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		<title>How to Shorten Your Customers Buying Cycle!</title>
		<link>http://www.b2bscblog.com/2011/08/18/how-to-shorten-your-customers-buying-cycle/sales-skills</link>
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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>What Makes A Sales Professional A Professional?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2011 14:02:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan A. Enns</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is a great article by Dave Kahle entitled What&#8217;s A Professional Sales Person.   In it, he discusses what every sales representative and sales manager should know about professionalism in our chosen career.   A must read for us all! What do you think makes a professional sales person?  I look forward to your comments.  For [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is It Time to Close the File On That Stalled Prospect?</title>
		<link>http://www.b2bscblog.com/2010/07/07/close-file-stalled-sales-prospect/sales-skills</link>
		<comments>http://www.b2bscblog.com/2010/07/07/close-file-stalled-sales-prospect/sales-skills#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2010 03:57:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert J.  Weese</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sales Skills]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As sales professionals we’ve all most likely had this problem with a prospect at one time or another.  They were a hot prospect sending you all the right buying signals and then all of the sudden they switched off.  Now they don’t return your calls.  They are unresponsive to your emails and you are left [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Is The Purpose Of Your Sales Call?</title>
		<link>http://www.b2bscblog.com/2009/11/13/what-is-the-purpose-of-your-sales-call/sales-skills/quick-sales-tips-sales-skills</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:46:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan A. Enns</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What is the purpose of your sales call?  What do you want to accomplish?  How will you know if it was a successful call?  If you can&#8217;t answer these questions because you do not have a pre-planned agenda, you are only wasting yours and the prospect&#8217;s time. Aim Higher! Susan A. Enns, B2B Sales Connections [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Better Questions to Create More Sales Wins</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:32:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert J.  Weese</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sales Skills]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Look for Unrecognized Problems &#38; Unanticipated Solutions One of the best sales questioning techniques I ever learned was from a former boss &#38; mentor.  He delivered a training session that taught us when a customer gave a key requirement statement we had to take a moment and ask ourselves “which means”?   The key was to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Right Questions To Close The Sale</title>
		<link>http://www.b2bscblog.com/2009/11/03/the-right-questions-to-close-the-sale/sales-skills</link>
		<comments>http://www.b2bscblog.com/2009/11/03/the-right-questions-to-close-the-sale/sales-skills#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:38:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan A. Enns</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sales Skills]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you completed the sales process, however the customers still are not buying, even when you are saving them money?  Perhaps you need to ask better closing questions. Closing a sale should be a logical conclusion to your selling process.  However if at the end of the process your customers do not see value in your solution, they [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Listen Your Way Into More Sales by Marshall W. Northcott</title>
		<link>http://www.b2bscblog.com/2009/08/30/how-to-listen-your-way-into-more-sales/sales-skills</link>
		<comments>http://www.b2bscblog.com/2009/08/30/how-to-listen-your-way-into-more-sales/sales-skills#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2009 21:22:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>marshallnorthcott</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since founding SMP Strategies (a.k.a. Elite Training Systems) in 2001, I have partnered with dozens of sales organizations in varying capacities to elevate individual and team performance and increase overall revenue generation and profitability.
Through the delivery of public workshops and customized on-site training, I have educated thousands of consultative sales professionals using personally developed training programs.
Authored three books on the disciplines of professional selling which are available in retail stores across Canada.
Contracted by several organizations to develop and build customized sales training programs and manuals for internal client usage.
Have worked in a one-on-one coaching capacity with hundreds of individuals to sharpen mindset, elevate sales skills, broaden business knowledge, enhance managerial abilities and implement proven strategies and processes for personal and professional success.]]></description>
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