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		<title>What Is A Sales Slump?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[“I’m in a slump right now&#8230;” “Our sales are in a slump&#8230;” We hear this terminology all the time in the world of professional selling. However, just what is a sales slump anyway? Most sales people refer to a sales slump as that time when sales slow down, and business slips into a quagmire. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How To Earn A PhD In Sales</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Most sales people have aspirations of being the best in their field. Most have a desire to excel beyond their peers and rise to the top of their industry. One of the most frequent questions I get is, “How do I become a top sales person?” Well, let’s relate the selling profession to other professions. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>3 Ways To Make Small Talk Pay Big Dividends</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Some call it “small talk.” Others refer to it as the “warm up.” You know; it’s that idle, incidental banter between you and the prospect as you get things into place before the sales interaction. This warm up talk is more important than many realise and can steer the sales process in a positive or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Effective Is Your LinkedIn Teaser?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Your LinkedIn “teaser” is the short header section which appears at the top of your profile on the site, and includes your picture, name, profession, location, industry and most recent status update. It’s known as the “teaser” because it’s the only section of your LinkedIn profile which shows up when you appear in the platform’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Should You Own The Product That You Sell?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Many sales people ask if they should buy the product or use the service that they sell. My answer is also a question in, “Do you truly believe in what you sell?” I will make this short and sweet: “If you qualify as a prospect for what you sell, then the first sale you should [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How To Inspire Sales People To Do Their Best</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The sales team works hard. Most put in long hours, study diligently and follow the plan. However, are all doing as well as they can? Are all of your sales people actually working as hard, trying has much and giving it all they have? In short, are they doing their very best? Below are some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The 3 Biggest Listening Mistakes Sales People Make And How to Avoid Them</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Listening skills&#8230; Every sales manager and director tells you how important they are but do they actually tell you how to improve them! As sales people elevate their sales skills in other areas, often the area of listening begins to suffer, and usually it is the more experienced pros who are the biggest culprits. There are reasons [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mtdsalestraining.com/mtdblog/the-3-biggest-listening-mistakes-sales-people-make-and-how-to-avoid-them.html</link>
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		<title>&#8220;You Had Me At Hello&#8221; &#8211; 3 Effective Ways To Eliminate Your Competition During Your First Contact With A Prospect</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Every sales person knows that to set yourself apart from your competition is a vital component of your sales process. Although you may get many chances to do this during the sales process, the best time to differentiate yourself is in the very beginning. Here are three powerful ways to help you eliminate your competition [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mtdsalestraining.com/mtdblog/3-effective-ways-to-eliminate-your-competition-at-first-contact-with-the-prospect.html</link>
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		<title>How To Prospect On LinkedIn Through Your Connections</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So how exactly do you prospect on LinkedIn? Most sales professionals and business owners are only aware of their first degree connections. These are the people that you probably already knew before LinkedIn; friends, colleagues, people you have worked with in the past etc.  But these connections might not be potential prospects for you, so [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mtdsalestraining.com/mtdblog/how-to-prospect-on-linkedin-through-your-connections.html</link>
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		<title>Should You “Wing It” or Have A Structured Sales Interaction?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Whenever the idea of a planned presentation comes up, usually the first thing sales people think about is a “canned script.” In a canned script, I am referring to the old-fashioned, smile-and-dial era, word-for-word, rehearsed, “Pitch.” Such was a primary tool of sales people, in particular telemarketers, years ago. Alternatively, we had the opposite of [...]]]></description>
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