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			<title><![CDATA[When One Door Closes Another One Opens]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Yes, I'm sure that you've all heard this at least a thousand times but I want to give you a new spin on this old saying. Here it is?you must close someone in order to open up a long-term relationship with that person.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:00:12 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[A Sales Plan Template Can Improve Your Sales]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[A sales plan template works as a guide and as a step-by-step list of things to do to generate or improve the company's or manufacturer's sales. A business plan is a plan that is needed or as a guide in: starting up a business, presentation and analysis of the business and monitoring and improvement of your business or organization.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:14:30 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[How to Handle Objections Using Listening Skills]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[As a sale representative there are occasions when you will face opposition from a prospective client.  This article will provide you with some specific tools and guidelines to use when you are faced with the dilemma of how to handle objections.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:49:25 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Collaborative Selling]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The world of business has changed and continues to change dramatically and rapidly. Markets have grown from local to national to global. Technology no longer offers a competitive advantage, and customers have become much more savvy. All of these changes and more have created an environment in which salespeople must adopt new attitudes, learn new skills, and gain a new understanding of how to approach their markets and work with customers.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:45:10 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Discounting To Create Cash Flow? Be Careful.]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Recently I spoke at a large conference on the subject of how to maintain your price and avoid discounting.  After the presentation, a businessperson approached me and asked what my strategy would be if his company needed to discount price to create cash flow. This is not an easy question to answer.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 12:53:15 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[If This Is Manipulation, I'm All For It]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Sometimes people who are not in sales have a misperception of what we do, or are capable of doing.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 12:43:26 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[How Situational Fluency Creates Sales]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA["Situational fluency" is a salesman knowing why a customer needs their product. The great thing about social media is that salesmen are taught that they must become friends with their customers. Modern salesmen are now trained to be problem solvers.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 12:20:41 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Learning From Mistakes. Even The Big Ones. Especially The Big Ones.]]></title>
			<guid>http://www.salesprosource.com/articles/view.php?article_id=5135</guid>
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			<description><![CDATA[As a sales trainer, I spend a lot of time in front of crowds, and sharing stories is an important part of what I do. When I'm speaking with people, I don't just share with them my success stories. I talk about the mistakes that I've made along the way, too?like, for example, the time when I was a rookie in sales and tried to build a rapport with a customer by commenting on the lovely desktop photo of that person's two sons?only to find out that the boys were actually girls.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 15:46:10 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Are You Memorable? 3 Simple Steps Help You Make Sure]]></title>
			<guid>http://www.salesprosource.com/articles/view.php?article_id=5050</guid>
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			<description><![CDATA[I have been traveling a lot lately, speaking and presenting and meeting so many people. Some who have really impacted me, some who have not, some I feel I have just started a relationship with, and others I know I will most likely never see again. All of this interaction, has made me question why? Why are some people memorable and others are not? And does it matter? Do we need to be memorable?]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 13:50:35 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[5 top tips to start selling your product or service abroad]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Domestic demand, in most industries, is falling. So now is a good time to look outside your home country for growth opportunities. It's easier than ever to sell abroad as regulations are being streamlined and borders are opening. Selling beyond your own borders is not just for big corporates, smaller companies can tap into these lucrative markets too - if you know where to start.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 13:48:01 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[How To Approach Cold Calling]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[There is no question that cold calling is not at the top of anyone's favorite activity list. The common objections are:

    I don't want to bother anyone
    They probably won't be interested
    I don't want to be yelled at
    I don't like reading from a script
    I don't really know what to say
    What if they act like they may be interested, but still won't buy?]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 13:29:54 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Basic Tips on How to Complete a PQQ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Completing a PQQ without a touch of deception can surely give you greater weight over the other competitors. The basic information confirming the buyer's requirements are: Company Details, Financial Information, Business Activities, References, Insurance, Quality Assurance, Health and Safety, Equal Opportunities, Environmental Management, Business and Professional Standing, Technical Capability, and Declaration. Since the buyers need to be assured that you can meet all their needs with the least supervision and complete satisfaction, you have to maintain the three qualities of answers to a PQQ, namely: truthfulness or honesty; transparency or openness, and completeness or submission of required proof and evidence of your claims.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 13:26:20 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[17 Best Practices Of Top Performing Sales People]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Many people wonder what separates a top performing sales person from the rest of the pack. In most cases, it's because they apply a number of best to issue an annual or quarterly quota.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 15:46:29 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Point and Click - The Electronic Contract]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Many times...and in many instances, "Point and Click E-Contracts" are the equivalent of pen and paper agreements. The advent of "Cyber Monday" has holiday shoppers running to their PC's with the anticipation of obtaining - oh yeah, it's legal - bargain basement purchase power via the Internet.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 11:28:12 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[7 Insider Secrets For Killer Sales Presenting]]></title>
			<guid>http://www.salesprosource.com/articles/view.php?article_id=4996</guid>
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			<description><![CDATA[Giving a big sales presentation? If your pitch presentation is coming up, wouldn't it help to know the secrets? You know?the ones that the pros never ever tell you.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 15:26:26 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA["How To Deal With Criticism From Your Sales Manager"]]></title>
			<guid>http://www.salesprosource.com/articles/view.php?article_id=4974</guid>
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			<description><![CDATA[Criticism from your sales manager (or from anyone) is not easy to handle, however, learning to deal with it can be a valuable skill. Here are some ideas to practice and keep in mind next time you receive criticism.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 12:20:10 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Pump Up Whiteboard Notetaking For Powerful Selling]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[How do you process information? By taking notes. In traditional classes, we learned to write down everything. But for powerful selling, visual note taking at a whiteboard is much more powerful.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 15:43:04 CDT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[They Say Money Is Everything - So How Much Do You Make?]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[I know I'm not supposed to ask this question and my mother is probably rolling over in her grave right now as I type these words. So as the clouds roll in and I ponder how much this lightening strike is going to hurt. Let's talk about this for a minute.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 09:33:26 CDT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Sales Magic - Subliminal Embeds and Shaping]]></title>
			<guid>http://www.salesprosource.com/articles/view.php?article_id=4809</guid>
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			<description><![CDATA[Imagine if you could subtly influence people by introducing subliminal ideas into their memory?  Would this become a valuable tool for your professional career? 
