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How to Get Prospects Lined Up to Talk to You

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Vol. 7 No. 18 - May 4, 2011
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Inside This Issue - Articles Open Access until May 11, 2011
 

  1. Get Prospects to Come to You--Start Podcasting - A RainToday Podcast with Todd Schnick 
  2. Don't Push: Create a Content Marketing System that Pulls Buyers to You - By Joseph Riden 
  3. Promoting Your Business with People Power - By C.J. Hayden 
  4. Your Bad Mood Is Affecting Sales - By Colleen Stanley 
  5. Cold Calling Strategies Kit: How to Turn Cold Calls into Hot Sales Leads - By RainToday


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Get Prospects to Come to You--Start Podcasting - A RainToday Podcast with Todd Schnick

Chasing after prospects is hard work, not to mention miserable, as you try to get through their gatekeepers. But when you produce podcasts, interviewing people in your target market, something changes--prospects come to you. Listen as Todd Schnick, founder of The Intrepid Group, discusses how businesses of any size can--and should--use podcasts to develop new business. Click here to listen.


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Don't Push: Create a Content Marketing System that Pulls Buyers to You - By Joseph Riden

If you're like most service professionals, cold calling prospects is the last thing you want to do. But you have to do something to bring in new business. Consider instead a content marketing system that pulls buyers to you. In part one of this four-part series, Joseph Riden explains how to set up your system and offers content ideas. Click here to continue.

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Promoting Your Business with People Power - By C.J. Hayden, Contributing Editor

In a world overloaded with marketing messages, personal endorsements can be the key to marketing success. Follow this advice from C.J. Hayden to create a word-of-mouth campaign that increases your reputation and sends new business your way. Click here to continue.

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Your Bad Mood Is Affecting Sales - By Colleen Stanley 

It may sound a little "woo woo," but your level of optimism plays a key role in your sales success. Optimistic salespeople sell more, while pessimistic salespeople struggle to make any sales. That's because when people are in a certain mood, that mood is communicated to others. Consider these four traits of optimistic salespeople. Do you have them? Click here to continue.


Cold Calling Strategies Kit: How to Turn Cold Calls into Hot Sales Leads - By RainToday 

Cold calling, especially when it's targeted, can be a tremendously effective sales tactic. This multimedia kit, composed of advice and tools from some of the industry's top experts, takes you step by step through the best strategies for cold calling. Start by understanding the essentials, then use the tools provided to put those techniques to work. Click here to continue. 


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