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| "Fruits of success style" pocket diary from WH Smith |
The film is mostly about his love stories but there are moments when we
see some of his professional work.
One of his struggles is
on deciding what the topic for his PhD should be.
Even men of genius it appears from this film
procrastinate.
This may give some
comfort to we ordinary folk as the new calendar year begins and we set our
goals and resolutions for the 2015 !
I doubt we may set our goal of creating
a simple mathematical equation for the " Theory of Selling Everything" but then perhaps........ you never make New Year's resolutions anyway.
They seem like an artificial, stock way to make a
change in your work habits. After all ,if you really want to change, why wait for January ?
Maybe you figure you'd be better off just getting computing ‘patch fixes’- like changes as you go along throughout the year.
Well, has that strategy always served you well?
Waiting until you "felt ready" to change often enabled you to sweep aside goals that were important to you but not time-related SMART goals
Waiting until you "felt ready" to change often enabled you to sweep aside goals that were important to you but not time-related SMART goals
By putting specific, time-bound goals in
place, you are more likely to achieve them.
If you're looking to set resolutions for 2015 but are struggling
with coming up with some solid, achievable ideas, keep on reading. Here nine resolutions you could pick for next year, and give you additional reading and resources to help you actually accomplish them.
1) Master Sales Planning
It might seem like an old-school skill, but knowing how to
plan is
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When you consider your last negotiation in 2014, did you come from a
position of strength or weakness?
How did your tone, mannerisms and body
language support your negotiation or
give you away?
Maybe some refreshment in the skills are in order for 2015.
In last year’s World Economic Forum in Davos there was a
Mindfulness Session each morning held in one of the conference rooms. Some corporations are into it in a big way.
In an interview with Harvard Business Review in April 2014
researcher and consultant Ellen Langer
defined Mindfulness
“Mindfulness is the process of actively noticing new things.
When you do that, it puts you in the present. It makes you more sensitive to
context and perspective.
It’s the essence of
engagement.
And it’s energy-begetting, not energy-consuming. The mistake
most people make is to assume it’s stressful and exhausting—all this thinking.
But what’s stressful is all the mindless negative evaluations we make and the
worry that we’ll find problems and not be able to solve them.”
- Pro Mindfulness – HBR article 2014
- Sceptical 22nd Dec 2014
For several years, you've heard about mobile becoming an
important focus for selling ... but have you truly invested the resources to
learn about mobile, and adapted your marketing strategy accordingly?
If not, spend some time this year developing a mobile
strategy and overhauling your website, emails, social accounts, blog, and any
other online content to be mobile-friendly.
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5)
Read and post on Social Media consistently in 2015.
You've probably heard all the hype about social content already -- you just haven't gotten around to start creating some yourself.
Well, 2015 is the year to do it. As more and more content on the web becomes visual, you're going to need to be able to create the content yourself -- or, if you have a bigger budget, learn to better communicate with contractors and agencies to create it for you. |
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If you're struggling to keep a tight editorial calendar,
then commit to blogging or commenting consistently this year. It doesn't matter if you decide
to blog every two weeks, every week, or every day -- the point here is to pick
a frequency you think you can accomplish, and stick to it.
Once you develop a solid, reliable rhythm, then you can work on increasing the volume.
Once you develop a solid, reliable rhythm, then you can work on increasing the volume.
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If you already have a solid publishing rhythm established,
you might want to take the New Year to look back at your well-performing
content. Take time to identify the posts that perform best for you, and then
figure out how you can squeeze even more juice out of them. In a sense this what this post is doing. Next, apply those
experiments' findings to the posts that are "second tier" -- the ones
that are decently successful, but could be even more so if you optimised them.
Spending time optimising content you've already created can be a great way to keep your evergreen content fresh for readers and search engines.
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7) Prepare a Pech Kucha or Ignite style presentation ready for the call in 2015 ( Elevator speech on steroids)
They have become popular in design, architecture, photography, art and
creative fields, an also in academia.
The idea is becoming is also increasingly popular for Buyers’ Open days where
suppliers are invited to come in and pitch.
An even short type is Ignite whose motto is “Enlighten us but make it quick”
Pecha Kucha a presentation style in which 20
slides are shown for 20 seconds each (6 minutes and 40 seconds in total). The
format, which keeps presentations concise and fast-paced, powers
multiple-speaker events called PechaKucha Nights
An even short type is Ignite whose motto is “Enlighten us but make it quick”
Ignite is a geek
event in over 100 cities worldwide. At the events Ignite presenters share their
personal and professional passions, using 20 slides that auto-advance every 15
seconds for a total of just five minutes.
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Return on marketing investment ROMI ... one of the most notoriously difficult things to measure, but also the key to unlocking growth. So why not make it your New Year's resolution next year?
If you're going to tackle this in the New Year, why not set up a coffee meeting with your counterpart in Marketing within the
first two weeks of the year. To justify your department's impact, you're going
to need to tie your activities to the bottom line -- and your marketing team can
help you do just that. Meeting early and often in the process will be key to
your success.
Are you measuring the necessary metrics to ensure your sales
team are working at optimum level?
e.g. Sales pipeline,
sales revenue, accurate forecasting, leakage in your sales funnel, your win
versus loss rate, uptake on opportunities to up or cross sell, quote/proposal
to close rate.
Resources to Help- Busting Silo mentality of Sales and marketing
- Where does marketing end and selling begin?
- Investigate some of the current proprietary and bespoke CRM systems
No matter what "next" means for you --
changing your title, broadening your experience, getting more responsibilities, starting your own thing --
you can set out to accomplish it this year. While it may take longer than a
year to fully bring off your career goal, setting up a plan for yourself to
make big, life-changing moves isn't a bad thing. If your goal is really gigantic
, try breaking it into a year-over-year plan, and using the first year
plan as the basis for your resolutions.
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Which of these resolutions will you make -- and actually
stick to? What else would you add to the list?
Whatever you decide to action ,Fruits of Success wish you the
very best for 2015
Good selling or as adapt and survive in twenty one five
Good selling or as adapt and survive in twenty one five
“We are all
different – but we share the same human spirit. Perhaps it's human nature
that we adapt – and survive." – Stephen Hawking
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