You don’t consider you’re a natural salesperson – but you’ve just started your own business, and you are trying to make some sales for yourself – so how, or where, do you start?
Mr Shouty
The traditional marketing purchase funnel works on this premise; If I shout at enough people, I’ll get a few responses and some business. In this Vlog, Grant explains that today, these dynamics of marketing have changed.
Emotion
Antonio Damasio, the leading professor in neuroscience, once said, “Human beings are feeling machines that think. We’re not thinking machines that feel.” While people are worrying about what makes their proposition unique, what they fail to think about is actually the emotional proposition they have for the customer.
How do you define your target market?
When you are defining your market, you need to start building a prospect list. In this lesson, author and sales expert Phil M Jones explains his FRIENDS acronym to do just that.
Don’t tell me. Show me
Why don’t people believe politicians and salespeople? In this Vlog, Grant explains that it is no good simply telling everyone how good you are, you have to demonstrate how good you are
The impact of poor presentations
When can a bad PowerPoint presentation, prove to be lethal? In this lesson Grant Leboff discusses how not to ruin a presentation with presentation expert, Simon Morton.
How can I prevent stress?
We are all capable of doing too much work, getting stressed, doing things that cause us grief, anxiety and stress – but how can we prevent it?
In this lesson, David Hyner explains how we need to make ‘de-stressing’ an habitual behaviour.
Make your customer the hero
When breaking up, a common line people give their partner is something like; “Darling, it’s not you it’s me.” The problem is, that’s how most people do their marketing.
In this Vlog, Grant explains why you must make the customer the hero.
Are Marketers a cost or revenue?
Finance departments often see ‘Sales’ as revenue, but ‘Marketing’ as a cost on the business. In this lesson, Thomas Barta, a C-suite marketing consultant to many Fortune 500 CEOs, explains why it is so important for marketers to ensure they are recognized as a revenue driver.
Why Your Business Is Not A Business
Airbnb is not a traditional hotel, it’s a network. Likewise, Amazon is not a traditional retailer, it’s a network. But you don’t need to be a corporation to be a network. In this Vlog, Grant demonstrates how you can turn your own business into a network.