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		<title>A time to sell</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 11:06:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard White</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was recently talking with a business owner who was struggling to sell more to an existing client. He could not understand why the client would not take his calls unless he wanted to buy something. &#8216;I really want to try and build a relationship but how is that possible if he will not meet [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Account management does not guarantee sales</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 08:34:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard White</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the things that amazes me about small and medium sized businesses is how they struggle with lead generation from existing clients. This should be one of the easiest sales to make. There are three main reasons for this:
1. Waiting for the phone to ring
The person managing the account assumes that the client will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Sell Thin Air</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 22:14:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard White</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Development]]></category>
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&#8216;How to Sell Thin Air&#8217;&#8230;..That was the title of the workshop I ran for  Ecadamist Mark Underwood&#8217;s excellent Business NLP Group meeting last night. Its a club to show the business applications of NLP and was well attended by people who run their own business and people that work in companies in a non-sales [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sales Questioning  &#8211;  A fun game to play when selling</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 15:21:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard White</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Closing Sales]]></category>
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A lot of people think they are engaging in consultative selling but really all they are doing is trying to second guess what their prospect is thinking. In this blog I share with you a game that you can play to make your sales meetings more fun and increase your sales too!
When I am training [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do you know what you are REALLY selling?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 21:11:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard White</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have worked with a lot of people lately who have attended other people&#8217;s sales training programs and yet not getting results.  The problem has NOT been the training itself but the fact that they were trying to sell the wrong thing.
Conventional sales training might teach you how to sell but it does not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ROI made simple</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 20:17:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard White</dc:creator>
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If you are having trouble justifying your fees then you need to REALLY understand Return on Investment (ROI) &#8211; it&#8217;s the key to earning higher fees and your clients still thinking you are excellent value. 
Here is an outline of key concepts and I will be writing more about how to approach your sales meetings [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Soft Selling question that turned a £5 order into a £500 order</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:17:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard White</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Generating Sales Leads]]></category>
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I had some heart warming news yesterday when someone who had attended my last Lead Conversion Masterclass told me excitedly how he had used one of the simple soft selling questions he learnt on the course and lead to a much bigger and smoother sale. He couldn&#8217;t believe how simple and yet powerful the approach [...]]]></description>
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		<title>5 Keys to Selling with Confidence</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:20:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard White</dc:creator>
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Starting up in business can be an exciting time but also a daunting time too and in the excitement of getting things going, people often overlook the obvious. Profitable sales are the lifeblood of any business and selling is a skill. Without sales there is no business and for most starting a new business there [...]]]></description>
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