Maximize Your Influence

The research shows that when you create a positive perception with your prospect, you have an 85 percent chance of influence.  On the other hand, you have only a 15 percent chance of influence when you make a negative perception.

Rapport is key to influence, networking, and building future strategic relationships.  Know when you are connecting with someone or repelling them.  Join me for this week’s podcast on Networking and Building Strategic Relationships – Interview with Ivan Misner.  We will take a deep dive into the keys of how to build strategic relationships.  We are also going to talk about the new tools for prospecting for these new times.


Persuasion occurs when your ideas are so convincing that the other party adopts your point of view. With persuasion, there is no compromising as there is in negotiation. Instead, the other party willfully and enthusiastically abandons their position to embrace yours.

Want to learn more about emotion and ego in negotiation?  Wonder the best raise to ask for a raise and earn what you are worth?  Join me for this week’s podcast as I interview the author of Mindful NEGOtiation -  Gaetan Pellerin.  We will take a deep dive into how negation has changed in this new Pandemic world.

 


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This is podcast 400 and will deliver some great content and influence gifts to take your skills to the next level.  This podcast will do a 180 from other podcasts.  Instead of helping become more influential, this podcast will reveal the art and science of resisting the persuasive attempts of others.

Help me celebrate podcast 400 on How to Resist Influence and Coercion.


Influential people not only express themselves in positive nonverbal ways.  They also use nonverbal behavior to captivate and persuade their prospects.  During each encounter, Influential people are careful what gestures they use and don’t use.

Being Nice To Others Makes Them More Likely To Be Nice To You

Body Language Guide – Crossed Arms and 17 More Cues to Know

Discover how to read other people's body language and what it means.  Especially how to read their arms movements and what it means.  I will also reveal that what you are doing with your arms could help or hurt your ability to persuade.  Find out how to use your arms to be more persuasive.  Join me for this week’s podcast on Reading Body Language - What Your Arm Movement Says About You


The Law of Verbal Packaging states that the more skillful a person is in the use of language, the more persuasive they will be. People are persuaded by us based on the words we use. Words affect our perceptions, our attitudes, our beliefs, and our emotions.

The words we use in the persuasion process make all the difference in the world. Language used incorrectly will trigger the wrong response and decrease your ability to persuade. Word skills are also directly related to earning power.

People prefer friendliness, trustworthiness in teammates over skill competency

Successful people all share a common ability to use language in ways that evoke vivid thoughts, feelings, and actions in their audiences. 

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Great persuaders all adhere to an intensive personal development program. They know that "dull knives work the hardest," so keeping themselves sharp is of the utmost importance. Average persuaders don't consider personal training to be worthwhile.

They figure working harder is the answer. They also assume that they'll figure it all out on their own sooner or later, maybe from reading a book or two. They also think it's too expensive, or a waste of time to learn from somebody else.

What do you need to learn and master?  What is your weak link to success? Are you wasting valuable time to get there? Just like a computer, if you don't upgrade yourself, you will become obsolete to both yourself and your future.

Mentioning facial imperfection early in a job interview helps

Personal development is the first thing you can do to leverage your success.  Leverage speeds up the success process.  Join me for this week’s podcast as I discuss 3 additional success principles used to increase your speed to success.  Click to join me for PQ Skill 10 - The Secret Sauce Of Success.

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What are the subconscious triggers that cause you to buy more?

 Face can reveal if you’re rich or poor

Join me for this week’s podcast as I talk about those subconscious retail triggers that cause you to spend more money.  The science is in --- Do they cause you to purchase too much? 

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Why is the tendency to procrastinate so prevalent? We know it does us no good, and yet it plagues even the best of us. Putting things off until the last minute never gives the best results.

What are some reasons we procrastinate? Another big one is indecision. We fear being wrong and making mistakes.  Sometimes we procrastinate because we are tired or we don’t have the energy.    

Hey, do you have a second - The upside of workplace interruptions

Let’s talk about the solution to accomplish more in less time.  What are the ways to overcome procrastination and be more effective with your time?  It is impossible to talk about procrastination and not end up talking about time management.

