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Live chat: your new online salesperson

(Business 2.0 Magazine) -- A year or two ago, it looked like instant messaging and other forms of online chat had reached their full potential as a business tool. Millions of people were using IM to interact with corporate colleagues. Live chat had also become a fixture on websites, giving customers a way to inquire about products and receive answers in real time.
But as it has since the Web's earliest days, IM continues to evolve. Now some savvy website operators are finding that, when used tactfully, it can be a powerful way to boost sales - not just as a passive customer-service tool but as a way to engage customers, in the manner of a showroom salesperson. Erik Asarian, a real estate broker in Park City, Utah, installed a live chat box a year ago and credits it with adding $12 million in sales. "It's become an amazing new profit center," he says. For all the advantages that come with selling on the Web, one disadvantage has constrained online merchants: They haven't been able to approach customers as they're shopping and pitch them on the spot. But live chat programs are beginning to change that, augmenting the IM functions with new surveillance capabilities that allow retailers to track, in real time, what pages you're visiting and what links you've clicked. "It's like having special glasses that let you see who's serious and who's not," Asarian says.
With that kind of knowledge, Asarian can decide, in effect, when to walk up to his visitor and strike up a conversation. But it's a delicate process that requires new tactics, says Ari Galper, a former sales manager for analytics firm WebSideStory. Galper has developed a sales method, ChatWise, which he sells bundled with a chat program called LivePerson. His customers range from small sites like Asarian's to companies such as Fuji Xerox in Australia. IM, Galper argues, is the wrong medium for hard sales tactics. It's too easy for that potential customer to close down the chat box. "You can't be pushy," he says. To be a successful "closer," a merchant first has to learn how to use live chat to create trust. Instead of pinging visitors with a standard greeting like "How may I help you?" - which many potential customers correctly interpret as nothing more than a sales come-on - Galper suggests a subtler alternative: "Hi, my name is Ari, sorry to interrupt... just wanted to make sure everything is making sense so far..." (Another basic IM sales rule: Never use periods; opt instead for the more conversational ellipsis.)
Next, he advises, rather than offering a sales pitch the moment the visitor expresses interest in a product, dig deeper into what he's looking for. One possible line: "Can you tell me a little more about your situation..." The answers to such questions will also help you determine if the person is actually likely to make a purchase.
This might all sound obvious, but plenty of people still blow it. Ricky Breslin, who sells DVDs featuring hair-styling techniques at Braidsbybreslin.com, says he used to send messages to visitors too soon after they arrived, only to watch them flee within seconds. "It's so easy to scare people away," says Breslin, who runs the business from an office in Summerville, S.C. Lately he's adopted a lower-key approach. The result: a 10 percent increase in sales, which average $50,000 a month. Now that's money worth chatting about.

"Unlock The Full Profit Potential

Everyone knows that a robust business plan is essential to raise finance and maximise profits. But creating a business plan that actually achieves those goals can seem a daunting and arduous task.If you are thinking of starting a new bar business then you need to finalise your business plan before you start your business.This will enable you to know exactly everything you need to do in order to hit your profit objectives including: targeting specific customer groups, product pricing, all your costs, sales forecasts and marketing. Get the knowledge you have down on paper and you'll be able to see what it takes to maximise your financial results. Every bank requires a business plan before they even entertain the idea of lending finance. What if you could go to your bank with your business plan already written? You'll be confident of your plans and financial projections and your bank manager will be inspired by your business acumen. You're more likely to receive funding if you prepare in advance. If your bar business is not performing to your high expectations then re-planning your business objectives and plans will help improve your results. This will highlight new customer and market opportunities and provide renewed focus to generate additional profits. We've made this an easy and straight forward task for you with our business plan package. It doesn't matter how many years you have been in business, once you've gone through this Bar Business Plan and learned how to improve customer targeting, you'll be able to improve your profits and build your business even further. This is perhaps the most important section of any business plan. Lenders want to know when they will have their loans repaid and assess the risk. You need to produce financial statements that accountants will endorse without question. Everyone thinks their business will grow exponentially in the first 12 months but in reality this is rarely the case. Your business plan must show a realistic path to profitability that proves your actual revenues and profits are comparable with your written plan. Every business plan follows a certain structure. Lenders and professional readers generally look for 3 or 4 aspects of your plan. You need to ensure you have these elements correctly written in the right area of your business plan. Your readers do not expect a 100 page tomb nor a 1 page overview. Gaetting this fundamental area wrong will show your readers just how inexperienced you are. Communicating your products to your prospects is a critical success factor for every business owner. You need to show you understand your target customers, what their needs are, why they will buy from you and how you will communicate with them.

