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Open Mouth, Insert Foot! On the top of your faxable one-sheet executive summaryIt seems to happen every week: someone is caught saying something that they immediately wish they could take back. Even seasoned professionals like Don Imus say things they wish they hadn’t.While Imus said that he used those infamous three words “as a joke,” most people certainly didn’t think it was a laughing ma Recently, one of my clients came to me with this benefit statement: "Lighting the path for people and companies worldwide so that they can see the path to their dreams and goals. Our goals are that we leave a lighted path in the darkness wherever we've been." I didn't need to ask, "How's that workin' for you?" I already knew. 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"Don't you know, he doesn't handle that sort of thing?" and "Could you send me something in writing?" To really "get" the power of the words you gotta know that your high-level prospects are consumed with finding answers to three pressing questions: 1. How to increase revenues 2. How to decrease expenses. 3. How to quantifiably improve communications. To grab the executives' undivided attention you must quantify your ability to do one of these things. Use a number that's significant enough for consideration, a number that's not so high as to make him think, "Yeah, right." Here's How To Create The Benefit Statement, The "Phrase That Pays" … Big. Fill in the blanks about what your products and services do for your clients: "We (increase/decrease) __________ your (revenues/expenses) _________ by 20%." 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Our goals are that we leave a lighted path in the darkness wherever we've been." I didn't need to ask, "How's that workin' for you?" I already knew. So What's Next? The Secret to Assessments On the top of your faxable one-sheet executive summaryWhen it comes to personality profiling, the human development industry has countless tests and assessments from which to choose. These instruments may differ greatly on the surface - in the number and names of the archetypes each model advocates and the method through which a person's type is determined. But at their Recently, one of my clients came to me with this benefit statement: "Lighting the path for people and companies worldwide so that they can see the path to their dreams and goals. Our goals are that we leave a lighted path in the darkness wherever we've been." I didn't need to ask, "How's that workin' for you?" I already knew. By the end of our consultation his benefit statement had emerged as: "Increasing your profits by 20% or more. Guaranteed." He said, "Suddenly industry leaders I've been pursuing for more than a year, want to meet with me!" Scheesh! By the time we'd finished with his benefit statement I wanted to meet with him! Now, your mission should you decide to accept it, is to craft your own powerful benefit statement using the template above. Use it and you too will "Top Dog" decision-makers practically sit up and beg to do business with you.
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