Making a good first impression

What ideas do you have for making a good first impression?

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Originally Posted by Seth

What ideas do you have for making a good first impression?

Here is a list of ten items to help you make a good first impression:

Prepared
On time for the appointment
Dressed appropriately
Grooming, oral hygiene
Professional greeting
Comfortable level of eye contact
Effective handshake
Positive body language
Remembering and proper use of prospect's name
Well-chosen Approach [curiosity, introduction, etc.)

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Originally Posted by AZBroker

Here is a list of ten items to help you make a good first impression:

Prepared
On time for the appointment
Dressed appropriately
Grooming, oral hygiene
Professional greeting
Comfortable level of eye contact
Effective handshake
Positive body language
Remembering and proper use of prospect's name
Well-chosen Approach [curiosity, introduction, etc.)

I'm impressed.

Adding to #1 on AZBroker's list, "Be Prepared"...
One way of making an excellent first impression is to learn something a bit personal about the person you're meeting... You can usually do this with help from the web.

For example, suppose you find out your contact is very proud of his or her daughter, who is going to college on a basketball scholarship. Find out how many points she scored last season, or last night's game and tell him/her that you read about her success.

Not only do you put your contact at ease, you do so in a way that will encourage him or her to be a bit more upfront in his/her conversation.

Alwyas be on time, thats the first thing you can do to impress your client

I agree, the most important thing is to be on time. It is also very important to have done some research into the company that you are visiting so that you can at least bring that up into the conversation.

Tell them what you are going to do for them.

Do it!!!

Making a good first impression

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