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		<title>Grab Their Interest Early and Don&#8217;t Let Go</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 17:12:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Silverback</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever been on the receiving end of a sales presentation that made you wish you were almost anywhere else?
In the business-to-business software industry where I work, we&#8217;re guilty of heinous neglect of basic communication principles.
What&#8217;s so bad about our presentations? Nothing &#8212; if you don&#8217;t mind excessive length, jam-packed PowerPoint slides, lack of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>7 Ways to Improve Your Sales Questions Instantly</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 12:55:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Silverback</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Maybe you&#8217;re not ready to wade through the 19 books that an earlier article recommended to help you ask better sales questions.
Or even to read one book, for that matter.
I know. You&#8217;re restless, and you&#8217;ve come to the right place.
So here&#8217;s a short list of seven easy improvements you can make immediately.
1. Be clear in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>14 Ways to Screw Up the Questions You Ask</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 02:56:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Silverback</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An earlier article listed 23 ways you can use questions effectively in selling.
People often say there&#8217;s no such thing as a stupid question. That&#8217;s nice, and it may help you feel better about yourself when you ask them.
But it&#8217;s not true.
This article warns you about 14 ways you can go wrong by asking bad questions.
If [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Approach Senior Executives Carefully</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2009 14:35:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Silverback</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you call high and aren&#8217;t ready for the conversation, it could end your life prematurely &#8211; at least in that account.
Have you heard about vibratory courtship?
No, this isn&#8217;t about kinky sex &#8212; at least not for humans.
It&#8217;s the way a male spider approaches a web-spinning female without being mistaken for dinner.
The male taps carefully [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Control the Only Two Things You Can, and Stop Wasting Energy on What You Can&#8217;t</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 14:14:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Silverback</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Your Mindset]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When you stop trying to control things you can&#8217;t, you&#8217;ll be able to focus more of your energy and attention on gaining complete control over the only things you can: your behavior and your actions. 
How do you accomplish that level of control?
In a word, preparation.
Preparation is Everything
Whether you consider military operations, sports, the arts, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Learn to Embrace &#8216;No&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 12:30:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Silverback</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Prospecting and Lead Generation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sales Negotiations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sales Process]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[No may be the single most dreaded word in selling. But you can learn to appreciate it.
We&#8217;re learn from early childhood that no is a constraint on our ability to get or do what we want.
&#8220;No. Don&#8217;t put that in your mouth.&#8221;
&#8220;No. You can&#8217;t eat a cookie before dinner.&#8221;
&#8220;No. You can&#8217;t stay up past 8:00.&#8221;
Sometimes [...]]]></description>
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