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		<title>You Can Still Sell In The Summer If You Plan For It!</title>
		<link>http://www.b2bscblog.com/2011/06/16/you-can-still-sell-in-the-summer-if-you-plan-for-it/sales-skills</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2011 15:42:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan A. Enns</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[No matter how much we wish it wasn&#8217;t so, business slows down during the summer. If a prospect isn&#8217;t on vacation, chances are he is covering for someone who is.  If you don&#8217;t have enough prospects in your funnel today, it can be a very difficult to make your sales goals once July and August rolls [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Your Prospect Can&#8217;t Return Your Voice Mail</title>
		<link>http://www.b2bscblog.com/2011/05/17/why-your-prospect-cant-return-your-voice-mail/sales-skills</link>
		<comments>http://www.b2bscblog.com/2011/05/17/why-your-prospect-cant-return-your-voice-mail/sales-skills#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 May 2011 15:46:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan A. Enns</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It seems like one of the most discussed topics in the online sales networks these days is how can sales people get more prospects to return their voice mail messages.   My answer to you is, regardless of the actual message itself, you first have to stop making the mistakes that make it impossible for the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Does Your Sales Team have Enough Prospects To Carry Them Through The Summer?</title>
		<link>http://www.b2bscblog.com/2011/05/12/does-your-sales-team-have-enough-prospects-to-carry-them-through-the-summer/sales-management-skills</link>
		<comments>http://www.b2bscblog.com/2011/05/12/does-your-sales-team-have-enough-prospects-to-carry-them-through-the-summer/sales-management-skills#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 May 2011 12:02:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan A. Enns</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sales Management Skills]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[b2b sales]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blitz days]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I know it seems a little early to talk about the summer months, but as a sales manager you have to look that far ahead.  Business can really slow down in the summer, and if your sales team does not have enough prospects in their funnel today, it can be a very difficult to make [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are You Accessing The Hidden Job Market?</title>
		<link>http://www.b2bscblog.com/2011/05/02/are-you-accessing-the-hidden-job-market/sales-career-advice</link>
		<comments>http://www.b2bscblog.com/2011/05/02/are-you-accessing-the-hidden-job-market/sales-career-advice#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 May 2011 18:06:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan A. Enns</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sales Career Advice]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[best sales jobs]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A study published by Jobfox, identified Sales Representative/Business Development as the most recession-proof profession.  Profit Magazine reported; “Finding the right sales talent was one of the biggest concerns facing sales organizations today.”   Similar studies conducted annually by Manpower Inc. report that the position of “sales representative” is consistently considered by management as one of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is A Purchaser Your Best Sales Contact?</title>
		<link>http://www.b2bscblog.com/2011/02/23/is-a-purchaser-your-best-sales-contact/sales-skills</link>
		<comments>http://www.b2bscblog.com/2011/02/23/is-a-purchaser-your-best-sales-contact/sales-skills#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Feb 2011 13:52:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan A. Enns</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sales Skills]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[b2b sales]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A purchaser&#8217;s role is to execute a purchase for a product based on another department&#8217;s purchasing criteria.  Your best sales contact is actually the person in that other department. For example, if you are selling group dental insurance, you may receive a purchase order from the purchasing department for your dental plan, but it was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Persistence vs Harassment &#8211; How Many Sales Calls Should You Make?</title>
		<link>http://www.b2bscblog.com/2011/01/25/persistence-vs-harassment-how-many-sales-calls-should-you-make/sales-skills</link>
		<comments>http://www.b2bscblog.com/2011/01/25/persistence-vs-harassment-how-many-sales-calls-should-you-make/sales-skills#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Jan 2011 15:35:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan A. Enns</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sales Skills]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In my role as a B2B Sales Coach, I recently received the following question.  As this is a very common question, I thought I would share it with our blog readers:  Dear B2B Sales Coach:  My boss insists I keep calling the prospect, but after a bunch of calls and messages, the customer told me [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I Hate Cold Calls!</title>
		<link>http://www.b2bscblog.com/2011/01/18/i-hate-cold-calls/sales-skills</link>
		<comments>http://www.b2bscblog.com/2011/01/18/i-hate-cold-calls/sales-skills#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jan 2011 22:12:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert J.  Weese</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sales Skills]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.b2bscblog.com/?p=2134</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[‘I hate cold calling”. Have you heard that line a thousand times or more in your sales career?  Or how about the promise to “never make another cold call again”.  Let’s not forget the ever popular “cold calling is dead”.  Of course there are tons of books, articles, blogs and tirades about the death of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Diversified Prospecting Approach Works Best!</title>
		<link>http://www.b2bscblog.com/2010/11/10/a-diversified-prospecting-approach-works-best/sales-skills</link>
		<comments>http://www.b2bscblog.com/2010/11/10/a-diversified-prospecting-approach-works-best/sales-skills#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Nov 2010 14:42:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan A. Enns</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sales Skills]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As President of the Sales Professionals of Ottawa, I was lucky enough to moderate a panel discussion entitled “How To Hunt In Today’s Jungle”.  Each panelist discussed the “how to’s” of lead generation in their field of expertise; telesales, social media, internet research, and print advertising.  The discussion was lively, yet in the end, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Just Making More Calls Doesn&#8217;t Guarantee Sales Success</title>
		<link>http://www.b2bscblog.com/2010/10/18/just-making-more-calls-doesnt-guarantee-sales-success/sales-skills</link>
		<comments>http://www.b2bscblog.com/2010/10/18/just-making-more-calls-doesnt-guarantee-sales-success/sales-skills#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Oct 2010 15:01:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan A. Enns</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sales Skills]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.b2bscblog.com/?p=1975</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Do you find that there are just not enough hours in a day?  Are you working long hours, making call after call, but you still don’t sell enough to even come close to reaching quota?  If you answered yes to these questions, you may be one of the many sales representatives who mistakenly believe that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>$3-Million Dollar Voice Mail</title>
		<link>http://www.b2bscblog.com/2010/09/30/3-million-dollar-voice-mail/sales-skills</link>
		<comments>http://www.b2bscblog.com/2010/09/30/3-million-dollar-voice-mail/sales-skills#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Sep 2010 20:48:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert J.  Weese</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sales Skills]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[b2b marketing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently, Susan posted  a blog that generated a lot of discussion on the merits of leaving a voice mail. There were numerous comments left debating both sides of the issue. I would like to relay a quick voice mail story that happened at one of my clients this past week. The clients sales team had [...]]]></description>
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