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		<title>Where Do You Set The Bar?</title>
		<link>http://www.b2bscblog.com/2011/09/20/where-do-you-set-the-bar/sales-skills/quick-sales-tips-sales-skills</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 17:20:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan A. Enns</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whether you are dealing with customers or managing a sales team, if you keep saying yes to exceptions, they will become expectations. Aim Higher! Susan A. Enns, B2B Sales Coach from B2B Sales Connections www.linkedin.com/in/susanenns, www.facebook.com/B2BSalesConnections, or www.twitter.com/SusanEnns]]></description>
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		<title>How to Shorten Your Customers Buying Cycle!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2011 16:26:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert J.  Weese</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I used to work in an industry where the summer was a dead time for the sales team. The customers would shut their production down for a week or two. Contacts were on vacation and nothing moved. Then late August and early September would come and sales would start happening. This resulted in the sales [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Everyone Always Late For Your Sales Meetings?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 19:22:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan A. Enns</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you always have to wait for a few stragglers to show up before you can start your sales meetings? The key to fixing this problem is to start your meetings on time, every time, no matter what. Nothing rewards tardy behavior more than making those who showed up on time wait for those who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stop Memorizing Technical Specs!</title>
		<link>http://www.b2bscblog.com/2010/06/28/stop-memorizing-technical-specs/sales-management-skills/quick-sales-management-tips-sales-management-skills</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 21:05:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan A. Enns</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Does your team really need to memorize your product’s technical specs?  It is far better for them to know how the spec relates to a customer benefit than the spec itself.  For example, stating that a machine operates at 60 cycles per minute is just useless trivia unless the customer has identified the need and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Does Your Team Hate Sales Reports?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 17:49:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan A. Enns</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you require your sales reps to submit sales reports?  Do they like doing it?  Probably not.  That&#8217;s because they probably think your sales reports are nothing more than a policing action.  In reality, you want them to think of sales reports as a GPS navigation system to help them get to where they want [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Need Ideas For Your Sales Meetings?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 15:46:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan A. Enns</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you need ideas for discussion topics for your sales meetings?  Create a file folder labeled “Sales Meeting Ideas” and keep it handy.  As discussion topics pop up during the week, just place a reminder note into the file.  On the day before the meeting when you are preparing your agenda, review your file and choose a theme [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Ideal Sales Candidate</title>
		<link>http://www.b2bscblog.com/2010/02/05/the-ideal-sales-candidate/sales-recruiting</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:38:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan A. Enns</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Before you place a job ad and start to interview candidates, ask yourself if you know exactly what you are looking for.  What are the sales skills required to be successful at selling your product?  What are the personality traits of your top performers?    Take the time to clearly define your perfect sales professionals so that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Sales Manager Reports to The Sales Reps, not The VP!</title>
		<link>http://www.b2bscblog.com/2010/01/28/the-sales-manager-reports-to-the-sales-reps-not-the-vp/sales-management-skills/quick-sales-management-tips-sales-management-skills</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 13:41:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan A. Enns</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was Spencer Johnson and Larry Wilson who said &#8220;I will have more fun and enjoy more financial success when I stop trying to get what I want and start helping other people get what they want.&#8221;  The most successful sales managers, those that produce the best results, not only know this, the live it! [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Teach, Don&#8217;t Preach!</title>
		<link>http://www.b2bscblog.com/2009/11/06/teach-dont-preach/sales-management-skills/quick-sales-management-tips-sales-management-skills</link>
		<comments>http://www.b2bscblog.com/2009/11/06/teach-dont-preach/sales-management-skills/quick-sales-management-tips-sales-management-skills#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:35:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan A. Enns</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When you point your finger at a sales rep telling them they are doing a bad job, there are three fingers pointing back at you.  A mistake or customer complaint is just as much our fault as managers as it is the sales representatives. If we are not giving the tools to do the job [...]]]></description>
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