Ben Stein published an interesting piece on Yahoo! Finance which includes 10 conversation tips which are valuable for any conversation. If you have ever struggled with networking professionally, or work in sales, you will gain a lot of insight from Ben’s tips:

How to Have a Business Conversation

Not just helpful for sales and networking, Ben’s advice is good old-fashioned etiquette that would come in handy in any situation. Much of this same advice is taught for copywriting and online sales.

The primary point being that the person you are talking to or corresponding with (in any format) is most interested in themselves, and what you can do for them.

These 10 tips should come in most handy if you work in sales, attend networking events, joint venture with other business owners, attend conferences and seminars… or have conversations, period.

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