I remember how scared I was the first time I entered an office building to make cold calls. When I walked into the first office I think that the receptionist had noticed a sign on my forehead that said, “Hi, I’m here to sell you something.” I felt as if I was interrupting her day and then I began to have second thoughts about what I was doing here. Should I just go home? Maybe this is not for me? After my tenth office visit I became very frustrated and decided that my time was better spent making cold calls on the telephone.

When I got back to my desk I began to visualize what had happened to me that day. What could I have done differently? Maybe I’m not cut out for door to door cold calling? I don’t mind getting rejected over the phone, but getting rejected in person was too much for me to handle—it brought me down! Because it’s difficult for me to give up, I began to do some brainstorming so that I could determine what I could do differently the next time around. What did I come up with to improve the effectiveness of door to door cold calling?

*Below is a laundry list of new ideas that I came up with and what you can easily implement when cold calling in office buildings.

*As soon as you enter an office it’s important that you greet the receptionist with eye contact and a nice big smile.

*Be positive and enthusiastic because your positive attitude and enthusiasm are contagious!

*Both men and women should be dressed in a suit. And the reason for dressing this way is because how you dress affects your attitude and how others may positively or negatively perceive you.

*Prepare a flyer that offers a special limited-time promotion and make sure that your flyer is easy on the eyes.

*Keep your opening lines (Your introduction, the reason for your visit and how you can help them) short and too the point.

*Offer examples of how other customers in their industry have benefited from using your product or service.

*If you prefer not to visit each office to introduce yourself or hand out flyers then I would find the main business directory in the building and write down every tenant in the building (If you are smart you could bring a camera and take a picture of the business directory).

*Try handing out candy (Be prepared and bring sugar-free candy) along with your special promotional flyer. Who doesn’t like candy?

*Bring a notepad with you to take notes or write notes on the back of the business cards that you collect from each office.

*Make sure that you follow up that day or the next day with each p

Hire and Retain Baby-Boomers to Improve Productivity
In the US, it is anticipated that 76 million baby boomers will retire in the next ten years. However, there will be fewer than 50 million workers to replace them. Many organisations will be forced to retain an older workforce. Those organisations which develop deliberate strategies to retain older workers will do more than go with the inevitable flow of labour supply and demand. They will improve productivity.Older workers were brought up in an era of company

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