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Transform Your Sales Approach: Discover the Power of Profiling!
Read to discover how to boost your sales pitch with expert profiling strategies. How good is your pitch? This week I worked with a client who was travelling to the US to pitch an idea to assist a few businesses to streamline their booking system. It could be worth...
Mastering Revenue Growth: 5 Essential Strategies for Sustainable Success
Elevating revenue growth depends on applying essential strategies for sustainable success. After a few weeks of traveling, I am now focusing on upcoming coaching, workshops, networking, and everything involved in running a small business next week. I imagine you know...
Multiply Your Sales: Top 5 Mistakes to Avoid Now!
Avoiding selling mistakes is critical for every business to succeed. I don't know whether it is a generational thing or not...but...I expect a "thank you" when I hand over money for a product. Am I expecting too much? I have noticed at my local shops the Gen Z teens...
Take Charge by Releasing Control Today: Decisively Knowing When You Push and When You Surrender
The concept of releasing control and knowing when to push and when to 'go with the flow' is not something most people can easily do. We are still on our driving holiday with very loose plans of places we want to visit. Although we researched the locations along the...
The Power of Storytelling: Transforming Public Speaking
The power of storytelling can transform your writing and public speaking capacity to engage and entertain your audience. Well, I am back on the road and traveling for the next month. This week we drove along one of the most spectacular coastlines in the world from...
Command the Room: Master These 5 Public Speaking Skills
You can command the room when you can master these 5 public speaking skills. Quite possibly you have attended an International Women's Day event over the past couple of weeks. Maybe more than one. What has stood out for me was the fact that the speakers, either made...
Present with Impact: Storytelling Tips & Techniques
Learn tips and techniques to present with impact with storytelling: importantly telling your story. Every morning I attempt to walk 5000 steps before breakfast. An early start some days when I have to be at a networking breakfast by 6 am. Each day I record a short...
Navigating Buying Behavior Through Spiral Dynamics
How Spiral Dynamics encompasses various aspects of life including buying decisions. I had the privilege to be invited as a guest on the podcast, 'A Journey with Bernie & Chip' yesterday. What a fabulously fun rollercoaster ride that was. Dozens of topics were...
The Ultimate Problem Solving Sales Strategy!
How to make more sales with problem solving sales solutions. As a representative of my local Chamber of Commerce, I had the opportunity to listen to the Leader of the Opposition in Queensland speak at a lunch event. I am not going to go into politics apart from noting...
5 Tips to Successful Cold Calling
5 Tips to Successful Cold Calling - The Psychology Behind Cold Calling: How to Connect and Convert with Confidence Working with a client this week I was brainstorming ideas for cold calling. In particular how to frame the email or phone call and get past the...
5 Crucial Tips for Crafting High-Impact Presentations in Webinars and Live Events
Learning how to craft high-impact presentations is the next step after learning how to be a confident and skilled speaker. Yesterday's Professional Speaking Workshop for Up-and-Coming Speakers was a hit. I was impressed with the increase in confidence and ability to...
Nail Your Presentations: Overcome Fear of Public Speaking
Read more to discover why it is vital you find ways to overcome fear of public speaking and nail your presentations. " I used to think I was afraid of public speaking, but just now, I realised I was actually afraid of audiences". An old joke but very real for many...
Expand Your Business Reach as a Dynamic Speaker
Expand your business reach as a Dynamic Speaker! This year has started strong with the opportunity to be a guest on three podcasts. One locally and two in the US. A common topic of discussion was to do with how much it helps to expand your business and amplify your...
Master Your Business Discipline with These Proven Strategies
Learn techniques to be more disciplined in life and business. How are you traveling after the holidays? Having spoken with a number of my clients this week, many told me they were struggling with focus. So don't feel too bad if you are pressing the snooze button one...
Forget the Dream
What if I told you to forget the dream? Have you seen comedian, Tim Minchin's speech when he was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Western Australia? If not, make sure you seek it out. Tim is described as, "sublimely talented, witty, smart, and...
Achieve the Impossible: 3 Steps to Manifest Your Dreams Through Goal Setting!
Achieve the Impossible: 3 Steps to Manifest Your Dreams Through Goal Setting! Only a couple more days until we say goodbye to 2023. From conversations I have had with many business owners, they all mention just how intense this year has felt. Many people tell me they...
How to Set and Smash Big Hairy Audacious Goals
Breaking Barriers: How to Set and Smash Big Hairy Audacious Goals Have you set a BHAG for 2024? A big hairy audacious goal! At the recent We Are Women Mastermind Christmas lunch I asked all the ladies attending to say their BGAH aloud to the group. Why? Because when...
Mastering Time: Your Guide to Plan, Schedule, and Achieve More
What are your strengths when it comes to planning, prioritising tasks, goal setting, and scheduling? I was chatting to a client in Canada yesterday who had been ill for a couple of weeks and wanted ideas on how to continue to get things done in her business as a Sole...
7 Secrets to Taking Control of Your Schedule
Learn the 7 Secrets to taking control of your schedule, how to prioritise what is important, and setting goals for success. I promised my grandchildren when they turned 10 I would take them on a trip to Sydney. This week my grandson Nixon and I spent 3 days visiting...
5 Fail-Proof Steps to Crush Daily Goals
Read to learn 5 Fail-Proof Steps to Crush Daily Goals. I have been in pain this week. An excruciating back spasm has meant it has taken me more time and effort to focus on getting the job done than usual. A lot more time and effort. I am on the mend now, but it made...
