SWINE FLU faq's

Lets pause for a while and meditate whats going on...whats happening in the world today. The world hit by Economic Crisis, there's no exemption...thousand became jobless. The scenario start in USA, and spread like virus. Today another outbreak begin, SWINE FLU..."The Epidemic Begin"
Here are some inputs about this virus:

Swine Flu Virus Infections in Pigs
Swine influenza is a respiratory disease of pigs caused by type A influenza viruses and has a major economic impact on the swine industry in the United States. Flu outbreaks in pigs are common, especially during winter months. Swine flu can result in high rates of illness in herds.

Signs of swine flu in pigs may include:
l coughing (“barking”)
l discharge from the nose
l sneezing
l breathing difficulties
l going off feed

High fevers in infected pigs are common, and can result in reduced fertility or elevated abortion rates among sows. Studies have shown that 30% to 50% of commercial U.S. swine have been infected with swine flu. Pigs most commonly get infected with flu viruses from other pigs (swine flu), but also can get infected with flu viruses from birds (avian flu), and from people (human flu). This cross-species spread of flu viruses can lead to new types of flu viruses. The number of subtypes and strains of flu virus circulating among U.S. herds has complicated swine flu vaccine programs and resulted in increased economic loss from illness in pigs.

Flu Can Spread from Pigs to People and from People to Pigs. Swine flu viruses can infect humans, but this is not common. Human and swine flu viruses are different. People who get vaccinated for human flu can still get sick from swine flu. Pigs that have been vaccinated for swine flu can still get sick from human flu. Symptoms of swine flu in people are no different from symptoms that people get when they are infected with human flu viruses.

People infected with flu typically have fever (often high), cough, body aches, headaches, fatigue and runny or stuffy nose. Vomiting and diarrhea may also occur. Recent studies have shown that 15% to 25% of swine farmers might have been infected with swine flu viruses, as well as about 10% of veterinarians. Cases of swine flu have most commonly occurred in people with direct exposure to pigs, but some cases of human-to-human transmission have been reported.

Qs & As about Swine Flu
Q How does swine flu spread among pigs?
A Swine flu viruses are thought to spread mostly through close contact among pigs and possibly from contaminated objects moving between infected and uninfected pigs. Herds with continuous swine flu infections and herds that are vaccinated against swine flu might have sporadic disease, or may show only mild or no signs
of infection.
Q Can swine flu infections be prevented
in pigs?
A Swine flu infections can be potentially prevented by:
Vaccinating herds
Using good biosecurity measures
Encouraging good hygiene practices among workers
Using proper ventilation systems
Q What about flu vaccines for pigs?
A Flu vaccines for pigs can help, but are not 100% effective. One reason is that several different strains of flu can infect pigs and vaccines might not protect against all strains.
Q How can veterinarians help?
A Veterinarians can help to develop management strategies to reduce the spread of flu among herds and to prevent the spread of flu viruses between pigs, people, and birds.
Q Can people catch swine flu from eating pork?
A There is no evidence to show that swine influenza can be transmitted through food. Eating properly handled and cooked pork and pork products is safe. Cooking pork to an internal temperature of 160°F kills bacteria and viruses.

What You Can Do
First, wash your hands frequently after exposure to animals and avoid contact with ill appearing animals. If you or your family becomes ill with flu-like symptoms, let your doctor know if you have been around pigs that could have the flu. A nose or throat swab is needed to determine if you might be infected with a swine flu virus.
Most cases of influenza in humans are caused by human flu viruses. However, in the unusual event that you are infected with a swine flu virus, the health department will want to talk with you about your illness and make sure that other people you live and work with are not sick with swine flu. Influenza medications are available to treat swine flu illness in people. These medicines should be started in the first
2 days of being ill to be most effective.
It is important to know if swine flu viruses are spreading among people so that public health authorities can work to prevent future cases.

