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Bodyguards: How Much Can I Earn As A Bodyguard
By now you've been asking, "How much can I earn as a bodyguard?" The fees associated with this type of work vary depending upon many factors, including:Your Prior Experience, Skills & Training Client Profile Level of Risk Amount of Travel Required Locale & Circumstances of the Detail Range of Duties for the PositionThere are no set fees for bodyguard employment. All fees are arranged by negotiation. The more skills you have, the more experience the more you can earn. A highly skilled bodyguard may earn $125,000 per year plus bonuses, but these are often positions with specific requirements, and locations around the world.One website we visited offered the example of a Female Bodyguard earning six figures, but bear in mind--she works in Saudi Arabia. She obtained the job because she spoke Arabic very fluently, knew how to live and abide by the moral ethic of the country. She was very skilled in martial arts and an expert with all weapons (eight years in the USMC). She spoke other languages and could act as an interpreter whenever her client traveled. Those are extremely valuable skills, and merit the high paycheck.Bodyguards have varying levels and types of experience. A former Secret Service agent has some of the best training in the world - and the best experience, and accordingly, their fees will be quite high. An individual with extensive security experience, but

least one other person with you so you can break each other.

14. Don't let your leads get cold! Immediately contact leads and thank them for dropping by your booth. You'll want to set aside the whole next day after a good size show to do your follow up - enter names into a spreadsheet, mail merge them to labels if you want or handwrite them on a quick note with your business card in it or preprinted card or letter written specifically to them as a thank you for stopping by your booth, etc. You could also have preprinted follow up postcards ready to go. If your leads get cold, one of your competitors will beat you to them and if you don't do your follow up YOU'VE WASTED YOUR TIME AND YOUR MONEY at the show!

Here are the 9 Tips Tradeshow Attendees Should Follow:

1. Have a goal in mind - How many people you want to meet? How many cards you want to pass out or collect? Do you want to make at least 2 good contacts? Are you targeting the vendors or other attendees? Know who you're targeting so you don't go off track and you make the most of your time while you're there; some of these can take some time to get through and you want to be efficient.

2. First of all, please, for goodness sakes bring enough business cards (3 times as many as you think you will need). You can even have more in your car.

3. Allow enough time to walk the whole show without being rushed.

Don't Promise Too Much
I've recently bought a computer system, taken my family to a theme park and flown on an airline that were all rated tops in their fields for service. They had won awards and were widely cited as leading examples of service quality in action.I ended up being disappointed. Not that the service was bad - compared with others in their industries, they were clearly better. But I had expected much more.For example, the computer sales representative had touted his company's No. 1 service ranking in a highly recognized survey. That was the key reason I bought the system. Yet my calls for installation, trouble-shooting and integration with other hardware and software weren't the hassle-free encounters I had expected.The service people turned out to be fallible human beings who had some trouble answering the phone. They were better than most of the others I'd dealt with in the computer industry. But in an industry that pays scant attention to customer support, that's not saying much.This is important to understanding what causes poor customer service. It is not always a question of performance; it can be about expectations, as well.To attract new customers, many organizations promise great service, display their service or quality awards, or show survey data that put them at the top of their industry. But those higher expectations raise the bar. It becomes difficult to meet them, let alone excee

Here are some simple tradeshow do's and don'ts that you may or may not know, but you might want to review them every time to decide to attend or become a vendor at one. I've compiled these from years of doing different tradeshows, biz expos, kid's expos, health fairs, community festivals and more while working at various jobs and with my own marketing business as well.

Learn how to work the room OR be the vendor everyone wants to stop at with my 23 tradeshow techniques!

Here are the 14 Things Every Vendor Should Know:

1. Bring your friendliest employees or friends to work the booth with you, at least one other person so you're not managing it by yourself. You want high-energy, happy people in your booth that know about your business but most of all ones that know how to talk to people.

2. Try not to stand or sit behind your booth, sometimes it's more appropriate to put your table behind you while you stand out in the aisle pulling people into your booth with a great “hook” or catch phrase. In fact you can put the chairs they give you away you shouldn't really ever sit down in your booth. Those who sit at their booth are not as inviting or seem less interested in getting people to stop.

