Here are 101 of some of the best touchstones for you to ponderand act on as you build and expand your auction empire...

Most sales and marketing consultants subscribe to an “event” model of selling. You will find books written on single subjects such as closing the sale, referral selling, and overcoming objections. Many of these models and books are loaded against long-term success in selling professional services. Selling professional services is not an event, it is a process. Although pieces do have usefulness when placed in the context of the selling process, you may develop great skill in closing the sale and still not close many sales because you closed too soon or too late. This book, addressed to senior associates and partners of accounting, law, consulting, and other professional business services, describes selling as a process. I cover the three levels of the selling process:The development of the relationship, the buying process of the client, and the selling process of the professional. This is the process we use in The Rainmaker Academy, a leadership and business development program for professionals. It has been tested and found highly effective in hundreds of the world’s most successful firms.

Один из лучших в Америке тренеров по продажам Стивен Шиффман предлагает уникальную программу развития в области продаж, с которой не идут в сравнение традиционные программы обучения торговых агентов. Вы узнаете как: — определить, что потенциальный клиент действительно может стать вашим клиентом, и вы не тратите время напрасно; — преодолеть негативные моменты встреч с потенциальными покупателями с помощью обезоруживающих вопросов; — избегать неуместного предугадывания потребностей клиентов; — преодолеть сопротивление тех, кто стоит между вами и теми, кто принимает решение; — выделять полезные советы в Интернете.

Вы занимаетесь продажами? Тогда вам наверняка знакомо чувство отчаяния из-за непредсказуемого поведения ваших клиентов или ваших собственных действий, оказавшихся ошибочными. Хотя вы, казалось бы, все просчитали. Дэвид Сэндлер начал карьеру в отделе продаж, будучи разорившимся бизнесменом. Спустя некоторое время он ушел, чтобы… открыть собственную компанию по обучению технике продаж. Очень скоро Сэндлер приобрел широкую известность, а 49 неочевидных, провокационных, но действенных «правил Сэндлера» вошли в арсенал многих успешных продавцов. Книга адресована всем, кто продает – товары, услуги, мысли, идеи. Постоянно или время от времени.

В этой книге Гэри Гудмэн, известный эксперт по маркетингу, раскрывает приемы успешных продаж самых преуспевающих продавцов, которые они держат в секрете. Вы сможете освоить эту науку и применить ее на практике. Автор гарантирует, что после усвоения всех приемов вы научитесь "превращать лимоны в лимонад", оборачивая себе на пользу каждую неудачу или застой в делах. Для широкого круга читателей.

There are two kinds of cryptography in this world: cryptography that will stop your kid sister from reading your files, and cryptography that will stop major governments from reading your files. This book is about the latter. If I take a letter, lock it in a safe, hide the safe somewhere in New York, then tell you to read the letter, that’s not security. That’s obscurity. On the other hand, if I take a letter and lock it in a safe, and then give you the safe along with the design specifications of the safe and a hundred identical safes with their combinations so that you and the world’s best safecrackers can study the locking mechanism—and you still can’t open the safe and read the letter—that’s security. For many years, this sort of cryptography was the exclusive domain of the military. The United States’ National Security Agency (NSA), and its counterparts in the former Soviet Union, England, France, Israel, and elsewhere, have spent billions of dollars in the very serious game of securing their own communications while trying to break everyone else’s. Private individuals, with far less expertise and budget, have been powerless to protect their own privacy against these governments. During the last 20 years, public academic research in cryptography has exploded. While classical cryptography has been long used by ordinary citizens, computer cryptography was the exclusive domain of the world’s militaries since World War II. Today, state–of–the–art computer cryptography is practiced outside the secured walls of the military agencies. The layperson can now employ security practices that can protect against the most powerful of adversaries—security that may protect against military agencies for years to come. Do average people really need this kind of security? Yes. They may be planning a political campaign, discussing taxes, or having an illicit affair. They may be designing a new product, discussing a marketing strategy, or planning a hostile business takeover. Or they may be living in a country that does not respect the rights of privacy of its citizens. They may be doing something that they feel shouldn’t be illegal, but is. For whatever reason, the data and communications are personal, private, and no one else’s business. This book is being published in a tumultuous time. In 1994, the Clinton administration approved the Escrowed Encryption Standard (including the Clipper chip and Fortezza card) and signed the Digital Telephony bill into law. Both of these initiatives try to ensure the government’s ability to conduct electronic surveillance. Some dangerously Orwellian assumptions are at work here: that the government has the right to listen to private communications, and that there is something wrong with a private citizen trying to keep a secret from the government. Law enforcement has always been able to conduct court–authorized surveillance if possible, but this is the first time that the people have been forced to take active measures to make themselves available for surveillance. These initiatives are not simply government proposals in some obscure area; they are preemptive and unilateral attempts to usurp powers that previously belonged to the people. Clipper and Digital Telephony do not protect privacy; they force individuals to unconditionally trust that the government will respect their privacy. The same law enforcement authorities who illegally tapped Martin Luther King Jr.’s phones can easily tap a phone protected with Clipper. In the recent past, local police authorities have either been charged criminally or sued civilly in numerous jurisdictions—Maryland, Connecticut, Vermont, Georgia, Missouri, and Nevada—for conducting illegal wiretaps. It’s a poor idea to deploy a technology that could some day facilitate a police state. The lesson here is that it is insufficient to protect ourselves with laws; we need to protect ourselves with mathematics. Encryption is too important to be left solely to governments. This book gives you the tools you need to protect your own privacy; cryptography products may be declared illegal, but the information will never be.

