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How to fall back in love with your Job

It’s important to love our jobs because at least half of our hours awake are spent at work. It will be very difficult to invest in our careers and be truly great if we’re not into what we do, one would not seek extra training, certification, seminars and so forth. It’s hard to imagine spending extra time outside work investing in something that one doesn’t like. That said, even exciting jobs have boring days. When you’re doing the same tasks, going to the same office and working with the same people day in and day out, you’re bound to fall in a rut on occasions. We can get out of this rut by taking tasks that makes us feel motivated and absorbed, taking up projects to give us exposure of tasks and departments outside our normal role. Surrounding ourselves with energetic people in the office and within…

7 Ways to Capture Someone’s Attention

You might be the hardest worker in your organization, and the one everyone wants on their team – but if you’re not in people’s thoughts, then you’ll be passed up for new projects, additional responsibilities, awards, and promotions. That’s why you need to be visible at work! People can often overlook your efforts, even if you consistently work hard. If this happens to you, it’s up to you to get noticed and stay in their thoughts, so you can keep moving toward your career goals. Become a specialist in areas that are important to your organization. Build a network of allies, network inside and outside of work, track your accomplishments, and take on additional responsibilities whenever possible. The most effective employees, managers, and executives are the ones who use  triggers to shine a spotlight on their ideas, projects, and teams. Understanding the science of attention is a prerequisite to success in the information…

Why you should choose Yellow Pages Kenya

If you are looking for brand visibility look no further. Yellow Pages Kenya is able to deliver great platforms that offer the opportunity to inform the market about your products and services. Here’s why:  We are credible, the two fingers are internationally recognized  We are reliable always on 24/7, 365 days a year.  Our Print directories circulation is great 167,000 annual copies  Our classifications cater for all business categories  Our pricing is very competitive.  Our print products have a shelf life of 12 months  We have all Kenyan businesses covered, our National reach is evident  We have great partnerships e.g. with Google Kenya  Our online platform has refreshed content  We have localized searches  Our Keyword options are unique and affordable  Our listings are well detailed with full company information  We have a great APP, move with us…

5 Qualities that Top Sales Teams have in Common

1. High Rated Sales Quality Top performing sales teams purpose to rate themselves way higher than underperforming ones. Twice as many salespeople and sales leaders at high-performing sales organizations rate their organization as excellent as compared to those working in average and underperforming organizations. They are proud of their brand and walk shoulder high in confidence of their organization. They also take much pride in the quality of their sales. 2. Employment of a well structured sales process A good sales process is a tool in the success of any sales organization. The sales process is a guide in what to do, when, where and even how. To performing sales organizations have sales processes that are flexible, closely monitored, strictly enforced, encourage accountability and even automated. Yellow Pages Kenya prides itself in a clear well documented sales process and a good support tool known as Sales Force that not only…

How To Find Your Most Productive Hours

How To Find Your Most Productive Hours We all have 24 hours in a day. But not all hours are created equal. Sometimes an hour is enough to blaze through a massive project, and other times all you manage is to tiredly send a couple of unimportant emails. Motivational speakers, performance coaches, and CEOs advocate finding and leveraging your peak hours of the day as the key to being more productive. Following a schedule that utilizes your most productive work hours will ensure that the important projects receive the energy investments they deserve. Here’s an official plan to help you harness those productivity power hours: 1. Follow The (Ultradian) Rhythm Like anything in nature, humans run in cycles. The growing body of research on ultradian rhythms – 90-120 minute cycles that run within the 24- hour circadian day – suggests that our day is driven by cycles that affect how alert and productive we are. At…

How to Separate the Personal and Professional on Social Media

Let’s face it: social media is risky. A single unfortunate post can throw a career off track. And yet in an era in which younger workers are connected with an average of 16 co-workers online and where 40% to 60% of hiring managers use social media to screen potential hires, it is simply not reasonable to stay off social media entirely. So how can we balance the personal and professional online? The increasing adoption of social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedInpresents an interesting quandary for people who want to use social media for both personal (keep in touch with family and friends) and professional (network with colleagues) purposes. Do you juggle separate personal and business profiles for each of these networks? Or should you use one account that merges both your professional “brand” image and your personal life? How you should use these social networks depends on your objectives and comfort with…

Yellow Pages ad sales, having trouble getting an appointment

Hi everyone, I started this week selling for a yellow page advertising company. Today was my first full day of prospecting, I called roughly 50 companies on the telephone and visited about 20 in person out in the field and no appointments. This isn’t my first time in b2b sales so I know starting out is tough but I don’t think I every hit this many contacts without an appointment. 6 or 7 told me to call in a week or so but that’s about it. Just wondered if anyone else here is in advertising sales and has any advice on good cold calling techniques. Here is what I do. I try to be very breif in my opening statement, tell them who I am, how I can benefit their business, and ask for an appointment. I’m very casual and laid back as to not sound like a scripted telemarketer.…

The Biggest Mistakes Made in Hiring Sales People

This article was originally published by quickbase.intuit.com Companies typically spend more hiring their sales forces than any other function in an organization, yet sales managers often aren’t adept at assessing the right skills to make good hires. It’s time to turn that around in order to drive better bottom-line results. If you want people in the field to understand your strategic initiatives and demonstrate behaviors that will drive profitable growth, then there must be a clear roadmap to drive that alignment, says Frank Cespedes, author of “Aligning Strategy and Sales: The Choices, Systems, and Behaviors That Drive Effective Selling.” He discusses the issue with Anita Bruzzese in the second part of this interview that looks at hiring and how sales will be affected by an improving economy. AB: When it comes to hiring the kind of sales people that will help organizations to better align strategy and sales, what should hiring…

What’s holding women back?

This Article was originally published by the economist.com by E.W  Jan 23rd 2015, 16:36 | WASHINGTON, DC IN 2015 the promise of gender equality seems closer than ever. A new report by the Pew Research Centre shows that the majority of Americans think women are just as capable of being good political and business leaders as men. They are perceived as indistinguishable from their male peers when it comes to leadership qualities such as intelligence and capacity for innovation. On other qualities—honesty, fairness, compassion and willingness to compromise—many Americans actually judge women as superior. It’s tempting to read the report as a sign of progress. After all, the 114th Congress includes a record number of women (104) serving in the House and Senate. On the corporate front, 26 women now lead as CEOs of Fortune 500 companies; that’s up from zero in 1995. But, in fact, the 104 congresswomen only make…

The Biggest Facebook Posts of 2015 and What We Can Learn From Them

For Social Media Today by Andrew Hutchinson The Biggest Facebook Posts of 2015 and What We Can Learn From Them | Social Media TodayThe process of ‘doing’ Facebook got a whole lot tougher in 2015. Organic reach is way down, video views are way up, and Facebook itself is doing its utmost to convince more brands to forget their own blogs and pages and conduct all their business on their network instead. Better reach, better mobile experience – what’s not to like? Working out the best way to utilize Facebook is becoming more complex, with the sheer amount of options available – from ads to Page tools – growing every day. There are ways to ‘win’ at Facebook, there are ways to achieve great results, both organic and paid, but there’s a lot more to consider, and a lot more to learn. With this in mind, it’s worth taking a moment to…

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