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		<title>Stop Creating PowerPoint &#8216;Slideuments!&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://thissellinglife.com/no-slideuments/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 16:58:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Silverback</dc:creator>
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Steady. I feel a rant coming on&#8230;
Last week the sales team in my company was working on revising our core sales presentation.
That frustrating experience made me think of a little-known idea that I believe is one of the most important points both Cliff Atkinson and Garr Reynolds make in the books I mentioned [...]]]></description>
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		<title>3 Solid Resources to Help You Make Better Presentations</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 16:25:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Silverback</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This short article introduces three solid resources that can help you make dramatic improvements in your presentations.
Read on for a quick list of free online resources and books where you find great ideas on how to maintain your audience&#8217;s interest and set yourself apart from your competitors.
Strong Medicine for People Who Misuse PowerPoint
The Cognitive Style [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Art of the Pitch: An Appreciation</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 12:39:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Silverback</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Previous articles have focused on the importance of asking good questions in nearly every kind of selling.
One obvious exception came to mind as I idly watched QVC for a few minutes while I waited for my wife to get ready for an evening out.
As she pulled on her jacket and checked her purse for her [...]]]></description>
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		<title>19 Great Resources for Asking Better Questions</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 14:09:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Silverback</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Are you picking up the track I&#8217;ve been laying down in the last few articles? Do you agree with me about the importance of asking better questions ?
If so, then you&#8217;re probably chomping at the bit for more specific ideas on how to do it.
You&#8217;ll get plenty of that in future articles.
But we assume you&#8217;re [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Leave Your Rolex and Some of Your Perfection at Home</title>
		<link>http://thissellinglife.com/less-perfection-please/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 15:15:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Silverback</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sales Negotiations]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Are you ready for another contrarian tip about successful sales negotiations?
A prior article suggested that you introduce a slight stammer or hesitation into your conversation with a prospect.
This article tells you why.  If you agree with what you&#8217;re about to read, you&#8217;ll never want to look too good again.
At risk of referring to Jim Camp [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Call High or Go to a Movie?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 13:05:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Silverback</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ross Perot, founder of Electronic Data Systems (EDS) and Perot Systems, billionaire, former candidate for the presidency of the United States and famously cantankerously outspoken Texas personality, used to tell his sales people at EDS to &#8220;call high or go to a movie.&#8221;
Perot&#8217;s point was that his sales people will never close a deal on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When Do You Start Negotiating?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2009 14:13:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Silverback</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Even if you work for a national retail chain, your sales process almost certainly involves some level of negotiation.
At what point in your interaction with a prospect do your negotiations typically begin? Is it when the conversation turns to commercial terms such as price, payment options, delivery, financing, warranties and contracts?
Sales Negotiations Begin the Moment [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Know What Your Market Wants to Buy</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 13:06:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Silverback</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[This is the seventh in a series of posts about entrepreneurship as a way to protect your income in a bad economy.]
When you&#8217;re selling for someone else, you have to sell whatever product or service your company provides. But when you&#8217;re working for yourself, you can sell whatever you want. The best things to sell [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sales Secrets of a New York Madam</title>
		<link>http://thissellinglife.com/new-york-madam/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 12:15:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Silverback</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Selling as Seduction]]></category>

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This is the third in a series about selling and seduction. Today we talk about a book by a the former &#8220;Mayflower Madam,&#8221; who ran a high-class escort service in New York City in the 1980s. In Uncensored Sales Strategies: XXX-Rated Secrets, Sydney Biddle Barrows shares sales and marketing insights from her experience as an [...]]]></description>
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