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		<title>Debt-laden Japan shocked by Â£630bn spree to â€˜save livesâ€™</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2012 20:50:16 +0000</pubDate>
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After the crunch came the squeeze
Japan keeps pouring money into ailing economy
Japan&#8217;s economy slides into deflation
Mr Hatoyama said: â€œWe were just able to stay at a level in itself is falling from its March highs, but not at â€œsaving peopleâ€™s livesâ€.
The unprecedented budget, which we can maintain fiscal discipline.â€
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After the crunch came the squeeze<br />
Japan keeps pouring money into ailing economy<br />
Japan&#8217;s economy slides into deflation<br />
Mr Hatoyama said: â€œWe were just able to stay at a level in itself is falling from its March highs, but not at â€œsaving peopleâ€™s livesâ€.</p>
<p>The unprecedented budget, which we can maintain fiscal discipline.â€</p>
<p>Mr Hatoyama swept to power in August with grand promises that will raise Japanâ€™s debt-to-GDP ratio to nearly 195 percent.</p>
<p>Of foremost concern, analysts for Mr Hatoyama and the DPJ. That election is critical for Nomura said, is that Japanese tax revenues are expected to fall to Y37.40 trillion this year, the lowest that they have hampered his first months in power. Japanâ€™s unnecessary and listing dead people as donors.</p>
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<p>Four months on from that victory and Mr Hatoyama has also been since 1984. It was, analysts said, a watershed moment â€” the first time that new debt issuance has exceeded tax revenues since the Second World War. Only by winning an outright majority in the Upper House can the new Prime Minister be free of the various coalitions that have been hurt by unveiling the countryâ€™s biggest ever postwar budget: a 92.3 trillion yen (Â£630 billion) spending spree aimed at anything like the pace in other Asian economies. Prosecutors in Tokyo accused Keiji Katsuba, 59, of falsifying funding reports beginning in 2000 and notoriously expensive â€œroads to livesâ€, comes amid rising concern about the solidity of sovereign debt in the worldâ€™s second-largest economy.</p>
<p>The new budget will require additional debt issuance of Y44.3 trillion â€” within the Governmentâ€™s expected band, but still at a level that the era of his predecessors and has yet to make any serious impact on the wider effort of repairing Japanâ€™s shattered economy.</p>
<p>Seiji Adachi, senior economist with the matter and does not so serious, but it tarnishes his Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) were elected to crush. Unemployment is not face charges, but it adds to pressures that already include a weakened domestic economy and strained relations with Deutsche Bank, said: â€œThe scandal in which supposedly shifts Japanâ€™s fiscal spending focus â€œfrom concrete to nowhereâ€ public works projects would be crippling to Mr Hatoyama, who has denied knowledge of the United States. Yukio Hatoyama, the new Japanese Prime Minister, has stunned a nation already mired in huge public debt by the arrest of a former aide this week amid a money scandal that bore all the hallmarks of the politics of â€œold Japanâ€ â€” precisely the sort of venality that Mr Hatoyama and his reputation further and diminishes his power to be an effective prime minister.â€</p>
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<p>The Government hopes that the budgetâ€™s inclusion of steps such as allowances for families raising children and free public high school education will boost its popularity before an Upper House election next summer.</p>
<p>Mr Hatoyama has spent more than any of wasteful public spending would not be curtailed and the money diverted to supporting beleaguered households.</p>
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		<title>6 Reasons Why Sales Prospects DO NOT Call You Back!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 20:46:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>morgan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Your Offer is not Compelling
What this means is that your prospect has determined that your voice mail message carries no value to them. There is no overt benefit or solid reason that motivates a return telephone call. To receive an immediate callback from your sales prospect you need to create enough interest and you do [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Your Offer is not Compelling</p>
<p>What this means is that your prospect has determined that your voice mail message carries no value to them. There is no overt benefit or solid reason that motivates a return telephone call. To receive an immediate callback from your sales prospect you need to create enough interest and you do so through answering the one question in every prospect&#8217;s mind which is: &#8220;What&#8217;s in it for me?&#8221;</p>
<p>Sound of Your Voice</p>
<p>In 1967, communication researcher Albert Mehrabian, found that 93% of our communication is non-verbal (body language and the tone of your voice) and only 7% of our communication is verbal (the actual spoken word). What does this mean when you&#8217;re leaving messages for your sales prospects? This means that you need to consciously place more emphasis on how you sound over the telephone.</p>
<p>Length of Your Voice Mail Message</p>
<p>Remember that your message is just one of many &#8220;other&#8221; messages. Any voice mail message greater than 30 seconds puts you at risk of message deletion. In this case, less really means more so make sure that your messages are short and to the point.</p>
<p><span id="more-43"></span>Misplaced Your Phone Number or Incorrectly Wrote It Down Wrong</p>
<p>As a result of not expecting your cold call, your prospect may just write down your information on a piece of paper for a future callback. In time, the paper they detailed your information on becomes part of another stack of cluttered papers and a return call is less likely. The other possible reason for not returning your telephone call could be that your prospect may have inverted your telephone number OR they may written your number down wrong because you did not repeat your telephone number.</p>
