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		<title>Seven Things Customers Want in B2B Sales</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 05:30:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Voss Graham</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently I learned a few things about what customers truly want from their B2B sales people. Some of the things they spoke about were just common sense items to me while a couple of factors opened my eyes to some possibilities. So what are the seven things your customers want? These are the seven most [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do You Need an &#8220;It&#8221; Factor for B2B Sales Success?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Sep 2010 06:44:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Voss Graham</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently I noted several NFL quarterbacks losing their jobs as well as a couple of college quarterbacks losing their scholarships. Each time the reason was &#8220;they didn&#8217;t have the it factor for winning.&#8221; At first I found this a strange statement, then I looked into this interesting reasoning for success on a football field. Then [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do You Have an Elevator Speech?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 05:04:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Voss Graham</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Often I&#8217;m asked about this thing called an elevator speech. And, a lot of sales people have no clue what it is, why you need one or how to create one. So, today, I thought I would take a moment to share what I know about the famous &#8220;elevator speech&#8221; and how and when to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Five Pitfalls to Successful B2B Selling</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 05:37:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Voss Graham</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General B2B Sales]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[While taking some time off, I was reflecting upon the issues that hinder success in b2b sales. My thoughts ran the gambit of possible issues including hiring and selection of high quality b2b sales people &#8211; sales training and development using the right processes for your industry &#8211; quality of sales leadership &#8211; the rules, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No Silver Bullets using a Unique Selling Proposition</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 05:12:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Voss Graham</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Unique Selling Propositions &#8211; USP &#8211; are often presented as the strongest benefit for a given product or service within a targeted segment of accounts. Many sales consultations &#8220;yak&#8221; about how you must have a USP and without it you will rapidly move into the commodity sales trap. Well, that is find and dandy if [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Consultative Selling requires Curiosity</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 05:03:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Voss Graham</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have for many years stated the sales profession is the most sophisticated position in today&#8217;s business world. Therefore, the sales position requires the most sophisticated people to succeed in today&#8217; business environments. One trait that stands out for an effective b2b sales person is Curiosity. Why curiosity you ask? Good question. The reason curiosity [...]]]></description>
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		<title>B2B Sales Requires Questioning Skills</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 05:35:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Voss Graham</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Neil Rackham's books]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of  the most interesting challenges I deal with when developing a major account or national account sales team is overcoming the Presentation Model of selling. Seems to be ingrained in the DNA of b2b sales people to use presentations as the golden key to getting the business. And, up until the mid 1980&#8242;s every [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Handle Tension during Sales Negotiation</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 05:05:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Voss Graham</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Negotiation]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[buying time to think]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Got a question the other day about sales negotiation and what to do when the negotiation goes almost hostile? Stress and tension increase is the norm during these events. The key is for you to remain calm and buy time to think. This is particularly true when the buyer becomes aggressive with you during the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Critical Variables Impacting the Buying Decision</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 05:15:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Voss Graham</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Influencing the Sale]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Through the years of selling to major accounts and assisting my clients in selling to major accounts or as we like to say today &#8211; business to business selling (B2B sales) &#8211; I have found five major or critical variables that impact the decision to buy or not. So today&#8217;s B2B Sales Tip is about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Four Negative Buying Decisions</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 05:17:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Voss Graham</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sales Tip]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I began to look into what buyers and decision makers actually did after I had made a sales presentation, I began to notice different types of decisions that were not the usual &#8220;yes&#8221; &#8211; we want you to start on… Then I expanded my search for answers by observing my sales clients activities and [...]]]></description>
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