The Art and Science of Sales: Ana Melikian, PhD, Spoke at Entrepreneur Magazine's Thought Leaders Live Event
Miami, Florida (PRWEB) October 07, 2013 -- Ana Melikian, PhD, BCC, ACC, and Elite Level Book Yourself Solid Coach, was a panel member at Entrepreneur Magazine's Thought Leaders Live Event in Miami on September 11, 2013. Ana works with self-employed professionals who don't like to engage in marketing and selling. Her background is in psychology, having earned a doctoral degree and two masters degrees in psychotherapy. She has a unique way of using metaphors to help her clients shift to a more positive mindset in order to avoid procrastinating about sales conversations and to overcome the fear of hearing "no."
Also included on the thought leader panel were:
Michael Port, New York Times best-selling author of Book Yourself Solid, Beyond Booked Solid, The Contrarian Effect and The Thing Big Manifesto. He is also the creator of the 4-Part Sales Formula for simple selling to book business. Michael opened the event with a keynote about the Book Yourself Solid system.
Joanna Lord, Chief Marketing Officer at Seattle-based BigDoor, a customer loyalty technology startup. She is also a social-media enthusiast and frequent conference speaker on topics ranging from performance marketing, inbound marketing, data analysis and retention programs.
The panel was moderated by:
Colleen Debaise, Special Projects Director at Entrepreneur.com. Colleen brought her unique perspective to the discussion and delving into opportunities and questions voiced by small-business owners when growing their business.
Topics covered:
- Developing a personal brand.
- Getting hired by only the most ideal clients.
- Alternatives to elevator speech.
- Building trust and credibility to get more clients.
- Developing a sales cycle that works.
- Mastering sales conversation to get booked solid.
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Ana Melikian, AMAZE Coaching, http://AnaMelikian.com, +1 (480) 648-0656, [email protected]
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