http://blog.maxpersuasion.com Persuasion Strategies for Opening Doors and Winning Favor with the Affluent. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:06:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en One of the bonuses of learning to persuade is that we have the ability to work our skills on ourselves.   When we apply self-persuasion, we can naturally accomplish anything we set our minds to. However, we must set the stage for productivity and there are a number of things we can ... http://blog.maxpersuasion.com/productivity-and-persuasion/ Dear Persuader, “There are only two options regarding commitment. You're either in or out. There's no such thing as a life in-between.” -- Pat Riley We’ve all been there. . . that perfect moment in the business life of a sales professional when we’ve made the sale and turned that prospect into ... http://blog.maxpersuasion.com/staying-committed/ Dear Persuader, Spring is an exciting time for me, an exciting time for my continuing students, and an exciting time for MAXpersuasion. Spring is when our new students join us. For existing students, the early weeks of a new MAXpersuasion year are a chance to review and reflect on all that has ... http://blog.maxpersuasion.com/the-core/ We’ve all had this experience: a song comes on the radio and we’re transported back to a time and place ten, fifteen, twenty years ago or longer. Maybe it was a song that reminded us of a time when we were struggling through a broken heart, or maybe it was ... http://blog.maxpersuasion.com/our-song/ Dear Persuader, 'Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.' --Albert Einstein The concept of change is a difficult one to define.  Sometimes things seem to stay the same for huge periods of time. Many people do their absolute best to hold on to things vehemently hoping to ... http://blog.maxpersuasion.com/small-changes-big-changes/ Hi Persuader, We live in a world of distractions and this, I feel, is an understatement. We have so much coming at us from all arenas. . . Even as I sit here typing this, I’m getting alerts that I have new e-mail, I’m getting instant messages from my assistant,  the ... http://blog.maxpersuasion.com/the-persuasive-power-of-focus/ Hi Persuader, A friend and marketing genius I know recently said to me, “A recession is a transfer of wealth from the scared to the bold.”  This statement stopped me cold in my tracks.  It’s an incredible revelation and a whole new frame around this the current predicament we find ourselves ... http://blog.maxpersuasion.com/let-them-vent/ “We shall never have more time. We have, and always had, all the time there is. No object is served in waiting until next week or even until tomorrow. Keep going... Concentrate on something useful.” --Arnold Bennett Hi Persuader, Okay, so sometimes I just don’t feel like writing. And sometimes I ... http://blog.maxpersuasion.com/procrastination/ In today’s issue, you’ll learn about a fascinating tool that will allow you to amp up the ease in which you can persuade someone. Binds are a fascinating strategy in persuasion which should be used sparingly (especially in writing), a little ‘persuasion seasoning’ so to speak. Binds are language ... http://blog.maxpersuasion.com/bound-to-buy-the-use-of-binds-in-persuasion/ There are two parts to persuasion and selling. Persuading and selling with class, elegance and integrity - and having people to talk with about what you do. One of the things I'm hearing quite a bit about these days is that you'd like more people to persuade. The question is how. Another ... http://blog.maxpersuasion.com/how-to-get-more-people-to-persuade-and-more-time-in-the-day/