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		<title>The 7 Roles of a Salesperson</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 23:46:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Salespeople occasionally get uncomfortable when I suggest they are playing a role, but if you think about it, we play dozens of roles every day:  employee, spouse, parent, yoga student.  Unlike schizophrenics, we don’t turn into an entirely different person.  Instead, we bring specific parts of ourselves to the role at hand and leave other [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mad about Sales:  4 Don&#8217;ts from Mad Men</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2012 16:17:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Even though I worked in advertising long after the Mad Men era, the ghosts of Don Draper and Roger Sterling could occasionally be glimpsed roaming the halls after a long day, ice tinkling, cigarettes glowing.  The agencies I worked for grew in huge exponential bursts, expanding from two employees and a part time receptionist to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>5 Sales Lessons from the Oscars</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2012 06:16:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Oscars offer a great opportunity to see how the stars and those behind the scenes handle (or mishandle) their moment in the spotlight.  Out of character and costume, free of directors, scripts and props, even as we expect them to show an appropriate level of professionalism, gratitude and humility, we are also hoping to be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Got Presence?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:56:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[DeNiro’s got it.  So does Streep.  Newcomer Carey Mulligan has it in spades.  Keanu Reeves?  Never had it.  What is “it?”  Presence.  If you’re alive and taking up space, you have presence, too.  It’s simply a matter of degree.  Do you have enough presence to command the attention of one, ten or a hundred people?  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>75 New Selling Actions for 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jan 2012 23:16:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Carpe diem. Seize the day, boys. Make your life extraordinary.&#8221; –Robin Williams, Dead Poet&#8217;s Society These powerful words spoken by Robin Williams&#8217; character in the 1980 movie inspired a group of students to reach for greatness, and more than 30 years later inspire over four million search results on Google. As an actor, I learned the importance [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Anti-Elevator Speech:  a cure for the boring introduction</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 06:47:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ah New Years. A time for boring resolutions, like go to the gym, get organized, close more business….  Here’s a radical resolution for you:  Resolve not to be boring!  Boring doesn’t win business.  Boring doesn’t open doors.  Boring doesn’t get you remembered.  (“Hey, lets call that guy that had something that was going to help [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Does your elevator speech pass the test?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 15:52:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tis the season to network like crazy! Opportunities to make new business connections abound in December, yet most people fail to make a lasting first impression simply because they are not prepared to answer that common question, “What do you do?” in a memorable and succinct way. Much of the advice on how to introduce [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Discovering Authentic Urgency in a Prospect</title>
		<link>http://actingforsales.com/discovering-authentic-urgency-in-a-prospect/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 03:50:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jhansen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“You need to create urgency!”  How many times have you heard this as a salesperson?  I realize that this may go against the sales manager’s manifesto, but I don’t believe we can force urgency upon a person.  They either have it or they don’t.  I do believe that we can help our prospects uncover and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The most dreaded 2 words in sales?  Role-playing!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Oct 2011 03:02:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jhansen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Role-playing. With the exception of cold-calling, is there a pair of words salespeople dread more? While management may call it a &#8220;learning experience,&#8221; most salespeople know better. Role-playing is a test of their knowledge and their ability to articulate selling points, handle objections and move to close-under the close scrutiny of a manager noting each [...]]]></description>
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		<title>5 Quick Acting Lessons for Sales Pros</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 07:52:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Unless they’re Brad Pitt or Meryl Streep, most actors must audition for every role they get.  When competing against hundreds of other actors, they have to find ways to quickly stand out and convince the casting director that they are right for the part.  As salespeople, you are also on an audition of sorts and [...]]]></description>
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