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  • Speaker Series – Putting Your Clients First Makes Good Dollars

    Manifast Business Training Centre #710, 816 - 7th Ave SW, Calgary, AB, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

    About The Speaker Series We are happy to be launching the brand new Manifast Speakers Series on Monday 13 April. The Speaker Series is intended to create a friendly environment for speakers, business experts and entrepreneurs to share their business lessons with like minded entrepreneurs, business owners and business leaders. There will also be lots of time for networking before, after and during the event as building alliances and friendships is critical to business success. Ultimately it is all about helping you to significantly grow your business. Putting Your Clients First Makes Dollars Most small business owners and certainly most [...]

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  • Workshop (28 April) – 3 Essential Skills to Dramatically Improve Sales

    Manifast Business Training Centre #710, 816 - 7th Ave SW, Calgary, AB, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

    Are you interested in increasing sales? Sales are the lifeblood of any business. If you don’t have enough revenue you can’t sustain your business let alone grow. This sets the frame to being it is all about you. But sales are not about you at all; so this mindset is dangerous. Most business owners think that if they just had more leads all their problems would go away. Yet for most businesses lead conversion is a bigger problem but receives little attention. Before you spend another dime on marketing you need to make sure you are doing everything you can to [...]

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  • Workshop (20 May) – Honing The 3 Essential Skills to Dramatically Improve Sales

    Manifast Business Training Centre #710, 816 - 7th Ave SW, Calgary, AB, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

    Are you 100% happy with your sales? When times are good almost anyone can sell with some success. However, when times are a little more challenging or downright tough, you can find that the results from those skills you thought were working are... not so much. Let's face it, without sales you don't have a business. This the followup to the workshop "3 Essential Skills to Dramatically Improve Sales" where we will dig a little deeper into apply the 3 essential skills. If you haven't attended part 1, don't worry. We will do a short review of part 1 and [...]

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  • Seminar/Webinar (25 June) – Effective Marketing Attracts People Who Will Buy

    Manifast Business Training Centre #710, 816 - 7th Ave SW, Calgary, AB, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

    Over the past few months we have been talking to numerous business owners who have a number of marketing pieces in place, yet aren’t seeing the results that they expect. This reminds me of the old saying: "Half the money I spend on advertising is wasted; the trouble is I don't know which half." ~ John Wanamaker Average marketing generates some leads. Good marketing generates lots of leads but you have to weed out the non-buyers. Effective marketing attracts the people who will buy. This seminar will cover: The 5 Marketing Traps 7 Steps To Effective Marketing The format will [...]

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  • Lunch Workshop (16 July) – Summer Better At Business Marketing

    Manifast Business Training Centre #710, 816 - 7th Ave SW, Calgary, AB, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

    Marketing that doesn’t lead to better sales performance is killing your business potential. We have been talking to numerous business owners who have a number of marketing pieces in place, yet aren’t seeing the results that they expect. This reminds me of the old saying: "Half the money I spend on advertising is wasted; the trouble is I don't know which half." ~ John Wanamaker Average marketing generates some leads. Good marketing generates lots of leads but you have to weed out the non-buyers. Effective marketing attracts the people who will buy. In this fast paced 90 minute workshop we [...]

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  • Lunch Workshop (10 Sep) – Fall Into Your Marketing Groove

    Manifast Business Training Centre #710, 816 - 7th Ave SW, Calgary, AB, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

    Marketing that doesn’t lead to better sales performance is killing your business potential. We have been talking to numerous business owners who have a number of the basic marketing pieces in place, yet aren’t seeing the results that they expect. This reminds me of the old saying: "Half the money I spend on advertising is wasted; the trouble is I don't know which half." ~ John Wanamaker Average marketing generates some leads. Good marketing generates lots of leads but you have to weed out the non-buyers. Effective marketing attracts the people who will buy. In this fast paced 90 minute [...]

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  • Lunch Workshop (15 Sep) – 3 Essential Sales Skills For The Fall

    Manifast Business Training Centre #710, 816 - 7th Ave SW, Calgary, AB, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

    As we head into the fall business cycle, most businesses are going to be working hard to maintain or increase sales revenue. Sales are the lifeblood of any business. If you don’t have enough revenue you can’t sustain your business let alone grow. This sets the frame to being it is all about you. But sales are not about you at all; so this mindset is dangerous. Most business owners think that if they just had more leads all their problems would go away. Yet for most businesses lead conversion is a bigger problem but receives little attention. Before you spend [...]

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  • Seminar/Webinar (7 Oct) – Scaring Up Leads With Great Marketing

    Manifast Business Training Centre #710, 816 - 7th Ave SW, Calgary, AB, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

    Marketing that doesn’t lead to better sales performance is killing your business potential. We have been talking to numerous business owners who have a number of the basic marketing pieces in place, yet aren’t seeing the results that they expect. This reminds me of the old saying: "Half the money I spend on advertising is wasted; the trouble is I don't know which half." ~ John Wanamaker Average marketing generates some leads. Good marketing generates lots of leads but you have to weed out the non-buyers. Effective marketing attracts the people who will buy. In this fast paced 90 minute [...]

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  • Past Event: Seminar/Webinar (21 Oct) – 5 Powerful Ways To Get More Clients

    Manifast Business Training Centre #710, 816 - 7th Ave SW, Calgary, AB, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

    Do you want more clients or customers? Over the past 15 years, I've run into few business owners or entrepreneurs who said they didn't want more. In fact, for most small business owners, getting more clients is a major struggle. So to help you with that we're putting together a very special event to share "5 Powerful Ways To Get More Clients" and are launching it during Small Business Week. We will cover 5 of the most effective strategies, skills and techniques you can use for your marketing and sales right away along with a few great examples. If you [...]

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  • Technology Services Roundtable: Taming the Revolving Door

    Manifast Business Training Centre #710, 816 - 7th Ave SW, Calgary, AB, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

    The last few years have been a challenge: Are you at risk of losing existing customers? Are you being squeezed to reduce fees? Is significantly growing the business an ongoing challenge for you? As a company providing ongoing technology-based services to businesses in Calgary and Alberta, we have been facing some unique challenges, or so we believe. It is tough to grow a recurring-revenue, subscription-based business if your clients are at risk. For small providers, losing a key employee can cripple your business for months and put your client retention at further risk in a vicious cycle. As you – [...]