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	<description>A dramatically different approach to winning more sales!</description>
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		<title>The Myth of the &#8220;Natural&#8221; Salesperson</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 02:08:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“…I have to work hard to nurture whatever talent I have as an actor. I feel like it&#8217;s not natural to me. So I don&#8217;t take it for granted &#8230;.” — David Duchovny As a rookie seller in the eighties, I would spend hours preparing to make cold calls, only to quickly hang up when [...]]]></description>
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		<title>5 Steps for Successful Role Playing</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 16:46:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Role-playing:  love it or hate it, it’s a part of sales, a part of acting, and a part of life! Results-Oriented Role-Playing turns this dreaded practice into a successful tool that produces results &#8211; as opposed to just an exercise to please your sales manager.  Take a look at the following examples of Results-oriented Role-playing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>75 Powerful New Sales Actions</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 01:41:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In sales as in life, we tend to choose the same habitual actions or reactions &#8211; even when they have failed to work for us in the past! This particular form of insanity can keep us stuck indefinitely. Here are a few steps to get you out of that rut, along with a list of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Keep Motivated when Sales Get Tough</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:44:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A director tells an actor to walk across a stage, pick up a glass and say his line. Actor: “What’s my motivation?” Director: “Your paycheck.” Sound familiar? Unfortunately, as salespeople, there may be more truth to this than we care to admit. And why not? Sales can be a lucrative career. Compare that to acting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>7 Rules of Improv for Sellers (Part II)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:01:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Best laid plans can go right out the window any time another person is involved! This is as true in sales as it is in other areas of our life. Improv training provides some great sales tips for dealing with anything we hadn’t planned for &#8212; whether it’s an unexpected objection or an impromptu elevator [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seven Rules of Improv for Sellers &#8211; (Part 1)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:23:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Improvisation is too good to leave to chance.&#8221; &#8211; Paul Simon Ever marveled at how skillfully Improv players respond to the seemingly unrelated suggestions thrown at them? There is no script to follow, no direction and typically only the thinnest of plots. Does this sound familiar to you? It should! As salespeople, how often do [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Can Acting Help Me Win More Sales?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:07:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jhansen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Work is Theatre &#38; Every Business a Stage.” The Experience Economy* It’s a new Sales Economy out there. Even that winning &#8220;Sales Trifecta&#8221; of the right product, the right price and the right timing is no longer enough to ensure you get the business – much less keep it! So how do you rise above [...]]]></description>
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