Business-to-business sales (B2B) is a difficult nut to crack, especially if you’re used to dealing with decision-makers for smaller or local companies only.

Why does it seem like every startup is antsy to gobble up your helpful services, but the large C-level corporate heads couldn’t care less about you? Do not be discouraged, my friend. Industry professionals who have “been there, done that” have a few suggestions to help you and your business break into this lucrative market.

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Contrary to what the personal development industry and countless self-help platitudes will tell you, a positive mental attitude, on its own, really is quite useless.

This point is driven home in this heartbreakingly raw documentary about heroin addicts in the city of Swansea in the UK.

A self-admitted junkie in the documentary talks extensively about a positive mental attitude. The junkie talks about…

• Waking up in the morning with a positive mental attitude.
• Maintaining a positive mental attitude while he is not using.
• He even made a poster on his wall that says P.M.A to remind him.

At the end…

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Negotiation is one of the finest communication skills to hone.

Even if you aren’t in sales or business, you can benefit almost every day from sharpening your negotiating abilities. Over the years I’ve saved myself and my businesses thousands (somewhere in the 5-figure range) of dollars in fees from my services companies. Here I break down the mindset, communication style, influence methods, issue-leveraging techniques, and lines to use.

Mindset: Treat it like a game

This is a book about the neuroscience behind sales, marketing, and deal-making.

The author as far as I can tell is a very Limitless guy. Oren works doing very sophisticated 7, 8, and 9 figure capital finance deals. He raises millions of dollars from venture capitalists, angel investors, and financial institutions to fund startups, real estate deals, and even airports. So the author has literally been doing the kind deal-making you see the guy doing in the movie Limitless for the last 15 years.

I don’t know how many people reading this are negotiators or salespeople by profession but I…

Towards the end of the film Limitless, the main character purchases a gorgeous, high-rise penthouse in Manhattan. Part of living Limitlessly is residing in your dream home and it can actually be significantly less expensive and quite a bit easier to do than you may think. Whether it’s a huge house, a classic residence with lots of personality, or a luxury high-rise condominium this article will outline the steps to getting and saving a fortune on the kind of home you’ve always wanted. …

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Being a great conversationalist requires a combination of mindset and methods. Luckily though you can fake it till you make it. Here I will cover how to steal the conversation while appearing magnanimous, a sweet body language trick, applying economics concepts to increase the attention people show you, and my favorite “pick up line” to starting a conversation.

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