Posts Tagged ‘Communication’
Why Persuasion is the #1 Skill for Entrepreneurs
Some people say – humorously – that entrepreneurship work is one third persuading investors to invest, one third customers to buy, and one last this persuading your parents to let you stray from the “conventional” path.
Read More Why Your Employees Should Be Your #1 Audience
When people think about marketing, they typically think about external marketing—marketing tactics aimed at potential customers. But no business can afford to forget to actively and regularly market to its own employees. In fact, your employees should be your #1 audience.
Read More Stay in Touch with Your Investors
Investors as a group have a common gripe—almost universal. Information flows from the company irregularly, in fact most often when the company is urgently in need of more money.
Read More Neutral is Not a Strategy
Too often, I meet sales people who are uncomfortable with challenging their customers. Whether it’s out of politeness (the customer is always right), or not wanting to “rock the boat” with the customer, they are non-committal.
Read More How Effective is Your Business Communication Skill?
Every business professional and entrepreneur believes they are good communicators, but how do they know? It’s really the perception of the recipients that counts, and poor communicators are almost always poor listeners, so they don’t hear the shortcomings.
Read More The Latest Trends in Leadership Communication
Did you know that the leadership communications crisis is deepening with only 1 in 5 people globally believing that leaders demonstrate effective leadership? Or that poor leadership costs companies money, with 61% of people boycotting or buying less from a company they believe to have poor leadership?
Read More 3 Business Myths People Should Stop Believing
For years we’ve been told by “experts” that there are certain all-encompassing principles that will get you through the bad times and make your business a success.
Read More The Future of Internal Communications
Putting a clear internal communication strategy in place is critical to small business as it drives smarter employee engagement.
Read More Don’t Make Assertions That Will Later Prove Untrue
Sometimes it is easy for someone at the top of an organization to make a statement that, in the enthusiasm of the moment or to make a point, crosses the line between fact and fiction.
Read More 10 Trust Secrets You Need to Practice in Business
One of the first harsh realities that every entrepreneur has to learn is that most of the things that are critical to startup success are outside of their direct control.
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