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		<title>Follow The Job Ad Instructions!</title>
		<link>http://www.b2bscblog.com/2012/02/01/follow-the-job-ad-instructions/sales-career-advice</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:19:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan A. Enns</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[All job ads include the potential employer&#8217;s preferred method for you to apply for the available position. Some prefer a resume by email, others still prefer fax, while others request you apply via the company&#8217;s website. Whatever the stated method, you should follow the instructions and apply as directed.  Applicants who call a recruiter when [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Best Marketing Automation Tools for B2B Lead Generation</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:57:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan A. Enns</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although there are many out there who promise they have found it, there really is no magic bullet for lead generation.  When you get right down to it, the best marketing automation tools are the ones that put you in the right place at the right time, that being when the prospect is most likely [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What To Do When Your Customer Asks for a Discount</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:24:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan A. Enns</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Quick Sales Tips]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Don&#8217;t automatically offer a discount when a customer asks for one.  Justify your value first.  Before you drop your price, ask the customer what they would like to remove from the package.  Psychology proves that people would rather pay more than lose something they see as valuable to them. For more quick sales tips, download [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Should B2B Sales Managers Assign Sales Territories?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 13:50:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan A. Enns</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sales Management Skills]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.b2bscblog.com/?p=2621</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Great question!  In fact, this subject has been debated among sales managers for years, and will continue to be for many years to come.  The reason is that there are as many ways to distribute B2B sales assignments as there are sales managers! The best way to distribute your b2b sales assignments is situation specific.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Start The New Year Off Right With These Free Tools from B2B Sales Connections!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 18:14:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan A. Enns</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sales Skills]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Happy New Year! It’s at this time of the year when many of us evaluate the past and look forward to a better future. To help you make 2012 everything you want it to be, we wanted to offer you some of our most popular sales tools for free from the B2B Sales Connections Free [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is Your Glass Half Full or Half Empty?</title>
		<link>http://www.b2bscblog.com/2012/01/12/is-your-glass-half-full-or-half-empty/sales-skills</link>
		<comments>http://www.b2bscblog.com/2012/01/12/is-your-glass-half-full-or-half-empty/sales-skills#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 14:26:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan A. Enns</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sales Skills]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This post comes to us from Paul Letendre, a sales executive with extensice experience in food service sales. Half-Empty? It’s part of the ballgame, we will get discouraged from time to time.  At this time of year, it is especially common.  There is a lot of business uncertainty as to what the New Year will bring.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is It Time to Fire Your Non Producing Sales Rep?</title>
		<link>http://www.b2bscblog.com/2012/01/10/is-it-time-to-fire-your-non-producing-sales-rep/sales-management-skills</link>
		<comments>http://www.b2bscblog.com/2012/01/10/is-it-time-to-fire-your-non-producing-sales-rep/sales-management-skills#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 16:52:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan A. Enns</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sales Management Skills]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[b2b sales]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.b2bscblog.com/?p=2605</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Many sales managers often ask themselves what they should do with their non producing sales respresentatives.  Is it time to sever the employer &#8211; employee relationship and let them go? To answer that question you first need to ask yourself if the non performing sales rep knows what needs to be done to be successful.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How To Dress For Job Interview Success</title>
		<link>http://www.b2bscblog.com/2012/01/06/how-to-dress-for-job-interview-success/sales-career-advice</link>
		<comments>http://www.b2bscblog.com/2012/01/06/how-to-dress-for-job-interview-success/sales-career-advice#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 22:23:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert J.  Weese</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sales Career Advice]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[“You never get a second chance to make a first impression.”  This cliché is never more important than when you are heading to a job interview.  When you are invited to an interview you need to consider that your first impression is going to weight heavily on the person who is interviewing you. If you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Best Sales Activities for December!</title>
		<link>http://www.b2bscblog.com/2011/12/15/the-best-sales-activities-for-december/sales-skills</link>
		<comments>http://www.b2bscblog.com/2011/12/15/the-best-sales-activities-for-december/sales-skills#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 15:02:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan A. Enns</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sales Skills]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When you look at the calendar, there are really only about 5 selling days left in the year.  You are hurrying around, doing whatever it takes to close every sale possible before year end so you can make quota and earn your annual bonus.  However you are waiting until after the holidays to prospect for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Here’s a Great Low Risk Alternative to Buying A Franchise or Starting Your Own Business</title>
		<link>http://www.b2bscblog.com/2011/12/09/here%e2%80%99s-a-great-low-risk-alternative-to-buying-a-franchise-or-starting-your-own-business/channel-sales-management-skills</link>
		<comments>http://www.b2bscblog.com/2011/12/09/here%e2%80%99s-a-great-low-risk-alternative-to-buying-a-franchise-or-starting-your-own-business/channel-sales-management-skills#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 18:29:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert J.  Weese</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Buying A Frachise]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[independents sales agents]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Manufacturer's Representatives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sales agents]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sales Career Advice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sales Career Opportunities]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most often when someone decides to become their own boss they only consider the two most common ways of getting into business for themselves. 1. Start your own business 2. Buy a franchise business Starting your own business burdens you with a 98% chance of failure within three years plus all the inevitable growing pains, [...]]]></description>
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