3. Do not talk on your phone or to other workers in your booth; always have your attention focused on the attendees passing by. If you look busy, people won't stop.

4. Practice your hook, a quick attention getting phrase to get people interested and to stop. You might say something like “Want to know how to lose 10 pounds in 10 days?”, “Find out how to save $100 on your next _____”, “Having trouble figuring out how much to save for retirement?” or something like these.

5. Do not try to spend too much time trying to 'sell' anyone that day or you'll be spending WAY too much time with that one person. You'll want to meet and collect info on as many people as possible; you can always follow up with them later. Try to make a note or check mark those bus cards of those who might be hot prospects so you'll remember later. Having a booth at a tradeshow is like an instant database boosting venue; you want to be focused on getting the name, address, phone and emails of everyone you possibly can at all times.

6. Bring a clever giveaway of some type of promotion item, pens tend to be overused. Think of something people will not only keep or use but that will also have some type of correlation with your type of business. I've seen letter openers, flashlights, plastic water bottles, computer dusting brushes, mousepads, coffee cups, sticky notes and I use little books to put business cards in with my logo and website on it so they always have it on hand.

7. Hold a drawing for a free gift - not a discount off your services, but something anyone would want. Not everyone will want your services. Have a big bowl or basket for people to drop their cards into AND have a drawing slip in case they don't have cards and make sure to collect all info including email addresses - this obviously builds your database which should be the MAIN REASON you are there.

8. Offer incentives if they sign up now with you or purchase today, a discount or throw in a gift certificate just for taking the time for a consultation (Ex: Give them $10 to Starbucks or something when they show up for the appointment?).

9. Make your booth interactive, think up some way for the attendees to “get involved” in your booth so they take the time to stop. I've seen real popcorn machines that give off a great smell, big spin wheels with corresponding prizes, puzzles to figure out right on the spot, questionnaire to fill out (bonus, it gets you more info too), video playing on a television, chair massage person giving free massages in your booth, card game or magic trick.

10. Have a large (3'x8' average size for booths) full color banner for trade shows with your business name or logo, tagline or catchy phrase/headline on top, phone & website in big bold letters too. You want as much signage as will fit in or around your booth that people can spot across the room. Don't get fancy with lettering; remember the goal should be to get people to stop at your booth and for you to capture their info.

11. Make your booth stand out with balloons, music or larger signs if possible. Many tradeshows that are inside allow you to hang signs or such from the ceiling and often times you can get electrical to your booth so you can have fun, energetic music - everyone loves music. Just make sure the music isn't too loud so you can't hear people or they can't hear you when they stop by.

12. Bring goodies, candies or some kind of original food if possible, not just the normal Hershey's Kisses or hard candy; the more original you get with this, the more people want to find your booth (I've seen someone with a popcorn machine at their booth for example with cute red and white stripped popcorn bags). If you can get something with your logo on it or name too, that's a plus but it's not necessary unless it's your only giveaway because people will just eat the food/candy and throw away the wrapper. I used to give away individually wrapped fortune cookies and stuck a label with my info on the outside but you can get fortune cookies for example with your unique phrase, name, logo or even a discount offer on the inside fortune part!

13. Bring a small ice chest with bottled waters, sodas and quick, easy snacks in case you can't get a break, however step out and eat quickly and don't leave your food and drinks on your tables in plain sight. This is why you want at least one other person with you so you can break each other.

Here are the 9 Tips Tradeshow Attendees Should Follow:

2. First of all, please, for goodness sakes bring enough business cards (3 times as many as you think you will need). You can even have more in your car.

