Some people have the right to interrupt you and take up your time, other people don’t. In this lesson, Bryony Thomas, a consultant and trainer in marketing transformation programmes, discusses the process whereby you might earn the right to place your marketing in front of people.
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.
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.
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.
The Power of Stories
Since we were small children, we all love stories, and that is important from a marketing point of view as well. In this lesson, Speaker, Media and Presentation coach Michael Dodd, explains how stories work in business and how you find them.
Logic versus emotion
You can’t draw somebody into really engaging with the logic of your product or service unless you’ve first triggered an emotional response. In this lesson, Bryony Thomas, a consultant and trainer in marketing transformation programmes, explains what she calls, the logic sandwich.
Marketing vision
How important is it for marketing leaders to aim high, to have a dream, to have something in which they believe? In this lesson, Thomas Barta explains that because marketing is such a tough job, if you have a dream, it gives you something on to which you can hold.
Personality types – adjusting your style…
Different answers resonate with different people in different ways. In this lesson, the last of this series, Media and Presentation coach Michael Dodd shares some insights into personality types who could expect short that go straight to the point answers, or prefer more technical answers, etc…
Building a performance culture
Research had shown that neither bosses of marketers nor teams of marketers say marketers are great performance managers. Most of them say, “You know, we get away with stuff” In this lesson, Thomas Barta, a C-suite marketing consultant to many Fortune 500 CEOs, explains why both failure and success needs to be recognised.
Magic Words
Quite often, the difference between people who are good and those who are great is that those who are great know exactly what to say, when to say and how to make it count. In this lesson, author and sales expert, Phil M Jones shares some examples.