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		<title>Take the easy road to more sales</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jan 2012 10:38:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard White</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes we can make things harder for ourselves without realising it. I prefer to take the easy path every time, especially when it comes to sales.
It took me a while to fully appreciate that there are some things that are easier to sell than others. But when I &#8216;got it&#8217; I became really excited because [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to see things from your clients perspective</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Aug 2011 13:19:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard White</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The art of sales is to be able to match what your client wants with what you are selling. To be able to do that requires being able to see things from your clients perspective.
Indeed the mantra of sales people is WIIFM (pronounced WIFF ‘EM – as in WIFF THEM!). It stands for What’s in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rant: Is the recession over?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 May 2011 08:28:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard White</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Account Management]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Developing Relationships]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Generating Sales Leads]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am sorry but I need to get something off my chest today. It’s been bugging me for ages and yesterday was just the last straw! 
A new supplier who promised me he would do something let me down, yet again. When we first started working together he couldn&#8217;t be more helpful. One month in, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stop pushing and start pulling!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2011 07:49:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard White</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Account Management]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Consultative Selling]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.theaccidentalsalesman.com/?p=2863</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There are two fundamental philosophies in selling. There’s push selling and there’s pull selling. If you hate selling and want to make it easier on yourself then you should definitely be pull selling. Push selling is where you decide what the customer wants and then you persuade them to buy it. Pull selling is where [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Who wears the trousers?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2010 08:28:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard White</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Account Management]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is a question where I come from that goes &#8216;Who wears the trousers in this household?&#8217;. It’s really a reference to who makes the decision in the household. It is based on the assumption that the person who makes the decisions must be the man of the house. An outdated notion &#8211; even then [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Look after your golden geese</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 07:48:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard White</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is one of my favourite stories. The philosophy behind it has helped me immensely in building up key accounts:  
A man and his wife owned a very special goose. Every day this goose laid a golden egg, which provided a very comfortable income. Some days it laid more than one egg. On occassions [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do you want a sale or a relationship?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 08:12:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard White</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For me the answer is both! Not only do you end up selling more but you have a much more enjoyable time doing so!
When I am coaching corporate sales people and business owners to increase sales with their existing clients I often come across one of two mistakes which get in the way of sales.
Firstly, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is every sale is a good sale?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jul 2010 19:16:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard White</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Imagine you went into a shop and spent a lot of money buying something you later discovered was an expensive mistake. How would you feel about the sales person who sold it to you? What if the sales person just gave you what you asked for without checking?
I was having this conversation with a client [...]]]></description>
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		<title>5 Soft selling tips for increasing sales with existing clients</title>
		<link>http://www.theaccidentalsalesman.com/starting-selling/5-soft-selling-tips-for-increasing-sales-with-existing-clients/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theaccidentalsalesman.com/starting-selling/5-soft-selling-tips-for-increasing-sales-with-existing-clients/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 09:58:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard White</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Increasing sales with existing clients may seem difficult in the current economic climate. Here are 5 soft selling tips for increasing sales without being pushy.
1. Be Proactive
Soft selling does not mean no selling! In boom times it may have been possible to just work on the relationships and trust that your clients would come to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sales Jargon De-Mystified: Up-Selling</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2010 08:30:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard White</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[building client accounts]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Up-selling makes the selling of services easier and increases the value of existing and new customers. This article explains what up-selling really means.
Up-selling is where you attempt to sell a customer a higher value product or service. It could be an existing customer who is already using the product or service and selling them a [...]]]></description>
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