3. Allow enough time to walk the whole show without being rushed.

Bosses Are Out - Managers As Coaches Are In
There is a new trend taking hold in business today which translates into amazing productivity, results, and a happier workforce. It’s easy, positive, and some say transformative; best of all, it’s something you and every other individual charged with the responsibility for getting results through others can learn to do. It is…coaching people instead of managing them.Coaching is a skill, style, and way of being which emanates from the root value of caring for one’s self and others. Wouldn’t you agree - you are more centered, motivated, and productive in an environment where you know others sincerely care about your growth and development, not just what you can do for them? If you’re ready for more success and break-through results, commit to mastering some of a coach’s skills and characteristics:1. Create a co-active partnership with employees.There is no room for a hierarchy here. View employees as equals, embrace diversity, and utilize dialogue and inquiry, which tap the knowledge of each individual, to develop strategies/solutions. You will find employees are motivated to contribute because they have ownership in the solution and an opportunity to express their unique gifts, talents, and passions.2. Be a guide.Share your knowledge experience, ideas and wisdom to support employees in moving forward personally and professionally. Understand that what worked for you

ctice your hook, a quick attention getting phrase to get people interested and to stop. You might say something like “Want to know how to lose 10 pounds in 10 days?”, “Find out how to save $100 on your next _____”, “Having trouble figuring out how much to save for retirement?” or something like these.

Here are the 9 Tips Tradeshow Attendees Should Follow:

2. First of all, please, for goodness sakes bring enough business cards (3 times as many as you think you will need). You can even have more in your car.

3. Allow enough time to walk the whole show without being rushed.

Why Everyone Needs a Mentor
In the ever-growing field of internet marketing, it is not uncommon for successful marketers to utilize or have utilized the skills and expertise of an internet marketing mentor. Why do you need a mentor and what could they possibly offer to help you grow your business.First of all, mentors are guides to help cut through the sometimes-murky water of internet marketing. They are there to help you understand not only the intricacies involved in operating your internet marketing business, but to help direct you when you have no idea which direction to take to bring your business to the next level.They can also provide a good 'kick in the pants' when your motivation is failing. So why do you need an internet marketing mentor? Because we all, at some point in time reach a point where we have no further expertise or experience. We also lack the knowledge, time, and/or resources to do an involved study of where to go.By utilizing the services of a mentor who knows the steps, we are saving hours of time researching, weeks or months of time of trial and error implementation, and advancing our business plan by years. Time is the one commodity that can never be regained. You can earn and lose money, then make some more. The same for homes, possessions, etc. but you can never recover lost time.The real problem with time is that there are only 24 hours in a day wh

t. Not everyone will want your services. Have a big bowl or basket for people to drop their cards into AND have a drawing slip in case they don't have cards and make sure to collect all info including email addresses - this obviously builds your database which should be the MAIN REASON you are there.

Here are the 9 Tips Tradeshow Attendees Should Follow:

2. First of all, please, for goodness sakes bring enough business cards (3 times as many as you think you will need). You can even have more in your car.

3. Allow enough time to walk the whole show without being rushed.

What’s Happening in Security & What You Need to Know
Security like many sectors, keeps marketing people like myself busy communicating with stakeholders about the latest issues and changes that affect them. Just as I think things are on even keel, something new appears on the horizon that needs communicating. And then it changes, so I have to communicate it all again.Confusing enough for myself, but much more of an issue for people like yourselves involved in facilities management. For most of you, security is just one of many areas you are involved with and keeping abreast with the pertinent issues that impact upon your organisation is not easy.There are a couple of current issues that you need to be aware of. Firstly, new European Standards have recently been introduced for intruder alarm installation and secondly, there is the impact of the Private Security Industry Act 2001 on the manned security sector.Euro Standards for Intruder and Hold-up Alarms Are HereSecurity is no exception to Europeanisation of Standards being negotiated into a pan-European role, EU members anyway, where ultimately everything will be the same in member states. But not quite yet.As from October last year, the British Standard (BS 4737) for the installation of intruder alarms is no more, having been replaced with the European Standard EN 50131-1. Well it’s not quite that simple. We like to be a little different in the UK and therefore new installation

you to capture their info.

Here are the 9 Tips Tradeshow Attendees Should Follow:

2. First of all, please, for goodness sakes bring enough business cards (3 times as many as you think you will need). You can even have more in your car.

