Be More Cautious When Accepting Negotiation Support – Negotiation Tip of the Week

Are you aware that you should be cautious when accepting negotiation support? When thinking of negotiation support, what do you consider? There could be a high price to pay if you’re not mindful of the support you receive and from whom it comes in a negotiation.

Most negotiators are very happy to receive support that leads to a successful negotiation outcome. At times, they’ll accept it from any source from which it arrives, not taking into consideration the potential quagmire that such may cause them in the future.

Consider the following insights before accepting support in your future negotiations. The insights will heighten your sense of awareness per the cost of the support you receive today and the impact it may have on you tomorrow. After all, you’re always negotiating (i.e. what you do today impacts future negotiations).

  1. Be thoughtful about, the people who support you are also the people that could cause you to lose the support of others. That could occur because when you’re supported by one side, you could be opposed by those that oppose the side that supports you. Thus, those that oppose your supporters may oppose you.

Before accepting support in a negotiation, weigh the value of that support. In particular, assess to what degree you’re gaining more value from your supporters than what you might lose if you didn’t accept their support. Once you accept their support, you could be tied to that support (i.e. their side) for future negotiations.

  1. When you accept support, if what is sought in return is not stated, you issue an invisible chit whose reckoning could be substantial; be mindful of that. You may not realize it at the time, but that chit is valuable to its holder. Depending on its perceived value and when it’s called due, it could prove to be worth more than the support you received in the negotiation. “You should do this for me because you owe me; remember how I helped you out?” Those words could be the ringing sound of despair that pummels your mind when it comes to repayment if the price is too high.

  1. If you find yourself in a negotiation position whereby you have to accept support from a source to whom a repayment will be high, negotiate with that source before accepting the support. That may be akin to having dual negotiations occurring simultaneously, but it will be better for you in the long run if you do so. To offset potential angst, attempt to place the initial negotiation on temporary recess while addressing the second one.

  1. Be aware of the image your supporters cast. As stated about opposing sides and the value, or lack of, associated with one side versus the other, the wrong image can cause you to be viewed in a bad negotiation light in future negotiations. You’ve heard the cliché, ‘birds of a feather, flock together’. If you don’t want to be cast in a particular image and your supporters project that image, forgo their support.

Never engage in a negotiation whereby you seek leverage from a source that’s too costly to obtain. Always weigh your options cautiously before accepting an offer of support. Even if you have to lose the current negotiation by foregoing the costly expense of the leveraged offering, you’ll be better off. That may turn out to be a situation in which you lose in order to win in the long run… and everything will be right with the world.

Remember, you’re always negotiating!

How to Use WordPress to Start a Legitimate Home Based Business Online

The internet has become the ultimate place to do business with people from around the world with so many opportunities for communication and business available at a single click of a button. An ordinary person such as yourself is actually capable of setting up an online business, selling products and services online, and of course earning profit without needing to leave the house for work 8 hours a day. The only thing that’s stopping the success of earning money online is the uncertainty and lack of knowledge on how to be able to do this.

Yes, people are actually unsure about how they should start their online businesses. They are given the fundamental knowledge, which is setting up a website and putting up their products online, but the steps and the cost-efficient ways on how to do so are explained in very vague and sometimes intimidating methods. So-called “gurus” of online marketing would tell you that you have to learn very technical tricks and techniques when setting up a business and promoting it online, giving you steps that are so complicated that you just want to drop the whole idea and go back to working day and night from Monday to Friday.

This doesn’t have to be the case. You can easily set up your blog or your website using open source software or platform and you can build it by adding features, new content, and the like without having to spend a hundred dollars a month. One of these software is WordPress and with the right tips and knowledge on how to set up a business through this platform, you’ll be able to create a website that looks nothing like a blog on WordPress but is just as easy to use and fun to work with. What’s more, it’ll be just as easy to advertise and market your website that you’ll be earning profit in the same span of time as regular website owners as well.

Where can you find resources that’ll teach you how to use WordPress to set up your legitimate home based business online? There are hundreds of home study courses that cater to beginners and newbie online entrepreneurs who are just starting out and who want to build their websites in the most cost-efficient way as possible. You need to find a WordPress tutorial course that uses simple yet understandable language in teaching the basic techniques and steps on how to set up a website, how to install plug-ins and niche templates, how to promote and advertise your website and products, and of course how to earn significant profit online after investing only $6 – $10 a month.

The only thing that might be of particular difficulty is actually finding the product itself. Start searching now for the best WordPress course online and you’re on your way to success in no time. Make sure that you choose the course that speaks your language, that has everything you need to learn how to use the WordPress platform for your business, and how to make money out of it.

9 Ways to Grow Your Business Online With No Money

Creating a successful business online requires a lot of effort and time. Even if you don’t have the large marketing budgets you can still create traffic and hits and online action to your web page and here’s how:

1) Create a website that clearly defines what you do and what you offer. Make it very easy for a consumer to know exactly how you can help them or what you can provide. Write using the terminology that your consumers use, use the right keywords and Meta tags within your site. SEO start with the main page, so make sure the copy on your core website is written effectively.

2) Write effective company articles – This is the PR for your business. It is very important that when you write your articles you spell correctly and use good grammar. In writing articles, this is all about giving the reader some information about you and what you offer.

3) Write product reviews- Aside from articles that are more on a PR Press Release or informative format it is very important that you also write product reviews or service reviews on how your product is used or how a product you sell can help the consumer. Use good copy and tell a great company story.

4) Don’t forget about your blogs – It’s easy to put up a blog, post a blog and then never write another one again. Or maybe a few months go by before you write and post to your blog. Choose a day and time in your schedule and post to your blog. A lot of companies these days are hiring writers like me to update and post to their blogs. But if you feel you have the writing ability to manage this, pick a day like every Friday at noon and post to your blogs. This is all about increasing and growing your business.

5) One Blog, Two Blog, Three Blog…More – Pick blog heading and titles that best describe your products or services. Most companies offer more than one product or service, so dedicate a blog to each of those. You can include a list of all your other blogs on each of those blogs and interlink them. But don’t just settle with one, in this case more is better. Use blog titles that are relative to your key words.

6) The Blog Website – Blogs are now coming with pages, they are created more like websites. You can create an About Us page, a Services Page, contact, whatever you desire in your web pages, and this can be in addition to your current site or possibly be your main page. Utilize it. WordPress and Blogger both have this feature available now.

7) Comments – Comments are a great way to share a thought or opinion as well as who you are. Post comments and always leave a signature about yourself. Your name, website and contact info.

8) Submit your site or sites – Don’t forget to submit your sites to Search Engines, Directory lists, Ezine’s, and any and all publishing services you can find. This goes for your website, blogs and blogs that you may host with Blogging providers. Your articles can be submitted to thousands of SEO friendly directories and ezines out in the web. Set a goal to do a batch each month

9) Twitter – If you don’t already have a twitter account- set one up immediately. Twitter is a great way to drive clicks to your website, web pages, squeeze pages, articles or blogs.

All these internet marketing strategies cost no money, but simply your time or maybe someone else’s time for money and you will find reasonable rates for writers to manage these blogs and write your articles for you. And don’t forget that when you submit your articles, you leave a signature with the website you want to drive consumers to. Happy Selling!