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5 Reasons Why People Refer Businesses
Have you done a deep dive into who might refer business to you and the reasons they would do so lately? I was working with a client who works in the legal profession this week and we spent a lot of time doing exactly that. Figuring out who and why? Her field of...
How to Make More Sales Without Selling
I have been working with a new client this week helping her overcome reluctance around everything sales and selling. You might be able to relate to that 'icky' feeling that rears its head when you are about to make that cold call or follow-up. Well, you aren't alone....
5 Top Tips to Speak Like a Pro
I have a new trophy! 🏆😊 I have been a member of a not-for-profit public speaking group called POWERtalk for nearly 20 years and this week competed in the club speech contest. The trophy comment might have given it away, but yes, I was fortunate to win amongst a strong...
How to Be an Engaging Speaker
Did you have the opportunity to celebrate International Women's Day this week? I had the pleasure of attending an event organised by the Bayside Women in Business and Five Foot Rope Connective group on Wednesday. With over 200 women and men in attendance, it was a...
How to avoid filling your speeches with fillers!
One of my biggest gripes is about people who are in media roles and can't speak well. You have heard the ones I mean. ☝️ They use upspeak at the end of their sentences. (It is not a question...it is a statement) 🚴♀️ They speak too quickly, and their...
Amplify Your Personal Brand Authority
This week I delivered two presentations at networking events on the topic -5 Key Strategies to Amplify Your Personal Brand Authority. 🎆 I talked about how important it is to say YES to speaking opportunities (BE Bold). 🎆 How what you are going to...
No Excuses – Let go of FEAR
What does 2023 have planned for you? Or should I ask, what have YOU planned for 2023? You may have seen this quote by Benjamin Franklin before... “By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.” He was exactly right. I work with so many small business owners who...
Why You Should Plan?
Why should you bother developing a plan? I trust your Christmas was all you hoped it could be. I must admit there was a little overindulging on my behalf. But what are holidays for? Right? Back to limited eating of the sometimes food and up the daily exercise. (Well,...
Why Should You Write a Vision Statement
It is official. The pre-holiday diet is blown.😳 Way too many events with tempting fare this time of year. Well...there is always next year. Saying that...why do we have to wait for a specific date to set goals? I hold a 1/2 Day Planning and Goal Setting...
Is Your Inner Critic Controlling You?
Is your inner critic controlling you? An excellent quote was shared with me this week. "Don't Kill the Magnificent" It got me thinking. How often do we have an idea, a spark of brilliance? Only to have it snatched away by that judgemental voice in our head. Our...
Seven Steps to Achieve Your BHAG!
What steps do you need to take to achieve your BGAG? It has certainly been an interesting week. For instance, I participated in a public speaking club meeting that was hosted by English-speaking Japanese POWERtalk friends. My task at the meeting was to deliver a...
Why Write a Business Plan?
Why is it vital you have a written business plan? A business plan is central to how you start, grow, and develop your business. It will help you steer your business...and it isn't as hard to write as you think. Think of a business plan as a GPS for your business. A...
How To Reduce Nerves When Public Speaking
How do you reduce nerves when speaking in public? Have you ever gone to speak then your mind has gone totally blank and you couldn't think of what to say? You get up to deliver your one-minute pitch at a business event. Lots of ideas are racing through your mind. Then...
How to Amplify Your Personal Brand Authority
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tc1AE_pNHvk&ab_channel=JaneenVosper What strategies do you apply every day to amplify your personal brand authority? If you are not getting the traction you want in your business, the problem could be you are not positioned as the...
12 Rules for an Excellent Life
I was reading a summary of the '12 Rules of Life' by Jordan Peterson and certain points resonated with me that I wanted to share to create an 'excellent life'. I have it on good advice his book is complex but provides a great deal of practical wisdom. Each rule...
5 Simple Sales Tips to Remove Anxiety and Increase Sales
When I start working with clients helping them overcome anxiety around selling and increasing sales in their businesses, there are five steps we focus on. Number 1... Delete the ‘I’ and focus on W.I.I.F.M. Making the selling and cold calling process...
How to Pitch for Profit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqfiKI7oRN4&ab_channel=JaneenVosper Knowing how to pitch for profit is a critical aspect of generating sales in every business. Something I get asked very regularly is how to construct and deliver a really effective business pitch...
Are You Making Basic Speaking Mistakes?
It Might be Costing You Big Time! In 2013 and I was nervously standing on stage in Honolulu waiting for the results of the POWERtalkInternational speech contest to be announced. A couple of months earlier I had been the winner of the Australian Region and was...
The Do & Do Not of Public Speaking
When speaking in public there are techniques you should definitely adapt to and others you should never do. Read to learn how you can improve your public speaking skills. I have been a member of a not-for-profit public speaking organisation for nearly 20 years now. ...
5 Top Tips to Amplify Your Brand Authority
What exactly is brand authority, and how do you amplify it? Brand authority refers to the trust a brand has earned among customers, and the degree to which they see your brand as a subject-matter expert. To establish brand authority you need to have an active online...
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