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<item>  <title><![CDATA[Can It Get Any Stranger?]]></title>   <link>http://www.salesresources.com/articles/article.cfm?ID=1545</link>   <description><![CDATA[We humans are funny animals.  We tend to do the same things over and over, no matter what the consequences.  Although we are admonished to learn from our mistakes, more often than not we continue to make the same mistakes time after time.  Maybe not the big obvious mistakes, but the little ones that we dont notice we keep doing and doing.Doesnt it seem reasonable that if were doing something that has a negative outcome that wed stop doing it?  Even more fundamental, doesnt it seem reasonable that wed notice that what were doing isnt working?Seems reasonable.  But strange as it seems, our lives are full of things that have negative consequences, yet we continue to do them.  Some we may be aware of and consciously choose to do anyway such as smoking, overeating, or taking a tad too many nips of the juice.  Nevertheless, there are whole hosts of actions we take that have negative consequences of which we are completely ignorant.  Were ignorant of these negative conseq]]></description>   <guid>http://www.salesresources.com/articles/article.cfm?ID=1545</guid>   <pubDate>Sat, 31 Jul 2010 06:25:01 CST</pubDate>  </item><item>  <title><![CDATA[You Cant Scream Loud Enough]]></title>   <link>http://www.salesresources.com/articles/article.cfm?ID=1550</link>   <description><![CDATA[I cant help but be reminded of Edvard Munchs painting, The Scream, every time I speak with a salesperson or professional who is complaining about the ineffectiveness of their marketing.  In the painting, Munch places a man on a bridge, hands to mouth, screaming as loudly as he can.  Behind him, the land, river, and sky are painted with undulating and swirling strokes evoking the feeling of motion.  On the bridge behind the man a couple are walking, seemingly without the least interest in the screaming man in front of them.  Munch uses dark colors throughout the painting-red sky, dark blue river, brown and blue unwelcoming land.  One gets the feeling the man isnt yelling at a particular someone, rather he is screaming to be heard by anyone.  And you come away with the distinct impression his effort is futile.  He screams his head off; yet not a soul hears.  Who would have thought at the time Munch finished his painting in the late 19th century that he was such a Nostradamian ]]></description>   <guid>http://www.salesresources.com/articles/article.cfm?ID=1550</guid>   <pubDate>Sat, 31 Jul 2010 06:25:01 CST</pubDate>  </item><item>  <title><![CDATA[Why Decision Makers Hate Cold Calls]]></title>   <link>http://www.salesresources.com/articles/article.cfm?ID=1553</link>   <description><![CDATA[The simple answer to why decision makers hate cold calls is cold calls are one of the biggest time wasters for them.Decision makers hate cold calls and have no interest in taking your call because all you do is waste their time.  Period.Now, you dont see it the same way.  You believe you have something of value to offer the decision maker--actually, you want to see if you have something of value for them.  You have to qualify them and thats one of the things youre hoping to begin to do while speaking with them.  All you want is a couple of minutes of their time to set an appointment and learn a little something about whether or not theyre a qualified prospect.To you, all youre asking is just three, four, maybe five minutes of their time and a short little 10 or 15 minute appointment.  No big deal--just a moment of their time.But look at what youre asking from their point of view:1.	Youre not the only call theyll get that day.  Theyll get 5, 10, 15, maybe more]]></description>   <guid>http://www.salesresources.com/articles/article.cfm?ID=1553</guid>   <pubDate>Sat, 31 Jul 2010 06:25:01 CST</pubDate>  </item><item>  <title><![CDATA[9 Reasons Why Prospects Dont Return Your Calls]]></title>   <link>http://www.salesresources.com/articles/article.cfm?ID=1509</link>   <description><![CDATA[Some cold calling experts suggest that you leave a message when you receive a prospects voice mail. Unfortunately, many sales people feel that this is an exercise in futility because most of the time their prospect does not call them back. If that sounds familiar, here are nine reasons why your prospects dont return your calls.<b>1.  Your voice mail message is too long. </b>The majority of voice mail messages decision makers receive are far too long. Decision makers are too busy to listen to a long, rambling, and disjointed message. That means you need to get your message across in 30 seconds or less. In fact, I suggest that you try and limit your message to a maximum of 20 seconds.<b>2.  Your voice mail message is too cryptic. </b>On the reverse side, a short, terse voice mail with no details will not likely motivate someone to call you back. You MUST give a prospect enough information to capture their attention and say, "I need to talk to this person."<b>3.  You lea]]></description>   <guid>http://www.salesresources.com/articles/article.cfm?ID=1509</guid>   <pubDate>Sat, 31 Jul 2010 06:25:01 CST</pubDate>  </item><item>  <title><![CDATA[3 Giants In Selling]]></title>   <link>http://www.salesresources.com/articles/article.cfm?ID=1448</link>   <description><![CDATA[By Tony Cole, President all CEO, Anthony Cole Training GroupNo need to go into a lot of detail about how the fall of 3 financial giants impacts sales and selling of financial products across the country.  If you are in the banking, investments or any financial services business, your clients and prospects are more than a little hesitant to buy your sales pitch.On Tuesday September 16th your pipeline automatically shrunk, and anyone that was close to buying is now either back on the fence, or clearly over the fence and running the other way.  Your intense qualifying of any new prospects has to include their appetite for buying in an uncertain marketplace.A year ago, only a few people in the know would have predicted that three financial giants would fall within a week of each other.  Look at the stats of these companies: Merrill Lynch	94 years old	1.6 Trillion in Assets	60,000 employeesLehman Brothers	158  years old	639 Billion in assets	25,000 employeesAIG	84 ye]]></description>   <guid>http://www.salesresources.com/articles/article.cfm?ID=1448</guid>   <pubDate>Sat, 31 Jul 2010 06:25:01 CST</pubDate>  </item>
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