 Join me for this week’s podcast as I talk about traits and characteristics of people know how to turn time into money.  This podcast is called PQ Skill 9 - Secrets to Accomplish More In Less Time.

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We tend to judge rapidly, and that snap judgment is usually correct. When you meet someone for the first time, he will tend to categorize you like someone he already knows.3 The positive or negative characteristics of the person you resemble tend to be transferred to you (fair or not). The bottom line is that your audience is pretty good at sizing you up in the first seconds of your meeting. Great persuaders know how to create magic in those first few seconds, and those feelings will last a lifetime.

Seven Personality Traits of Top Salespeople

Join me for this week’s podcast as I talk about an HBR article about some of the traits and characteristics of power persuaders.  You will be surprised about the studies on people skills, rapport, and how connectivity has changed.  This podcast is called Learnable Personality Traits of Top Salespeople

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Great persuaders are great communicators. Well-known motivational speaker and best-selling author Jim Rohn said it best: “When I learned how to effectively persuade and communicate, my income went from six digits to seven digits.”

The False Consensus Effect

Your communication skills are critical for your success, yet this is another set of overlooked skills that are not effectively taught in school. Communication includes phone skills, face-to-face interactions, Zoom presentations, and even email.

Do you want to be more persuasive on the phone?  Want to influence over zoom?  These skills are critical to your ability to take a interested prospect to a happy customer. 

 Join me for this week’s podcast as I take a deep dive into these presentation skills and the keys to influence when you are not face-to-face.  This podcast is called PQ Skill #8 - How To Sell Over The Phone - Tools to Persuade With Your Voice.


Are Your Authentic and Congruent Or Fake and Unlikable?

One interesting study found that physical gestures that convey less immediacy (lack of eye contact, leaning back, reduced proximity) communicate you don’t like the person.  It communicates a lack of congruence.  It destroys your authenticity and coming across as genuine.

Imposter syndrome

Are you congruent with your past history and your last interaction?  Does your nonverbal behavior match your actions?  Are you sure?  Are your emotions congruent with your message?   The current research shows that authenticity is one of the most important traits to have in the current situation.  Join me for this week’s podcast as I take a deep dive into imposter syndrome and the keys to radiate authenticity.  This podcast is called The Missing Piece To Your Persuasion Toolbox – Authenticity.


Two of the big motivation inhibitors are mindset and the people we associate with. Take a look around you. Are the people in your life pulling you up or pulling you down? Are they encouraging you or discouraging you? How do they view your goals, dreams, and aspirations?

Turning Off Your Camera Can Reduce Zoom Fatigue

What’s holding you back? What are the chains and stakes in your life? What would it take to make you want to leap out of bed each morning? If you have dull dreams, it is difficult to stay motivated.  Join me for this week’s podcast and understand how to motivated yourself and the people you persuade.  Understand the science of motivation.  This podcast is called How to Motivate Your Prospect (And Yourself) - Every Time.


Understanding human nature is essential to maximizing your greatest persuasion potential. Have you ever wondered how the mind works? Why do we do what we do? Why do many people do the opposite of what is best for them? Great persuaders can find patterns in human nature and customize their ability to persuade accordingly.

6 psychological tactics behind the Starbucks menu

Join me for this week’s podcast, where we explore how these triggers get you to pay more in retail – especially at Starbucks.   These triggers can help you understand the world of persuasion and influence.  This podcast is called How Starbucks Does Not Fight On Price - And You Pay More For Coffee


Great persuaders have charisma. We can all think of charismatic people. They have a confident presence and charm about them; they are captivating. They command our attention; we hang onto every word out of their mouths. Their energy prods us, motivates us, and inspires us. We feel better for having met them, seen them, been persuaded by them, and interacted with them.

4 Signs of Decision Fatigue

 What are other forms of influence and charisma you can use to increase your ability to persuade?  You will be surprised by how easy it is to apply these forms of influence.  Remember, influence is a higher form of persuasion.  Persuasion is what you do and say – Influence is who you are.  