THE UNDYING AIDA

One of the oldest, if not the first, selling secret is what is known as AIDA. Until now, it is still being taught in college. This old-time analysis of the selling process is still being used by sales practitioners to date.
This is an acronym for sales method about attracting ATTENTION, arousing INTEREST, creating DESIRE and stimulating ACTION on the part of the client.
How is the first one being done? How do you attract your customer’s attention right from the start?
Mr. Fil Barbasa III has a natural way of doing this. As he introduces himself, he also tells from what province he comes.
“I am from Capiz, sir,” Fil proudly says.
“Capiz? That is where, uh…,” the client hesitates to continue.
“Yes, sir. That’s where the aswang (ghoul) and the manananggal (viscera-taker) are said to abound,” he smiles as he shakes the customer’s hand firmly with a resolved sincerity.
Mr. Jun Umali, the President and Chief Executive Office of Dutch Boy Philippines, has his own version of attracting customer’s attention.
“Whenever I introduce myself to clients, I emphasize my first name and they become curious, but the girls walk away,” he says with a smile.
“Why? What’s your first name?”
“Simplicio.”
I had a foreign participant in one of my sales seminars some years ago. He asked me how he could attract the attention of his customers.
Very candidly, I told him to be unique by making his calling cards as big as a sheet of bond paper. He followed my suggestion, and this made him famous.
Take note, however, that there attractions are merely neutralizers in effect. If your client is preoccupied, you temporarily turn his attention away from what is keeping him busy. You are not the product. You should be able to transfer his attention from yourself to your products as soon as you catch his interest. How do you do that? How do you elicit a product-focused response from your client? Showcase your product, not yourself.
If you are selling irons, do not say, “Buy this latest electrical marvel” or “Buy the modern flat iron of the 90s!” It is easier to understand and it creates a more lasting impact if you say instead, “You’ll never wear wrinkled clothes again.”
If you are selling facials, it is better to say, “You too could have skin like Lea Salonga’s!” Who would bother if you say instead, “Now, the scientifically tested product for your skin is here”?
One of the goals of attracting your client’s attention is to get his mid focused on your product. Subliminally, you make him aware immediately what benefits he will derive once he buys your product. The idea of selling things to your client is to be able to satisfy one or several of his needs. You say, “If you bought my product, you will be this or that, or you can do this or that with ease and comfort.”
If you have this attention, how do you arouse his interest?
Sales clients have different modes of interests. You cannot use one style of arousing interest for all your clients. If you are selling insurance, one client may be interested in the gross amount of coverage; the others may focus on the loan aspect. If you are selling refrigerators, some may be interested on the size of the freezer; the others, on the features and the design; and still a few others, on its capacity to generate ice. If you are selling cars, speed may be the concern of one client, while comfort or convenience may be that of another.
To arouse interest, a product demonstration is urgently needed. You should be an expert in doing presentations for the three kinds of customers: visual clients, auditory clients and kinesthetic clients. We will discuss this lengthily in a later chapter.
For your presentation to have a remarkable impact, an exceptional demonstration must be integrated in the process, which means you have to show the wonders surrounding your products, as we have earlier discussed.
The next step is creating or stimulating your customer’s desire, this part of the selling process is relatively easy because it is founded on three basic human characteristics, namely to GET, to GRAB and to POSSESS.
It is natural for all of us to have these three. The difference lies in the objects of our desires as individuals.
One client may be interested in buying proprietary shares from a development outfit. But he is not primarily interested in the profits to be derived from the transaction. He is rather interested in the privilege of being able to buy duty-free products to his heart’s content, as this is a common feature of the sales package.
An office manager may need a new desk, but his desire to have a new golf club would prevail. A housewife may need a new stove, but she would rather buy a new colored TV with matching VHS machine. A carpenter needs a leveling device for his job, but he would choose to buy a new watch. Most often, clients do not buy what they need. Instead, they buy what they desire to have.
This is the reason why a salesperson should focus on his client’s desires, not his needs, if he wants to make a sale.
Desire is motivated by two factors, namely, REASON and EMOTION. The strong desire to possess a certain object is dictated by emotion. The need to possess it is governed by reason. Hence, you can simplify the process of selling if you focus on your client’s emotion in order to spark his desire to possess, rather than concentrate on his reason to magnify the need. Reason and emotion complement each other, but it is advisable to stimulate the latter in building up you client’s desire.
When the client’s desire has been ascertained, you need to get into action. You need to close the sale. Your client needs to sign the order form. How do you make him do this?
You must be aware that you have come to the most critical moment of the selling process. At this point, either you build on or destroy everything you have worked for right from the start. Hence, extreme care is to be observed at this stage while talking with your client.
It is also a big help if you can clearly spot or identify the buying gestures of your client while he is reviewing the brochures you have given him or while he is making last-minute check on the product sample. You should be sensitive to the predecision statements he makes while talking with you.
What are these buying gestures? How do you spot them? What are these so-called predecision statements?
Let us take this example from the encyclopedia salespersons. In order to be speedy and effective in making their sales calls, the unit manager always finds time to accompany his new recruits in making their presentations. Clarita Barredo was one of them.
In an out-of-town saturation type of sales operation, Clarita’s group went from house to house. The unit manager first accompanied Clarita to her client’s house. Before Clarity could reach the middle of her presentation, her unit manager intervened. A minute later, the client signed an order form. This was a closed sale for Clarita, but she was not totally happy about it. She could not understand why her unit manager interrupted her presentation. She also could not understand why they were able to sell almost instantly to her client.
When she asked her unit manager for some explanations, this was her answer:
“Your sale has been closed a while back. But you haven’t noticed.”
“Closed, ma’am? How did that happen? How did you know?”

