What was the driving force to create Talk to the Pros?
Over the years I found myself saying, "If I only knew then what
I know now, I would have…" and then describe a different solution
or action to that problem from sometime ago. Then I discovered
that I was not alone in saying these very words. Many of my fellow
salespeople and executives were experiencing the same phenomenon.
I decided to get ahead of the curve and solicit information from
professionals who have experienced many of the business and life
challenges that I have had or would face in the future. Then I
could pass on their successful solutions to these problems to
you. In a nutshell, Talk to the Pros allows anyone, at any age,
in any country throughout the world to learn and be prepared for
some of the issues we all face from time to time.
If I have questions, how can I submit them to your team?
And, will you answer my questions?
Simply go to the "Contact Us" page, type your questions in the
Comment box, and click the Submit button. As to whether or not
we will answer your questions will depend on the questions. If
the questions are general in nature and don't require an in-depth
understanding of the circumstances, we will answer those questions
straight away.
However, if you are looking for a simple answer
to a complex question, we would not answer that question, because
it would be a disservice to you since we would not have sufficient
information to provide a competent answer. However, if you want
an answer in full to your complex problem, you can contact any
of the professionals directly. Because they would be acting as
a consultant, there would be a fee involved. The professionals
will fully inform you of the fee and you can accept or decline
the consultation.
How do I know that the professionals on your webcast are
really "professionals"?
Every person that applies to be accepted as a professional in
any category is required to undergo an interview by our Quality
Control team to determine if that person has the depth of knowledge
and the years of experience to provide the highest quality of
insight and advice, as well as a genuine desire to help others
and not just to appear on our webcast.
If I wanted to be considered as a professional in one
of your categories, what would I need to do?
If you are inquiring about being a professional in one of our current
categories, we would not consider you, unless there are extremely
strong reasons to do so. All of our current professionals have dedicated
many hours to bring our viewers the best possible information available,
and we respect their efforts and support them as valuable members
of our team.
If you are interested in joining our team as a professional
in another category, we would be pleased to consider you. Go to the
form on the Contact Us page, and type in the Comment area your name
and a way to contact you. One of our team members will contact you
and determine which category you want to participate in. They will
then converse with you to learn about your expertise and experience
in that field.
Is there a cost to being one of the professionals?
Yes, there is a fee. This type of broadcasting is considered advertising
of your service or product. Additionally, it is a means to help drive
Internet traffic to your personal website. Therefore, Talk to the
Pros charges a fee commensurate with the services we provide. In reality,
the category that you would participate in is a website within a website,
and we do all the work to drive traffic to our site. If a Google search
were made for your particular category, you would get the visitor
from that search. If a visitor is looking at another category and
notices your category in the list of categories, there is an excellent
chance that visitor will click on your category just to see what your
category is all about.
If you have a website of your own, the visitor
can simply click on your link and be sent straight to your website.
Furthermore, for a small fee, our video production team will provide
you with a DVD of your segment(s) that you can use to promote your
business. Talk to the Pros will provide you with written reproduction
rights and you can make as many copies as you would like for distribution
to your current clients and hand to your prospects. It sure beats
a paper brochure, no matter how much you spend on the design, graphics
and printing.
If I became a professional and participated in some segments,
who owns the rights to the video of my segments?
Our type of broadcasting falls under the category for the advertising
industry. In this industry, it is customary that the rights to the
video reside with the designer and/or the publisher. Any graphics
prepared by the Talk to the Pros graphics team are also considered
our property unless those rights are transferred in writing to another
person or business.
Why did your development team decide on a video format?
There was a great deal of discussion about this subject. Our team
wanted to make as strong an impression as possible on the viewers
so they would absorb the information as quickly as possible and that
the information would make a lasting impression. We discovered a well-publicized
study by UCLA that concluded that only 7% of our communication to
others consists of the words we say. The other 93% is mostly by sub-communication:
in other words, by our body language, our vocal tone and inflection,
and the way we say things rather than what we say.
Further research showed the following: After 72 hours, the average
person remembers the following percentage of information:
• 10% of what we read
• 20% of what we see
• 30% of what we hear
• 50% of what we read and hear
• 80% of what we see and hear
It became obvious that video was the preferred method of communicating
with our viewers.
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