Join me for this week’s podcast, where we explore other forms of influence that will increase your ability to convince other people to your point of view.  This podcast is called PIQ Skill #6: Using Your Charisma For a Referral Program

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Appearance affects your authority. External objects and the environment also affect perceptions of power. It is therefore wise for all of us to check out our appearance and surroundings to make sure we're sending the right message.

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What are other forms of power you can use to increase your ability to persuade?  You will be surprised to know there are many different forms of power.   And these are good legitimate forms of power.  Join me for this week’s podcast, where we explore other forms of power that will increase your influence. 

This podcast is called PQ Skill #5: How Your Personal Power Leverages Your Ability To Persuade.


Are you congruent?  Do you feel authentic?  Does your prospect think you are genuine?  Are you coming across as truthful?  These are the new buzzwords that your prospect is looking for…  Join me for this week’s podcast with David Wood that reveals techniques and ways to be more authentic and congruent in your persuasive presentations.  Discover how to be Transparent, Authentic, Genuine, And Vulnerable And Become More Influential – Interview With David Wood.


The MOST important aspect of Trust is credibility It’s harder to gain credibility nowadays than it ever was in the past. Most people are fairly sophisticated and have grown cynical with all the exaggerated and unsubstantiated hype that is thrown at them.

People who have been burned in the past develop thick skins against almost every persuasive message they are exposed to.

Want to sound smarter? Avoid these 24 overused words and phrases

Do people trust you?  Are you sure?  I would say that you are not creating the trust you need or deserve in the persuasion process.  Trust is the glue the creates your ability to sell and influence.  Join me for this week's podcast on PQ Skill #4: How To Establish Instant Automatic Trust  

 

 

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It is human nature to mirror and match, or to “synchronize” with the people we connect with. We don’t even think about it. It happens so quickly and so subconsciously - one is unlikely to even notice it.

What if you were aware of it? Could it be used to help you be even more persuasive? Research says definitely yes. When you mirror your audience, you build rapport with them.

Do you want to know how to instantly connect with anyone?  Do you want to make anyone your friend?  Did you know influence is easy when people like you?

Join me for this weeks podcast on PQ Skill #3: Instant Rapport and Social Synchronization

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Are you a leader or a manager?  When you influence people do they do it because they have to or they want to?  Isn’t that a tough question?  What do you think?   Are you able to boost people up, motivate them and inspire them to new levels?  Because that is the role of a long-term leader.

Join me on this week’s podcast on influence and leadership with Ben Ward.  Ben is a leadership expert that is going to teach you the tools and techniques of how to influence others.  You will discover more about praise and how to motivate people to the next level.  Influence Like A Brick - Interview with Ben Ward

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Did you know that 80 percent of all new products fail or don't even come close to projected forecasts?3 Large corporations spend billions on focus groups to see if their product or service is viable.

Do you want to know how to balance logic and emotion during the persuasion process?  Do you want to know how your prospect makes decisions?  Discover how to create a persuasive message that resonates with their heart and their mind.   

What happens in the brain when we imagine the future?

Join me for this week’s podcast on Persuasion IQ Skill #2: How Your Audience Thinks And Makes Decisions

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How Conflicting Beliefs Are Stalling Your Success

Beliefs are only one of the pieces to a successful mindset.  I spent years monitoring, interviewing, and watching successful influencers.  What are their traits and characteristics?  What are they doing differently?  How is their mental programming making them more successful?  

Join me for this week’s podcast on Persuasion IQ Skill #1 –   Mindset of Influential People.

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I'd say now is the time to take a careful look at your personal development program.  Are there ways it can be enhanced?  Every day, you are either learning or deteriorating.  You are either closer to or farther away from your goals.  Learn to model the best in your field.  Find those who excel in your industry and benchmark what will work for you.  Pay the price to become an expert in your field. Don't settle for mediocrity.

Salad or cheeseburger - Your co-workers shape your food choices

Do you catch the keyword?  That keyword is change.  Personal development is the key to the knowledge to be successful, but then you have to create change in your lives to apply these new principles.  People actually love to change when it is done right.  People don’t always resist change.  Would you resist if I changed (increased) your income?  I don’t think so… 

Join me for this week’s podcast on Why People Resist Change And How To Persuade Them.