In this article, you will learn how to embed ideas into a persons subconscious ? ideas they will eventually come to think of as their own ? using a specialized type of question!]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2011 11:39:37 CDT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Setting Goals To Increase Sales]]></title>
			<guid>http://www.salesprosource.com/articles/view.php?article_id=4838</guid>
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			<description><![CDATA[Highly successful men and women have one thing in common: they have specific predetermined goals that they work towards. If you want to win big in life, your first step on the highway to success begins with you, a piece of paper and a pen.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2011 11:39:07 CDT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Subliminal Sales - Embeds and Shaping]]></title>
			<guid>http://www.salesprosource.com/articles/view.php?article_id=4810</guid>
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			<description><![CDATA[Imagine if you could subtly influence people by introducing subliminal ideas into their memory?  Would this become a valuable tool for your professional career? 
In this article, you will learn how to embed ideas into a persons subconscious ? ideas they will eventually come to think of as their own ? using a specialized type of question!]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2011 08:16:44 CDT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Back Selling and Cross Selling Can Provide More Income Streams For Your Online Business]]></title>
			<guid>http://www.salesprosource.com/articles/view.php?article_id=4761</guid>
			<link>http://www.salesprosource.com/articles/view.php?article_id=4761</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Almost every online business follows a basic model. This is a tried and tested system that would allow you to effectively sell your products in the World Wide Web. It is an automated system that could act as your sales agent 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, even when you&rsquo;re offline. Have you followed this basic model so far?]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2011 15:42:22 CDT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Pricing: The Final Frontier]]></title>
			<guid>http://www.salesprosource.com/articles/view.php?article_id=4760</guid>
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			<description><![CDATA[Sometimes pricing your products seems like an adventure into a strange new world. The process can seem too complicated for anyone but a rocket scientist to comprehend. Our goal is to bring this process back to Earth for you by explaining some pricing basics.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2011 15:38:38 CDT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Plus one more: Google adds to the social media scene with Google+]]></title>
			<guid>http://www.salesprosource.com/articles/view.php?article_id=4707</guid>
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			<description><![CDATA[Late in June, Google offered yet another choice in Social Media,   Google+. Are you ready to add one more social networking site to your   to-do list?]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2011 12:44:25 CDT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[20 Tips From A Sales Coach To Increase Sales Productivity]]></title>
			<guid>http://www.salesprosource.com/articles/view.php?article_id=4678</guid>
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			<description><![CDATA[Here are 20 quick tips to help you increase your sales productivity. Keep in mind, not every tip will be useful for every person. Just pick the tips that are helpful for you and integrate them into your routine.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 11 Aug 2011 16:33:23 CDT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Adopt A People-Centrick Approach To Improve Customer Satisfaction And Profitability]]></title>
			<guid>http://www.salesprosource.com/articles/view.php?article_id=4667</guid>
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			<description><![CDATA[Does a leader need to be the smartest person in the company to achieve&nbsp;growth and customer satisfaction? No.In fact, being the smartest person in the company can actually impede&nbsp;growth. Some leaders just can't get over "themselves." Yet unfortunately&nbsp;when you suggest that they could be the problem, it's often met with one&nbsp;of the following responses:* &nbsp;Confusion (i.e. you talking to me?)* &nbsp;Dismissive (i.e. you have no idea what you're talking about)* &nbsp;Shock (i.e. how dare you talk to me that way)* &nbsp;Anger (i.e. you're out of here)After all, they are the smartest person in the company. They know the&nbsp;problems, they know what needs to be done, and they will do it.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 10 Aug 2011 13:06:22 CDT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[What Is Your Customer's Price Tolerance Ratio?]]></title>
			<guid>http://www.salesprosource.com/articles/view.php?article_id=4666</guid>
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			<description><![CDATA[Every customer has a price range where they are willing to make a decision without any further thinking. &nbsp;I refer to this as the Price Tolerance Ratio - also known as the PTR.Knowing your customer's PTR is critical. I believe it is one of the major obstacles salespeople fail to comprehend. &nbsp; As a salesperson, when you don't understand a customer's PTR, at least one of the following results is inevitable:1.	You offer a price that does not maximize the profit potential.2.	You get the order but encounter resistance from the customer that hinders the relationship.3.	You encounter resistance that leads to spending too much time on the selling process and ultimately no order.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 10 Aug 2011 12:54:14 CDT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Is Your Staff "Contaminated?" 3 Ways To Stop It From Spreading!]]></title>