Anyone reading this book is either thinking of buying a particular business or trying to find one to buy. If you’ve already found a business you’re seriously thinking of buying, read this chapter anyway. What you read here may reinforce a sound decision or provide you with some food for thought regarding the wisdom of your choice. If you haven’t decided on a particular business, what you read here may be the most important and helpful part of this book. Throughout the book you’ll receive a wealth of helpful hints on analyzing, investigating, and negotiating the purchase of a business. Believe it or not, investigating the financial statements and operations of a complete stranger can be easier than digging deep down and analyzing yourself, to see what type of business you’ll be comfortable running.

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Use the tips and strategies in this guide to achieve high value business by gaining the respect and trust of your clients, helping them succeed, and really hearing what they're saying.

Это всеобъемлющее руководство включает все, что необходимо знать для публикации информации в форматах DVD-видео, DVD-ROM и WebDVD - от концепции проекта до тиражирования и дистрибуции продукта. После прочтения книги вы сможете организовывать свои проекты, выполнять их, а затем ycпешно продавать, с полным пониманием теории и практики. Каждый этап процесса ауторинга; и производства подробно объясняется и иллюстрируется. Книга также включает изложение современных концепций ауторинга, деловые советы по бизнес-моделям производства, методам маркетинга и дистрибуции, обширный глоссарий аббревиатур и терминов DVD-индустрии.

Now you can have the awesome benefits of wireless LANs without falling victim to their notorious security flaws. Leading wireless security expert Lee Barken shows you practical workarounds and fixes for the vulnerabilities in today's WLANs, introduces high-security wireless protocols new to the marketplace, and offers step-by-step instructions for protecting all your wireless information, from the home to the enterprise.This is the definitive and easy-to-use WLAN security book you've been searching for-whether you're a network administrator,security specialist, manager, or home user.

Цветное богато иллюстрированное информационно-справочное пособие руководство по ремонту Hyundai Tucson, а также руководство по эксплуатации и техническому обслуживанию, устройство автомобилей Hyundai Tucson, с 2004 г. выпуска, оборудованных бензиновыми двигателями G4G6 рабочим объемом 2,0 л. и G6BA рабочим объемом 2,7 л. Книга содержит более 2000 фотографий, подробно освещающих весь процесс пошагового ремонта автомобиля Хундай Туксон. Детально описывается ремонт всех узлов и агрегатов автомобиля. В отдельные разделы книги входят инструкция по эксплуатации Hyundai Tucson, рекомендации по техническому обслуживанию, цветные электросхемы автомобиля. Во всех разделах издания, посвященных обслуживанию и ремонту агрегатов и систем, в виде таблиц приведены перечни возможных неисправностей и рекомендации по их устранению. Указания по разборке, сборке, регулировке и ремонту узлов и систем автомобиля с использованием готовых запасных частей и агрегатов даны пооперационно и иллюстрированы фотоматериалами и графическими рисунками. Технология работ выбрана применительно к условиям гаража с использованием универсального инструмента, и только в исключительных случаях приведены рекомендации по применению специального инструмента, имеющегося в свободной продаже. Операции ремонта агрегатов и узлов в каждом разделе подобраны по принципу «от простого к сложному»: начиная с простейших операции по обслуживанию, регулировке узлов и систем, замене их отдельных, часто выходящих из строя деталей с постепенным переходом к крупному ремонту агрегатов. Фотоматериалы подготовлены в процессе разборки и сборки автомобилей высококвалифицированными автомеханиками.

In this book, I tell you how to prevent identity theft and what to do if you’re a victim. If you’re wondering what sort of information is vulnerable and should be shredded, or how to reclaim your credit if you’ve been a victim, this is the one-stop reference for you. Today, the name of the game is making yourself a hard target, and armed with this book, you’ll do exactly that.

Take a look around your community and make a list of truly superior small businesses—ones you trust so thoroughly you would recommend them to your friends, your boss and even your in-laws. Whether your mind turns to restaurants, plumbers, plant nurseries or veterinarians, chances are good your list is fairly short.