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	<description>Dedicated to Sales Training, Sales Management Training and Phone Sales Training</description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2007 15:31:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Cold Call University now Up and Running</title>
		<link>http://convertmoresales.com/blog/2007/03/14/cold-call-university-now-up-and-running/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2007 15:31:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Hardesty</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently added another web-site for motivated sales professionals that want to learn how to spend less time to achieve more C-level sales appointments.
It offers all the components of the x2 Sales system, in whole or in part.Ã‚Â  If you think cold calling is dead&#8230; you&#8217;re wrong.Ã‚Â  It&#8217;s all about what you say and how [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Top Sales Speaker Tip for Sales Effectiveness</title>
		<link>http://convertmoresales.com/blog/2006/12/05/a-top-sales-speaker-tip-for-sales-effectiveness/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Dec 2006 15:20:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Hardesty</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[A Sales Speaker advises you to Ã¢â‚¬ËœRun your NumbersÃ¢â‚¬â„¢Ã¢â‚¬Â¦ donÃ¢â‚¬â„¢t Ã¢â‚¬ËœRun AfterÃ¢â‚¬â„¢ Sales Quota
By Jeff Hardesty
Imagine for a moment that it is your first day in a new sales organization and your sales manager tells you to forget about Quota Ã¢â‚¬â€œ block it out of your mind. You may think theyÃ¢â‚¬â„¢re out of their mind. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sales Training Speaker Rates Sales Prospecting Training</title>
		<link>http://convertmoresales.com/blog/2006/12/02/sales-training-speaker-rates-sales-prospecting-training/</link>
		<comments>http://convertmoresales.com/blog/2006/12/02/sales-training-speaker-rates-sales-prospecting-training/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Dec 2006 19:14:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Hardesty</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Is sales prospecting training a Key Element to Your Sales Results?
By Jeff Hardesty
Have you identified the key sales performance indicators that are dragging you down?Ã‚Â Ã‚Â I conduct Sales Performance EvaluatorÃ¢â€žÂ¢ web-cast meetings across the country to help sales management diagnose were they are weak and were they are strong, all pointing to unique systematic training processes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Consider Ã¢â‚¬ËœSales ProspectingÃ¢â‚¬â„¢ as a Sales Management Training Course</title>
		<link>http://convertmoresales.com/blog/2006/11/30/why-consider-%e2%80%98sales-prospecting%e2%80%99-as-a-sales-management-training-course/</link>
		<comments>http://convertmoresales.com/blog/2006/11/30/why-consider-%e2%80%98sales-prospecting%e2%80%99-as-a-sales-management-training-course/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Nov 2006 15:58:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Hardesty</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Consider a Ã¢â‚¬ËœProspecting Certification CourseÃ¢â‚¬â„¢ for your Sales ManagersÃ¢â‚¬Â¦ Ã¢â‚¬Å“WhatÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s in it for you?Ã¢â‚¬Â
By Jeff Hardesty
The last thing a sales manager wants to do is to go through a certification course in Ã¢â‚¬Ëœsales prospectingÃ¢â‚¬â„¢. TheyÃ¢â‚¬â„¢ve been there and theyÃ¢â‚¬â„¢ve done that, or theyÃ¢â‚¬â„¢d not have been promoted to a sales manager level. After all, thatÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Motivational Sales Speaker explains the #1 Key to Effective Sales Interviews</title>
		<link>http://convertmoresales.com/blog/2006/11/30/motivational-sales-speaker-explains-the-1-key-to-effective-sales-interviews-2/</link>
		<comments>http://convertmoresales.com/blog/2006/11/30/motivational-sales-speaker-explains-the-1-key-to-effective-sales-interviews-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Nov 2006 15:07:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Hardesty</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Motivational Sales SpeakerÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s advice on how to use Key Sales Performance Indicators to Ã¢â‚¬ËœSee if the Shoe fitsÃ¢â‚¬â„¢ on both Sides of the Sales Interview TableÃ‚Â  
Sales Management: Do you have a sales management interview process that defines which sales candidate has the best Ã¢â‚¬ËœRight to WinÃ¢â‚¬â„¢ for the sales position thatÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s being interviewed for?Ã‚Â 
In [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is Phone Sales Skill a Lost Art?</title>
		<link>http://convertmoresales.com/blog/2006/11/27/is-phone-sales-skill-a-lost-art/</link>
		<comments>http://convertmoresales.com/blog/2006/11/27/is-phone-sales-skill-a-lost-art/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Nov 2006 14:57:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Hardesty</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[A Little Phone Sales training Will Go a Long Way. Here&#8217;s a Real example&#8230;
By Jeff Hardesty
We all know Ã¢â‚¬ËœsalesÃ¢â‚¬â„¢ is full of slippery slopes and if something can go wrong, it probably will. After all, the sales process consists of sales prospecting, sales presenting, closing the deal, sales paperwork, order provisioning and order fulfillment.