			<guid>http://www.salesprosource.com/articles/view.php?article_id=4644</guid>
			<link>http://www.salesprosource.com/articles/view.php?article_id=4644</link>
			<description><![CDATA[As I walked up to the counter I glanced over to see one of the "regular" employees who has known me for years. He got a big smile on his face and said, "Did you have a nice Mother's Day?" I immediately answered, "I did, thank you for asking!"With that I looked at the gal who was waiting on me and I said to her, "Have a nice day!" To which she replied with a scowl, "If I can get out of here early, it will be a better day."Two employees, same business, two totally different attitudes, and which employee will I more than likely want to go back to at that Post Office? It should not be hard to guess.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jul 2011 16:22:14 CDT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[A Powerful Sales Technique Courtesy of Honest Abe]]></title>
			<guid>http://www.salesprosource.com/articles/view.php?article_id=4643</guid>
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			<description><![CDATA[If you ask any historian to name the greatest leaders in western  civilization, there's a good chance the 16th&nbsp;president&nbsp;of the United  States will make the list. He willed his country to victory in the  gut-wrenching Civil War, issued the Emancipation Proclamation and  facilitated the eventual ratification of the 13th Amendment, abolishing  slavery.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jul 2011 16:12:24 CDT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Seed Planting and Sales - Working Now so the Sales Come Later]]></title>
			<guid>http://www.salesprosource.com/articles/view.php?article_id=4642</guid>
			<link>http://www.salesprosource.com/articles/view.php?article_id=4642</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The problem with "overnight success stories" is they rarely happened over night. That sounds like a great story, partly because it gives people hope that it could happen to them, that one day they will simply wake up a success. They will be famous and powerful millionaires. What they don't realize is that the overnight success that happens for someone took a great deal of time to get there. It took probably years of hard work and&nbsp;determination&nbsp;and being a self-starter and a go-getter and not giving up.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jul 2011 16:09:52 CDT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Are You Giving Away Your Profit?]]></title>
			<guid>http://www.salesprosource.com/articles/view.php?article_id=4623</guid>
			<link>http://www.salesprosource.com/articles/view.php?article_id=4623</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Cutting your price to secure the initial deal only does one thing - it takes profit out of your pocket.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jul 2011 16:27:09 CDT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Credibility Matters]]></title>
			<guid>http://www.salesprosource.com/articles/view.php?article_id=4622</guid>
			<link>http://www.salesprosource.com/articles/view.php?article_id=4622</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Delivering on promises. Being on time. Carrying out instructions by their intent not just their letter. Being trustworthy. Refraining from destructive gossip. Taking the extra effort to do things the right way.&nbsp; These seemingly insignificant and often unnoticed qualities add up to the significant issue of credibility.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jul 2011 16:19:49 CDT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[5 Ways To Determine How Much Authority The Other Side Really Has]]></title>
			<guid>http://www.salesprosource.com/articles/view.php?article_id=4620</guid>
			<link>http://www.salesprosource.com/articles/view.php?article_id=4620</link>
			<description><![CDATA[What's your most valuable resource? You might have said money, but I'm willing to bet that it's really something else &ndash; time. You can always earn more money, but once you spend time on some task, it's gone, gone, gone. That's why when you are negotiating with someone it is critical that you quickly get an answer to the most important question: how much authority do they really have? ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jul 2011 16:08:28 CDT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[How To Control What Gets Discussed During A Sales Negotiation]]></title>
			<guid>http://www.salesprosource.com/articles/view.php?article_id=4619</guid>
			<link>http://www.salesprosource.com/articles/view.php?article_id=4619</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Are you familiar with the "shell game"? You know, it's the one that they show in the movies all the time where the street hustler sets up a table with three shells of some sort on it. He proceeds to put a pea under one of the shells, shuffles them, and then asks passers by to bet on which shell has the pea under it. Guess what &ndash; nobody can ever guess the correct shell. In sales negotiations we've got the same game that we play, but we call it the 80/20 rule.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jul 2011 16:06:45 CDT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The One Email Guaranteed to Get You a Response]]></title>
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			<link>http://www.salesprosource.com/articles/view.php?article_id=4570</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Copyright (c) 2011 Mr. Inside SalesEver had a client or prospect never get back to you?Because  you're in sales, then I know it's happened to you (or is happening with  several of your clients or prospects right now!).If you ever  find yourself in a place where you've qualified a prospect, sent  information to them on your product or service, and then find that they  just won't return your calls or emails, then I've got a guaranteed email  that will get you a response.In fact, don't take my word for  it. Check out this word for word email I received a couple of weeks from  one of my readers who used this technique himself:"Mike, just  wanted to drop you a note and say thanks. Just one tip I took from you  about your 'guaranteed email' worked so well I needed to say thanks.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jun 2011 16:05:17 CDT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Your Customer's PIR: Price Investment Ratio]]></title>
