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	<title>New Economy Selling</title>
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	<description>Sales and Marketing Tips, Strategies and How-To for Selling in the New Economy</description>
	<pubDate>Sun, 06 Apr 2008 23:49:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>What This is Not</title>
		<link>http://www.neweconomyselling.com/blog/what-this-is-not/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Apr 2008 23:48:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brooks</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently I&#8217;ve taken the time to look around the web take in how much material is being developed to push information products or marketing systems that are unproven.  I&#8217;m amazed at how much &#8216;get rich quick&#8217; stuff I&#8217;m seeing lately.
Human nature being what it is, I suppose that I shouldn&#8217;t be all that surprised. 
New Economy Selling.com is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>You Can&#8217;t Put Lipstick On a Pig</title>
		<link>http://www.neweconomyselling.com/blog/you-cant-put-lipstick-on-a-pig/</link>
		<comments>http://www.neweconomyselling.com/blog/you-cant-put-lipstick-on-a-pig/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 11:36:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brooks</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Let&#8217;s face it, there comes a time when some applications just aren&#8217;t competitive anymore.  In this business, it&#8217;s very true that you &#8216;can&#8217;t put lipstick on a pig&#8217;.
Recently I worked with an organization that was trying to increase market share with an application that was Windows based in a marketplace where their main competitors were [...]]]></description>
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		<title>8 Rules of Prospecting</title>
		<link>http://www.neweconomyselling.com/blog/8-rules-of-prospecting/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 22:47:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brooks</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Elevator Pitch]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Prospecting]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Value Messaging]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Recently I was talking about prospecting with my cousin in Los Angeles.   I think that these thoughts are universal for anyone getting back into the habit of prospecting in person, by email, over the phone or a combination of all three.
 1. Call high. 
Call high enough in the organization that you can speak with someone who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Massive Mistake: Rushing the Sale</title>
		<link>http://www.neweconomyselling.com/blog/massive-mistake-rushing-the-sale/</link>
		<comments>http://www.neweconomyselling.com/blog/massive-mistake-rushing-the-sale/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 06:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brooks</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Sales Managers]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Sales Mistakes]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In New Economy Selling I mention that one of the worst things you can do is rush the sale.   No matter what you sell, there are generally four major elements to every sales cycle: Qualification, Developing a Solution, Negotiation, Closing.
Usually, the part that takes the longest is the second part - developing a solution.  This [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Underestimating Your Prospect&#8217;s Intelligence</title>
		<link>http://www.neweconomyselling.com/blog/underestimating-your-prospects-intelligence/</link>
		<comments>http://www.neweconomyselling.com/blog/underestimating-your-prospects-intelligence/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 17:43:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brooks</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s not unusual for me to hear sales people say that prospects &#8220;didn&#8217;t get it&#8221;, or &#8220;they are just plain dumb&#8221;. 
I always wonder what this says about the sales person making this statement.   It&#8217;s important for us to remember that we are conveyors of information&#8230;like a pipeline.  We are supposed to connect the flow of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is This Dog Going to Hunt or Not?</title>
		<link>http://www.neweconomyselling.com/blog/is-this-dog-going-to-hunt-or-not/</link>
		<comments>http://www.neweconomyselling.com/blog/is-this-dog-going-to-hunt-or-not/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Mar 2008 17:16:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brooks</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the greatest challenges that recruiters have today in assessing the viability of a new sales rep is whether or not that individual is going to be able to learn the value messaging and deliver it in a way that will drive sales.  The problem with sellers is that we usually interview better than we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Choosing a Company with the Right Value Message</title>
		<link>http://www.neweconomyselling.com/blog/choosing-a-company-with-the-right-value-message/</link>
		<comments>http://www.neweconomyselling.com/blog/choosing-a-company-with-the-right-value-message/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2008 02:17:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brooks</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[If you are going to work for a tech company today, it is very important that you CLEARLY understand their value proposition BEFORE signing up.  In fact, I think this should be in the top TWO reasons why you would join forces and help them sell. 
Not long ago, I worked with a company that had [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Twenty Pounds in Two Years</title>
		<link>http://www.neweconomyselling.com/blog/twenty-pounds-in-two-years/</link>
		<comments>http://www.neweconomyselling.com/blog/twenty-pounds-in-two-years/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2008 20:07:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brooks</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Friday night I had dinner with a friend who works for a tech company that has him on the road most of the week.  His accounts are spread out between 4 medium size cities.  He&#8217;s travelling most of the time and therefore eating out most of the time.  He&#8217;s had this job for two years [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Slow Down</title>
		<link>http://www.neweconomyselling.com/blog/slow-down/</link>
		<comments>http://www.neweconomyselling.com/blog/slow-down/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2008 16:01:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brooks</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Nothing makes a sales person sound more insincere and afraid than speaking too quickly. 
If you&#8217;re not calm and comfortable in your own skin, buyers are going to pick up on this and treat you accordingly.  I suggest that you role play your company&#8217;s message and sales conversation to the point where someone could wake you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are you out of alignment with your buyers?</title>
		<link>http://www.neweconomyselling.com/blog/are-you-out-of-alignment-with-your-buyers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.neweconomyselling.com/blog/are-you-out-of-alignment-with-your-buyers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Mar 2008 19:57:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brooks</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The fact is that buyers are going to do what buyers are going to do.
Put another way, you can&#8217;t change human nature. One of the greatest sources of stress in selling comes from trying to manipulate people into doing something that is not in their best interest.
Sales close with higher frequency, for less (or no) [...]]]></description>
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