Comments for Marketing for Rainmakers http://blog.marketingforrainmakers.com Create a marketing mindset to attract, seduce, and wed clients Thu, 09 Sep 2010 01:49:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 Comment on Marketing to Abilene by Ford Harding http://blog.marketingforrainmakers.com/2009/06/18/marketing-to-abilene/#comment-2154 Ford Harding Sun, 21 Jun 2009 18:19:27 +0000 http://blog.marketingforrainmakers.com/2009/06/18/marketing-to-abilene/#comment-2154 Unfortunately, asking challenging thinking is often career limiting. Internal questioners at Enron were ignored or stomped on. Internal controls at Andersen were ignored and those who tried to enforce them moved out of the way to give client Enron what it wanted. Ford Harding Unfortunately, asking challenging thinking is often career limiting. Internal questioners at Enron were ignored or stomped on. Internal controls at Andersen were ignored and those who tried to enforce them moved out of the way to give client Enron what it wanted.

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]]> Comment on Tis Better to Be Intelligent Than Clever by Max http://blog.marketingforrainmakers.com/2008/02/18/tis-better-to-be-intelligent-than-clever/#comment-814 Max Mon, 02 Feb 2009 21:48:51 +0000 http://blog.marketingforrainmakers.com/2008/02/18/tis-better-to-be-intelligent-than-clever/#comment-814 Nice quote. Tolle gets to the bottom of a major problem with this society and it's governance. Thanks for reproducing it. Nice quote. Tolle gets to the bottom of a major problem with this society and it’s governance. Thanks for reproducing it.

]]> Comment on The Routine Is Anything But for Rainmakers by Ford Hardin http://blog.marketingforrainmakers.com/2009/01/28/the-routine-is-anything-but-for-rainmakers/#comment-812 Ford Hardin Thu, 29 Jan 2009 13:25:25 +0000 http://blog.marketingforrainmakers.com/2009/01/28/the-routine-is-anything-but-for-rainmakers/#comment-812 The rainmakers we have studied, whether they be lawyers, accountants, architects, actuaries, engineers, management consultants, publicist or recruiters, have routines they follow daily and weekly that are the foundation of thieir rainmaking success. Good post. Ford Harding The rainmakers we have studied, whether they be lawyers, accountants, architects, actuaries, engineers, management consultants, publicist or recruiters, have routines they follow daily and weekly that are the foundation of thieir rainmaking success. Good post.

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]]> Comment on Unleash Your Inner David by Ford Harding http://blog.marketingforrainmakers.com/2008/08/15/unleash-your-inner-david/#comment-282 Ford Harding Sun, 17 Aug 2008 15:40:49 +0000 http://blog.marketingforrainmakers.com/2008/08/15/unleash-your-inner-david/#comment-282 Rainmakers are, indeed, goal oriented. They are also optimists, as our research clearly shows. They persist where others get discouraged, because the expect a favorable outcome form their efforts. Perhaps, the visualization you describe is at least in part a produce of goal orientation and optimism. Thanks for an interesting post. Ford Harding Rainmakers are, indeed, goal oriented. They are also optimists, as our research clearly shows. They persist where others get discouraged, because the expect a favorable outcome form their efforts. Perhaps, the visualization you describe is at least in part a produce of goal orientation and optimism. Thanks for an interesting post.

Ford Harding

]]> Comment on Don’t Tell a Story Beyond the Close (aka: what homeless people can teach us about rainmaking) by lazybeggers http://blog.marketingforrainmakers.com/2008/01/16/don%e2%80%99t-tell-a-story-beyond-the-close-aka-what-homeless-people-can-teach-us-about-rainmaking/#comment-31 lazybeggers Sun, 20 Apr 2008 12:20:33 +0000 http://blog.marketingforrainmakers.com/2008/01/16/don%e2%80%99t-tell-a-story-beyond-the-close-aka-what-homeless-people-can-teach-us-about-rainmaking/#comment-31 Begging (at least successfully) is definitely a question of marketing. Check out our example at www.LazyBeggers.com [sic] and visit the <a href="http://www.lazybeggers.com/en/ideas.html" rel="nofollow">Ideas Page</a> for a few more... Be Lazy, Be Happy, Be You !! the Lazy Beggars Begging (at least successfully) is definitely a question of marketing.

Check out our example at www.LazyBeggers.com [sic] and visit the
Ideas Page for a few more…

Be Lazy,
Be Happy,
Be You !!

the Lazy Beggars

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