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Last month there was much made about social media’s impact on the coverage of protests in Iran. At the 140 Conference Robert Scoble moderated a panel of journalists and producers that discussed the impact of Twitter on mainstream news media, specifically using the Iran election to illustrate the power of essentially the people. You [...

An owner asks: "I usually send an email follow up along with a brief voicemail within an hour of receiving an inquiry, but I never hear back. At what point does customer service become an annoyance?" Christine suggests guidelines for the best way to follow up with potential renters without going overboard. To submit a question for a future installment of "Ask Christine," please leave a message at (512) 493-4340.

Welcome guest co-host Lee Aase; vote for FIR on Podcast Alley; discussion on social media in health care; Media Monitoring Minute; Dan York reports; News That Fits: Maclolm Gladwell vs. Chris Anderson, Johns Hopkins exec blogs and tweets a kidney donation, monitor your URLs on Twitter, Blog Council becomes Social Media Business Council, half of intranets have adopted Enterprise 2.

In this week's episode, we talk about how voicemail and e-mail can both help and hinder your cold-calling activities. We discuss when might be the right time and the wrong time to leave aAcirc;nbsp;voicemail message, and what the best kind of message might be. Also, we go over the advantages and disadvantages of e-mail, and whether it is best sentAcirc;nbsp;before or after the initial cold-call. Please send your comments, suggestions,

On this weeks show, we talk about cultural differences. How should you change your approach when cold-calling decision makers who are based in a different country, or who comeAcirc;nbsp;from an entirely different culture, to your own? What works in the US does notAcirc;nbsp;necessarily work in the UK, and vice versa. Additionaly, we talk about some of the things you should be aware of when calling France, Germany, Scandinavia, Middle East, Asia, etc.

As regular listeners will know, we're both massive fans of LinkedIn, using it on a regular basis as one of our most useful cold-calling productivity aids. In fact, we did a whole episode on it back in November (Episode 18 - Linking Up to New Prospects). So we thought we would do something a little different on today's episode of The Cold Calling Podcast and interview the CEO of the firm, Dan Nye. If you have any comments, questions or feedback,

In today's edition of The Cold Calling Podcast, we look atAcirc;nbsp;some of the issues that come up when you are selling to people you cannot actually meet face-to-face. How do you get around the issues of trust when you are selling exclusively via remote channels such as telephone and e-mail? Thanks to Dan from Australia for the audio comment that inspired the theme of this episode. Also,

This week, we have a special guest on The Cold Calling Podcast - Mark Whitehouse, Director of Channel Alliances. We talk with Mark about how "indirect selling" (i.e. using partners) can help you increase your sales pipeline and close more business. Mark explains why youAcirc;nbsp;should add channel selling to your arsenal, discusses some of the criteria for choosing the right partners to help you sell your solutions/services,

Following on from the recent episode of The Cold Calling Podcast where we talked about using Skype “to fatten your pipe”, this week we have a special edition of the show where we focus exclusively on Pamela, a unique application that can completely “turbocharge” your Skype usage and productivity. We interview Dick Schiferli, CEO of Pamela, who tells us [...

This week on The Cold Calling Podcast, we talk about the toughest kind of cold calling - actually hitting the streets and calling on your prospects face-to-face, unannounced. There are circumstances where this is a good strategy, e.g. when you’ve been trying to reach someone without success and you’re in their neighbourhood anyway. We discuss some of [...

In this week’s episode, we talk about valid and invalid reasons for stopping cold-calling specific individuals and moving on to new targets. We discuss sincere versus insincere objections, and ways to pre-empt objections so that you’re not moving away from valid prospects. And we have a formula for you to determine when it is actually time to move on: x=(I/N)-T Listen [...

This week, we talk about the qualities of pushiness and aggression. Under what circumstances should you adopt a more aggressive position than you normally would on a call? We discuss the right time and place for this kind of approach. We also talk about some techniques you can use to diffuse aggression when you face it from the person [...

This week on the Cold Calling Podcast, we discuss some techniques you can use to steer telephone conversations in the direction YOU would like them to go, rather than be at the mercy of the person you are calling. We stress the merits of recording your conversations, so you can listen back and fine-tune your approach, and [...

On this week’s episode, we talk about easy it is to get trapped when you’re cold calling. There are a number of ways you can be trapped, including: - By personal assistants and secretaries - By middle managers and control freaks - By decision makers who don’t move things forward - By voicemail We discuss ways to avoid falling into [...

