Monthly Archives: January 2018

Customer contact points – which one could lose you the business?

Do you know what your customer contact points are?  Receiving your business card, speaking to your receptionist, receiving an email and visiting your website are just a few. Are they effective? It is good practice to study every point that … Continue reading

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Bringing new products to the market

Otherwise known as the idea train, an entrepreneurs’ way if thinking is her biggest strength and, if not carefully managed, could be her biggest curse. I probably have a new idea every day. And at the time I have it, … Continue reading

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9 ways to win media coverage without news

In a nutshell you create news! Run a survey. Choose a topic that you’d like to be associated with, that’s timely and not too controversial.  Design the questions to get you the news you want and think about your sample … Continue reading

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How you can deliver to each personality style

Whether you are a driver, amiable, expressive or analytical personality style, this grid will help you to understand what a person with a given style is wanting when you speak with them for the first time.  It illustrates how you … Continue reading

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Personality styles – descriptives common to each

Here are some attributes usually associated with the different personality styles. DRIVER DeterminedThoroughDecisiveResponsible PushyDominatingHarshSevere AMIABLE SupportiveRespectableDependableWilling ConformingHesitantUndisciplinedEmotional EXPRESSIVE PersonableStimulatingEnthusiasticDramatic OpinionatedExcitableReactiveUnpredictable ANALYTICAL PersistentSeriousOrderlyIndustrious UncommunicativeIndecisiveStuffyExacting

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