			<guid>http://www.salesprosource.com/articles/view.php?article_id=4521</guid>
			<link>http://www.salesprosource.com/articles/view.php?article_id=4521</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Have you ever really considered how price affects your customer  with  regard to their perceived benefit? &nbsp;Too often, we use a simplistic  approach to&nbsp;&nbsp;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       determining a price &ndash; figure the cost to produce a product or service,  tack on some arbitrary percentage, and call it good, right?]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2011 12:25:49 CDT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[3 Important Traits of Customer Service]]></title>
			<guid>http://www.salesprosource.com/articles/view.php?article_id=4520</guid>
			<link>http://www.salesprosource.com/articles/view.php?article_id=4520</link>
			<description><![CDATA[If  you ever think customers aren't important, try doing business without  them for 90 days. You'll soon find yourself OUT of business.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2011 11:55:33 CDT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Top 10 Sales Coaching Tips To Improve Your Listening Skills]]></title>
			<guid>http://www.salesprosource.com/articles/view.php?article_id=4518</guid>
			<link>http://www.salesprosource.com/articles/view.php?article_id=4518</link>
			<description><![CDATA[This article highlights tips to improve your listening skills.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2011 11:47:20 CDT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Sales Through Storytelling: Story Tell, Story Sell!]]></title>
			<guid>http://www.salesprosource.com/articles/view.php?article_id=4187</guid>
			<link>http://www.salesprosource.com/articles/view.php?article_id=4187</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Nothing succeeds like success! And in sales nothing succeeds quite like success stories. Are you sharing yours?&nbsp; Why not?&nbsp; The secret is in how you share your successes.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 24 Mar 2011 15:32:30 CDT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[I'll Never Forget What's-Her-Name!]]></title>
			<guid>http://www.salesprosource.com/articles/view.php?article_id=4190</guid>
			<link>http://www.salesprosource.com/articles/view.php?article_id=4190</link>
			<description><![CDATA[My name is Craig. But I&rsquo;ll answer to Greg. Most Gregs I know answer to Craig. Of course we are not alone: there's Eva and Ava, Bil and Bob, Jeff and John, and many more. I can't complain. I often confuse and occasionally mangle others' names. Names are not my strong suit.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 24 Mar 2011 15:32:23 CDT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[How To Make "The Ask!" - Tips for Effectively Recruiting Your Team]]></title>
			<guid>http://www.salesprosource.com/articles/view.php?article_id=3671</guid>
			<link>http://www.salesprosource.com/articles/view.php?article_id=3671</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Many times you make requests of others: to join a group, committee or team, to perform a task or to assist with a project. How do you make the ask is often the key to getting "Yes" as an answer. Tips to hear those magic words: "YES, I'd be glad to!"]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 24 Mar 2011 15:31:43 CDT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Three Must-Have Testimonial Types!]]></title>
			<guid>http://www.salesprosource.com/articles/view.php?article_id=4260</guid>
			<link>http://www.salesprosource.com/articles/view.php?article_id=4260</link>
			<description><![CDATA[With written testimonials there are three versions you want to include in  your materials. The good news is that you don't have to get three testimonials  from each client. You just need to know how to chop up a letter effectively to  create the format you need.&nbsp; Here are some examples you can consider for your business.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 24 Mar 2011 15:30:58 CDT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Some Assembly Required! Prototypical salesperson isn't typical...How about you?]]></title>
			<guid>http://www.salesprosource.com/articles/view.php?article_id=4189</guid>
			<link>http://www.salesprosource.com/articles/view.php?article_id=4189</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Frankenstein and RoboCop were constructed from scratch. The Bionic Man was reconstructed. How well are you built? Are you designed for sales? Service? Speed? Success? Here's your blueprint for success in 2007.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 24 Mar 2011 15:30:07 CDT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Motivational Sales Meetings: Do They Work?]]></title>
			<guid>http://www.salesprosource.com/articles/view.php?article_id=4259</guid>
			<link>http://www.salesprosource.com/articles/view.php?article_id=4259</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Almost every large sales organization has motivational sales meetings, company picnics, awards, recognition, company songs, sales slogans, and annual conventions.&nbsp; Do these things work, and why?]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 24 Mar 2011 15:29:45 CDT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Improve Customer Rapport With Improv!]]></title>
			<guid>http://www.salesprosource.com/articles/view.php?article_id=4188</guid>
			<link>http://www.salesprosource.com/articles/view.php?article_id=4188</link>
