Comments on: A Competitive Advantage Is Essential

By: M @ Mystery Shopping

M @ Mystery Shopping — Sat, 02 Oct 2010 02:04:32 +0000

As with all businesses, you definitely need a competitive advantage I agree. How is this gained however? Well, generally through a unique selling point in order to gain you market share – without this you’re unlikely to differentiate and succeed.

What really interested me however is your NLP marketing blog overall – I’d never heard of NLP being mixed with marketing before? Will be having a read over your other posts, and look for some books on the topic when I’m next out shopping.

By: Adam@Quick Step Flooring

Adam@Quick Step Flooring — Mon, 24 May 2010 09:06:54 +0000

Ya even I feel competitive advantage is very much required as it encourages one to give his best shot for sustaining the position.

By: Chas

Chas — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 14:01:28 +0000

During a money crunch once, I talked to the credit card rep and told him I wasn’t able to make my payments. Somehow he managed to get me to say something like “I was totally unable to pay my bill.”
I could almost hear him sigh with relief. He said he would close my account and I could pay off the balance with no interest. (I think I just let the cat out of the bag.)

By: Scott@Chicago Business Attorney

Scott@Chicago Business Attorney — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 20:59:17 +0000

I think those companies will just quote the amount they have settled. They are all doing the same thing, and I think companies know that when someone is using a debt settlement company they mean business about paying their debt.

By: lee@NLPCoach London

lee@NLPCoach London — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 21:04:45 +0000

What an interesting set of comments definately food for thought. I love the idea of asking what their perceived values are. What makes them different, following up these questions is always interesting love it keep up the good work

By: Nathan Watchorn

Nathan Watchorn — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 11:55:58 +0000

I am pretty much new in debt or finances but after reading i think it is not simple as it seems . First they give credit to make a debt and then they take back with so much more and if we not pay we end up settling … That is very rude.. but there are people who earning from it.

By: Mardhanaya

Mardhanaya — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:44:15 +0000

As a Newbie, I am invariably seeking on-line for clauses that can help me. Thank you!

By: Louis

Louis — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 16:21:22 +0000

My experience with the management at one company was that they genuinely cared about helping people get out of debt and start their financial lives over again. They accepted that their industry has had a bad reputation but they feel like that’s changing now.

Another misconception is that if you only care about making money, the best way to do that is to do something less than ethical. The truth is that’s short term thinking. If you want to be profitable long term, you have to build a good reputation and provide a better experience than the next guy. If you don’t, someone else will.

I think the shark like attitude of many sales people is due to inexperience and lack of training. They’d probably change their tactics if they knew how much more money they’d make by treating people well and helping people buy instead of hard selling.

By: Leif Jensen

Leif Jensen — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 03:10:56 +0000

We can’t take away those attitudes of profit first and people satisfaction last because who doesn’t want to have more money? But yes, its really sad to know.

By: Anna@DebtHelp

Anna@DebtHelp — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 18:09:14 +0000

I don’t know, I don’t think they are all bad or sharks…I actually called a debt relief place that ended up just showing me how to do it (negotiate my credit card debt, basically) on my own. Specifically I spoke with Porter at Rise Above Debt Relief out in Arizona and he was super nice. His honesty with me made them the winners in my opinion.