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Getting good advice from specialists can improve the performance of your business and allow you to focus on the business areas that need your attention. This is an introduction to New Zealand business advisers and the services they provide.biz is a free service that provides help to people starting or running a business. A biz Adviser can help you access information, resources and a free business health check to develop and grow your business. Advisers are in business to help you succeed in yours. Find out where to go for advice on starting and running a successful business and how utilising people like accountants or tax agents, bank mangers, local councils, lawyers, and small business enterprise centres can be beneficial to your business. The support of quality advisers can make a big difference to the success of your business. This guide offers some pointers on how to choose advisers and how to get the best results from them. Bizchat is a free community website for New Zealand small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs). It provides resources, information and tools relevant to New Zealand business operators, and allows you to discuss and ask questions of the business community. Do you have a business question you need answered? Post a question related to the following topics and wait for the response. Choosing the structure of a company, human resources, business finances, and keeping your business cyberspace safe. There are no guarantees of good financial advice, but getting answers to a few key questions on our checklist will help you find an adviser. Regardless of whether you choose to use a bank, broker, or independent adviser ensure that you have made the right choice by using this simple checklist.

Accountability: innovating for the global recovery

As we take stock of a hectic year, we are delighted to say that our members have all weathered the global downturn. Indeed many have emerged with enhanced reputations for responsible leadership. Congratulations to all. It has also been an eventful year for Council members and outgoing board members. To take just a few examples: Kumi Naidoo took up the challenge of chairing Greenpeace in the run-up to what he has called the 'Copenhagen crime scene'; Mark Line created Two Tomorrows; and Anne Simpson moved to CalPers. Our country representatives have also been busy promoting accountability, from Toronto to Madrid and from Stockholm to Amman.
AccountAbility's flagship revised AA1000 Principles and Standards have seen rapid uptake in the major sustainability reporting countries, and also enjoyed strong interest in emerging markets. The Stakeholder Engagement revision is now under way with local consultations taking place globally and an active Wiki-platform. The challenge for 2010 is to mainstream use of the standards - and we are building a new team to tackle this. We also aim to broaden AA1000's applicability to emerging areas of corporate reporting, like carbon emissions. One of the few things that President Obama and Premier Wen agreed on in Copenhagen last week was the vital importance of more effective climate accountability. We have begun working intensively in this area and the value of our contributions - notably with Project Catalyst and in building a new climate index - is now being recognized. ormidable challenges may remain to secure a global climate deal, but exciting innovations deserve celebration, from Brazil's Amazon Fund and George Soros' Climate Policy Initiative to Korea's Green Growth plan and the high-tech Planetary Skin Institute. 2010 is all about reinventing global processes while ensuring such initiatives gain resources, reach scale and stay accountable.
2009 has seen our team busy advising dozens of companies on their accountability and sustainable development strategies. Clients include Global 100 corporations and emerging market leaders, in all industrial sectors. The team has undertaken major assignments for clients in North America, the Middle East, Asia and Africa as well as in Europe.It has been a bruising year for the textiles sector, and the MFA Forum has been in the thick of finding solutions. 2009 closed with the dreadful news of Neil Kearney's passing while on assignment in Bangladesh. In Neil, textile workers have lost an untiring global advocate. However, the Forum's unrivalled network actually means a strengthening of its resolve to build decent work and sustainability for the sector and its stakeholders.The research & policy team has been drinking its own medicine and become hyper-productive, with benchmark Chinese and Arabic language Responsible Competitiveness reports, working with partners Sustainability Excellence ( Amman) and WTO Tribune ( Beijing). We moved into the second year of the Saudi Responsible Competitiveness Index. And we are now ready to build our insights from these and three other projects - in Chile, Jordan and China - into a major programme for 2010-12.We launched the Collaborative Governance Observatory, and initiated a major multi-year programme - with ISEAL and SECO - on scaling up voluntary standards. Meanwhile we continued first-class work helping partnerships live up to their accountability commitments while staying focused on their outcomes.
Finally, our global team, now working out of Beijing and Sao Paulo as well as London and Washington DC, produced insightful work on consumer behaviour during the downturn, sustainability in the outsourcing sector, responsible investment, Chinese firms in Africa, web 2.0 and many other hot topics.What makes these accountability innovations possible? Our inspired, hard-working, high-spirited team of staff, associates, interns and project partners. As usual, we will be welcoming new team members in the New Year, and saying farewell to others who are moving on. One person stands out for his colossal contributions to the organization and its mission; After seven years, Simon Zadek moved on from AccountAbility at the end of 2009. As we get ready for the exciting challenges of 2010, we are sure you will want to join us in our thanks to Simon - indeed to all those who have created a unique organization in great shape for 2010 and beyond. We are looking forward to working with you again just as soon as the festivities are finished!