			<description><![CDATA[As we look for ways to improve our rapport with customers, clients and prospects let&rsquo;s cast our gaze to improv &mdash; improvisational behavior popularized by those whacky folks seen in drama classes, theatre troupes, on the entertaining television show Whose Line Is It Anyway?]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 24 Mar 2011 15:29:06 CDT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Unselling What You Just Sold]]></title>
			<guid>http://www.salesprosource.com/articles/view.php?article_id=4258</guid>
			<link>http://www.salesprosource.com/articles/view.php?article_id=4258</link>
			<description><![CDATA[For this sales call, I was prepared. The program I was presenting to him  that day included a new item that I knew in the back of my mind he didn't need  and would most likely flat out reject with some very colorful language. &nbsp;Shortly  into my presentation, I noticed him giving me a high level of attention and  agreeing with what I was saying. &nbsp;Before I was even half way through my  presentation, he said he wanted what I was selling.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 24 Mar 2011 15:28:48 CDT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Forget the Fockers...Meet Your Customers!]]></title>
			<guid>http://www.salesprosource.com/articles/view.php?article_id=4185</guid>
			<link>http://www.salesprosource.com/articles/view.php?article_id=4185</link>
			<description><![CDATA[How much do you know about your customers? Do you know what makes them happy? Mad? Restless? Let's face it&hellip;you should! Businesses often operate in ignorance of what their customers like or dislike, ignore and abhor. To ensure retention, pay attention!]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 24 Mar 2011 15:28:04 CDT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Building Rapport With Callers]]></title>
			<guid>http://www.salesprosource.com/articles/view.php?article_id=4219</guid>
			<link>http://www.salesprosource.com/articles/view.php?article_id=4219</link>
			<description><![CDATA[This next  story illustrates why it's important for agents to gather information from  callers without sounding like Wanda the Witch or Warren the Warden!My wallet  was stolen a few months ago. Fortunately, I remembered the names of the credit  cards I was carrying. Unfortunately, my wallet with all the credit cards also  had my checkbook.My first  response was to list the cards that I knew were in my wallet. I then began the  daunting task of calling each of the major credit card companies to report the  loss. Perhaps because of the type of work I do every day and because of the  horror stories I've heard, I have become "Mrs. Perfect Customer." I don't yell,  I don't belittle, and I don't get angry. I smile and try to help the call along.  I'm really a good customer.With this  in mind, I picked up the phone and made my first call to one of the credit card  companies. "Hi, my name is Nancy Friedman," I said. "I'm in Orlando, Florida,  and my wallet with all my credit cards has just been stolen and I wanted to  report it right away."]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 24 Mar 2011 15:27:28 CDT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Tao of Networking: What to do when Networking is Not Working For You]]></title>
			<guid>http://www.salesprosource.com/articles/view.php?article_id=4186</guid>
			<link>http://www.salesprosource.com/articles/view.php?article_id=4186</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I attend a variety of networking events and marvel at the basic and banal mistakes I see would-be networkers making. It&rsquo;s enough to make me want to write an article!&nbsp;]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 16 Feb 2011 15:33:59 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Building Your Sales Metric Management Sytem In 4 Easy Steps]]></title>
			<guid>http://www.salesprosource.com/articles/view.php?article_id=4224</guid>
			<link>http://www.salesprosource.com/articles/view.php?article_id=4224</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Thinking  back to one of the great cult films of the 1980s...Caddyshack. There is a  conversation between Ty Webb (Chevy Chase) and Judge Smails (Ted Knight) in the  locker room after Ty has just finished a round of golf. Judge Smails asks Ty  what he shot that day and Ty responds by telling the Judge that he doesn't keep  score. Puzzled, Judge Smails says, "How do you measure yourself with other  golfers?" Ty responds by saying, "By height."]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 16 Feb 2011 15:33:31 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Power Up Your Sales Through Power Speaking!]]></title>
			<guid>http://www.salesprosource.com/articles/view.php?article_id=4184</guid>
			<link>http://www.salesprosource.com/articles/view.php?article_id=4184</link>
			<description><![CDATA[&nbsp;To become a mean, lean, selling machine it's time you trim the linguistic fat that weighs your words down. Rid yourself of language that diminishes your power. Avoid qualifiers, hedges and other figures of speech that dilute your message and diminish your impact. Speak the language of success&hellip;without qualification!]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 16 Feb 2011 15:32:54 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Sales Training Essentials For The New Salesperson]]></title>
			<guid>http://www.salesprosource.com/articles/view.php?article_id=4218</guid>
			<link>http://www.salesprosource.com/articles/view.php?article_id=4218</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Buy what you sell. Do you sell a product or service that is used my most people?  Then you need to buy what you sell. Very soon after you start selling, you&rsquo;ll be  asked by prospects what you use. You&rsquo;ll be asked if you own what you sell. In  every instance, your answer will either help or hurt your chance at a sale. And  don&rsquo;t lie. There are a thousand signals you give off when you lie. And most are  visible on your face and in your body language. If your lucky, buying what you  sell may even count in generating sales commissions and count for contests. If  not, your brother needs one. Buy it for him and borrow it forever.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 16 Feb 2011 15:32:22 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[FROM TOLD TO SOLD! Leverage Your Stories to Resonate with Prospects and Customers ]]></title>
