Maximize Your Influence

Find people who are experts in their field, ask questions, attend seminars and workshops and take college classes. Success is an open book test; the answers are all there right in front of you when you're willing to look for them. Learn more about mentors and success.  Join me this week’s podcast with the mentor of all mentors.  I Interviewed Shark Tank’s Kevin Harrington.  We focused on Keys to Business, tips to Success, and how to find mentors.  Shark Tank’s Kevin Harrington - Keys to Business and Success    To find out more about Kevin and his new book visit  www.GetMTM.com and you will and receive 30 days of free mentorship from Kevin and Mark.

Want to know more about the traits and mistakes of power persuaders?  Join me for this week’s podcast on The Forgotten Trait Of Influence - And Covid Makes It Worse.  I take a deep dive into common persuasion blunders of most people and traits of influencers. Article from the podcast: Increases in physical activity tend to be followed by increases in mood

Your voice is your calling card.  Your voice must exude confidence, courage, and conviction.  We judge others by their voice:  arrogant, nervous, weak or strong.  If you sound uncertain and timid, your ability be accepted as an expert will deteriorate.  Your voice will either connect you with your audience or disconnect with them on a subconscious level.  What does your voice trigger in people?  What words do you use that are repelling people?  Your voice must be interesting and easy to listen to in order to help, rather than hinder, your ability to gain charisma and influence others.  Lemon Scent May Bolster Body Image Discover the keys to the right way to get someone interested in you or your business.  Join me for this week’s podcast on The Death Of The Elevator Pitch. 

The right negotiation techniques will make a difference in your success and income.  Many of the negotiation techniques you have learned in the past - no longer work.  Top persuaders have mastered the art and science of communication and negotiation.  Let’s talk about negotiation blunders.  14 habits of the most likable people Want to know more about making the first offer?  How likability affects persuasion?  Want to know the best way to justify your high/low offer?  Then join me for this week’s webinar where I will take a deeper diver, offer additional tools on negotiation.  Join me for Should You Make The First Offer In Negotiation?

When you are not disciplined in all aspects of your life, it will pull you down.  Let’s say you are disciplined in 4 areas of your life and in 2 areas you are not so disciplined.  Each weak area of your life affects the strong areas of your life.  Self-discipline is critical in every aspect of your life.   Ask yourself where are your habits taking you?  Then ponder about what are the long-term consequences of this habit?  The key is coming up with a game plan on how you are going to replace this habit and what are you going to do when your self-discipline is feeling weak.  Choose your weakest habit today and find your solution, and create a game plan. If you want to understand self-discipline and success – listen to this week’s podcast for success expert James Malinchak.  We take a deep dive into what it takes to be more successful and how to make your business grow. To learn more about James visit his website here.

Do you repel people?  Most people say no.  Although most of us do things that repel people.  You have met people that just rubbed you the wrong way.  They repelled you, you did not like them and you did not want to be around them.  The key is that they never told you what you did wrong or how you made them feel, they just left.  These mistakes are a silent influence  killers.  Most people will never say anything to you that will alert you to the fact they are feeling this way.  They are more comfortable lying to you—so they don't hurt your feelings.  Download the Free Report on Do You Repel People Or Listen to the Podcast - Do You Repel People - Rethink Your People Skills Or Watch the Video - Top 10 Things You Are Doing That Annoy And Repel People

Successful persuaders all share a common ability to use language in ways that evoke vivid thoughts, feelings, and actions in their audiences.  Typically, news broadcasters are trained to inflect their voices downward at the ends of sentences because doing so suggests confidence and authority.  Upward inflections tend to suggest a lack of confidence and doubt.  Your voice is who you are.  It is your trademark and your calling card.  Your voice must exude energy, confidence, and conviction.  We tend to judge others by their voice:  confident, nervous, relaxed, energized, tired, weak, strong.  If you sound unsure and timid, your ability to persuade will suffer. Want to know more?  Join me for this week’s podcast on Your Zoom Voice:  How to Make Your Voice Captivating and Persuasive In An Online World. You will Discover....other elements needed to make your voice more influential, how to know if someone is smiling while they are wearing a mask, and how to know when you have developed and created rapport with a stranger.

Increase your scarcity with your product or service and you will find your prospects begging to get started.  Make sure you follow the 3 critical aspects of scarcity.  Make sure your urgency is immediate, legitimate, and believable.  The Sweet Psychology of Indulging During a Pandemic Want to know how to increase scarcity and urgency?  Want to know how to keep prospects and coworkers to keep their deadline?  How to get them to say yes now – instead of later?  Join me for the podcast on How to Get Others to Take Immediate Action (not I’ll do it later)

Deep down we want everyone to listen to our message and we want to influence them to our way of thinking.   Every day you either persuade others to your point of view or they persuade you to theirs. We have learned from society to use intimidation, coercion, control, force, or sometimes compromise to get what we want. Candidates who use humor on Twitter may find the joke is on them One of these differences most of us don’t think about is those that are left-handed.  Did you know around 10% of the world is left-handed and most left-hander's brains are organized differently?  How you persuade someone that is left-handed?  You must adapt and learn to speak their language.  Join me for the podcast on Did You Know Selling A Left-Handed Person Is Different?

There is a strange psychological phenomenon in regard to drawing conclusions.  If someone tells us exactly what to do, our tendency is to reject that forced choice.  Especially when we feel like it is our only option. The solution is to offer your prospects a few options so that they can make the choice for themselves.  People feel the need to have freedom and make their own decisions.  If forced to choose something against their will, they experience psychological resistance and feel a need to resist the decision. Testing the objectivity of vision and BIAS The challenge is there are a few downsides to using options and choices.  For example, too many options can paralyze your prospect.  Discover a few more “what to do,” and a few more “what not to do,” on this week’s podcast.   Join me for the podcast on The Power of Choices and Options - A Key To Your Close.