April, 2006Archive for

Calling all Financial Traders!

Calling all Financial Traders! I went to a cocktail party the other week and met a financial trader who worked in The City. We were talking generally about the use of the phone and how it could be used to influence key individuals to attain specific business outcomes. He then went on to say how important it was in his work to be able to call fund managers about particular investment opportunities and raise their interest. Nearly all the time this would have to be done by leaving a voicemail mes...
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The ROI of your calls!

I was making my usual new business development calls this morning and my little girl who is five was working on the computer nearby. Suddenly she looked up and said "why daddy you make "loads" of calls?!" So I said "that if Daddy does this it will make money and we can buy the things we need or want!" "I see" she said and went back to her computer. It reminded me of a recent presentation I made to a local business club when one of the attendees came up at the end and said you are absolutely rig...
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