10 Things Bloggers Can Learn From Salespeople

Why on earth should a blogger learn anything from a salesperson? A sales person is someone who rings the doorbell in the dead of the afternoon and bothers people right?

For the most part, yes, the average sales person does get branded as an annoying gnat. However, there are sales people from whom buying something can be entertaining and memorable. These sales people not only make a sale, but create a fantastic impression. Here are 10 things you can learn from such great sales people!

1. They Really Listen

Do you just pitch a product or service without really listening to your potential customer’s needs? A good sales person is not someone who just wants to sell you stuff and make his or her sales average for the day. A good sales person is someone who really listens to you and wants to know about your needs and problems. A good sales person wants to help better your life.

2. They Provide A Great Sale Experience

You must have bought a great many things in your life from salespeople. Some of those transactions must have caused a mute rage in you to pound the salesperson’s head. However, we’re sure you do remember some great, pleasant and even motivating sales experiences. Great sales people know how to create a great experience for you by making you feel at home, taking the time to talk to you, joking with you and cheering up your day.

3. They Establish Great Rapport

Do you go out of your way to make your potential customers feel in synch with you? Do you establish grounds for the same wavelength, creating the notion that you and your customer are alike? This is another great salesperson move. A really great salesperson creates a great rapport with their customers, establishing a common understanding of each other.

4. They Establish Long Term Relationships

A great salesperson does not just make one sale and then ignore their customer. They go out of their way to strive to establish long-term relationships with their prospective customers. They make sure that they ensure their clients’ well being during the long haul. Great salespeople know that their business can flourish only with repeat customers, and therefore they focus on building relationships rather than just achieving numbers.

5. They Don’t Give Up Easily

Great salespeople are tenacious and resilient; they don’t care how many doors are closed on them, they don’t get affected by people who reschedule appointments. They just keep at it, day after day, trying to win over people with newer and better tactics every day. When you hear someone say ‘no’, that’s your cue to keep trying till you make the sale.

6. They Know It Takes Time To Close A Deal

Patience is a skill that great salespeople hone to a battle-hardened edge. All great sales people know it takes time to close a deal; they don’t allow minor refusals to stand in their way or disillusion them. They have the confidence and the patience to wait it out and succeed.

7. They Are Always Closing Deals

Just like successful athletes who absolutely need to win games, successful salespeople absolutely need to close deals. Closing deals is a salesperson’s winning game, something we all understand at a gut level. We all try to win at what we do – whether it is about getting that special date, or that promotion, or get noticed by the boss.

8. They Always Follow Up

Great salespeople don’t just deliver a pitch and sit back on their haunches waiting for you to contact them. They have a finely honed instinct that tells them exactly when and how to follow up. Sales people are always under pressure to deliver and hit the right numbers but they cannot afford to neglect to follow up with their prospects.

9. They Don’t Transfer Their Tension To Prospects

A seasoned and great salesperson is respectful of their prospect. Only really stupid salespeople come across as pushy, aggressive, or disrespectful, showing all their tensions and pressures on the prospect. All salespeople live under pressure but the prospect is not responsible for those. The prospect should only see the suave side of the salesperson and this is what differentiates the mediocre sales people from the really great ones.

10. They Don’t Mind Explaining Product Features Many Times

Not everyone gets it immediately, especially if the product or service needs some level of understanding. An average salesperson will just provide brochures and tutorials and leave it at that, expecting people to use their native intelligence to understand. A great salesperson knows that some people need that additional personal touch and gives it to them. They know how to differentiate between those who need more personal guidance and those who can manage on their own. They make themselves available accordingly.

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How to go about Building an iPhone App

Developing an iPhone app can be an excellent way to generate some extra resources -- but how do you start? While it's not exactly an simple endeavor, it isn't as confusing as you might think.There are a lot of app designers out there who have released a profitable app and created money...without even understanding a bit ofcode!If you have a amazing concept for an app but don't knowledge to get it out there, study on.

Before you get began, you need to be certainyour concept is excellent. Getting it down on newspaper allows you comprehend particularly how you want everything to look, and how you want elements to function. A circulation data is useful for seeing how your keys and displays all hyperlink to one another. When you have your style on newspaper, provide to loved ones and ask them their viewpoint. Would they pay money for this app? Does it seem worthwhile? Enjoyable? Is the way it is installed out and attached together sensible? Does it seem straightforward to use?

