April 2009
      In this issue

Welcome
Ways Technology Saves Money
Use Testimonials to Win Sales
The Tale of Two Dogs
Meet the Team
Just for Laughs
 

Welcome

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7 Ways Technology Saves Money
reprinted with permission from the Microsoft Small Business Center
By Jeff Wuorio

Every small business owner knows that new technology can be pricey.

But technology can also pay in the form of significant savings-particularly over the long haul.

Savings from technology isn't just a matter of plugging in a new gizmo and watching the cash roll in. You have to evaluate your priorities and choose the right technology that meets your operating and budgetary requirements.

With that approach in mind, here are seven ways that technology can save your small business money:


Use Testimonials to Attract Prospects and Win Sales
By Kendra Lee

In today’s economy you need every advantage in your sales kit. Prospects are scrutinizing all requests for their time and each purchase decision. You want to pass their piercing investigation but the sales tools you’ve used in recent years aren’t cutting it. You need something more, and testimonials are the answer. They can be the difference maker in not just winning opportunities but also in attracting attention in the first place.

Testimonials are your clients’ stamp of approval. They provide an independent perspective that gives prospects insight into how you work, how effective your solutions are, and the results others have experienced through engaging you.

Recently, a client we’ve worked with over the past 5 months was at a conference where I was speaking. He’s highly respected among the community and people stop and listen to his suggestions. He’s been so pleased with the sales training and consulting support we’re providing his sellers and managers, that every time he saw me, he walked up and expounded on it to the people nearby. He went on and on about his team’s comments and results he’d seen. He ended by telling people that they needed to hire us, too.

The business his testimonial drove was huge, all because of his effusive endorsement. You can get the same results by exposing your prospects to your delighted clients. They’re dying to sing your praises, and see you and your company excel, if only you’d ask.

Here are 4 Quick Steps to adding exuberant testimonials to your sales kit:


The Tale of Two Dogs
A reminder about the benefits of positive reinforcement
Used with permission of Joel H. Weldon & Associates, Inc.
http://www.SuccessComesInCans.com

As a first time dog owner, he failed. He would call, “Ginger!” but Ginger wouldn’t respond. She continued wandering and sniffing bushes, as dogs are wont to do, and only return when she wanted to, which was neither soon nor quick enough to suit him. And when she did come back, he was furious. He would grab her collar, shake her and yell, “BAD dog! You come when I call!” But she gradually became even less inclined to respond and he grew more frustrated, until one day he left the dog on a friend’s farm where she could run free.

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Meet the Team

What character from a television show would you want to be?"

Colin: Mike Rowe, Dirty Jobs
Corinne: Chuck, Pushing Daisies
Craig: Ari Gold, Entourage
Jay: Emerson, Pushing Daisies
Jennifer: Starbuck, Sci-Fi’s BSG
Joe: Sonny Crockett, Miami Vice
Mary: Jill Munroe, Charlie’s Angels
Stephen: Kermit the Frog
Tarah: Catherine Willows
Tim: Urkel
Trevor: The Bachelor

 

The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.

-- Winston Churchill
 

 

Just for Laughs


 

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