

Maximize Your Influence
Kurt Mortensen
Maximize Your Influence: Your source for the top persuasion, influence, and negotiation techniques that will help you maximize your success in life and in business!
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Aug 4, 2021 • 25min
Episode 387 - Influential Buzzwords – Interview With David Wood
 Are you congruent? Do you feel authentic? Does your prospect think you are genuine? Are you coming across as truthful? These are the new buzzwords that your prospect is looking for… Join me for this week's podcast with David Wood that reveals techniques and ways to be more authentic and congruent in your persuasive presentations. Discover how to be Transparent, Authentic, Genuine, And Vulnerable And Become More Influential – Interview With David Wood. 

Jul 26, 2021 • 6min
Episode 386 - PQ Skill #4: How To Establish Instant Automatic Trust
 The MOST important aspect of Trust is credibility It's harder to gain credibility nowadays than it ever was in the past. Most people are fairly sophisticated and have grown cynical with all the exaggerated and unsubstantiated hype that is thrown at them. People who have been burned in the past develop thick skins against almost every persuasive message they are exposed to. Want to sound smarter? Avoid these 24 overused words and phrases Do people trust you? Are you sure? I would say that you are not creating the trust you need or deserve in the persuasion process. Trust is the glue the creates your ability to sell and influence. Join me for this week's podcast on PQ Skill #4: How To Establish Instant Automatic Trust      

Jul 19, 2021 • 20min
Episode 385 - PQ Skill #3: Instant Rapport and Social Synchronization
 It is human nature to mirror and match, or to "synchronize" with the people we connect with. We don't even think about it. It happens so quickly and so subconsciously - one is unlikely to even notice it. What if you were aware of it? Could it be used to help you be even more persuasive? Research says definitely yes. When you mirror your audience, you build rapport with them. Do you want to know how to instantly connect with anyone? Do you want to make anyone your friend? Did you know influence is easy when people like you? Join me for this weeks podcast on PQ Skill #3: Instant Rapport and Social Synchronization 

Jul 14, 2021 • 23min
Episode 384 - Influence Like A Brick And Pluck The FUD - Interview with Ben Ward
 Are you a leader or a manager? When you influence people do they do it because they have to or they want to? Isn't that a tough question? What do you think? Are you able to boost people up, motivate them and inspire them to new levels? Because that is the role of a long-term leader. Join me on this week's podcast on influence and leadership with Ben Ward. Ben is a leadership expert that is going to teach you the tools and techniques of how to influence others. You will discover more about praise and how to motivate people to the next level. Influence Like A Brick - Interview with Ben Ward 

Jun 28, 2021 • 23min
Episode 383 - PQ Skill #2: How Your Audience Thinks And Makes Decisions
 Did you know that 80 percent of all new products fail or don't even come close to projected forecasts?3 Large corporations spend billions on focus groups to see if their product or service is viable. Do you want to know how to balance logic and emotion during the persuasion process? Do you want to know how your prospect makes decisions? Discover how to create a persuasive message that resonates with their heart and their mind.   What happens in the brain when we imagine the future? Join me for this week's podcast on Persuasion IQ Skill #2: How Your Audience Thinks And Makes Decisions Offer - 111 Sales Hacks- Beta Special 90% Off- $385 Value - $37   More Info. Buy Now 

Jun 14, 2021 • 20min
Episode 382 - Persuasion IQ Skill #1 - Mindset of Influential People
 How Conflicting Beliefs Are Stalling Your Success Beliefs are only one of the pieces to a successful mindset. I spent years monitoring, interviewing, and watching successful influencers. What are their traits and characteristics? What are they doing differently? How is their mental programming making them more successful?  Join me for this week's podcast on Persuasion IQ Skill #1 – Mindset of Influential People.  A new factor in success: a strategic mindset 111 Sales Hacks - Beta Special 90% Off - $385 Value - $37  More Info &  Buy Now     

Jun 7, 2021 • 22min
Episode 381 - Why People Resist Change And How To Persuade Them
 I'd say now is the time to take a careful look at your personal development program. Are there ways it can be enhanced? Every day, you are either learning or deteriorating. You are either closer to or farther away from your goals. Learn to model the best in your field. Find those who excel in your industry and benchmark what will work for you. Pay the price to become an expert in your field. Don't settle for mediocrity.  Salad or cheeseburger - Your co-workers shape your food choices Do you catch the keyword? That keyword is change. Personal development is the key to the knowledge to be successful, but then you have to create change in your lives to apply these new principles. People actually love to change when it is done right. People don't always resist change. Would you resist if I changed (increased) your income? I don't think so…  Join me for this week's podcast on Why People Resist Change And How To Persuade Them. 111 Sales Hacks- Beta Special 90% Off - $385 Value - Only $37  More Info & Buy Now   

Jun 2, 2021 • 21min
Episode 380 - How To Sell And Persuade An Angry, Hostile And Bitter People
 Great influencers can create the right mood at the right time. They can put people in a happy state. When they are feeling happy, they tend to think more positive thoughts and to retrieve good experiences from memory. When they are in a negative or foul mood, they tend to think unhappy thoughts and to retrieve negative information from memory.  10 Ways to Defuse the Hostility of People Who Are Angry What is the emotion that derails most persuasion and negotiation? That would be anger! How do you handle that angry person? How do you defuse anger and turn it into your advantage? Join me for this week's podcast - How To Sell And Persuade An Angry, Hostile And Bitter People.  PS - 90% Off 111 Sales Hacks Persuade Anyone, Anytime, Anywhere! Your Own Bottle of 'Persuasion Spray' Beta Special 90% Off $385 Value - $37  More Info  Buy Now 

May 11, 2021 • 20min
Episode 379 - How to Identify A Liar - The Science of Detecting Deception
 Influential people can read and interpret nonverbal gestures. You can read people like a book and you can obtain the knowledge you need to adjust yourself and your presentation based on what body language you are reading.   8 Ways To Identify A Liar Want to know how to spot a liar? Would it be beneficial to be able to detect deception? What to learn those FBI interviewing techniques?  Join me for this week's podcast - How to Identify A Liar - The Science of Detecting Deception. 

May 6, 2021 • 27min
Episode 378 - As Trust Erodes - Become Trustless
 Trust is critical in persuasion. Unfortunately, we live in a day and age when people are more skeptical and mistrustful than ever before. Twenty years ago, the mindset was: "I trust you; give me a reason not to." Now the mindset is: "I don't trust you; give me a reason why I should." You could say trust is at an all-time low and still falling.  Stanford researchers study trust in autonomous products Want to know the trend in trust? The trend is going from trust to trustless. It is a new concept in persuasion derived from the digital age. An idea that has come from Bitcoin and Blockchain.  Join me for this week's podcast - As Trust Erodes - Become Trustless. 


