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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>Book review: &#8216;Cunningly Clever Selling&#8217; by Andrew Wood</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Dec 2010 16:36:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard White</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Book Reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Easy Selling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sales Techniques]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was nicely surprised when reading this book.  I have to admit that the title initially put me off. Once I started reading it, however, I quickly found It one of the most enjoyable sales books I have read to date. Instead of it being full of pushy sales tricks, I found it full [...]]]></description>
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		<title>If you want to get ahead&#8230;.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 07:27:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard White</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal Effectiveness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Soft Skills]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Many years ago I learnt a powerful influencing technique from my boss. He was a high flying finance director and I noticed how he used it to gain agreement. When I started learning from top sales people I noticed that many used this simple technique too.
I have since learnt that its called &#8216;The McCabe  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Persuasion Techniques: 3 Easy Tips for Building Client Relations</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 12:57:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate Warren</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Soft Skills]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[client relationships]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Would you like to be more persuasive with your clients?  Want to know some simple, easy ways to make a great impression, especially around ‘tricky’ areas like pricing?  Here are 3 simple tips about how you can use specific language to influence the results you get with people.

Use these 2 little words that   [...]]]></description>
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		<title>There is more to sales than technique</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2010 08:30:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard White</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Developing Relationships]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sales Effectiveness]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I first started in sales I thought that all I needed was to learn a bunch of  sales techniques. I soon discovered that there was so much more to selling.
Many sales trainers will have you believe that if you just follow their techniques you will never look back. For some people that will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Inoculation makes handling price objections easier</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 13:51:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard White</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You can avoid some serious diseases by receiving an inoculation. The smallpox inoculation works by infecting an individual with a mild case of smallpox and the body builds up natural defenses. In a similar way, you can inoculate prospects against serious price objections by using the concept of inoculation. This will help enormously when closing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Account development step 5 &#8211; work on relationships</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 08:30:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard White</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Account Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Business Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Developing Relationships]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sales Effectiveness]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[With relationship based selling, the clue is in the title! To be successful with this type of selling you need to be developing and extending relationships. The activity is similar to networking except you are building a network within the client account. Seek to keep updated with what is going on and also expand your [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The 9 Laws of Sales Success</title>
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		<comments>http://www.theaccidentalsalesman.com/business-development/the-9-laws-of-sales-success/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2009 09:49:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard White</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Consultative Selling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Soft Skills]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I tend to work with people where they seem to have everything going for them in terms of business and yet something is just not quite working. In many cases they know HOW to sell but for some reason they are not getting enough business. I am going to do a separate article on self-motivation [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dressing for success</title>
		<link>http://www.theaccidentalsalesman.com/sales-meetings-presentations/dressing-for-success-premium/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2008 21:40:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard White</dc:creator>
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In this recording leading image consultant Pauline Crawford explains why the way we present ourselves is so important the sales process and simple changes you can make in order to increase your impact with client...Read the rest of this entry &#187;This resource is only available to members. [...]]]></description>
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		<itunes:subtitle>Can dressing for success make a difference in sales?

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		<title>Are you speaking your prospect&#8217;s language?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 23:43:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard White</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The way we think and communicate can have a big impact on sales. There is a wide variety of ways in which people think and communicate and these tend to differ by type of job function and by levels of seniority. The more flexible we can be with our communication, the wider group of people [...]]]></description>
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