			<guid>http://www.salesprosource.com/articles/view.php?article_id=4182</guid>
			<link>http://www.salesprosource.com/articles/view.php?article_id=4182</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Have you ever heard a story that could have been about you?&nbsp;Ever heard a story that reminded you of another one?&nbsp;What about a story that sounded vaguely familiar?&nbsp;Welcome to the power of story.Unlike facts and figures, that often leave us cold, stories connect! And they connect deeply, often stirring us emotionally at a heart level. That's what makes them memorable, and powerful as a sales tool.&nbsp;]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 16 Feb 2011 15:31:47 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Value of Professionally Done Sales Letters]]></title>
			<guid>http://www.salesprosource.com/articles/view.php?article_id=4181</guid>
			<link>http://www.salesprosource.com/articles/view.php?article_id=4181</link>
			<description><![CDATA[A substandard, lacking in professionalism, sales letter is often the result of trying to write one yourself from scratch. This is a major problem, because your sales copy says a lot about your company s character.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 14 Feb 2011 13:59:14 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Stop Slingin' Slang! Prospects and Clients Leary of Loose Language]]></title>
			<guid>http://www.salesprosource.com/articles/view.php?article_id=4183</guid>
			<link>http://www.salesprosource.com/articles/view.php?article_id=4183</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Despite attention to four-color brochures, meticulous grooming and letter-perfect newsletters, consultants constantly undermine their hire-ability and employees hurt their promotability through sloppy language skills and inappropriate word choices in their communication. What point is shined shoes and polished purses if you&rsquo;re constantly shooting yourself in the foot with your own words?]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 09 Feb 2011 15:44:42 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[How a Merchant Account Increases Sales]]></title>
			<guid>http://www.salesprosource.com/articles/view.php?article_id=4176</guid>
			<link>http://www.salesprosource.com/articles/view.php?article_id=4176</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The basis of any successful internet or e-commerce site today is the way in  which they handle there electronic transactions. A majority of the e-commerce  related traffic generated is by sites that have a flexible method of accepting payments. Earlier a majority of sites were  restricted by the way they accepted there on-line payments, however with the  advent of newer payment gateways and on-line transaction sites it is has become  essential that webmasters accept almost all major payment methods.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 09 Feb 2011 15:43:38 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Would You Like Fries With That?  Supersize Your Sales Through Up-Selling and Cross-Selling]]></title>
			<guid>http://www.salesprosource.com/articles/view.php?article_id=4171</guid>
			<link>http://www.salesprosource.com/articles/view.php?article_id=4171</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Congratulations! You've sold 'em. Now sell 'em more!&nbsp;Recently while navigating an online bookstore I came across Napoleon Hil's classic book: Think and Grow Rich. As I read about this book I was informed that "readers who bought Think and Grow Richalso bought the Dale Carnegie's book How to Win Friends and Influence People and Dr. Stephen Covey's The Seven Habits of Highly Successful People." Folks, I was being cross-sold, yet I wasn't cross about it.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 09 Feb 2011 15:42:50 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Upselling: Celebrating Sales and Service]]></title>
			<guid>http://www.salesprosource.com/articles/view.php?article_id=4168</guid>
			<link>http://www.salesprosource.com/articles/view.php?article_id=4168</link>
			<description><![CDATA[When you receive a call from a current or potential customer, your full array of products and services is often at your customer's disposal. By employing your listening skills, asking pertinent questions, and thus better understanding how they intend to use your product(s), you may uncover additional needs, more elegant solutions or advantageous strategies they may employ. Thus you're delivering service when you cross sell or upsell.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 24 Jan 2011 12:34:36 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Strike Gold With Effective Prospecting]]></title>
			<guid>http://www.salesprosource.com/articles/view.php?article_id=4088</guid>
			<link>http://www.salesprosource.com/articles/view.php?article_id=4088</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Whether you're looking for new agents or new clients, the key to finding  them is effective prospecting. There are numerous ways to go about prospecting.  Some of them are active methods, while others are passive. Active  prospecting methods are things like Personal Observation, Public  Speaking, Agent and Client Referrals, Networking, and Centers of Influence, while passive methods include using the internet,  newspaper advertising and direct mail campaigns. Both passive and  active prospecting will produce results, however they differ in  efficiency and effectiveness - and understanding those differences will  make all the difference to you and your results.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 28 Dec 2010 14:00:18 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[How to Build Rapport]]></title>