All of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WhatÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s Your Ã¢â‚¬ËœMagic NumberÃ¢â‚¬â„¢?  Improve your sales results through identifying, training to and Measuring your Key Performance Indicators</title>
		<link>http://convertmoresales.com/blog/2006/11/24/what%e2%80%99s-your-%e2%80%98magic-number%e2%80%99-improve-your-sales-results-through-identifying-training-to-and-measuring-your-key-performance-indicators/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Nov 2006 16:51:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Hardesty</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[By Jeff Hardesty
The most successful businesses Ã¢â‚¬â€ and certainly, sales departments Ã¢â‚¬â€ have identified their Key Performance Indicators (KPI); individual gateways that directly effect the outcome of a particular process. Then they measure the competency ratios in line with them.
Have you identified the KPIs in your sales process?
A good KPI example in the sales process [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Magic Number Calculator; A Diagnostic Approach to Sales Performance Improvement</title>
		<link>http://convertmoresales.com/blog/2006/11/24/magic-number-calculator-a-diagnostic-approach-to-sales-performance-improvement/</link>
		<comments>http://convertmoresales.com/blog/2006/11/24/magic-number-calculator-a-diagnostic-approach-to-sales-performance-improvement/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Nov 2006 16:40:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Hardesty</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[By Jeff Hardesty
The most overlooked Key Performance Indicator is the &#8220;Magic number,&#8221; which refers to how many new appointments a sales rep must generate each week in order to achieve their revenue goal.Ã‚Â Ã‚Â 
In early 2000 I walked into a VP of Sales mission with a sales organization consisting of 120 reps spread out over 12 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Help Wanted!  But WhoÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s Right and WhoÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s Wrong for the Job?</title>
		<link>http://convertmoresales.com/blog/2006/11/18/help-wanted-but-who%e2%80%99s-right-and-who%e2%80%99s-wrong-for-the-job/</link>
		<comments>http://convertmoresales.com/blog/2006/11/18/help-wanted-but-who%e2%80%99s-right-and-who%e2%80%99s-wrong-for-the-job/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Nov 2006 17:46:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Hardesty</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[By Carletta Pennington
A longstanding staff member is complaining about the work habits of your company&#8217;s latest new hire and threatening to go home for the day if that same new team member continues to take breaks and leave her with all the work. To make matters worse your new administrative assistant is neither administrating nor [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Caught With Their Sales Down!</title>
		<link>http://convertmoresales.com/blog/2006/11/18/caught-with-their-sales-down/</link>
		<comments>http://convertmoresales.com/blog/2006/11/18/caught-with-their-sales-down/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Nov 2006 17:20:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Hardesty</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[By Carletta Pennington Ã¢â‚¬â€œ Senior Consultant Ã¢â‚¬â€œ The Omnia Group
Think you can spot a surefire sales pro when you see one? Think again! There are probably some very convincing (and very charming) phonies in your midst!
Trying to turn ordinary salespeople into extraordinary superstars is exciting and rewarding, but it can also be exasperating, unnerving andÃ¢â‚¬Â¦surprising. [...]]]></description>
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