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Select with care
• Synergy
• Common ground
• Win – Win
• Productivity
• LISTEN
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Establish Purpose
Beware The Time Waster:
“A person who either consciously or
unconsciously tries to engage you in a
fruitless investment of your
energy, time, money or attention.”
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Time
• Suitable to both parties
• Set an end time
Place
• Comfortable
• Private
Honesty
• No Sales
• Realistic about offer
Scheduled
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Prepare Agenda
Like any other meeting
• Introductions
• Increase productivity
• Key points for discussion
• Questions
• Wrap-up
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Keep on Track
Value your R.O.E
• Keep to the subject matter
• Preferred clients
• Clients in common
• Referral preferences
• Park irrelevant chat
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“…connect to your customers and
stand out from the rest of the pack…”
• The main reason a person would buy from you
• The message that communicates why a customer
should choose your product or service
• The difference between you and your competitors
• Creates value for a customer segment
through a distinct mix of elements
catering to that segments need
Value Proposition
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Know, Like & Trust
People buy from people they:
Know
• Be congruent
• Be clear
Like
• Be the most authentic you
• Be compelling
Trust
• Be consistent
• Be constant
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Agree Actions
Be consistent with everything you do
• SMART actions
• Under promise
• Be frank
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Follow - up
• Summarise
• Next steps
• Connections
• Referrals
• Additional meetings
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Your One 2 One
Establish Purpose – The outcomes you are seeking
Schedule Time – Chose a quiet private place
Agenda – List all the areas to be discussed
Keep on Track – Avoid general chit-chat
Value Proposition – Main reason clients buy from you
Know, Like, Trust - Be honest, open and realistic
Agree Actions – What happens next?
Follow-up – Absolutely no point unless you follow-up
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Individuality
Personality-based brands
create polarization
• People either love you or hate you
• The people that love you, REALLY, love you
• The people that hate you, well, who cares
• They were never the right fit anyway
Editor's Notes
One to one meetings are all part of the business to business networking process and here’s how to get the most out of this essential relationship building technique.In a roomful of people your goal is most likely to make contact with a number of people and to make an assessment as to whether it is worth developing a relationship further. If this is the case then you will most likely want to schedule time in private at a later date, to find out more about each other in more detail
But think carefully before you agree to meetings with everyone you meet…you could end up spending an awful lot of time unproductively.
Value Proposition: The collection of products and services a business offers to meet the needs of its customers. According to Osterwalder, (2004), a company's value proposition is what distinguishes itself from its competitors. The value proposition provides value through various elements such as newness, performance, customization, "getting the job done", design, brand/status, price, cost reduction, risk reduction, accessibility, and convenience/usability. .
Consistency - be consistent with everything you do. Your users/subscribers/visitors/prospectives should have a similar experience with you every single time (think Starbucks)Congruency - make it all work together. If your website is pink, frilly and girly but in person you’re uber-conservative, people are going to say, “WTF? This doesn’t make sense – I don’t trust this.”Clarity - when people meet you (in-person, online etc.) they should immediately get a sense of what you’re all about and what business you’re in. If not, you’ll lose them fast.Communicate – this goes back to the “know” factor. You have to communicate, communicate, communicate. Don’t worry about the word “marketing” if this makes you uneasy (although it shouldn’t). Just focus on letting people know what you do. Strive to find at least 1-3 people a day that you can tell about your business.Compelling – make your message really interesting, informative and inspiring and you’re goldConstant – you can’t build the know, like and trust factor if you are around one minute and gone the next. Strive for regular, ongoing communication vs. short bursts. If your message is valuable, it’s not spamming.
Most effective personality-based brands create polarization 1. distinctive or unique character or personality a work of great individuality2. the qualities that distinguish one person or thing from another; identity3. the state or quality of being a separate entity; discreteness
