Start by browsing through your site as if you were a potential client.
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Listen up: never approach a potential client with a solution in your hand.
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He uses this example: Suppose a San Francisco businessman needs to conduct a call with a potential client in Rio.
Mr. Klapper, of the investment firm, says he is careful not to rush a potential client through a meal, which can hurt a relationship.
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Most people are afraid to draw the hard lines in the sand for fear of angering a friend or losing a potential client or opportunity.
One software company, he claims, told a potential client that it was about to acquire Plumtree, so it was pointless to buy from the smaller outfit.
This time I was close enough to overhear their conversation, so I knew that one man was in sales and the other was a potential client.
Some worry they could miss out on a potential client who might not hit the benchmark at first, but with whom they would want to work anyway.
Mr. Hobbs, who was on his way to visit a potential client in Virginia when we spoke, has small winemaking teams in California's Sonoma County and Mendoza, Argentina, and an assistant winemaker, Julian Gonzalez, who accompanies him overseas from time to time.
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In One Fine Day Michelle Pfeiffer has to take time out of a crazy day to have a potential client meeting at 21 where she hopes to secure the all important deal all the while co-star George Clooney is providing entertaining scenes outside the lounge.
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When Mr Gardner turns up uninvited at the mansion of a wealthy potential client, he is not arrested but instead is invited to a corporate box at a football game.
That's still only a fraction of a potential global client base of as many as 3 billion people.
The final straw came when her friend was supposed to pitch a communications strategy to a potential international client.
You may want to test the waters with a potential trade client, but if you go this route, be sure to make it one or two service-to-service swaps with specific timelines and services in mind.
Often women act aloof in an attempt to protect themselves from disappointment when talking to a potential suitor or business client.
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If her potential client seems a bit itchy, she asks more questions.
Recently, a client of mine and I interviewed potential general managers for his startup restaurant concept.
One of Mr Obama's luckiest breaks in a luck-laden career came in 2003, when Mr Axelrod agreed to run his Senate campaign rather than that of another potential client, Blair Hull, a fabulously rich investor.
Other potential examples: an app that suggests a midpoint for a client meeting, or that can pre-heat your oven and turn up your home thermostat when you get close to home.
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The role felt like a great fit: I would be supporting associates analyzing potential investments and developing client presentations, and have the opportunity to grow within the role and gain experience working in the financial sector.
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