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    I come from a long line of communicators, salespeople, entrepreneurs, and even one telegraph operator.

    All of them took language very seriously, and if you look at how they did in their careers, it worked out pretty well for them.

    With this legacy in mind, please pardon me if I also show sensitivity to the impact of language. It's in my genes!

    I suppose, if you want to be a word-nerd, it doesn’t hurt having a Ph.D. from the Annenberg School For Communication, at USC. (Occasionally, it can even get you some football tickets!)

    Anyway, I’ve had such great responses to my articles about wimpy versus winning sales language that I thought I’d treat you to more examples of sales words to use and to avoid.

    Typically, it is good sense to avoid using these weak-at-the-knees, trembling, weasel words and phrases:

    I’d like to…

    Perhaps…

    Possibly…

    Maybe…

    Do you have a minute to talk?

    I’m not interrupting anything, am I?

    Substitute the following positive terms and combinations:

    What we’ll do

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    With this legacy in mind, please pardon me if I also show sensitivity to the impact of language. It's in my genes!

    I suppose, if you want to be a word-nerd, it doesn’t hurt having a Ph.D. from the Annenberg School For Communication, at USC. (Occasionally, it can even get you some football tickets!)

    Anyway, I’ve had such great responses to my articles about wimpy versus winning sales language that I thought I’d treat you to more examples of sales words to use and to avoid.

    Typically, it is good sense to avoid using these weak-at-the-knees, trembling, weasel words and phrases:

    I’d like to…

    Perhaps…

    Possibly…

    Maybe…

    Do you have a minute to talk?

    I’m not interrupting anything, am I?

    Substitute the following positive terms and combinations:

    What we’ll do

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    g a Ph.D. from the Annenberg School For Communication, at USC. (Occasionally, it can even get you some football tickets!)

    Anyway, I’ve had such great responses to my articles about wimpy versus winning sales language that I thought I’d treat you to more examples of sales words to use and to avoid.

    Typically, it is good sense to avoid using these weak-at-the-knees, trembling, weasel words and phrases:

    I’d like to…

    Perhaps…

    Possibly…

    Maybe…

    Do you have a minute to talk?

    I’m not interrupting anything, am I?

    Substitute the following positive terms and combinations:

    What we’ll do

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    language that I thought I’d treat you to more examples of sales words to use and to avoid.

    Typically, it is good sense to avoid using these weak-at-the-knees, trembling, weasel words and phrases:

    I’d like to…

    Perhaps…

    Possibly…

    Maybe…

    Do you have a minute to talk?

    I’m not interrupting anything, am I?

    Substitute the following positive terms and combinations:

    What we’ll do

    Your Greatest Marketing Assets
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    ke to…

    Perhaps…

    Possibly…

    Maybe…

    Do you have a minute to talk?

    I’m not interrupting anything, am I?

    Substitute the following positive terms and combinations:

    What we’ll do is…

    What we do…

    What we’re doing…

    I’m sure you’ll find…

    Definitely…

    Certainly…

    This will just take a second…

    I’m a strong believer in the “Try it, you’ll like it!” approach to selling, and so I encourage you to put these improved words to use, every day, in your presentations.

    And then tell me how you do, okay?

    Dr. Gary S. Goodman © 2006

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