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Great influencers can create the right mood at the right time.  They can put people in a happy state.  When they are feeling happy, they tend to think more positive thoughts and to retrieve good experiences from memory.  When they are in a negative or foul mood, they tend to think unhappy thoughts and to retrieve negative information from memory.

 10 Ways to Defuse the Hostility of People Who Are Angry

What is the emotion that derails most persuasion and negotiation?  That would be anger!  How do you handle that angry person?  How do you defuse anger and turn it into your advantage?  Join me for this week’s podcast -  How To Sell And Persuade An Angry, Hostile And Bitter People.

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Influential people can read and interpret nonverbal gestures.  You can read people like a book and you can obtain the knowledge you need to adjust yourself and your presentation based on what body language you are reading. 

 8 Ways To Identify A Liar

Want to know how to spot a liar?  Would it be beneficial to be able to detect deception?  What to learn those FBI interviewing techniques? 

Join me for this week’s podcast -  How to Identify A Liar - The Science of Detecting Deception.


Trust is critical in persuasion. Unfortunately, we live in a day and age when people are more skeptical and mistrustful than ever before. Twenty years ago, the mindset was: “I trust you; give me a reason not to.” Now the mindset is: “I don’t trust you; give me a reason why I should.” You could say trust is at an all-time low and still falling.

Stanford researchers study trust in autonomous products

Want to know the trend in trust?  The trend is going from trust to trustless.  It is a new concept in persuasion derived from the digital age.  An idea that has come from Bitcoin and Blockchain. 

Join me for this week’s podcast -  As Trust Erodes - Become Trustless.

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One of the major distinctions between mediocre persuaders and highly successful persuaders is the amount of talking they do and the number of questions they ask. We have found that great persuaders ask 2.7 more questions of their audience than average persuaders do.

Want to know what questions to ask when you are attempting to influence?  Discover how to change a conversation and persuade under the radar.  Learn how to get the answers you need and to help people persuade themselves. 

Join me for this week’s podcast -  How To Use Forensic Interrogation Techniques To Influence – Interview With Michael Reddinton.


Learn how to be prepared to handle hecklers and those that will ask the tough questions.  Learn to connect on a personal and emotional level.  Make sure every member of that audience feels like you are talking to them.  Practice your presentation so it becomes part of you, instead of a slick PowerPoint or a tired outline.   Manage your fear, anxiety or nervousness, so you can radiate charisma. 

How can you present with power?  What can you do to fine-tune your presentation skills?  How can you master the world of public speaking?  What do you do with your fear?  Join me for this week’s podcast and discover How To Use Emotion, Mood And Vibe To Persuade A Jury Or Prospect - Robbie Crabtree Interview.


So how can you use subconscious triggers and options to be more persuasive?  What do you need to understand about these triggers that are hurting your sales?  How can you persuade better and faster understanding why we do, what we do?  Join me for this week’s podcast and discover The10 Psychological Techniques (And Tips) To Sell More And Persuade Faster.

 

Pausing Before Replying Decreases Perceived Sincerity


One of the biggest challenges we face is that we think, and our audience thinks, we are logical creatures. But most of the time, we don't know why we do what we do. In fact, up to 95 percent of persuasion and influence involves a subconscious trigger. This tendency means that inclinations like "It just feels right," "I trust this person," or "I don't like this person" are all based on subconscious emotional reactions.

Stanford researchers identify four causes for ‘Zoom fatigue’ and their simple fixes

So how can you use subconscious triggers to be more persuasive?  What do you need to understand about these triggers that are hurting your sales?  How can you persuade better and faster understanding why we do, what we do?  Join me for this week’s podcast and discover The10 Psychological Techniques (And Tips) To Sell More And Persuade Faster.


To maintain order of the world, our brains link objects, gestures, and symbols with our feelings, memories, and life experiences.  We mentally associate ourselves with such things as sights, sounds, colors, music, and symbols.  These associations create quick subconscious triggers.  The feelings you generate can help or hurt your ability to persuade.   You could be using symbols that are repelling your prospects.

