dinsdag 16 november 2010

Persuade People Effectively - The Sales First Step of Success

How can you persuade people effectively and easily? Many businessman and sales person wants to know this very secret of persuading people easily.

Are you one of this army who really wants to persuade clients easily the first time you meet them?

Well, if you are, I think you need to learn these first simple steps on how to get clients and bring them easily to your way of thinking.

As you involved your life in the world of business, it is very difficult to take the first step especially when you don't have any idea on what to do. This first step is very important because this will be your starting point in your sales success.

I have here the first steps of success. These persuasive steps that I will be sharing to you will be applicable by the time you started persuading your clients.

First is waiting for the right timing.

Perfect timing can really give you a perfect success. By the time you persuade your client, don't be in a hurry, you also need to look for the right and perfect timing in asking your client and especially in closing your deal. I know You don't want to close your deal when your client still don't understand about what you are selling to him because I'm very much sure that you client will not buy your product. Even though how much time you take, wait for the right time to take a shot.

The next is be polite, charismatic, and also always smile and be cheerful when you face your clients.

This second step is also important because your facial expression and appearance can also be one of the factors that can draw your client to talk to you and listen to your sales persuasion.

Another step is always getting your clients attention.

Always focus to your client's attention that he will remain his eyes to you. If you can't get your clients attention, he might not here all the important things about what you are selling. Your goal in persuading them is for them to accept and understand what you are selling. One way of getting your clients attention is to show them all the benefits of what you are telling them. Tell them how this services or products can benefit them. I believe all clients wants those things that where they can get a lot of benefits.

Last step is to prepare yourself for any contradiction and always be ready for any ideas that you may not have thought in the first place.

This situation is really very common to all, and that's why you always prepare yourself for all unexpected circumstances that your client might brought to you.

To be able to perfectly learn the power of persuasion to persuade people, you need an expert to teach you these things.

Influence and Persuasion - The Power of Subconscious Communication

As psychologists further explore the still largely unknown workings of the human brain, more and more is discovered about subconscious thinking and its powerful role within influence and persuasion.   We all experience forms of subconscious thought.  "Eureka" moments when unresolved questions are suddenly answered. Completing the last stretch of a long journey on "auto pilot."  Brand logos, product strap lines, roadside hoardings, TV commercials, product placement in TV programmes all use peripheral or subconscious communication. They anchor images, sounds and thoughts in our minds, and subsequently trigger off "impulse" buying decisions.

The next time you pass McDonald's notice how you will actually experience the taste of a burger. Music teachers and sports psychologists coach their students into a state of unconscious competence. It's just not possible to repeat all the complex mental and physical elements that combine in an instant to perform a brilliant shot. Top tennis players and golfers achieve this excellence through being in "the zone." They practice and perform all the physical elements of a brilliant shot over and over again, storing a coded memory into their brains. They anchor that coded memory with a thought or "ritual", and apply that thought or "ritual" to trigger the coded memory into action. In the entertainment world, hypnotists and illusionists use deft skill to fix attention in a distracting way, whilst implanting subconscious thoughts via imagery, gestures and words. Thoughts which they subsequently "mind read!"

How can we explain it?     
   
Things we learn are stored away in our memory rather like data being stored in folders on our computer's hard drive. Millions of thoughts, feelings, memories, responses etc., are "filed" in billions of neurons. Chemicals "wire up" these neurons, and the brain "works" by the transmission of electrical impulses in a vast and complex electro-chemical network. When the brain receives a message it scans the "files" for meaning; similar to the search functions of a computer. However just as we find with computer searches, or predictive text on mobile telephones, the brain anticipates intended meaning and takes short cuts to what it thinks is meant. Especially interesting is the discovery that the non-conscious part of this "database" could be 10 billions times larger than the conscious part. Just how the mind scans, and the way we think, feel and respond is largely determined by the existence and health of the "wiring" chemicals. Significantly, as well as sleep, exercise, and nutrition this chemical state is also affected by external stimuli. Linked to this we now learn that information enters the memory simultaneously through channels independent of conscious thinking; with a "preconscious processing" that is faster smarter and significantly more efficient in the interpretation of stimuli and the triggering of emotional  reactions.

So what are the key lessons to learn and work with?