Before you begin off building your app, you need to utilize to the Creator Plan so that you can have it proven in the App Keep. It can take several several weeks to get recognized, so doing this now will spend less you time later. If you're going to create the value yourself, you also need to obtain the iPhone SDK 3.0 and drop in! But what if you can't create, or even comprehend code? Don't worry! You've got several alternatives.

If building an iPhone app is something you really want to master, there are lots of courses published for newbies that can help you comprehend how to use Objective-C, Cocoa-Touch and other selection dialects to create your app.

If you don't even want to think about value and you want to get on monitor right away, you may discover firms on the internet who are dedicated to developing iPhone applications. A lot have on the internet progression resources and layouts you can use to create your app, and others will actually develop your app for you. Price varies from one-time or premiums to revenue discussing. On the other hand, you can publish a job on odesk.com or elance.com and take offers from self employed. Regardless of how you go about it, have a look at sources and look at examples of their previously function before you deliver out any money.

When your app is prepared to go, run it through a variety of assessments. Before you publish it to the The apple company store, you need to be absolutely sure that it features perfectly. Once it's App Keep beneficial, publish it to The apple company and also to iPhone app evaluation websites. Developing an iPhone app is merely the starting...if you want it to provide, you've got to get the term out and promote it!

Authors bio :
This post has been written by Arsh Kapoor who is a technology lover and loves to write about technology into his technical blog and also writes on SEO blog. If you also want free guest posts from him then check out his blog for more details.

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Comparision Between Android 4.0 and ios5

As Nowadays hardware is not everything we need a smart OS that is what matter a lot. Day by Day new operating systems are released to improve the customer satisfaction. Let have look into the deep insights of android 4.0 and ios 5.Let's see which one is better.

Android 4.0

The smartest out of them. Android is a platform where you have choice of hardware. Android 4.0 is the best among all of the previous versions. This version comes with standard font, shortcut tray and a task manager which gives a classy feel. But things are very confusing and not at all straight forward. The best part are the widgets which helps you do many things like checking emails, music playback without having a look at the tiresome menus. Social integration is enabled. Android has bad reputation in security factor. Day by day cases of data theft are increasing as hackers are aiming smart phones now.

Overview
If you like to play and want a wide range of hardware choices then android 4.0 is what you are searching for.

iOS 5

5 years and still rocking the world.iOS is the one of the best in concerns of security but you do not get a choice of hardware .iOS is fully featured rich and has thousands of application available. You can find apps for everything from music, pranks, books etc.Apple has its own suite which helps in making presentation, worksheets, documents.You can store all your data on i Cloud which means everything can be backed up even in a data loss. Apple has also enabled the feature of notifications just like android which shows missed calls, unread messages.

Overview
If you want a phone which can do everything as ios is after all made on iPhone and if you don't have a iPhone,you don't have iPhone.
Which one is better? What do you think?

Author Bio:

Aadith sasi is a tech blogger who writes on his blog Techthreat . He also feed at Facebook and twitter @techthreat

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Why Mobile PCs are for work while smartphones are used for play?

Given the choice of a mobile PC or a smartphone which would you choose and why? Perhaps like many other people you would have both, one for work and the other forplay. Or is there already another alternative?

Mobile PCs
A mobile PC has the same functionality and software as a desktop PC but runs on batteries and is fully portable. To truly deliver mobility, their most important function is allowing the user to connect to the Internet wirelessly, via mobile broadband.

The principal classifications of mobile PCs are those of laptop, notebook, netbook and tablet. Each of these sub types has specific definitions, mostly relative to their size, although there is some overlap between the categories. The general guidelines are as follows:

Laptops, notebooks and netbooks all have a similar physical specification in that theyare hinged and when opened up display a screen and separate keyboard. Touch screen versions are available, but are less common.

Today's laptop most commonly has a screen size of approximately 15" and will weigh up to around 10 lbs. Larger screen sizes are available but can become cumbersome to transport although they are popular with the gaming fraternity.

Notebooks are smaller and lighter than laptops with screen sizes ranging from 11" through to 15". They will have the much of the same functionality as their larger counterparts but are likely to be more expensive for a similar specification, reflecting the increased production and component costs.

