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	<title>The UnNatural Salesman &#187; Cold Calling</title>
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		<title>Tools of the Trade, a Sales Person&#8217;s View</title>
		<link>http://theunnaturalsalesman.com/sales-training-resources/tools-of-the-trade-a-sales-persons-view/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 14:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You’re a professional problem solver. That’s what a sales professional does!  The first problem that must be solved is to ensure that you’ve got the tools in place that you’ll need to be organized and successful and to survive the often rough sales world.

The secrets to a successful and lucrative sales career are as varied as where to vacation next time you earn some time off!  Before you can examine the tools that will make your life easier, you’ll need to envision how far you want your career to go. What are your goals….where do you want to be in a year from now. Five years from now. Keep those goals firmly planted in your mind. Better yet, write them down and tuck them in your wallet so you don’t have to clutter your mind with them!  Some years back, as a sales kick off, my manager handed every sales rep in attendance a piece of paper and a box of crayons. He had us each draw pictures of our goals and post them over our desks. When we were making our prospecting calls each day, we had those images of our goals right in front of us. We always knew why we needed to make just one more call]]></description>
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		<title>Your Time’s your own, so own your Time</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 15:15:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Inside Sales Training]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[account planning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cold Calling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Increasing Wallet Share]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In our sales world, our time is usually own….so it’s critical to make the most of every hour or every day. You dictate your own fate simply by dictating you spend your time. Be aware of all the things that happen during the day to disrupt your flow. Did you set time aside for returning calls? Did you return every call before the day was done? Did you set time aside to make your prospecting calls? Do your “chores” around your selling hours. Too many people allow their email in box to be their dash board…and allow it to dictate how they spend their time. Don’t fall into that trap.

 

Set you day up so that your “housekeeping” is before your selling hours. Do you have reports due to your manager? Get in early and get them done! Do you have paperwork to file? Get in early and get it done! Do you have quotes due to your Customers? GET THEM DONE! Never, under any circumstance, keep the Customer waiting for your longer than necessary.]]></description>
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		<title>Dealing with Call Reluctance</title>
		<link>http://theunnaturalsalesman.com/sales-training-resources/daling-with-call-reluctance/</link>
		<comments>http://theunnaturalsalesman.com/sales-training-resources/daling-with-call-reluctance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 12:59:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cold Calling]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[So when it comes to call calling there is one thing that happens to even the most dedicated cold callers, the occasional case of Call Reluctance.  Call reluctance is a nice term for I don’t want to cold call, call anyone and in some cases have anything to do with dialing the phone.  It happens for a variety of reason like you’re having a bad day or  a genuine fear of rejection happens to the best of us.  The difference is how you get through those times and how often you allow them to happen.  The great ones push on, they position a different product or call on a different type of customer or prospect to keep things fresh or get a break but they pick up the phone make the call and set the appointments.]]></description>
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		<title>Start Your Own Lead Sharing Group</title>
		<link>http://theunnaturalsalesman.com/sales-training-resources/start-your-own-lead-sharing-group/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2009 23:53:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cold Calling]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Getting New Accounts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Making Sales to New Customers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Business Generation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Do you belong to a lead group?  No?  Then shame on you, but if you're doing all the other thing you should why not take the next steps and watch your sales opportunities and  new customer count jump.  If you've never been a part of one have no fear here’s everything you need to start your own.

When you're looking for Members find people who are selling into the same market size as you but repping non competitive products.  For example say your product is business insurance property liability etc. a list of possible candidates would include:]]></description>
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		<title>There’s a Hole In my Bucket</title>
		<link>http://theunnaturalsalesman.com/sales-training-resources/there%e2%80%99s-a-hole-in-my-bucket/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2009 23:33:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cold Calling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sales Training]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If the phone rings and people give you an order

1)      You’ve either reinvented the wheel

2)      You’re an order taker or

3)      You’re a prospector.

 

Sorry, facts are facts. Which is what leads us into the topic of prospecting because great prospectors look like order takes to those who don’t spend nearly enough time filling their buckets with opportunities.  Make no mistake though; order takers are not great prospectors. Anyone can be a great order taker. It takes a lot of courage to become a great prospector.

 

Do you fill you bucket up with new prospects, potential clients and new sales all the time with out hesitation?   So why is there a hole in your bucket?  Because not everyone buys.  Well that is at least partially correct, even those who buy lower the level of the water, granted it’s a great problem to have but a problem none the less.

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		<title>Selling in a Tough Economy Part 3</title>
		<link>http://theunnaturalsalesman.com/sales-training-resources/selling-in-a-tough-economy-part-3/</link>
		<comments>http://theunnaturalsalesman.com/sales-training-resources/selling-in-a-tough-economy-part-3/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2009 22:54:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sales Training]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cold Calling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Increasing Wallet Share]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Selling in a bad ecnomy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Times are tough less money is being spent which means all your hard work has to go into qualifying opportunities.  Be honest you're going to have to work harder to find them because there are less of them.  And here's the kick the challenge you need to accept is that you need to find more opportunities than in other times.

No you didn't misunderstand what I just said I said there are less opportunities in the general market and now is the time you have to find more of them. Wait a second it might sound stark raving mad but bear with me because this is the real key to selling more.  In a way you're hedgng your bets.

If times are tough and they are.  And people slow their buying it means a variety of things.  First there are less orders to go around. Secondly unless you are an infinitely better guesser than me which I don't doubt you still don't know which accounts are going to put off purchasing decisions or lose budget funding.]]></description>
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		<title>Selling in a Tough Economy Part 2</title>
		<link>http://theunnaturalsalesman.com/sales-training-resources/selling-in-a-tough-economy-part-2/</link>
		<comments>http://theunnaturalsalesman.com/sales-training-resources/selling-in-a-tough-economy-part-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2009 22:43:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sales Training]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cold Calling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Increasing Wallet Share]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Each and everyone of you have a network out there in the world both personal and professional but chances are most of you don't use it.  Now to address your concern but if I spend all my time with the business you have it won't grow.   Absolutely right and it's a dangerous thing to have too much business in one place regardless of the economic conditions.  So let's begin building up your network and using it to grow your business.   We're going to cover three area's that you should be using, your professional contacts, on line, and Events.

Looking at the example of a person who has moved on to a different company.  Boy they were a great customer you're really going to miss them!  Are you going to let that person go forever while you just stand there and wave good bye to them like some love lorn lead character on a dock as the ship pulls out to sea like you see in the movies.  If so here's a free hint… really no extra charge…GET OUT OF SALES NOW.

A lot of people do this everyday in a much less dramatic fashion they lose track of their professional contacts as they move on.  Now you can become the match maker and benefit all along the way.  Send them a note.  Put them in your data base and update the records as they move.   What if they don't follow up and send it to you.  Well you know where they went because you asked right.  You have a few choices.  First just call to say hi. Check in to see how the new gig is going.  Most of the time you want a real reason to call…in this case finding out how things are going is a real reason.   
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		<title>Finding New Business in a Tough Economy</title>
		<link>http://theunnaturalsalesman.com/sales-training-resources/finding-new-business-in-a-tough-economy/</link>
		<comments>http://theunnaturalsalesman.com/sales-training-resources/finding-new-business-in-a-tough-economy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2009 22:24:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cold Calling]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Finding new business is a common theme a lot of times when talking with a sales person or business owner they talk about how their main focus is on getting new customers. That&#8217;s great!  New customers are very important you need them to ensure growth, to have a steady stream of business and provide revenue [...]]]></description>
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