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Procuring a great supplier

Practically Perfect PA

From hotels to stationery manufacturers, car hire companies and venues for events we are constantly procuring suppliers. Whatever it happens to be if you understand your buying power it will enable you to negotiate and it will help you attract high quality suppliers. Here are my top 5 tips: Understand your buying power. Meet in person.

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Getting buy in from the boss

Practically Perfect PA

Be prepared to negotiate if necessary. Like everything in business, it’s about negotiation for both funds and time. Getting buy-in IS ACHIEVABLE and I managed to successfully get the following approved: Business Cards. Will you share your learning with other Assistants thus increasing the ROI? Salary Increase.

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25 Self-Help Books You (Probably) Haven’t Read

Success

No cold calling, no website or marketing, no business cards or networking events. Sooner or later, every entrepreneur discovers that negotiation is an indispensable skill. This is a niche book about how to make money as a life coach, but the lessons apply to anyone who is trying to build a client list. Their prescription?

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Dealing With Unreasonable Requests

Professional Assistant Blog

Negotiating Time If the person persists on bothering you, one thing that you can always negotiate is time. Even if they are starting to irritate you, keep a smile on your face (even if its fake) and repeat yourself until they walk away. Ask them when it needs to get done and come to a "reasonable" compromise.

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Are You Afraid to Talk to Your Boss?

Professional Assistant Blog

Youd be amazed of how well it works and helps you negotiate the only thing that you really can negotiate - time! By The Professional Assistant on Tuesday, August 28, 2007 Filed Under: Organize A re you afraid to talk to your boss about your workload - if you really do feel stressed about the workload that you have?

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Why You Need to Have More than Your Clients | Men With Pens

Men With Pens

For most of us, a Web site is as essential as a business card or that first cup of Java in the morning. Thankfully, there aren’t too many of those, or else many of us in the communications sector would be out of business Reply Siddhartha ( @sherdegen ) April 12, 2010 at 10:07 am You hit the nail on the head.

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