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I have close to forty years of experience in advertising and graphic design; I am strategic, creative and versatile. If you want to improve your business I am dogged in pursuit of results.
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Website. Social media. Advertising. Notes on the bulletin board at the local grocery. Business meetings. Posters, postcards, business cards. It depends on your business.
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Website. Social media. Advertising. Notes on the bulletin board at the local grocery. Business meetings. Posters, postcards, business cards. It depends on your business.
If you havn't , blog about the trips you yourself have taken and what made them so memorable. Add some suggestions for new places to eat and drink based on online searches, or reach out to people in those cities (concierges? other travel agents you can work with who might want to know about the...
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If you havn't , blog about the trips you yourself have taken and what made them so memorable. Add some suggestions for new places to eat and drink based on online searches, or reach out to people in those cities (concierges? other travel agents you can work with who might want to know about the city you live in now?) who can recommend little out-of-the-way places.
Part of what is going on is that you are focusing on your feelings about the calls, and how terrified you are of making them; probably also that you are afraid of what those people will think of you; maybe other things.
Look around the room you're in. Turn your head slowly from side to side....
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Part of what is going on is that you are focusing on your feelings about the calls, and how terrified you are of making them; probably also that you are afraid of what those people will think of you; maybe other things.
Look around the room you're in. Turn your head slowly from side to side. Make sure there aren't any saber-toothed tigers in there with you, that the ceiling is well-supported, that there are no pigmies with blow-guns hidden in the office plants. (What's going on is your "fight-or-flight" systems are in overdrive. These actions will calm them down.)
Then say to yourself, "I'm not going to die."
Also realize that the people you are going to call are probably not truly "cold-calls." I would imagine that there are reasons that you are calling them and that they might be interested in what you have to offer.
When you've calmed down a little, make a call.
(Geez, I'm realizing you could even have your opening line be something like, "I'm scared to death to make this call, but I want to talk to you about...")
If the person is rude, don't take it personally. Maybe they are just having a bad day. But I bet most of the time if you truly have something useful to offer they will at least hear you out.
Once you've made one call, make another. The first one is always the hardest.
Finally, you might want to try something like the Landmark Forum. An awesome program where in three days and an evening you can get at some of the things that cause all that fear. But don't let signing up for a program get in the way of making those calls.
Inaction magnifies fears. Actions overcome fears.
Connection. How well you connect with someone, and then how well you perform for them, makes all the difference.
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Connection. How well you connect with someone, and then how well you perform for them, makes all the difference.