"Influencing" Blogs & Blog Posts

Why do we find people with well-developed presentation skills so captivating? What do the great orators of the past, the compelling media presenters of the TV era and great entertainers have in common?  I believe that the answer lies in their abilit...

I have just read an insightful article on Marketing magazine's website on how to woo bloggers. It makes some really good points about selecting and influencing bloggers. It includes 6 tips and I have paraphrased them below (if you follow...

I was moved to write this post about how to become more persuasive as a result of a recent set of experiences.  I have a friend who, due to personal circumstances, has become incredibly passionate about healthy eating.  He has started expressing hi...

Sometimes we have to speak about topics that our audience may initially find boring or dull.  Our challenge is how to make a dull subject interesting, relevant and memorable. Recently I heard a presentation on IT for small business owners that pushe...

Sometimes it’s the simplest ideas that are the most useful. I recently attended a networking meeting and the group leader shared a formula which has helped me think more productively about my business.  In this post I’m going to share th...

In this short post I’d like to focus in on one particular area of out vocal delivery namely inflection.   Inflection is the way we change our vocal tone within a sentence and it can dramatically change the meaning of the words we say.  You c...

I read a recent article about the importance of effective managers  which seemed to sum up a lifetime of experience. It summarised a number of recent research articles looking at the value of effective managers within any organisation For example di...