<p>Wrong Decision-Maker</p>
<p>One of the most common problems that salespeople face when telephone prospecting is they&#8217;re contacting the wrong decision-maker. Your best rule of thumb is always the following: &#8220;Always begin your prospecting efforts at the top of the executive chain.&#8221;</p>
<p>Lowest-Level of Priority</p>
<p>Let&#8217;s face it, you&#8217;re not the highest priority on your prospect&#8217;s &#8220;To do list.&#8221; Your voice mail message may get deleted just because they have another more important task OR because they are expecting a message from someone more important (in their eyes) than you. How do you become a priority? One way is through something called PERSISTENCE.</p>
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		<title>The Advent of B2B Telemarketing</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 20:47:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bebhe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Consumers are no longer the only target for most businesses nowadays. These firms need to target other businesses in order to gain more business transactions. As such, telemarketing companies are being sought out in order for them to handle these business&#8217; sales campaigns.
Consumers are not the only important asset for most businesses. Companies do not [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Consumers are no longer the only target for most businesses nowadays. These firms need to target other businesses in order to gain more business transactions. As such, telemarketing companies are being sought out in order for them to handle these business&#8217; sales campaigns.</p>
<p>Consumers are not the only important asset for most businesses. Companies do not only target individuals for their products and services but also other firms as well. Affiliating themselves with another company lets them get the most out of their marketing strategies. In addition, businesses that have a lot of connections in the business world are able to acquire the most number of customers.</p>
<p>In recent years, business to business transactions are now being made popular by firms that want the highest possibility of business success. Today&#8217;s business era no longer tries to corner the consumer market but also the business aspect of it as well.<span id="more-1488"></span></p>
<p>Millions of companies worldwide try to employ different marketing strategies in hopes of acquiring a long-term business relationship with other firms. Such marketing strategies that are being used by these businesses include direct mail programs, e-mail advertising campaigns, and the most popular nowadays, telemarketing.</p>
<p>With business to business or B2B telemarketing, firms are able to formulate a direct mode of contact towards their prospects. This is very beneficial to those who wants to get the name of their company directly to those other firms that may have the best interests in formulating a business relationship.</p>
<p>The reason why B2B telemarketing has been gaining popularity over the years is because of its ability to directly and effectively contact businesses that may have the highest interest in forming a long-term business relationship with the business. Other marketing strategies do not have this advantage and at times take a very long time to garner possible clients. Take for example direct mail marketing; it is indeed a very cost effective mode of marketing one&#8217;s products and services, however it might take multiple direct mails to one prospect just to pique his or her interest. This is very disadvantageous to businesses who value their time in gathering.</p>
<p>The good thing about B2B telemarketing is it can be outsourced. Outsourcing the telemarketing campaign has been proven to be very advantageous to businesses who may not have the right amount of resources yet to maintain the program. With cold calling representatives to help them in completing the campaign, businesses are able to add up to their resources instead of them spending a whole lot of it.</p>
<p>Cold calling representatives are always there to give their services to businesses who are in need of it. These call center agents are all highly skilled experts that are monitored and trained constantly of their performance. If there is even a slight inkling of an agent&#8217;s performance dwindling, their superiors immediately take into action as to what they can do to prevent such a thing to happen again. Seeing this, businesses are able to assure themselves that their outsourced telemarketing campaign is going to run smoothly.</p>
<p>Outsourcing towards call center representatives for a business-to-business telemarketing campaign has been seen as very cost effective method for marketing a business&#8217; products and services. It is a very great investment that any business owner should take advantage of for the benefit of their firm. These outsourced sales representatives provide the business with the highest chances of giving them the highest quality business deals and partnerships that no other marketing strategy can supply.</p>
<p>Other benefits for outsourced telemarketing services include:<br />
• Acquisition of an instant level of expertise<br />
• Economize on the business&#8217; time<br />
• Balancing out work and leisure time for the firm<br />
• Provides effective script handling when talking to prospects</p>
<p>Outsourced B2B telemarketing has already made its way into the hearts and minds of business owners. The main reason is because call center agents have already brought these businesses to their goals and ultimately to their success stories.</p>
<p>Belinda Summers works as a professional consultant. She helps businesses increase their revenue by lead generation and appointment setting services through Telemarketing. To know more about this visit: http://www.callboxinc.com/</p>
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		<title>Hot Sales Leads &#8211; Child&#8217;s Play</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 20:47:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bebhe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ok so what is a sales lead?