			<guid>http://www.salesprosource.com/articles/view.php?article_id=4081</guid>
			<link>http://www.salesprosource.com/articles/view.php?article_id=4081</link>
			<description><![CDATA[There comes a point in time when you are no longer a child and you are now  allowed, even required, to talk to strangers.Fear of strangers is a deeply ingrained source of stress in the average  person's life. I think a big part of that comes from being protected from harm  in our formative years as children... and we're lucky that our parent's were  able to instill this caution early in our lives so that we would be safe.But we're grown up now.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 20 Dec 2010 15:18:49 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Business to Business Sales Techniques]]></title>
			<guid>http://www.salesprosource.com/articles/view.php?article_id=4080</guid>
			<link>http://www.salesprosource.com/articles/view.php?article_id=4080</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Looking for surefire ways to boost your business-to-business advertising?  You've come to the right place. Below are some time-tested strategies to  generate sales. Read on and start selling!]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 20 Dec 2010 15:13:10 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The "Magical Handshake Model" for Sales Excellence]]></title>
			<guid>http://www.salesprosource.com/articles/view.php?article_id=4079</guid>
			<link>http://www.salesprosource.com/articles/view.php?article_id=4079</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Wouldn't it be nice if there was a simple model to use in the sales process,  one that would always keep you on track? Suppose this model was extremely simple  to remember and use, and always allowed you to keep your focus exactly where it  should be: on your customers. Believe it or not, this model does exist; and once  you understand and master it, you'll never "get lost" in the sales process  again!]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 20 Dec 2010 15:10:51 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Customer Loyalty - Selling to Your Audience]]></title>
			<guid>http://www.salesprosource.com/articles/view.php?article_id=3679</guid>
			<link>http://www.salesprosource.com/articles/view.php?article_id=3679</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Everyone at one time or another has had an idea for a product or service  that they absolutely knew would appeal to the world. With so many  electronic avenues for getting these products in front of customers,  from Ebay, Yahoo and Google, to self service websites, the idea of  selling to the world has grown exponentially.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 18 Oct 2010 09:32:43 CDT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Sales Techniques for Handling and Overcoming Sales Objections]]></title>
			<guid>http://www.salesprosource.com/articles/view.php?article_id=3673</guid>
			<link>http://www.salesprosource.com/articles/view.php?article_id=3673</link>
			<description><![CDATA[In the business world, no matter what you do or how good you are, you will always run into sales objections. You of course understand that as rational beings we (even you) have moments where you will question yourself and the sales person that you are talking to in order to assure yourself that you're making the right buying decision.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 11 Oct 2010 09:44:28 CDT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Consultative Selling 101]]></title>
			<guid>http://www.salesprosource.com/articles/view.php?article_id=3665</guid>
			<link>http://www.salesprosource.com/articles/view.php?article_id=3665</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Consultative selling is, by nature, exactly as it sounds. Instead of  selling to a client, a sales professional uncovers the needs of the  prospect through asking various questions and then tailoring their  product or service accordingly. There is no better way to go about it.  The old way of selling which is quite outdated involved the sales  representative giving a presentation to their target market and hoping  it hits a sweet spot. This type of selling was perfectly shown in the  media through the David Mamet play Glenngary Glen Ross...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 23 Sep 2010 13:42:19 CDT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Difficult Customers - Can't Live With Them, Can't Live Without Them]]></title>
			<guid>http://www.salesprosource.com/articles/view.php?article_id=3659</guid>
			<link>http://www.salesprosource.com/articles/view.php?article_id=3659</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Sometimes no matter how appropriately you follow procedure and protocol on dealing with clients, there are some people who you will never be able to satisfy. Some people feel this way in their relationships, as well. And, it is usually at that point that the person will sit back and evaluate the pros and cons of the situation or relationship. Is the amount of aggravation and stress really worth it?]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 21 Sep 2010 14:54:30 CDT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[How to Hire Superior Sales People]]></title>
			<guid>http://www.salesprosource.com/articles/view.php?article_id=3658</guid>
			<link>http://www.salesprosource.com/articles/view.php?article_id=3658</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Many organizations miss the boat when it comes to recruiting salespeople. Too many hiring officials either do not know what they want, know what they want and are not sure how to find it, or have a decision-making structure that is actually counterproductive to the key stated goals for the sales force...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 21 Sep 2010 14:28:10 CDT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Power Networking]]></title>
