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		<title>Verbal Sites Improve SEO Efforts</title>
		<link>http://premiercompanies.com/2012/03/19/verbal-sites-improve-seo-efforts/</link>
		<comments>http://premiercompanies.com/2012/03/19/verbal-sites-improve-seo-efforts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2012 07:02:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Adding Verbal Sites to your website is an easy way to make your site engaging and improve SEO efforts.  Although the internet is traditionally a visual space, focused on text and images, sound is a valuable tool for making your content stand out, and it can be easily added to your website. The testimonials page of [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignright  wp-image-1022" style="margin: 5px" src="http://premiercompanies.com/files/2012/01/announcement-300x300.jpg" alt="" width="164" height="164" />Adding <a href="http://verbalsites.holdplus.com/" target="_blank">Verbal Sites</a> to your website is an easy way to make your site engaging and<span id="more-1042"></span> improve <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Search_engine_optimization" target="_blank">SEO efforts</a>.  Although the internet is traditionally a visual space, focused on text and images, sound is a valuable tool for making your content stand out, and it can be easily added to your website.</p>
<p>The <a href="http://premiercompanies.com/2011/04/15/i-sold-6-diamond-club-memberships/" target="_blank">testimonials</a> page of your website is an obvious place to add audio. When you receive a review from a customer or client, instead of posting it as text only, ask if that customer would mind making a recording of their opinion. Sound, the human voice in particular, is more powerful than writing alone. By incorporating audio, your testimonials become more personal and authentic, helping them to truly reach prospects.</p>
<p>Incorporating audio to the testimonials section of your website can make your customer reviews more powerful and meaningful for prospects. Don&#8217;t neglect audio as a tool that can be used online.</p>
<p>Ask us about our <a href="http://verbalsites.holdplus.com/" target="_blank">Verbal Sites</a> and how you could get a year for free!</p>
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		<title>&#8220;I Sold 6 Diamond Club Memberships!&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://premiercompanies.com/2011/04/15/i-sold-6-diamond-club-memberships/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Apr 2011 19:36:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mark Bortz, owner of Premier Companies, recently attended the Plumbers Success International Expo in Las Vegas in March 2011.  Mark had a conversation with Brenda Casey of Casey&#8217;s Plumbing in Portland, Oregon.  Brenda has been a client of Premier Companies since 2005.  Brenda told Mark &#8220;I have sold 6 Diamond Club Memberships this year from questions that [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://premiercompanies.com/files/2011/04/brenda.jpg"><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-814" src="http://premiercompanies.com/files/2011/04/brenda.jpg" alt="" width="99" height="168" /></a>Mark Bortz, owner of <a href="http://premiercompanies.com/" target="_blank">Premier Companies</a>, recently attended the Plumbers Success International Expo in Las Vegas in March 2011.  Mark had a conversation with Brenda Casey of <a href="http://www.caseysplumbing.com" target="_blank">Casey&#8217;s Plumbing</a> in Portland, Oregon.  Brenda has been a client <span id="more-812"></span>of Premier Companies since 2005.  Brenda told Mark &#8220;I have sold 6 Diamond Club Memberships this year from questions that were asked when customers heard about it on hold.&#8221;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.caseysplumbing.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.socialmediamark.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Casey-Plumbing-logo2.jpg" alt="" width="151" height="59" /></a></p>
<p>Thank you Brenda for demonstrating that <a href="http://learnmore.holdplus.com/" target="_blank">HOLD PLUS</a> message on hold can be an effective up-sell tool.  It&#8217;s good to hear that you are successfully using HOLD PLUS to sell maintenance programs to your plumbing customers.</p>
<p style="text-align: center">&nbsp;</p>
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		<title>What I heard was REALLY good!</title>
		<link>http://premiercompanies.com/2011/01/24/what-i-heard-was-real-good/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Jan 2011 23:05:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nothing promotes the value of a business better than a personal testimony.  That&#8217;s why when Premier Companies owner, Mark Bortz, had a conversation with his mother, we thought we&#8217;d listen in on what was said! &#8220;Thought I&#8217;d share a funny story with you&#8230; My mother justmoved from Michigan to Tennessee last month. At dinner last night [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://premiercompanies.com/files/2011/01/Joan-Bortz-recommends-HOLDPLUS.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-722" src="http://premiercompanies.com/files/2011/01/Joan-Bortz-recommends-HOLDPLUS-131x300.jpg" alt="" width="105" height="240" /></a>Nothing promotes the value of a business better than a <a href="http://www.premiercompanies.com/category/testimonials/" target="_blank">personal testimony</a>.  That&#8217;s why when Premier Companies owner, <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/markbortz" target="_blank">Mark Bortz</a>, had a conversation with his mother, we thought we&#8217;d listen in <span id="more-720"></span>on what was said<span style="font-size: 15.6px">!</span></p>
<p>&#8220;Thought I&#8217;d share a funny story with you&#8230; My mother justmoved from Michigan to Tennessee last month. At dinner last night we were &#8216;talking business.&#8217; She was explaining her recent experience with cataract surgery. She then said, &#8220;When I call the surgery place and they <a href="http://www.premiercompanies.com/hpb/" target="_blank">place me on hold</a>, they have music and a message&#8230; just like what you do.&#8221; (she&#8217;s always trying to find business opportunities for me)</p>