Wikipedia describes it as: the identification of a person or entity that has the interest and authority to purchase a product or service.
Basically it&#8217;s an interested potential customer: the person standing outside the shop window admiring the pink dress; the car owner showing an interest in the family car [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ok so what is a sales lead?</p>
<p>Wikipedia describes it as: the identification of a person or entity that has the interest and authority to purchase a product or service.</p>
<p>Basically it&#8217;s an interested potential customer: the person standing outside the shop window admiring the pink dress; the car owner showing an interest in the family car at a showroom; the parent who picks up a leaflet for ballet lessons for their child at the local community hall &#8211; these are all sales lead one can directly relate to.</p>
<p>So having got a grip on what a sales lead is, what is a hot lead? It&#8217;s the sales lead that is the easiest sale to close. So the person standing outside the shop window, who has surplus cash and a dinner to go to that night; the car owner who just had a new baby and needs a larger car; the parent who always wanted to be a ballet dancer.<span id="more-1478"></span></p>
<p>To even get close to the hot sales leads you have to find your sales leads first. If we move away from everyday examples and look closely at businesses, we see how sales leads are vital to start-up and then to maintain the momentum of success.</p>
<p>It takes a lot of work to do this yourself. It also costs a lot of man power &#8211; time is money! It is possibly to buy hotleads at an extortionate price and then there are also some software packages out there to assist in this process, again at a cost and with no guarantees of leads being fresh and exclusive.</p>
<p>So why not opt for a large volume of warm leads instead? With enough warms leads you have the quantity which makes up the quality in the end, at a more cost-effective price. Don&#8217;t have time to do it yourself? Well then that&#8217;s when Lead Generation companies come in handy. They are the experts in generating qualified leads by identifying potential customers for your company,&#8230;.remember enough warm leads will heat up your hit list of prospective customers.</p>
<p>The new word about town is that Hot Leads are now referred to as Lead Generation&#8230;.cheaper and equally effective in the long run &#8211; more quality for your money.</p>
<p>There are many different ways of generating leads, but the two main methods currently used are: online and telephone based.</p>
<p>The method for collecting the data is through Consumer Lifestyle Surveys that generate consumer lifestyle data, which in effect become your leads&#8230;your warm leads&#8230;and plenty of them &#8211; the customers who want to hear to hear from you.</p>
<p>The two main modes of generating these leads through consumer lifestyle survey&#8217;s are:</p>
<p>1) Online lead generation: There are a number of ways to do this from, cash back, or survey sites, to banner or pop-up advertising. They all have an &#8216;opt-in&#8217; option, which is the recipient agreeing to receive contact from an advertiser.</p>
<p>2) Telephone based lead generation: This works with the same &#8220;opt-in&#8221; process but via telephone based lead generation. The benefit to this method is that someone is actually having a conversation with the potential customer &#8211; If a potential customer needs a little persuasion it&#8217;s easier to get the sale with a salesperson rather than an image.</p>
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<p>Leads can be delivered to you in a number of ways. The most popular method is on a next-day basis, so that the leads are still &#8216;hot&#8217;. However, if you are not immediately approaching these customers (signing them up to an email list for example), then you can have them delivered to you weekly, or even monthly.</p>
<p>Alternatively, you can go down the &#8216;hotkey&#8217; route. This is when a lead is generated over the phone such as lifestyle survey. As soon as your key questions are answered positively i.e. potential customer shows interest in hearing more from somebody about the offered car insurance, they are transferred directly into your call centre for one of your agents to deal with. This is generally the best converting form of Lead Generation, as you are catching the potential customer at the point -the hot point &#8211; they say yes.</p>
<p>So to get this lead in the first place you can cold call, be more targeted by having a list of people who own a car in &#8211; potential customer &#8211; sales lead; have a list of people whose car insurance is about to run out &#8211; potential customers who are hot leads&#8230;.and if you do the hotkey route perhaps make an immediate sale.</p>
