How to Persuade Your Audience Through Public Speaking

Want to enhance your persuasive public speaking skills? Perhaps you have already spoken before an audience, have given a great speech, have influenced them considerably to your point and have received a standing ovation a few times. Now you wish to improve that foundation you have in persuasive public speaking. Read more

Persuasion Tips To Help You Reach Your Goals

April 10, 2008 by  
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Having exceptional persuasion skills is one of the most essential abilities to possess in today’s fast-paced society. We need the support and cooperation of other people to help us in our goal setting efforts. The saying “No man is an island” is an undeniable truth. Read more

Persuasion Techniques to Handle Difficult Customers

Persuasion techniques are essential to apply in the field of sales and marketing, as dealing with an irrational customer is one of the toughest situations you can tackle. How do you exactly alleviate the fury of a buyer who is livid because of something you, the service or product, or your company failed to perform? This is where influence and persuasion techniques may come in handy.

Because the field of sales is not a walk in the park, there will be times when you will be shouted at, and even hurled harsh words by clients who are not satisfied. Don’t be alarmed. This is a normal situation. And being so, there are ways to rise above them so that you don’t break down, too. Read more

Persuasion Strategies of a Good Leader

February 12, 2008 by  
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The persuasion strategies of a good leader consist of the drive to succeed, preservation of the group, and attainment of a common goal. As a good leader, persuasion is vital to meet the group’s goal or objective. You must have the instinct of incessantly finding yourself seeking fulfillment through directing others to success. Read more

How to Persuade Your Prospect to Make a Commitment

January 14, 2008 by  
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You’ve been in this situation before. You spend an entire afternoon talking animatedly about the merits of this one product you’re trying to sell; and after wasting about a bucket of saliva on the effort, your prospect tells you he cannot possibly find any use for it. Read more

Using Persuasion and Influence to Lead

January 2, 2008 by  
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There is a direct link between persuasion and influence, yet they are not exactly the same thing. Persuasion happens with a person purposely or subliminally trying to get somebody else to agree with him or her. That is, there is obvious and deliberate effort. Read more

Strengthening Your Persuasion Strategy Through Repetition By Michael Lee

December 3, 2007 by  
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Once is enough for the wise man, they say. But in the world of sales and trade, there is no such thing as an arrangement being confirmed just once. In order for you to finally close that deal, you will have to exercise a number of sales techniques and persuasion strategies, and one of the most effective is repetition. Read more

How to Be a Persuasive Salesperson – by Michael Lee

November 23, 2007 by  
Filed under Michael Lee, Persuasion, Sales

If you’re in the business world, perhaps the most challenging part of the entire experience is selling. Indeed, nothing is more nail-biting than waiting for the other party to decide whether he or she agrees with you on the merits of a certain product or not. Read more

Persuasion Tactics in a Person-to-Person Setting

September 23, 2007 by  
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Persuasion is easier to apply during a conversation between two people, as opposed to communicating in front of a group. This is because in a person-to-person setting, the opportunity to better understand the point of view of the other party exists. You can nitpick and delve into every single detail, as opposed to speaking to an audience, where the interaction is usually one sided. Read more

Subliminal Persuasion Techniques

April 24, 2007 by  
Filed under Michael Lee, Subliminal Persuasion

Subliminal persuasion is the way of getting another party to agree with you without outwardly doing so and without the other person noticing that you were trying to persuade him or her. A lot of people do not even notice that they have been won over by a simple smile – thus, making even that a tool for subliminal persuasion. It is essential in becoming an influential leader. Read more