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Tag Archives: effective communication skills

Are your Presentations Losing you sales (Issue 21, Vol 04)

By Chris Davidson | Published: January 12, 2012
This Edition of CDCD again deals with presentation skills. This week we are focusing in on the things you could be doing wrong without any knowledge
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Is Technology Blocking Your Message? (Issue 20, Vol 04)

By Chris Davidson | Published: January 10, 2012
Well something is getting business passengers back into aeroplanes – me included – so what is it? Why in these days of reliable, high capacity, high-performance networks, supporting simultaneous e-mail, phone calls, online chat, video conferencing and streaming would we bother with something as old-fashioned, quaint and expensive as face-to-face meetings? This is the answer is: because they work. And what's more, they do so much better than the alternatives.
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Are YOU selling YOUR competitor’s product by mistake? (Issue 19, Vol 04)

By Chris Davidson | Published: January 5, 2012
In this edition of CDCD I look to help you answer the question “Why doesn’t your customer buy from you?” Is your sales message as efficient as it could be, does it say enough to convince consumers to choose you and not just one of your competitors?
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Why YOU should care about what YOUR customer cares about (Issue 16, Vol 04)

By Chris Davidson | Published: December 27, 2011
A short Story highlighting the importance of understanding Customers' Thoughts, feelings and opinions
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Magic tips from successful business people (Issue 06, Vol 04)

By Chris Davidson | Published: December 15, 2011
Taking these Top Tips as the starting points for setting your business on a firm foundation, I thought it would be useful to reflect on ways in which you could bring more 'power to your elbow' regarding some of these valuable points
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How to really mess up your brand (Issue 04, Vol 04)

By Chris Davidson | Published: December 13, 2011
To real world examples showing how brand image and reputation were significantly damaged through inappropriate use of social media
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A lesson in exceptional marketing (Issue 03, Vol 04)

By Chris Davidson | Published: December 8, 2011
'krave' is a cereal by Kellogs, this post describes their fantastic use of social media in their new campaign.
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How good public speaking builds your brand (Issue 02, Vol 04)

By Chris Davidson | Published: December 6, 2011
An article Detailing the importance of public speaking and the common pitfalls that can occur with staff.
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Two tools to keep you on track (Issue 01, Vol 04)

By Chris Davidson | Published: December 1, 2011
To tools you may or may not of come across which can help you improve the quality of strategic planning you do for your business
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The importance of getting your point across (Issue 31, Vol 03)

By Chris Davidson | Published: November 24, 2011
More by good fortune than good management, it turned out that all three guests on my radio show this Wednesday made highly connected points. The fact that they did so from different perspectives added to the overall impact of their messages.
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