THE CREATIVE APPROACHES

There is a saying that goes Different folks, different strokes. We have heard this before. There are also different approaches in selling. So, if we want to sell our products, we must know what these are.
I have devised some basic approaches in dealing with your client. As I have mentioned earlier, I call these CREATIVE APPROACHES.
First, your client needs to be CURIOUS when you approach him. How do you do this? Make a statement that will arouse his curiosity. For example, ask him if he has seen a spoonful of rainbow. I suppose you will get everyone’s attention when you ask this question.
The next one is learning what the shortest distance between two points. Geometry students will say, “A straight line.” But a salesperson’s reply is a crooked line. From the salesperson, the line passes through a REFERRAL to the client.
When talking face-to-face with your client, use EMPATHIC STATEMENTS. Avoid talking too much about yourself. Call your client by name, and allow him to talk more about himself.
Then, ASK OPINIONS. Nobody is perfect, and nobody has the monopoly of intelligence in this world. When you are undecided or confused, consult somebody your trust. Two or more heads are better than none at all-I mean, better than one.
Apply the TIE-DOWN TECHNIQUE, using di ba (isn’t it)? Instead of saying, “This is quality product,” you say, “Quality in a product is important today, isn’t it (di ba)?”
The INVERTED TIE-DOWN TECHNIQUE is the reverse of tie-down. Instead of putting the tie-down question di ba at the end of your statement, this time place it at the beginning. For example, “Isn’t it (di ba) that quality in a product is important today?”
Then, there is the VISUAL SIGN METHOD. You are able to communicate without speaking. I can still recall able to communicate without speaking. I can still recall a time when I used this method. I needed to meet with a government secretary, but he had a strict cordon sanitaire. I could not get through. So, I waited for his arrival with alertness. When he looked at me, I waved at him. Because he was a politician, he waved back. I followed him. I did not look back. I went pass through security.
Another way to impress a client, but with extreme caution, is through an EXCEPTIONAL DEMONSTRATION. What some encyclopedia salespersons do is hold one volume by a page to prove that it is well bound. But sometimes the wrong grasp may tear it because of the heavy weight of each volume. The same is true with the so-called durable porcelain products. An error in the demonstrations may end up in broken pieces.
The next method is ALPHA or favored first. Sellers who have already built a clientele usually use this. A very thin line separates this one from flattery.
“You know, suki (colloquial term used to refer to a regular customer), you are the first one to buy this Pentium 4 computer.”
“What! But Mareng (colloquial term used to refer to a female friend) Fe was able to buy one last week.”
“What I meant, suki, is you’re the first one this week.” You can also use PHILIPPINES FAMOUS NAMES. With permission, drop famous names of people who have patronized your products. This encourages your client to buy simple because he wants to be identified with a famous person.
Then, use PREMIUM ITEMS or giveaways. But do not simple give them away. Be different. If others give empty wallets, give yours with a few coins in it. who knows, your client might find them heaven-sent at a time when he needs to call up someone and he has no loose change. How can your client ignore such unforeseen help afterwards?
You can also use RELATED NEWS ITEMS while in conversation with your client, tuning in to his particular line of news interest. If he is in stocks business, talk about the latest in stocks with him. If he is in shipping, ask him if he has heard about the latest news in shipping.
OFFICE ACHIEVEMENT is another method you can try. What has your company achieved that you can be proud of? You can help boost company image by promoting its achievements. Your client will be drawn more to you if you work for a stable establishment.
Next is ALTERNATE OF CHOICE. We have discussed this earlier. Give you client a choice in such a way that, whichever way he chooses, you come out a winner.
“You know, Ronnie, I don’t have an appointment with you today. Should I stay or would you like me to come back tomorrow?”
“Come back tomorrow, Jun.”
“At lunchtime or in the afternoon?”
“Snack time would be okay.”
