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Procuring a great supplier

Practically Perfect PA

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. If your supplier is local to you it is well worth meeting in person so that you can discuss and negotiate face to face as well as building rapport with them. Price isn’t everything.

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Getting buy in from the boss

Practically Perfect PA

It is imperative to be proactive about self-promotion in order to showcase your skills, achievements and personal brand. Highlight WIFM (what’s in it for me) and help them to see that you will gain skills and knowledge that will be essential for future growth. Be prepared to negotiate if necessary. Magazine Subscriptions.

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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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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. Sad, really.

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