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20th February 2004

Your words ó are they positive or poison?

“You’ve heard the expression that a picture is worth a thousand words. Great salespeople know that positive words can help them get a thousand sales… Your choice of words can promote positive feelings, encourage customers’ optimism, and lead to a sale. Using negative words can create fear, uncertainty and discomfort and, therefore, poison sales. Here are six examples of ‘poison’ words and their positive replacements.”

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