40 Common Symbols and Meanings (& How to Use Them)

Did You Know Selling A Left Handed Person Is Different?

Find out what symbols and images are helping and hurting your ability to persuade?  What feelings are being triggered when you meet someone?  What external unnoticed symbols that surround you are triggering the wrong feelings?  On this week’s podcast, I answer these questions and more!  Join me for…. How To Use Images and Symbols To Persuade Below The Radar.

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What can you do in the first thirty seconds of your encounter to capture your audience’s attention?  Can you prove to them that you are worth listening to?  Think about this: Every time you communicate with someone, they are paying with either time or money.  

Do you want to know how to magnetize your message?  Get and keep the attention of your prospects?  Ever thought about how to brand and position yourself in this new media market?  Well, you are in luck.  On this week’s podcast, I interview Jeremy Slate.  We discuss ways to make your presentation/message ring true and understand this new market.  Join me for…. How To Position Yourself And Create An Irresistible Message

For more infornation about Jeremy visit his websites here  and here


Did you know that cost is often the first objection raised, but usually it's not the true reason for rejecting a product or service?  Whether you're selling an actual physical product to consumers or an idea to your stubborn teenager, there is always a price involved.

Want to know how to make price a non-issue?  Want to know how to charge more and help your prospects be more successful?  Want to get past the mental block or raising your rates?  Join me for this week’s podcast as I interview Chris Kenney.  We explore all the tools you need to quit hearing – It is too expensive!

10X Your Income - Interview Chris Kenney

 

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As humans, (when we listen) we have the ability to read people from facial expressions, gestures, tone of voice, or even a smell.  This comes from our early programming as humans to be able to meet a person and instantly decide if they are a friend or foe.

Want to know how to make better decisions and use your intuition?  Want to know what changes are happening with your prospect and customers?  Ever wondered what the new expectations are going to be?  Listen to this week’s podcast interview with Tiffani Bova.  She is the author of GROWTH IQ: Get Smarter About the Choices that Will Make or Break Your Business.

For more information about Tiffani visit her website here.

 


Voice plays a critical role in influence.   Our voice is a powerful instrument that can motivate the troops or lull them to sleep. There is a huge difference between presenting and persuading, informing and influencing, and communicating and convincing.

Want to know how to grab attention and increase the influence of your voice?  Ever felt your voice was not very impactful?  Listen to this week’s podcast with Denise Woods.  She is the vocal coach of the stars.  Find out how to change your voice and change your future. Denise Woods -Vocal Coach of the Stars - Crucial Instrument Of Influence


Want to know how to create dissonance?  Ever want to change someone’s mind?  Have you ever wanted to change someone’s beliefs about politics?  The key is to get them to persuade themselves.  Listen to this week’s podcast on How To Change Someone’s Political View Point – Influencing Minds.


I had a great interview with the author of The Hype Handbook on this week’s podcast.  Hype is important (when used correctly) to grab attention and get people to focus on you or your product/service.  If you don’t get noticed and get them engaged – you can’t persuade them.

Want to create more excitement for you or your product/service?  Listen to this week’s podcast as I interview the author of the Hype Handbook – Michael Schein.  We are going to take a deep dive into attracting attention and getting people to adore you.  Listen to How To Create Hype And Understand Mind Control


Do you think color is important in the world of persuasion?  The answer is absolutely. 

What Super Productive People Do Differently

Want to get more techniques on how to use color to influence?  How to manage your time using Harvard time management hacks?  Find out how Covid affects your ability to influence.  How to discover their true pain?  Join me for this week’s podcast on What Are The Most Persuasive Colors?

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Almost everyone wants to accomplish their dreams, achieve more, change their habits, or pursue bigger and better goals.

And we often know exactly what we need to do to make these things happen.  So why don't we do them?  Why do we fall short of our dreams and aspirations?  

Want to understand the science of getting yourself (or others) to change?  Do you want to get more techniques on the power of habit?  Want me to reveal why goal setting does not work most of the time?  How to motivate yourself and others?  Join me for this week’s podcast on The Science of Change And The Power of Habit.

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