Business Mastermind Groups offer Confidence, progress & results
March 20, 2009
Welcome back!
Clients don’t want excuses.
Clients may sympathise about your divorce, or the kids being ill, or your house being repossessed, but only one thing matters to them.
You do what you say you are going to do.
Some people are forgiving, and may turn a blind eye on occasion if you fail to perform.
Clients need and want confidence to know that they are dealing with a supplier that understands and can fix their problems.
Clients need and want a means of holding you accountable, (and you, them !!! ).
They want to see progress, having engaged you !
Clients want results !
Business Mastermind Group: Do you know your numbers?
March 20, 2009
How much revenue do you require in a year to give you the lifestyle you want?
knowing your margin, per sale, how many sales do you need to give you the revenue you want?
How many proposals do you need to submit to give you the sales you want?
How many prospects do you have to quotebefore you get a quote/proposal accepted?
How many appointments do you need to give you the prospects you need to submit?
How many calls do you need to make, events you need to attend, talks you need to give, or PPC click you need to generate, emails you need , ad respondents, or site visitors you need to generate in order to get one appointment?
You may even want to check out the 3 Minute Marketing Audit.
Fraser
Mastermind Groups offer proactive support to their members
March 20, 2009
If you’re waiting for it all to come to you, I’m afraid you’ll have a long wait.
Have a look at Google Blogsearch and set up some alerts using keywords for your industry or the service you provide.
If you’re looking for a job, visit some of the larger job sites and and set up some alerts using keywords for the type of position you want.
Sign up to trade journals, or vist bestezines.com and subscribe to ezines that might interest you.
Visit the blogs of other experts in your field, and keep abreast of what’s happening in your field.
Take a look at Digg, technorati, Delicious, Propellor, Stumbleupon and see what the buzz is
Personal Initiative is one of the keys to success.
As Dave Thomas once said..” A little initiative will improve your luck nine days out of ten”.
Recession? What recession?
Your mortgage payment is at the lowest it’s probably ever been.
There are more online social networks and ways of meeting like minded people than you’ve ever had before.
There are more online tools, resources and websites to help you find, search for, or even be notified of opportunities.
mastermind support - How do you face life’s challenges?
March 20, 2009
Are you doing what you have to do, or what you want to do ?
Are you “on purpose”, “on course” or just reacting to opportunities and events?
Are you facing “resistance” in key areas of your life and business, or are you in your “flow”?
Are you at a “crossroads” in readiness for a change, or are you on fire, in your “flame”?
Many people find themselves victims of circumstance. Many people turn their passion into service to others.
Some monetise that passion, and live a life long dream.
Others spend their entire life searching.
There are hundreds, if not thousands of people need what you have to offer. Question is, are you finding them and reaching them?
Some say that when you apply the wisdom and knowledge you have accumulated, there are few obstacles or challenges that you are unable to overcome.
Are you getting the results you want in key areas of your life and business, or is it time for a change?
What contibutes to the “resistance”, and what contributes to being in your “flow”?
Curious.
Business Mastermind Group: The Results Academy
March 20, 2009
What do you want from a Business Mastermind Group?
Most people want 3 things:
Confidence.
Confidence to know they are in good company. Confidence to know they can get answers to questions and advice as and when they need it. Members of a Business Mastermind Group need to have confidence that all members in the group are prepared to help each other and help each other work towards specific goals and objectives individually, and collectively.
Progress.
By identifying strengths and weaknesses, and by helping and assisting each other, members of the group can do begin to start generating progress towards their goals and objectives. Once progress commences, and is regularly reviewed with the help of the group or an individual coach or mentor, progress can begin to happen in leaps and bounds.
Results.
The Results Academy is all about generating results. Results for each member of the Business mastermind group. Whether it’s marketing results online and driving traffic to your site, getting more sales proposals accepted, generating more referrals or simply addressing the problems, issues and challenges highlighted in our 3 Minute Marketing Audit, Results matter, and is what everyone wants.
For more information on joining, starting or managing a Business Mastermind Group in your area then please don’t hesitate to contact us.
Marketing Plans: What to put in them?
March 20, 2009
Now imagine, if the majority of it was done for you, just waiting for you to fill in the blanks.
There’s also now, a whole collection of FREE marketing tools in the Results Business Mastermind Group on Ecademy.
Who knows what could happen with our 100th member within a week…
Fraser
Fraser J. Hay
Elevator Pitch: How to qualify your prospects
March 18, 2009
Ever been on the phone and you wanted or needed to articulate how you can help a prospect or at the very least, persuade them to listen to you.
Or, perhaps you’ve been to a networking event and someone asks you “What do you do?”
You could use this format for creating an elevator pitch…
” We help [Job title1], [job title2] and [job title3], of [organisations in a specific niche], who suffer from [problem1], [problem2] or get stressed about [problem3] and help them to [benefit1], [benefit2] and [benefit3]. ”
Chances are, the majority of your competitors probably say what they do, and tend to talk about what they know, have or go into great detail of their delivery process, instead of Whom they actually help, why and what the prospect will actually get as a result.
If that is the case, think about how you can turn this to your advantage.
The elevator pitch can be used to help target and qualify prospects, and can be used on business cards, voice mail, online profiles, and other places, where prospects can say “that’s me.” or “I have that problem”.
Are you using social media to promote your services?
March 18, 2009
Social Media sites are amongst the highest traffic ranking sites on the internet, and many contain millions, even tens of milions of members. They can help get you noticed, especially if you create a profile on them.
By creating a profile/account on social media and social bookmarking sites, you can help to direct traffic to your site, and in particular your blogs.
Many of the search engines love them, but think how you can use your profile on these sites to pre-qualify your prospects.
Which of the following list do you use?
http://del.icio.us/
http://www.facebook.com/
http://www.jumptags.com/
http://multiply.com/
http://www.newsvine.com/
http://simpy.com/
http://www.stumbleupon.com/
http://www.bibsonomy.org/
http://bookmarksync.com/
http://digg.com/
http://www.furl.net/
http://linkatopia.com/
http://hubpages.com/
http://www.propeller.com/
http://www.slashdot.com/
http://www.technorati.com/
http://www.blinklist.com/
http://www.connotea.org/
http://www.diigo.com/
http://www.google.com/bookmarks
http://www.mixx.com/
http://myweb.yahoo.com/
http://reddit.com/
http://www.spurl.net/
http://twitter.com/
http://www.squidoo.com/
http://www.mybloglog.com
Are there any others, you recommend?
Business Mastermind Group
March 12, 2009
Ecademy Blackstar Testimonials of Fraser Hay
March 12, 2009
“Fraser’s lead generation, marketing, mentoring and idea generation systems are the most thorough and best value anywhere in the market. He beats his US counterparts hands down in terms of value and ease of implementation. The bite size pieces in which he teaches you to apply what you need, the quality of the data you produce, the accuracy of your tests and the ease with which his material helps you become a supercharged marketing engine is outstanding in content and value. Frankly, given the choice of using these resources or one’s you’d pay more or less for, Fraser’s is the best and easiest to use by far. The level of detailed thinking he helps you go through to develop yourself, your business and your wealth, leaves you with no excuses for not achieving your ambitions and goals. His public speaking leaves you breathless and wanting more.”
