{"id":129,"date":"2010-08-20T10:50:23","date_gmt":"2010-08-20T00:50:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pdtraining.com.au\/blog\/?p=129"},"modified":"2014-06-10T18:55:17","modified_gmt":"2014-06-10T08:55:17","slug":"is-business-like-dating-how-and-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pdtraining.com.au\/blog\/professional-development-training\/professional-telephone-etiquette\/is-business-like-dating-how-and-why\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Business Like Dating?  How and Why? &#8211; Business Communications Training in Sydney, Adelaide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Why is Doing Business Like Dating<\/strong>?<\/p>\n<figure class=\"figure alignright\"><a href=\"\/category\/business-communication\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\/category\/business-communication\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-260 size-medium\" title=\"Business Communications Courses in Sydney, Adelaide\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/maximpactnegotiation-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"Business Communications Courses in Sydney, Adelaide from pdtraining\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pdtraining.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/maximpactnegotiation-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pdtraining.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/maximpactnegotiation.jpg 425w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Gain skills in business communications<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>For training in business communications, consider participating in our <a title=\"Business Communications Training Classes\" href=\"\/category\/business-communication\" target=\"_blank\">Business Communications Courses<\/a>\u00a0delivered by pdtraining in Sydney, Adelaide and other cities in Australia.<\/p>\n<p>All psychological research tells us one thing: First Impressions Count!!<\/p>\n<p>We all make a judgment on a potential dating partner very rapidly and instinctively, within the first couple of sentences spoken.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Similarly, within the first 5-8 seconds of the first in-bound or out-bound call, your <a href=\"\/telephone-skills-training\" target=\"_blank\">Customer judges your Company<\/a>.\u00a0 First impressions are the most viscerally powerful, and the hardest to significantly change.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Very often, the staff forming those all-important first impressions are amongst the lowest paid, least trained and least appreciated in the entire company.<\/p>\n<p>PD Training can be the &#8220;<a title=\"training profile solution\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0386588\/\">profile solution<\/a>&#8221; for your business, creating a powerfully positive first impression, which will flow through to many extra sales, clients and additional profits.<\/p>\n<p><strong>However unlike most dates, good business relationships can last many years and provide rich opportunities.\u00a0 Do not put all that at risk through the first 5 seconds of the first call &#8211; instead, call pdtraining!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A good date lasts several hours, a good business relationship, many years, but for both the first few seconds are critical.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><a title=\"\/blog\/assertiveness-training\/facing-challenges-assertiveness-confidence-training-melbourne-adelaide\/\" href=\"\/blog\/assertiveness-training\/facing-challenges-assertiveness-confidence-training-melbourne-adelaide\/\" target=\"_blank\">Related Article&#8230;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"\/pd-training-reviews\"><b>Pdtraining<\/b><\/a><\/span><span class=\"s3\"><b> delivers 1000\u2019s of professional development courses each year in Brisbane, Sydney, Parramatta, Melbourne, Adelaide, Canberra and Perth, so you can be assured your training will be delivered by a qualified and experienced trainer.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"s3\"><b>All public\u00a0<a title=\"Business Communications Training Classes\" href=\"\/category\/business-communication\" target=\"_blank\">Business Communications<\/a><\/b><b>\u00a0courses include am\/pm tea, lunch, printed courseware and a certificate of completion.\u00a0 Customised courses are available upon request so please contact pdtraining on\u00a01300 121 400 to learn more.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>However unlike most dates, good business relationships can last many years and provide rich opportunities.  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