			<guid>http://www.salesprosource.com/articles/view.php?article_id=3657</guid>
			<link>http://www.salesprosource.com/articles/view.php?article_id=3657</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Let's face it. No one really likes cold calling. Cold calling by itself is not going to generate the selling numbers that every salesman dreams of. However, thanks to the infinite amount of networking opportunities available online, someone can know about you and your services in a matter of seconds - and they can do so all over the world. So, how do you get yourself to stand out and make people eager to listen to what you have to say?]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 21 Sep 2010 14:07:09 CDT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Sales Strategies Of Six Figure Income Salespeople]]></title>
			<guid>http://www.salesprosource.com/whitepapers/view.php?whitepaper_id=147</guid>
			<link>http://www.salesprosource.com/whitepapers/view.php?whitepaper_id=147</link>
			<description><![CDATA[
Rather than rehash these trite and outdated approaches, I would like to share the philosophies and attitudes with you that are being used by the successful salespeople of today and will be used by the superstars of tomorrow. ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jun 2011 14:04:46 CDT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Communication Skills for Negotiators: Speaking Compellingly]]></title>
			<guid>http://www.salesprosource.com/whitepapers/view.php?whitepaper_id=116</guid>
			<link>http://www.salesprosource.com/whitepapers/view.php?whitepaper_id=116</link>
			<description><![CDATA[There are four factors involved in the use of your voice-not including how you use silences and pauses, which will be dealt with separately below. They are the rate at which you speak, the pitch of your voice, the volume and the intonation.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 29 Apr 2011 14:11:45 CDT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Three Phases and Five Stages of Negotiation]]></title>
			<guid>http://www.salesprosource.com/whitepapers/view.php?whitepaper_id=115</guid>
			<link>http://www.salesprosource.com/whitepapers/view.php?whitepaper_id=115</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Most negotiations do not take place at one sitting&mdash;particularly those that are complex or highly emotional. The following phases and stages describe the entire negotiation process whether it takes place in one sitting or over one year.Negotiation goes through three phases and five specific stages within the actual negotiations. Each should flow smoothly to the next. A good negotiator can &ldquo;feel&rdquo; when to move onto the nextstage. The timing will be different in every negotiation depending on the personalities involved. For example, some people (and some cultures) spend a lot of time in the relating stage; other people need to have more detail and will spend more time in the second stage and so on. All effective negotiations go through these three phases and five stages.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 29 Apr 2011 13:37:57 CDT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Most Useful And Most Under-Used Sales Tool, Ever! The Amazing Power Of Testimonials]]></title>
			<guid>http://www.salesprosource.com/whitepapers/view.php?whitepaper_id=103</guid>
			<link>http://www.salesprosource.com/whitepapers/view.php?whitepaper_id=103</link>
			<description><![CDATA[
I have some thoughts on why most people don&rsquo;t use testimonials anywhere near to their full potential. First, let&rsquo;s talk about why testimonials are so effective. Consider the story of legendary businessman W. Clement Stone. He built what would one day become a multi-billion dollar empire by selling fire-insurance policies door-to-door during the Great Depression. ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 28 Feb 2011 13:40:03 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Customer Retention and Loyalty: Find Out What Your Customers Want Before Your Competitors Do]]></title>
			<guid>http://www.salesprosource.com/whitepapers/view.php?whitepaper_id=99</guid>
			<link>http://www.salesprosource.com/whitepapers/view.php?whitepaper_id=99</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Satisfy your customers... or someone else will. Your prospects and customers can give you important feedback, both directly and indirectly. After addressing a group of sales contest winners in Hawaii, I was on the shuttle bus headed for the airport. My usual custom is to ask questions, so I said to the driver, "I bet your passengers tell you what they really think about their stays at these fancy resorts because they know you don't work for any of them.""Oh, yes," he replied. "In fact, once a month, the general manager of the hotel where you stayed comes to the depot with a big box of donuts and has coffee with the drivers. While we eat his donuts, we tell him everything we've overheard about his hotel -- and about his competitors' hotels."That is what I call Box-of-Donuts consulting. The hotel manager could have paid large fees to a research firm that would phone 1,000 guests and ask what they liked and didn't like. But that information couldn't possibly be as up-to-date or as honest as these drivers' feedback, nor would it give him valuable information about his competition.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 03 Feb 2011 11:12:44 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[How to Use LinkedIn as the Best Sales Tool Ever Invented]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[
Social Media is changing the way that business and personal relationships are being formed and&nbsp;sustained. LinkedIn is the premier Social Media networking platform used by over 75,000,000&nbsp;professionals worldwide. The average LinkedIn user is 41 years old and earns over $109,000 per year.&nbsp;This is a very desirable business demographic.
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			<pubDate>Wed, 02 Feb 2011 09:27:36 CST</pubDate>
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