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378 – The Sales Process – Do You Have One?

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Podcast Number 378 SHOW NOTES  Selling is essential to the success of every travel agent and selling is a process. Success depends on learning this process, incorporating it into your personal style and then using the process when working with clients. This is key to increasing your sales. Benjamin Brown with 360 Sales Consulting joins … Continue reading 378 – The Sales Process – Do You Have One? →

374 – Marketing by Educating

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Podcast Number 374 SHOW NOTES  In Show 369 we talked about using the concept of a sales funnel to visualize your marketing plan. In this Show we will discuss how to get potential clients into your sales funnel. Most people are familiar with attention marketing where you attempt to get the attention of potential clients … Continue reading 374 – Marketing by Educating →

369 – Using a Sales Funnel to Visualize Your Travel Agency’s Sales and Marketing Plan

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Podcast Number 369 SHOW NOTES Don’t let marketing and sales overwhelm you. The sales funnel is a tool to visualize this process, breaking it down into manageable segments, and helping you to make a plan to convert prospects into clients. In this Business 101 Show Barry explains the sales funnel and how you can use … Continue reading 369 – Using a Sales Funnel to Visualize Your Travel Agency’s Sales and Marketing Plan →

366 – Business 101 – A Process to Become More Productive and Reduce Stress

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Podcast Number 366 SHOW NOTES  Organizing all the tasks you need to accomplish for your business, personal life and family life is a daunting chore. This task list can overwhelm and add stress to the point where you ignore the list of tasks altogether. I’ve tried many types of task organizing tools and always feel … Continue reading 366 – Business 101 – A Process to Become More Productive and Reduce Stress →

364 – How to Easily Produce Video to Promote Your Travel Business

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Podcast Number 364 SHOW NOTES  Video sells. We know and experience this fact every day as we watch hundreds of television commercials on our tv’s every day. In today’s world you do not need expensive equipment or a million watt transmitter to produce and transmit your video. It really is easy and you can find … Continue reading 364 – How to Easily Produce Video to Promote Your Travel Business →

361 – Business 101 – Are You Selling Details or Are You Selling The Emotion of Travel?

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Podcast Number 361 SHOW NOTES  It’s tempting to sell the features of your travel specialty. In fact it’s easy to sell the features of your travel product. It’s easy to talk about the details of the flight, the number of rooms in a suite, the all inclusive restaurants or bars, or the fine rental car. … Continue reading 361 – Business 101 – Are You Selling Details or Are You Selling The Emotion of Travel? →

360 – How Italy4Real Uses Technology to Create Itineraries

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Podcast Number 360 SHOW NOTES  Operating a tour business has its challenges but it also has great rewards. Rem Malloy from Italy4Real, and Scott Rutz from Travefy, join the show to talk about the challenges of operating a tour business and how technology can remove many of the challenges for any travel consultant building an … Continue reading 360 – How Italy4Real Uses Technology to Create Itineraries →

356 – Travel Agents Prosper by Working as a Team – The NACTA Chapter Directors’ Conference

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Podcast Number 356 INTERVIEW SEGMENT  One of the most valuable resources you can utilize as a small business owner, a travel agent, are the valuable insights from people who have a depth and breadth of experiences that are different from your own. This show combines the final two interviews from the National Association of Career … Continue reading 356 – Travel Agents Prosper by Working as a Team – The NACTA Chapter Directors’ Conference →

351 – Using Social Media To Build Client Trust And Increase Sales

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Podcast Number 351 GUEST SEGMENT On our previous two shows we’ve discussed the importance of selling yourself first as a travel consultant. You compete in the travel marketplace by clients getting to know you, liking you, and trusting you enough to place their valuable vacation time into your hands. Catherine Heeg, a social media trail … Continue reading 351 – Using Social Media To Build Client Trust And Increase Sales →

350 – Why You Should Change Your Business Model From Travel Agent To Travel Consultant

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Podcast Number 350 GUEST SEGMENT The world has moved beyond the traditional travel agent who at one time was simply an order taker. The client would tell the agent where they wanted to travel and the travel agent would book the trip. The internet can easily fulfill this function today. The travel agent of today … Continue reading 350 – Why You Should Change Your Business Model From Travel Agent To Travel Consultant →