Netbooks first went on sale in 2008, intended specifically designed for use on the Internet rather than for processing power. Most have screens ranging in size from 10" through to 12" with some models weighing as little as 2 lbs. In terms of processor speed and hard disk capacity, they are of a fairly low specification, but with the advent of cloud computing they are now really coming into their own.

Last but by no means least are tablet PCs. Tablets do not have a lid and feature touch screen operation, using either fingers or a stylus pen. They come in a wide variety of sizes and specification levels.

Smartphones
To all intents and purposes some of the high-specification smartphones now availableare akin to mini PCs in their own right. By definition they are extremely portable, reflecting their heritage as a hybrid between ordinary cell phones and PDAs.

Smartphones use different operating systems to mobile PCs, but with the wide range of 'apps' (software applications) available, they are almost equal in sophistication and functionality. Since some of the major smartphone operating systems (OS) are designed by mainstream players such as Microsoft and Apple, a significant degree of compatibility and interoperability with desktop OS is also present.

Unlike mobile PCs, smartphones allow the user to make phone calls, send text messages (SMS) and even multimedia messages (MMS). They invariably feature a high quality digital camera in addition to Bluetooth, GPS and 3G mobile broadband.

Summary
It is clear that both types of devices have their own advantages and disadvantages in thework/play balance, neither being ideal for every task. However, it is no longer necessary to own two separate devices.

The alternative is yet another hybrid, commonly referred to as a UMPC (Ultra MobilePersonal Computer). UMPCs are larger than smartphones but are far more compact than other variations of the mobile PC.

UMPC screen sizes are generally between 5" and 7" with most weighing a maximum of 1.5 lbs. They are capable of running a full Windows operating system and may be usedin the same way as a cell phone. Almost all are touch screen with some versions also boasting a full pull-out QWERTY keyboard.

The UMPC may provide the answer to true portability and is arguably a glimpse at themobile computing technology of the future.

About the Author:

The above article is composed and edited by Rosette Summer. She is associated with many technology and designing communities.

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BEST DESIGN TIPS TO START A MAGAZINE

BE CONSISTENT

Even if your choice is to break every rule, there has to be a logic behind your choices as a designer. Consistency is not about using similar fonts or layouts throughout the publication; it is all about creating your own personal logic and following it.

In fact, today´s designer´s are creating their own fonts to match the tone, look or topic of a page, so, as long as you have a clue, the magazine´s readers will do as well.

MIND YOUR AUDIENCE

The look of a magazine will make it appealing to a certain audience and unappealing to another. When people often think that it is the content that defines the audience and the design not so much, but people see before they stop to read. If your magazine looks like something that wouldn´t interest them, people will look the other way. It is ALL about first impressions, which brings us to the cover.

DOMINATE THE COVER

The cover is the key element of magazine marketing. This is where most of your designing efforts should go. Your cover design has to be aligned with the magazine´s vision, and it has to use a combination of (short) text and images that is striking, smashing, beautiful, modern, shocking, groundbreaking; in short, it has to be DRAMATIC.

Here is a good example of using a combination of text and images that create great drama. Of course, you don´t need war or danger to create drama. Drama can be in a face and a title, drama can be in a combination of a texture and a font and a certain topic. 

Your goal is to have people not being able to look away from your magazine cover. In terms of photography, you should always go for photos that don´t only look good but also tell a story. If it tells only part of an exciting story, people will be compelled to pick up the magazine, in order to get the rest of that story.

MASTER THE CONTENT-DESIGN DYNAMIC

If you get an article of a million words, and you are asked to create a layout, without any chance of reducing the text, chances are, the text will look crammed into the page. Working closely with the editors means negotiating word counts and spaces as you go. Today, the trend is to leave a lot of white space around text; it creates a cleaner look, and it makes articles easier to read.

In order to make the design of the inside pages of your startup magazine flow, you need to master the dynamic between design and content.

DON¨T UNDERESTIMATE PRINTING

Your most fabulous design efforts will be lost, unless the people at there choice knows what they are doing. When you design professionally, every nuance in color shades, every variation in paper counts.

Your safest bet is to advice your employer to hire only the best printing company and then work closely with them during the mockup and proofing phase to ensure optimum quality.