Then, comes the word CASH. I mean, cold cash indeed. One of my graduates used this before. He found is very difficult to get an appointment with Don Andres Soriano. So, he put a one-hundred-peso bill in an envelope along with a short note that says he will pay Don Andres one hundred pesos per minute if he allowed himself to be interviewed for three minutes by my student.
It was not the money that called the man’s attention, but the novelty of the approach. My student was successful in making a high-impact presentation in a breeze. He also got the rich man insured.
You can also use HYPOTHETICAL STATEMENTS. What is often used here is the word “if (kung).”
For example, if I can show you that in ninety days I can double your sales through this seminar, will you not attend it? What will your answer be? Has anybody ever refused a bid for prosperity?
How about using ENTERTAINMENT? The word speaks for itself. Elicit a few laughs. Smiles can disarm even the king of grouches. Humor puts down the guard of the grumpy (masungit). It lends a sense of balance and proportion to things, according to a former Philippine senator.
Last but not least is a SINCERE COMPLIMENT. No amount of wealth can substitute for a word of praise that comes straight from the heart.
When you meet your client for the first time, your mission is to look for beautiful and positive things about him or her that will definitely make his or her day brighter than when he or she woke up in the morning. As soon as you spot something, do not hesitate to say it.
“My gosh, ma’am! What a beautiful outfit you’re wearing today! I think it’s a Liberace.”
“What Liberace? Versace made this dress. Liberace is a pianist. Besides, this is not the only time I’m wearing a beautiful outfit. Every single day, I wear something nice and new.”
When you enter an office, immediately scan the horizon. Look for things that you can sincerely compliment on. The moment you find one, appreciate it right away.
“Wow, ma’am! What an attractive abstract painting you’ve got!”
“What! That’s not an abstract painting! It’s a portrait of my husband.”
The point is do no overdo it. take extra care to keep your comments within bounds so as not to put yourself in an awkward situation.
Now, let us enumerate all of them again for review. As I always say, “Repetition is the mother of learning.” That is why we have to be patient in repeating things again and again in order to take them to heart.
What are the Creative Approaches? In capsule, they are:
Curiosity- make your clients curious.
Referral- Use it for client access.
Empathic statement- Talk about your client.
Ask opinions- You are not the only genius in town.
Tie down- A question at the end of your positive statement.
Inverted tie down- Go the other way around.
Visual sign- Action definitely speaks louder than words.
Exceptional demonstration- Show wonders.
The acronym speaks for itself. Be creative. The letters are precise in their meanings to help you push your sale to a success. From the first to the last, the letters conveniently open the communication lines between you and your clients. You may also want to add or change the meaning of this acronym as you gain confidence in using it.
But take extra precaution. As in the case of the other strategies in earning an income, you run the risk of overusing the tricks, thereby rendering them useless or even dangerous.
Alpha or favored first- Honestly compliment
Philippine famous names- Drop a few with permission.
Premium items or giveaways- Give sparingly with a difference.
Related news items- Be a complimentary reporter.
Office achievement- Tell them of your office’s achievements to build up a self-image.
Alternate of choice- Both choices must be to your favor when chosen.
Cash- No other form or means is better.
Hypothetical statements- Preconditions always work.
Entertainment- Balances the uneven playfields.
Sincere compliment- There is nothing more like it.
Creative approach is as its name implies. It is an approach that is creative. But what comes next after these approach? What follows after you have made it to first base?
If you were sailing on a boat, what would you do if you reach the middle of the sea? Will you continue sailing or will you go back to the shore?
You will need enough strength to sail on in order to reach your destination. If you have come face-to-face with your customer, you need to succeed and close a sale with him. To do this, you need to prepare yourself on what to do next.