<p>So she said, &#8221; You should call them and sell them your HOLD PLUS service&#8230; although you need to know, <a href="http://www.premiercompanies.com/new-media-campaigns/what-did-you-do-last-time-you-were-placed-on-hold/" target="_blank">what I heard was REAL good</a>.&#8221; This morning she called me with the number to her surgery center. Guess who it is? <a href="http://www.tlceyecare.com/testimonials.asp">TLC EyeCare</a>, a current HOLD PLUS client of ours! So, obviously I&#8217;m not going to call to sell them our service&#8230; but I did think it was interesting that she specifically said&#8230; &#8220;what I heard was REAL good!&#8221;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.daniel.holdplus.com/"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-726" style="margin-left: 10px;margin-right: 10px" src="http://premiercompanies.com/files/2011/01/HoldPlusBigSteel.jpg" alt="" width="197" height="135" /></a>Thanks for your continued 25 years of business <a href="http://www.tlceyecare.com/testimonials.asp" target="_blank">TLC EyeCare</a>!</p>
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		<title>Premier is helping Hands On Nashville</title>
		<link>http://premiercompanies.com/2010/05/06/premier-is-helping-hands-on-nashville/</link>
		<comments>http://premiercompanies.com/2010/05/06/premier-is-helping-hands-on-nashville/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2010 23:24:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Premier Companies Inc., is dedicated to supporting our community and helping those in need after the recent flood.  We have committed to send several of our employees each day to help with the flood relief efforts.  Hands On Nashville has taken a lead in this effort and we are happy to be able to stand [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Premier Companies Inc., is dedicated to supporting our community and helping those in need after the recent flood.  We have committed to send several of our employees each day to help with the flood relief efforts.  Hands On Nashville has taken a lead in this effort and we are happy to be able to stand along side hundreds of others in helping our neighbors in need.  </p>
<p><a href="http://premiercompanies.com/files/2010/05/photo.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-633" src="http://premiercompanies.com/files/2010/05/photo.jpg" alt="" width="490" height="325" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://premiercompanies.com/files/2010/05/HON2.jpg"><img src="http://premiercompanies.com/files/2010/05/HON2.jpg" alt="" width="490" height="620" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-634" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://premiercompanies.com/files/2010/05/hon3.jpg"><img src="http://premiercompanies.com/files/2010/05/hon3.jpg" alt="" width="490" height="325" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-635" /></a></p>
<p>We encourage all local businesses to send employees to help.  And we thank and commend those who are already engaged.</p>
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		<title>I rest my case&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://premiercompanies.com/2010/02/20/i-rest-my-case/</link>
		<comments>http://premiercompanies.com/2010/02/20/i-rest-my-case/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Feb 2010 07:10:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Seth Godin is a very bald man with remarkable ideas.  Godin, a prolific author, has released a new e-book called "What Matters Now".  The book is a compilation of  short articles from many different industry 'thought leaders'.  Each article has a one word title...in the articles the author unpacks their ideas of what matters now and in the coming year.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://premiercompanies.com/files/2010/02/pic_toyota_camry_10872.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-792" src="http://premiercompanies.com/files/2010/02/pic_toyota_camry_10872-300x169.jpg" alt="" width="210" height="118" /></a>20 years ago I was making a sales presentation for our HOLD PLUS product to the owner of a local auto dealership.  He asked how I could prove that the service worked.  He stated that he didn&#8217;t want to pay for a service <span id="more-422"></span>that no one was going to listen to.</p>
<p>I replied by stating &#8220;I&#8217;ll install a system for you at no cost, with no obligation to buy.  I&#8217;ll write a script, produce a HOLD PLUS program and load it to the system.  Now I want to be clear that your script is going to say&#8230; buy one Toyota Camry and get a second Camry free.&#8221;</p>
<p>Once I said this, the owner began to chuckle and said, no we can&#8217;t do that.</p>
<p>I asked, &#8220;What are you afraid of, do you think someone is going to listen to it?</p>
<p>I rest my case.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>I rest my case&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://premiercompanies.com/2010/02/20/i-rest-my-case-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Feb 2010 07:10:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.socialmediatraction.com/?p=422</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Seth Godin is a very bald man with remarkable ideas.  Godin, a prolific author, has released a new e-book called "What Matters Now".  The book is a compilation of  short articles from many different industry 'thought leaders'.  Each article has a one word title...in the articles the author unpacks their ideas of what matters now and in the coming year.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://premiercompanies.com/files/2010/02/pic_toyota_camry_10872.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-792" src="http://premiercompanies.com/files/2010/02/pic_toyota_camry_10872-300x169.jpg" alt="" width="210" height="118" /></a>20 years ago I was making a sales presentation for our HOLD PLUS product to the owner of a local auto dealership.  He asked how I could prove that the service worked.  He stated that he didn&#8217;t want to pay for a service <span id="more-989"></span>that no one was going to listen to.</p>
<p>I replied by stating &#8220;I&#8217;ll install a system for you at no cost, with no obligation to buy.  I&#8217;ll write a script, produce a HOLD PLUS program and load it to the system.  Now I want to be clear that your script is going to say&#8230; buy one Toyota Camry and get a second Camry free.&#8221;</p>
<p>Once I said this, the owner began to chuckle and said, no we can&#8217;t do that.</p>
<p>I asked, &#8220;What are you afraid of, do you think someone is going to listen to it?</p>
<p>I rest my case.&#8221;</p>
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