    * The old law is true!  90% of interpretation of meaning is through visual and auditory stimuli.
    * As we engage the conscious attention of our audience the unconscious channel is equally attentive.
    * Be visually congruent with your intended meaning through facial expression, body language, dress, animation, colour, light, presenter support, environment.
    * Be audibly congruent with your intended meaning through voice pitch, pace, diction, tone of voice, breathing pattern,  volume, accompanying music, environment.
    * Metaphors and analogies and generalised language will unconsciously encourage consideration.
    * Presuppositions and postive leading language will unconsciously encourage agreement.
    * The unconscious channel is more open to consider, and will have the final say!

zondag 31 oktober 2010

Leadership Secrets to Persuade People - Getting Things Done Through Others

By Maynard Brusman

Are you working in an organization which values leaders capable of influencing others? Do the leaders in your organization focus more on logic and reason than emotion when attempting to persuade others?

One of the most powerful questions one can ask oneself is Am I relying on logic and reason more than emotion when influencing people? Exceptional leaders persuade others by appealing to emotion.

Are you good at influencing people at work? Do you focus on what would persuade other people rather than yourself? Are you passionate about focusing on influencing people to achieve significant goals at work that emotionally engage your people?

Getting Things Done Through Others

Personal and organizational success hinges on how well you persuade people to willingly follow your directions. Your boss may give you specific powers, but execution and results come from successfully influencing others.

So, what have we learned about the process of persuasion that we did not know before? What does brain science tell us about the natural processes of decision-making and being influenced? What can we learn to become better persuaders?

Actually, we have discovered a great deal in the last 10 to 15 years about how the human brain processes information. With the recent advent of live, real-time brain-imaging technology, we can now look at what happens inside the brain as we process information, make decisions and respond to others.

It is important to emphasize that our brain is not similar to a computer. Author and neuroscientist Richard Restak, MD, puts it this way:

* We are not thinking machines, we are feeling machines that think.
* Your brain is not a logic machine. As it turns out, emotions and feelings about something or someone occur before you have made any attempt at conscious evaluation.

Working with a seasoned executive coach trained in emotional intelligence and incorporating leadership assessments can help you become a leader who gets things done through people. You can become a leader who models emotional intelligence, and who inspires people to become happily engaged with the strategy and vision of the company.


zaterdag 25 september 2010

Overtuigingstechnieken: Respectvol beïnvloeden

For most of us call the word ' influence ' mixed reactions.
Much as we influence have , we are especially on guard for themselves unaffected . manipulate we a dirty word , and manipulated is the last thing we are after. In his latest book explains Jan van der Vurste in great detail how you respectful can influence .

The basic thesis is simple : if you're in a relationship no authority or power have over someone, will your impact be greatest when the other an ally is : first line , then send . That seems obvious , but in reality working we are always quickly in trouble if we something done want to get .
As an experienced consultant illustrates Jan Van der Vurste in his book all positions with numerous examples. It refers both to famous movie scenarios to business cases, and very recognizable situations and everyday life . Simultaneously substantiates his claims with a whole series of research findings from neurophysiology and experimental social psychology. That integrates so strong and enlightening, that I almost in one breath kept reading , looking for the explanation of intentional and non - intentional behavior of myself and others.

Before going into the targeted effect in organizations , Van der Vurste dwell on the importance of self-knowledge . What we through our mental eye see , responds to two laws: what our glasses fit imposes itself , and what does not fit , we filter away . So we more and more what we advance already believe. Perhaps there is a reality that we do not know and can not know just because we do not believe. Here is what to do. A better understanding of how our autopilot most of what we do not hear the necessary preparatory self-knowledge . Once you understand how priming works , you can the autopilot itself adjust .

In the second part of the book read to what buttons you as to navigate the minds of people in the direction that you're desirable. That smells like abuse , but how uncomfortable this idea is, each of the issues controls has effectively that behavior. Actually there is nothing wrong with that. If do your ideas not sell can bring , then you might as well not have . And if you know what effect you achieve with a person if you him a compliment give about what you to him really appreciate , it is pity to about it say nothing . By sympathy and authority to develop , create trust. Only then can you build alliances , and get you thinking and the behavior of partners influence . That is the way that Jan Van der Vurste moving forward and expert argues .

Many books on leadership and influence rising with difficulty above 'Do this, do sister , do so ' . This book contains many tips, but underpinned with countable experiments in social psychology . I thought it was a book that sympathy evokes and radiates authority . It also told me that these characteristics result : yes , to respectful influence and be influenced. And it did.

More info :
" Respectful influence of right to be right , " Jan Van der Vurste ,
Standard Publishing