Rs. 500-crore sops for exporters announced

Seeking to aggressively pursue export of products to China and Japan, the Central Government on Tuesday announced inclusion of both the countries in the Market Linked Focussed Programme (MLFP) scheme and unleashed incentives worth Rs. 450-500 crore for exporters, especially those in the labour intensive sectors.
Seeking to build further on the recovery happening since November in the exports arena, Union Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma told newspersons here that the sectoral package includes expansion of the Focussed Product Scheme (FPS) and Special FPS under which exporters are given 2-3 per cent incentives. “Both China and Japan were being included under the Market Linked Focused Programme under which exports to specified countries are provided sops,” he added.
Unveiling these measures, Mr. Sharma said these would be effective from tomorrow [January 13] and the burden would be borne by the internal budget of his Ministry. After 13 months of contraction, exports showed a recovery during November and December growing by 19 per cent and 10 per cent respectively.
Major sectors which have been given additional incentives include engineering, electronics, rubber, chemicals, plastics, carton boxes and egg powder. Other sectors that will also benefit under the various measures include hand tools, parts of agriculture and horticulture machinery, sewing machines and parts, liquid pumps, nuts, bolts, washers, screws, staplers, and parts of machinery for soldering, brazing and welding.
Mr. Sharma said exports rose for the second consecutive month to $14.6 billion in December, a growth of 9.4 per cent over November.
“Although the country’s exports have moved to a positive terrain in the past two months, the economy is yet to recover from the losses resulted from 13-months of continuous fall in exports. Export growth could maintain momentum moving ahead,” he said.

Bharti Airtel to acquire 70 % in Warid Telecom

NEW DELHI: Bharti Airtel on Tuesday said it would acquire 70 per cent stake in Bangladesh’s Warid Telecom, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Dhabi Group. Under the agreement, Bharti Airtel will have management and board control of Warid Telecom and make a fresh investment of $300 million to expand its operations in Bangladesh, making it the largest investment by any Indian company in Bangladesh.
The Dhabi Group will continue as a strategic partner, retaining 30 per cent shareholding and have its nominees on the company’s board.
According to Bharti Airtel Chairman and Managing Director Sunil Mittal, “this landmark deal underlines our intent to further expand our operations to international markets where we can implant our unique business model and offer quality and affordable telecom services.”
With 16-crore people and tele-density of 32 per cent, Bangladesh was a promising market for telecom services. Bharti was keen to work in Bangladesh and contribute to achieving the vision of ‘Digital Bangladesh’ even sooner than 2021. It would be our endeavour to raise the bar in the country’s mobile services market and bring best-in-class service, quality network and innovative products, he added. Commenting on the deal, Dhabi Group Chairman Nahayan Mabarak Al Nahayan said: “The telecom market in Bangladesh has immense growth potential and Bharti Airtel’s rich experience and product portfolio promise to redefine this market. We are confident that this partnership will help establish the company as a leading player in the Bangladesh telecom industry.” Warid Telecom offers mobile services across all the 64 districts of Bangladesh and has a total customer base of over 2.9 million. The acquisition of Warid Telecom will be Bharti Airtel’s second operation outside of India. The company launched its mobile services in Sri Lanka in January last year on a state-of-the-art 3.5G network. Interestingly, this is Bharti’s first international buyout since its failed multi-billion dollar bid for South Africa’s MTN last एअस.