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		<title>Sales People Need A New Definition of Failure &#8211; A Management Perspective</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 12:49:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan A. Enns</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Based on an interview I saw with Sara Bakely, the founder of Spanx and America&#8217;s youngest female billionaire, I wrote a blog post recently stating that I thought sales people need a new definition of failure. The article received such positive feedback that I thought I would take it one step further into sales management. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>To Improve Your Job Search, Tap Into Your Networks!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 14:12:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan A. Enns</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is estimated that the hidden job market, or those jobs that are not advertised, is anywhere between 75-95% of the total number of jobs available. That means, for every job ad that you see on the job boards, there are another 7 to 9 other jobs available that you don&#8217;t know even about. To [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sales People Need A New Definition of Failure</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 14:22:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan A. Enns</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sara Bakely, the founder of Spanx and America&#8217;s youngest female billionaire recently said in an interview that her father taught her a different definition of failure growing up. She was taught that instead of defining failure as the outcome, define it as not trying. In my opinion, the same definition of failure should be applied [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Recommended Free Sales Tools and Information to Help You Sell More</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 21:01:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan A. Enns</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Internet has opened up a whole new world for sales people. With just a few clicks, we can find millions of websites that promise to give us free tools and information to help us sell more. The problem is it is very time consuming to sort through all of those websites to find those [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Joint Field Work Should Be Show How, Not Do For</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 18:41:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan A. Enns</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The problem most sales managers have when doing joint field work is they end up taking over the call completely. Some even forget the sales person is in the room! Taking over a sales call does nothing to train or develop the sales representative. The real purpose of doing joint field work today is so [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When A Potential Employer Contacts You, Respond!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2012 14:12:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan A. Enns</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I received comments from two separate employers recently about how they have tried to contact potential candidates who have applied to their available position, only to receive no response in return. Using the information listed on the resumes, some candidates were left a voice mail and others were sent an email. In both cases the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is Your Contact Database A Glorified Phone Book?</title>
		<link>http://www.b2bscblog.com/2012/03/28/is-your-contact-database-a-glorified-phone-book/sales-skills</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2012 15:14:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan A. Enns</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Quick Sales Tips]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you have a large database of companies and contacts stored on your laptop or PDA? A database that is sorted alphabetically, even if it is the most advanced electronic type possible, is just a glorified phone book. Sort your database by the date of your next sales call. Check it daily, no ifs, ands [...]]]></description>
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		<title>If Professional Athletes Use Coaches, So Should Professional Sales People!</title>
		<link>http://www.b2bscblog.com/2012/03/19/if-professional-athletes-use-coaches-so-should-professional-sales-people/sales-skills</link>
		<comments>http://www.b2bscblog.com/2012/03/19/if-professional-athletes-use-coaches-so-should-professional-sales-people/sales-skills#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2012 15:13:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan A. Enns</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Selling has been compared to sports for years.  So much so, that sales people have even often been called the elite athletes of the business world.  The reason for the comparison probably stems from the fact that both professions are performance based, and that the incomes earned in each are in direct proportion to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Happy Sales Team Is A More Productive Sales Team!</title>
		<link>http://www.b2bscblog.com/2012/03/12/a-happy-sales-team-is-a-more-productive-sales-team/sales-management-skills</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2012 12:51:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan A. Enns</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes as managers, we get so caught up in the day to day drive for sales that we forget the human side of our jobs. We forget that our sales teams are made up of human beings with their own mortgage payments, kids&#8217; soccer games, and &#8220;not enough time in the day&#8221; stresses. In other [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Social Networks Do Recruiters Use Most?</title>
		<link>http://www.b2bscblog.com/2012/03/02/what-social-networks-do-recruiters-use-most/sales-career-advice</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2012 15:17:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan A. Enns</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you want to find the best jobs, you need to look where the recruiters are posting their available positions. These days that includes the online social networks. So which social networks do recruiters use most? Check out this Recruiter Survey by Infographic to find out. The answer may surprise you.  I&#8217;ll give you a [...]]]></description>
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