MIND YOUR COLOR SCHEME

The trend today is to use basic colors from the spectrum of light. Basic colors can make a bold statement. 

I love this grayscale example from CHROMATIC magazine. Simple fonts, simple and perfect composition, text that combines with photo to tell a story, some headlines that create mystery and might excite your curiosity, i.e. Lowercase People; all of this elements combine to make a simple yet powerful cover. 

BE CREATIVE

Thinking outside the box always pays. In the example I am showing you, Hungarian designer Miklos Kiss thought more like “inside the bag.” This totally reminded me of Kramer´s idea about a coffee table book that turned into a coffe table on the TV show Seinfeld. In the case of LACK magazine, the concept was executed beautifully. The magazine becomes both an objet d´art with a sleek modern design, and a practical handbag. As a woman, I can totally appreciate this one.

I´m not saying that you have to create magazines that transform into something else; I am only saying that the more you let your imagination fly, the better.

USE FONTS CREATIVELY

To finish up,  an examples of using fonts to your best advantage, also from LACK magazine.

TAKE ADVANTAGE OF GREAT ILLUSTRATION

This is my last example, also from LACK. The composition, the illustration and the creative use of fonts make for one of the coolest index pages I have ever seen.

As you can see, starting a magazine is no piece of cake, but it can also be one of the most challenging and fulfilling projects a designer can take on. 

Author Bio:

Veronica is a filmmaker and rather eclectic writer living in Montevideo, Uruguay.

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Wish You All A Advance Happy New Year 2012

New Year Wishes

With the clock striking 12 o'clock on the 31st December you start expressing you joy and happiness to welcome New Year. You convey New Year wishes not only to your loved ones but to every person to meet on this eve. Make your New Year wishing in unique way by sending quotes, proverbs and poems to all your near and dear ones. 

Famous New Year Wishes

Quotes on New Year are the most popular and classic way to convey your happiness. Here are some very popular New Year messages for you to add with the gifts and greetings.

• We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is called "Opportunity" and its first chapter is New Year's Day.
  - Edith Lovejoy Pierce 

• A merry Christmas to everybody! A happy New Year to the world!
  - Charles Dickens 

• He who breaks a resolution is a weakling; He who makes one is a fool.
  - F. M. Knowles, A Cheerful Year Book
  

• The object of a new year is not that we should have a new year. It is that we should have a new soul.
  - G. K. Chesterton
  
• Of all sound of all bells, the most solemn and touching is the peal which rings out the Old Year.
  - Charles Lamb 

• We meet today
  To thank Thee for the era done,
  And Thee for the opening one
  - John Greenleaf Whittier 

• For last year's words belong to last year's language and next year's words await another voice. And to make an end is to make a beginning.
  - T. S. Eliot 

• Then sing, young hearts that are full of cheer,
  With never a thought of sorrow;
  The old goes out, but the glad young year
  Comes merrily in tomorrow
  - Emily Miller 

• Glory to God in highest heaven,
  Who unto man His Son hath given;
  While angels sing with tender mirth,
  A glad new year to all the earth
  - Martin Luther 

• Each age has deemed the new born year
  The fittest time for festal cheer
  - Walter Scott 

• Be always at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let each New Year find you a better man.
  - Benjamin Franklin 

• This bright New Year is given to me to live each day with zest, to daily grow and try to be my highest and my best!
  - William Arthur Ward

New Year Greetings Wishes

You would like to text the wishes for New Year and spread the feeling of good health, fortune and joy to all your friends and colleagues. Here are some very cute New Year wishes -

• May this New Year bring newly found prosperity, love, happiness and delight in your life. 

• When you're lonely, I wish you Love! When you're down, I wish you Joy! When you're troubled, I wish you Peace! When things seem empty, I wish you Hope! Have a Happy New Year! 

• May the dawning of this New Year, fill your heart with new hopes, open up new horizons and bring for you promises of brighter tomorrows. May you have a great New Year. 

• As the new year blossoms, may the journey of your life be fragrant with new opportunities, your days be bright with new hopes and your heart be happy with love! Happy New Year! 

• Your Merry Christmas may depend on what others do for you. But your Happy New Year depends on what you do for others.

 And Last But Certainly Not The Least One.....! I Wish You All A Happy New Year :)

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