3. Allow enough time to walk the whole show without being rushed.

Selling Truth as a Differentiator
The last few years have been a period of heightened scrutiny and scandal for the financial services industry. Most recently, the SEC issued a report on pension consultants regarding conflicts of interest and the objectivity of advice given to retirement plan sponsors. It’s become vital to the success of insurance and financial advisors that they differentiate themselves with their exemplary ethics, that they operate by a higher moral code and that they communicate that higher standard to their clients. Why? Because research proves that ethics builds trust, and trust sells — in the long-term and - in the short-term, as well.Taken from the SEC report and the information provided by the Dept of Labor, below are Affirmations of Ethical Behavior for Financial and Insurance Industry Representatives. The Ten Affirmations of Ethical Behavior1. If registered with the SEC or a state securities regulator as an investment adviser I will provide my clients with all the disclosures required under those laws (including Part II of Form ADY).2. I will describe any relationship I have with money managers that I recommend, consider for recommendation, or otherwise mention to the plan.3. I will describe any payments I receive from money managers I recommend, consider for recommendation, or otherwise mention to the plan for consideration.4. I have prepared policies and procedures to address conflicts o

least one other person with you so you can break each other.

Here are the 9 Tips Tradeshow Attendees Should Follow:

2. First of all, please, for goodness sakes bring enough business cards (3 times as many as you think you will need). You can even have more in your car.

3. Allow enough time to walk the whole show without being rushed. For a larger business expo you'd want to allow at least 4 hours. For a small community event you can usually allow about 1.5 - 2 hours.

4. Rather than carrying around heavy brochures, collect the cards of serious prospects and follow up with them later; you can always mail anyone there some follow up information about you or your company. They won't have time to talk to you too much anyway since they are there to make contacts for their own business, so don't be pushy with your stuff. Remember, they paid to be there, you didn't.

5. Wear a nametag and possibly a shirt with your logo on it as well so people recognize you and see your logo and make that connection - this is branding for small businesses. Plus it allows those who might need your product or service to see what you do easily when you're walking around.

6. Wear comfortable clothes with pockets and/or carry a large bag to put all the info in that you pick up. Pick up everyone's business cards that you talk to so you can follow up with them afterwards. Even if they're not a hot target prospect, they might make a good referral source for you if you built a good rapport with them. In fact, you might pick up all the vendors' cards as well as any attendees you meet - the more the merrier for your database!

7. Don't try to sell your product or service to someone who has a booth. This just says that you were too cheap to pay for a booth yourself so you thought you'd go and try to sell everyone while you were there. If the vendors are good prospects, then get their cards and contact info and say hello, but then go back and call or write to them later to introduce your business to them - if they're prospects today, they'll be prospects tomorrow.

8. Enter all drawings given at all booths - for the simple reason to see how they follow up. Many of them won't follow up with you, which means they are wasting their tradeshow dollars but that's ok, notice which ones DO follow up with you and how they do it. Those companies will be more likely to do business with you simply because 'they get it'. Plus you might discover some cool ideas for your own follow up strategies.

9. Be outgoing and have lots of fun! If you look like you're having fun, more people will want to meet you and talk to you - hence, you build a bigger database!

Do you realize how many contacts you can make at the appropriate type of expo or show for your business and target market - TONS!

Most of you probably know all of this, but are you doing it? Are you having booths at trade shows for your industry? There are so many out there that you may not even be aware of.

To find tradeshows in your area the best places to look are the local venues' websites who hold such events regularly - the community centers, convention centers, concert halls, etc.

Have fun!

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List of Items Any Vendor Should Bring to a Trade Show:

bus cards, brochures

sales or special offer flyers

plastic (or other) holders for bus cards, brochures, flyers, etc.

promo items and basket to display them in

fish bowl to collect cards in

signup sheet for email

drawing slips for those without bus cards to enter drawing

drawing prize

sign and holder to show FREE DRAWING

risers for table display

extra tablecloths, colored napkins and or tooling to match theme

banner or large sign

balloons, matching colors to theme

Office supplies: regular pens & large fat pens, extra paper for handwritten signs, regular tape and packing/duck tape, tablecloth clips/holders, paperclips, safety pins, velcro stickers, metal banner hooks, clipboard (s), dice for game, rubber bands, name badge holders or nametags

basket of candy or some edible goodie either with bus card attached or not

flowers, candy and/or decor for table

portfolio to show

brag book to show

bio sheets

list of services and fees

new client packets

rope or hooks for signage and banners

ice chest with waters, snacks (for the vendor!)

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