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		<title>The elevator pitch &#8211; how to avoid the 7 biggest mistakes</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Aug 2011 10:43:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>How to use Twitter for Business Development</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 May 2011 10:31:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard White</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you are still trying to make sense of social media and how it fits into a business development strategy then I know how you feel. For well over a year there has been the overwhelming stench of snake oil hanging in the air and it just seems to be getting worse.
There is no doubt [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Great news! It has finally arrived&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2011 08:36:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard White</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Book Reviews]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I delighted to announce that after 6 years and more false starts than the Grand National my first book is finally out. In the end it only took me three weeks from start to finish once I got the inspiration and motivation &#8211; a lesson in itself!
The working title was &#8216;Selling Stories &#8211; how to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why meeting commitments is so important when it comes to business networking</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Apr 2011 08:25:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard White</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is a saying that people do business with people they know, like, and trust. The same goes for making referrals. 
People worry about the impact of a referral going wrong on the relationship, especially if it is their best client! When we introduce people to our contacts it will either strengthen the relationship or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Networking tip #5 &#8211; Don&#8217;t talk about your products and services&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Dec 2010 13:10:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard White</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the final networking tip in my series of 5 counter intuitive networking tips. You will be be pleased to know I have saved the most counter intuitive until last!
I can hear you thinking &#8216;But hang on Richard, the whole point of me networking is to talk about my products and services&#8230;.have you lost [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Networking tip #4 &#8211; Don&#8217;t give an elevator pitch&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Dec 2010 09:25:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard White</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is networking tip #4 in my series of 5 counter intuitive networking tips. This tip is probably the hardest one of all for people to change.
All the sales gurus tell us we need to have an elevator pitch. It all sounds very plausible except for the fact that most people do not like being [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Networking tip #3 &#8211; Don&#8217;t look for new clients&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Dec 2010 12:24:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard White</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is networking tip #3 in my series of 5 counter intuitive networking tips. This tip totally transformed how I felt about networking and the results I get. It is definitely counter intuitive. You go networking to find new clients and yet I am advising you not to look for new clients! Why is that?
Firstly, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Networking tip #2 &#8211; Don&#8217;t ask people what they do&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Dec 2010 10:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard White</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is networking tip #2 in my series of 5 counter intuitive networking tips. Whenever people meet for the first time one of the questions that is almost guaranteed to come up is &#8216;What do you do?&#8217;. Extended versions include:
&#8216;What do you do for a living?&#8217; and
&#8216;What line of business are you in?&#8217;
There is nothing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>networking tips for winning new clients</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Dec 2010 14:48:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard White</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[People often ask me for my networking tips for finding new clients. They are frustrated at spending so much time and effort networking and having much to show for their efforts. When I first started in business I was just the same but made it my mission to discover from those getting results what makes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Undercover prospects?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Nov 2010 10:40:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard White</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Networking]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I regually come across people who say things like &#8220;I do not go along to those networking events as you only ever get small businesses attending&#8221;. That is not always the case. At your next networking event you could be talking to someone from a larger organisation without ever realising it.
I have met many &#8220;life [...]]]></description>
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