{"id":1291,"date":"2011-04-17T02:10:34","date_gmt":"2011-04-17T10:10:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/?p=1291"},"modified":"2023-02-06T12:10:03","modified_gmt":"2023-02-06T20:10:03","slug":"business-english-skills-360-selling-your-ideas-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/2011\/04\/17\/business-english-skills-360-selling-your-ideas-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Skills 360 &#8211; Selling your Ideas (Part 1)"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1291-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/bizpod\/BE360.12-Ideas1.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/bizpod\/BE360.12-Ideas1.mp3\">https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/bizpod\/BE360.12-Ideas1.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>Welcome back to the <strong><a title=\"Business Skills 360 - The podcast that looks at the other side of Business English.\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/category\/business-english-360\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Business Skills 360 podcast<\/a><\/strong>. In this lesson, we&#8217;re going to take a look at how to \u201d\u02dcsell&#8217; your ideas and be persuasive.<\/p>\n<p>You may be full of great ideas, but exactly how do you get people to buy into them? How do you get people on board with your brilliant plans? Well, today I want to share a few tools and techniques that will help you do just that.<\/p>\n<p>These tools and techniques have two important effects: they build <em>connections<\/em> and they build <em>credibility<\/em>. The connections can be between you and your listeners, but they can also be between your listeners and your idea. Those connections will generate buy-in. And that credibility can be your credibility and your idea&#8217;s credibility. You, and your idea, have to be believable and trustworthy.<\/p>\n<p>[tp no_translate=&#8221;y&#8221;]<strong>Free Resources: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mybeonline.com\/business-english-skills-360-tips-and-techniques-for-selling-your-ideas-1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Transcript <\/span><\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/businessenglishpod.com\/quiz\/360.12QIZ\/presentation.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Quiz<\/span><\/a> | <a href=\"\/quiz\/360-Ideas1.pdf\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">PDF Transcript<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Download: <a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/bizpod\/BE360.12-Ideas1.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Podcast MP3<\/a><\/strong>[\/tp]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome back to the Business Skills 360 podcast. 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