SVN Recommends

We’d like to share some other community resources which might be of use to support your business ventures.

Each of the following individuals/services has been utilized by the SVN Leadership Team, and we feel very confident about the quality and level of integrity you’ll find in them. Keep checking back, because we’ll be adding new resources regularly.

AzSalesPros, Arizona's largest association for sales professionals encourages the education, motivation, and community of all things sales in Arizona. Whether you are an early-career salesperson or a seasoned professional, AzSalesPros supports your efforts as a soldier in the battle for a better economy.

New salespeople ask questions and veterans answer with experience and intelligence. As a result, everyone wins. Jobseekers find opportunities from companies which, while seeking the individual who is the best fit, may be daunted by the idea of advertising for the right person. Most importantly, no one understand a salesperson’s world like another salesperson. Even if you are down, you are never out with these friends and peers on your side.

Since May 2001, thousands of Arizona professionals have found their answers at AzSalesPros.

CONTACT INFO
Michael Goodman
Goodman@ussalesgroup.com
480-874-3664

If you are looking for a fun networking group with like-minded folks (much like SVN members) you might enjoy Unity Business Leaders!

Unity Business Leaders (UBL) is a group of energetic, like-minded business leaders and professionals from across the community. They are fun, friendly, exciting, and enjoy building relationships within their group.

Their monthly mixer is hosted by Anna Banana Realty, and their leadership team selects a monthly theme which is incorporated into the evening’s activities. Additionally, they host a monthly business development workshop to help businesses and leaders become more successful, grow their bottom lines, and build better relationships.

CONTACT INFO
Anna Banana
602-595-8900
anna.banana@cox.net

Remember, if you’d like to have fun, relax, and enjoy great company and good food – all while networking – Unity Business Leaders is the networking group for you! Join them to grow your business with like-minded, fun people!

What would it mean to your business if you made more sales? The single best predictor of sales success is the number of contacts you initiate with potential buyers on a consistent basis. Exceptional Sales Performance can help you increase that number!

Connie Kadansky helps people identify the fears that keep them from prospecting and self-promoting consistently and comfortably in all marketplaces. It is a fact that the more phone time and face time sales professionals have with prospects, the more success they will create. Sales call reluctance® is much more than fear of picking up the telephone (Telephobia). There are 11 other types of sales call reluctance® that keep people from consistent prospecting. Connie’s training and coaching directly address and demonstrate what sales call reluctance® feels like, how much it costs you in dollars, how much it costs you emotionally, and how it shows up on a sales call or in phone conversations. Most importantly, she provides proven techniques for overcoming the NUMBER ONE reason salespeople fail.

Connie is President of Exceptional Sales Performance, LLC, an international consulting and performance improvement practice. She is a nationally recognized expert in identifying and eliminating sales call reluctance®. She teaches practical ways to create and capitalize on golden opportunities. Connie has a proven track record in diverse industries, (e.g., financial services, insurance, print media, software, public broadcasting, and executive search).

Connie has been interviewed by The Wall Street Journal, made a radio commercial for American Express, and is the author of a sales coaching book. Connie is a licensee of Behavioral Sciences Research Press, the world leaders in sales call reluctance®. She is a graduate of the Adler School of Professional Coaching, where she received her professional certification. In 2007, Connie was chosen to participate in scholarship program for executive coaches in Beijing, China. In July 2007, she facilitated a public speaking training for the women in Rwanda’s Parliament and a sales training for Rwandan entrepreneurs. She travels to Trinidad, West Indies, a few times a year to facilitate sales trainings, and she’s off to Israel in May 2008 on a Phoenix Sister Cities Tour.

CONTACT INFO
Connie Kadansky
602-997-1101
connie@exceptionalsales.com

Looking to Go Green? Check out the Green Chamber of Commerce

Thank you for your interest in the Phoenix Green Chamber of Commerce. We’ve been busy over the last few months preparing to deliver an organization that meets the needs of our growing green community. Quite an undertaking!

We appreciate your patience as we finalize the website, membership requirements and sponsorship opportunities.

We plan to host three events for flagship sponsors in May and early June prior to the official launch. At the launch (details coming soon) we will begin accepting membership applications. You can look forward to a notice with our membership requirements (to allow for your preparation time, if necessary) before this announcement.

CONTACT INFO
Mara DeFillipis
(602) 266-1989
www.PhoenixGreenChamber.org

Leverage Blogging to Boost Your Image, Exposure, and Revenue

Business Blogging Pros is focused on helping small businesses understand the benefits of blogging, helping them get started, and coaching them along the way. Recent clients have been able to boost their Google rankings, get press coverage, and gain new customers that would have never seen them had it not been for blogging.

Done well, blogging can enable a small business to achieve what large companies with millions to spend on marketing could never achieve.

CONTACT INFO
Dave Barnhart
602-647-7847
dbarnhart@BusinessBloggingPros.com