Customers as promoters: activating positive word-of-mouth
How can we increase the chances that our clients will speak well of us, therefore contributing to positive word-of-mouth?
We’ll try and give an answer in the next few lines.
Cold calling: soliciting new business
In this article we are going to examine the 4 elements we consider strategic for designing and implementing successful telemarketing activities, and see how to combine them to achieve even more effective results.
Promotions: what they are, what they are used for and when to launch them
January and July are usually the best months for promotions. However in this "strange" market period it is not uncommon to see “sale” signs in the shop windows, or to come across discount offers, 3×2 deals or similar reductions – which are all aimed at supporting demand and restarting the markets. This is why I’ve decided to propose an article on this matter, in order to explain why, when and how to use promotions.
Manual for Ethical Leaders – Chapter 4: providing solutions
Companies, as evolving ecosystems, need changes and modifications in order to improve. Here are some considerations about how leaders deal with internal tensions.
Manual for Ethical Leaders – Chapter 3: Finding the right rhythm for professional development
In both cases ethical leaders have to be equally available, understanding and sensitive to their employees' needs in order to guarantee their development: in one word they have to be flexible
“No one like you”: be different to be successful
The main aim for any business or professional is – or should be – finding out what makes them different from all other competitors. Why is that? Let's try and examine it together…
Naming your price: how to determine the economic value of your work
One of the questions that our clients, especially young freelancers, ask us most often is how they should calculate the price of the service or product they offer. Knowing how to determine the price is the first crucial step to recognising your market value. Many freelance professionals and salespeople are not very good at presenting and defending their price because they are not fully aware of how to put together a quote or estimate.
Sales performance analysis: let’s start “from the bottom”!
Much of our work as consultants consists in developing the commercial activity of our corporate customers. We examine and verify their business performances and assess their results not only in terms of revenue.
Manual for Ethical Leaders – Chapter 2: Meetings
Unproductive meetings are a massive waste of time and – as we know – in business wasted time also means wasted money. Therefore it's essential that the cost/benefit ratio is well balanced when organizing a meeting! Here is a list of questions ethical leaders should bear in mind when organizing a meeting.
How to chase unpaid invoices
Chasing unpaid invoices, especially by phone, feels “rude” to most of the people I meet in my classes. For some reason we feel uncomfortable when we have to ask for payment although really that is how the wheels of commerce work: providing a certain service or goods in return for a stipulated payment.