This week, we talk about numbers. Can you really double the number of appointments you get by doubling your number of calls? What if it is not possible to double your calls? We look at three other ways you can get your numbers up, namely: Reaching the decision maker more often Making your value statement more compelling Doing more [...

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FAP916: Student loan payment changes, online degrees Listen now: Weekly Financial Aid Roundup Online degree effectiveness. Decline in scholarship funding. Student credit cards take another hit. Scholarship Update Congratulations to Karalynn Moran who won our $2,500 Scholarship Points award for June. Operation Homefront. Scholarship Points Instructions Are you a Scholarship Points member? In today’s show,

* MJ sells 2.4 million songs in one week. * Obama administration allocated broadband funds. * Facebook increases privacy controls. * New Pirate Bay owner to sell bandwidth back to ISPs. * Apple lacks iPhone 'phone' trademark in China. Read more at ShellyPalmer.com Running Time: 2:20 File Size: 2.

* AEG to refund $85 million in Michael Jackson tickets. * The Pirate Bay purchased for $7.8 million. * Sony Walkman turns 30. * China pushing back web censorship law. * Joost restructuring, loses CEO. Read more at ShellyPalmer.com Running Time: 2:04 File Size: 2.

Traditional knowledge management solutions are built based on a top-down process to control who views and shares content; social solutions grow from the bottom-up. Experts emerge based on their contributions, content is shared openly, and people group themselves based on ideas and passions. Well, what if you could combine the best practices of both [...

What do you do when your category is turned upside down? Mike Fischer, Senior VP of Marketing at Coldwell Banker, the oldest national brand in real estate, shares his experiences and key learning's in pushing the envelope of innovation during the recession. Listen here for tips on how to market a category that has been turned upside-down. Enjoy!

Time 30:49 There are only a few ways humans show they value something… give their time or give their money. Another, for argument’s sake, is to lend their name, but that isn’t a good example for this post so I’ll leave it as a side note. This podcast with Bryan Person of Live World is about [...

* Comcast, Clearwire launch WiMax. * Amazon dropping associate programs. * Genachowski sworn in as FCC Chairman. * Cablevision wins remote DVR case. * MSNBC finally going HD. Read More at ShellyPalmer.com Running Time: 2:12 File Size: 2.

Why is it important to challenge the traditional media mix? Why challenge the traditional media mix? The Director of Invention for Mindshare, Global Media Agency of the Year, shares his thoughts, perspectives, and experiences in working with brands like Cottonelle, Kotex, and Huggies. Oh, and if you are as curious as I was to better understand the title Director of Invention, you will truly enjoy this episode!

We had a major technical snafu and Larry’s entire call didn’t make it out on the podcast. After a lot of calls and emails we finally figured it out and decided the only way to make it up to everyone is to re-post that recording. I hope everyone can get all of the extremely valuable [...

Welcome guest co-host Steve Crescenzo; Lee Aase to guest co-host on Thursday; FIR Live is up; follow-up on the value of paid conferences; Michael Netzley's Asia report; Media Monitoring Minute; discussion on getting organizations to do social media well; News that Fits: the cost and payoff of investing in social media, how to get your company to pay you to blog; listeners' comments; the music from Uncle Seth; and more.

Garrett Sutton Asset protection specialist and author Garrett Sutton joined us this week to share some really important information every real estate entrepreneur and potential investor should know. Proper asset creation and maintaining your entity can make or cost you a lot of money. Don’t miss this very important conversation. Facebook and Twitter Visit our new page on [...

#133 Maximum Threshold | When the MAX meets Threshold This episode is a bit different than most shows, this one has your DJ's playuing their favorite songs and lets just say turn up those speakers and prepare your ears to be melted! Some of the bands featured on this episode: Music News: Cavalera Conspiracy, Alice In Chains plus a few bit more! Music Played: 12 Minutes to Midnight, 3 Day Meat Sale, All that Remains, Aiden, Cavalera Conspiracy,

Sales objections are a part of business life. However, given the right attitude and approach, you will turn objections into opportunities, with this week's BusinessCast special guest.

FIR Live call-in show on BlogTalk Radio features a fast-and-furious discussion on influencer outreach with special guests Gary Vaynerchuk, John Cass, Kaitlyn Wilkins,