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Added for You - First Words Make (or Break) First Impressions
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Consider these numbers:
•In the 80’s and 90’s, NLP authors like Nicholas Boothman claimed you only had 90 seconds to make a first impression
•By the time the ne
“I feel overwhelmed!” said Leanne, a store manager for the past five years. “I’m spending more on advertising but sales keep slipping. I don’t feel like I’m on top of my business anymore.”“You’re not alone,” I replied. “I hear that same refrain from many business owners in spite of our booming economy and low interest rates. All that good cheer does little to pacify a business that’s struggling to make ends me
“Checking in…?”
“Here or To-Go?”
Isn’t it frustrating when those are the first words that come out of a front line employee’s mouth? As if they didn’t want to take the time, or couldn’t care less about offering a friendly, approachable greeting to the customer. Meanwhile, the next guy waiting in line thinks to himself, “Gee, thanks for the warm welcome. Nice first impression.”
SAD BUT TRUE FACT: the first impression window is narrowing.
I've been thinking a lot about this social trend since I was interviewed by the Wall Street Journal on the topic. The reporter and I discussed this "window," and I mentioned my research on hundreds of books on first impressions.
MY THEORY: As years go by, we seem to have less and less time to make a first impression.
Consider these numbers:
•In the 80’s and 90’s, NLP authors like Nicholas Boothman claimed you only had 90 seconds to make a first impression
•By the time the new
A while ago we undertook a study of 120 companies who had been through a ‘Change Programme’ of different types on behalf of a public body and what we discovered was that over 87% of the programmes had ‘failed’, meaning the programme had not been adopted by the organisation and it had not managed to realise the financial and operational benefits of the change.In analysing the organisations who had been successf
SAD BUT TRUE FACT: the first impression window is narrowing.
I've been thinking a lot about this social trend since I was interviewed by the Wall Street Journal on the topic. The reporter and I discussed this "window," and I mentioned my research on hundreds of books on first impressions.
MY THEORY: As years go by, we seem to have less and less time to make a first impression.
Consider these numbers:
•In the 80’s and 90’s, NLP authors like Nicholas Boothman claimed you only had 90 seconds to make a first impression
•By the time the ne
The primary reason to exhibit in a trade show is to generate sales leads or contacts for your company. So why is it that the majority of trade show exhibitors say that lead gathering and follow up is the biggest area of improvement needed? The reasons can vary greatly depending on the organizations; however some good up-front planning for both lead generation and follow-up will help alleviate many of the problems tha
SAD BUT TRUE FACT: the first impression window is narrowing.
I've been thinking a lot about this social trend since I was interviewed by the Wall Street Journal on the topic. The reporter and I discussed this "window," and I mentioned my research on hundreds of books on first impressions.
MY THEORY: As years go by, we seem to have less and less time to make a first impression.
Consider these numbers:
•In the 80’s and 90’s, NLP authors like Nicholas Boothman claimed you only had 90 seconds to make a first impression
•By the time the ne
You will always have a means of contact with strangers when you make use of business cards to advertise your business. You can hand them out to prospective customers wherever you are and passers by never object to taking one from you. This could be attributed to the fact that they are small and can be tucked into the recipients pocket or purse with ease.As technology advances and the way business people adve
MY THEORY: As years go by, we seem to have less and less time to make a first impression.
Consider these numbers:
•In the 80’s and 90’s, NLP authors like Nicholas Boothman claimed you only had 90 seconds to make a first impression
•By the time the ne
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Consider these numbers:
•In the 80’s and 90’s, NLP authors like Nicholas Boothman claimed you only had 90 seconds to make a first impression
•By the time the new millennium hit, you only had four seconds, according to hundreds of articles
•In 2005, Malcom Gladwell’s bestselling book Blink explained that people made first impressions in TWO seconds
•This year, an article from The BBC quoted a study which explained that Internet surfers form an impression “in one 20th of a second of viewing a webpage”
It kind of makes you wonder: as technology accelerates and as time goes on, will people eventually have ZERO seconds to make a first impression?
Ok, just kidding.
But think back to the guy waiting in line at the counter: if employees only have a few seconds to make a first impression anyway, why would the first words out of their mouths be so unfriendly?
I used to work at the Ritz Carlton. We were trained to eliminat
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