Do You Make These Seven Stupid Selling Mistakes?

By Simon Hazeldine How many sales are you missing out on?  How aware are you of the errors that could be costing you orders, commission and profits?   In the course of training and coaching salespeople I see the same mistakes being made time and time again!  Review your performance …

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3 Surefire Ways To Get Your Customers To Say Yes!

By Simon Hazeldine Master salespeople are adept at utilising powerful psychological strategies to influence people. Here are three from my personal top ten: People will buy from people they likeExtensive psychological research demonstrates the importance of ‘liking’ in persuading people.  Master salesman Joe Girrard (In the Guinness Book of Records …

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Why The Very Best Salespeople Never Ever Hard Sell

By Simon Hazeldine The very best salespeople never ever hard sell.  What is the big secret?  The secret is that they don’t think of themselves as salespeople!  They think of themselves as consultants. Their aim is to help people to get what they need. A consultative approach means that your …

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Internet Psychologist reaches the “premiere league”

Internet Psychologist Graham Jones has today confirmed a “milestone” in the performance of his website. The grading system run by the Internet marketing agency HubSpot has placed Graham’s site within the Top 5,000 websites in its database of more than 1.5m. “This is fantastic news,” said Graham, “I have worked …

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Social Media Increases Flow of Traffic to FurnishWEB

When Barry Welch, founder of Internet Databases and developer of FurnishWEB, a web-based online ordering and product inventory data management system serving the home furnishing industry, wanted to increase the industry’s awareness of FurnishWEB, he turned to social media to help him get the word out. Welch, a seasoned entrepreneur …

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Visibility Magazine Buyers Guide Helps Businesses Find the Best Internet Marketing Companies

The search for Internet marketing agencies can be exhausting. There is no shortage of companies that will promise you first page results on top search engines. Who can really deliver the results? Visibility Magazine, the magazine for online marketing strategies, has been helping businesses gain an understanding of the Internet …

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Techno addicts don’t exist

Researchers at the highly respected Cranfield School of Management have today published a report called “Techno Addicts” which claims that “technology addiction” is having a disruptive effect on school learning, leading to a widespread acceptance of plagiarism and six out of ten pupils admitting to being addicted to the Internet. …

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StomperNet – World’s Largest Internet Marketing and Search Engine Optimization Training Program is Made Available to the Public Once Again

StomperNet (https://stompernet.infusionsoft.com/go/SN999/SN403944), the most elite Internet Marketing and Search Engine Optimization training program in the World, opened their community to new members today after remaining private and closed for a long time. “While most companies are scaling back advertising budgets, StomperNet continues to teach business owners new and effective ways …

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ekm Systems launches ekm Response

Ekm Systems Ltd, the online ecommerce experts who pioneered the UK’s hosted ecommerce software model, with their online solution ekmPowershop.com, have officially launched ekmResponse.com on to the UK market. ekmResponse is the latest email marketing solution which makes it cost effective for UK businesses of any size to effectively track, …

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IFA Life launches directory of financial advisers’ websites

Since the launch of the IFA social networking site in July 2008, IFA Life has seen increasing numbers of visits from consumers who are looking for financial advisers and IFAs. Consumers increasingly turn to the Internet first when looking for professional service providers, so it’s important that financial advisers have …

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Take more time online to increase chances of success

Liverpool footballer, Steven Gerrard, missed a penalty in 2006 when playing for England in the World Cup – and, according to new research, that miss could have been down to timing. The Norwegian School of Sports Sciences has discovered a possible link between the time taken to kick a penalty …

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Companies neglect obvious email sales opportunities

Here’s a quick task for you: go through your inbox and find some emails from the employees of companies you are in contact with. They may be messages from technical support people, or perhaps receipts from the accounts department, maybe something from an executive or two. Now take a close …

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Search Engine College Enrolls Students From 42 Countries

Online marketing training institution, Search Engine College extended their global reach significantly this week, with student enrollments now achieved in 42 countries. The College reached the 42 country milestone this week when a new student from the Dominican Republic enrolled online. In addition to accepting direct registrations for courses, SEC …

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Ecademy. Google, The BBC and top Internet Psychologist to speak at Financial Services in Social Media conference

Financial services brands are showing significantly increased interest in using social networking sites to interact and engage with IFAs, financial planners and direct with consumers. Online networking technology provides financial services providers with a wealth of opportunity to enhance their image and promote their services, as large numbers of IFAs …

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Brands Don’t Need A Whole New Website To Incorporate Social Media

Brands looking to utilise social media in their online marketing efforts don’t need to build a whole new website for that purpose, as social media features can be easily incorporated to an existing site framework according to Reality Digital, the leading provider of online community software for brands and businesses …

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