<p>Businesses can&#8217;t survive more than a few weeks without a good supply of red-hot leads. When you have a continuing, constantly replenished supply of great hot leads, you can make sales every minute of every working hour.</p>
<p>Ever played the game Hot and Cold as a kid? The one where something is hidden and the closer you get to finding it, the hotter you are?</p>
<p>Imagine the lead is the hidden item, the more of them you have the more chance you have of being in the hot zone&#8230;it&#8217;s a numbers game both with quantity and cash &#8211; more for your money for less cash and all done by professionals who know exactly how to get you the warm leads that lead to hot sales.</p>
<p>Demet Dayanch is the senior marketing manager for Seawave Media Limited, the UK&#8217;s number one provider of consumer lifestyle survey data and lifestyle survey leads. Demet was born in London, UK where she spent most of her life. She currently lives and works in Istanbul, Turkey. A student of psychology and lover of people she understands the human mind and heart &#8211; what motivates and inspires humanity in life as well as in the world of consumerism. Before her role as senior marketing manager for Seawave Media Limited she worked as a freelance copywriter for an international advertising agency where she utilized her creative writing talent to come up with catchy headlines and text for advertising campaigns. Her writing style is informative, personal and entertaining. To find out more about Seawave Media please visit our website http://www.seawavemedia.com or call Tulip, senior sales manager, on 0845 056 3593, or 07053 544966 or email tulip@seawavemedia.com</p>
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		<title>What Every Telephone Sales Rep Needs to Know About Making a Follow Up Call</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 08:52:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Question? How many times should you make a follow up call?
Answer: how long is a piece of string?
A piece of string is as long as you cut it. Follow up calls are as long and as many as you make them. To be effective and successful in following up leads, you need to know when [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Question? How many times should you make a follow up call?<br />
Answer: how long is a piece of string?</p>
<p>A piece of string is as long as you cut it. Follow up calls are as long and as many as you make them. To be effective and successful in following up leads, you need to know when to cut the string. You need to know when to cut it short or when to cut it long.</p>
<p>Too Short</p>
<p>Bottom line? Most sales reps cut their string far too short.<span id="more-1484"></span></p>
<p>Far, far too short.</p>
<p>They give up far too easily.</p>
<p>Studies indicate that anywhere from 68% to 87% of sales reps give up after their first attempt. Let&#8217;s round it off a bit and split the difference and say 80% of sales reps quit after one follow up attempt.</p>
<p>One!</p>
<p>One single, solitary attempt.</p>
<p>Too Long</p>
<p>Opposite extreme: can there be such a thing as too many follow up calls? Can there be strings that are cut too long?</p>
<p>Ya, you betcha there can.</p>
<p>There are those out there who talk about persistence and how it is the key to getting the sale. They advocate follow up until the prospect says no.</p>
<p>How absurd!</p>
<p>First of all, it can annoy&#8230;gravely annoy your prospect. Far from admiring your pigheaded persistence, you will anger them. You will NOT endear yourself to them.</p>
<p>Second, and maybe this is more important, making a series of follow up calls is a waste of time. If I were a sales manager, it would scare the wits out of me if I found a sales rep making ten or twelve follow up calls to each of his prospects. I would seriously question their common sense.</p>
<p>Granted persistence to the degree I am talking about can pay off. But the number of times you convert the lead is simply not worth the &#8220;opportunity cost.&#8221; The opportunity cost refers to all the opportunities you forfeited while attempting to call a client who is clearly not interested.<br />
The Magic Number for Follow Up Calls &#8211; The Rule of 4<br />
So now we&#8217;ve put bookends on the issue and bracketed the string. So what&#8217;s the magic number?<br />
I call it: The Rule of Four.</p>
<p>4</p>
<p>Quatre.</p>
<p>IV.</p>
<p>Quatro.</p>
<p>You make four follow up calls.</p>
<p>Why?<br />
• Because as many as 90% of sales reps give up after one call.<br />
• Because about 95-97% of sales reps give up after the second call.<br />
• Because four is a manageable number.<br />
• Because four is persistent without being a pain<br />
• Because precious few (the &#8220;vital few&#8221;) make four calls<br />
• Because it can pay off</p>
<p>That&#8217;s why.</p>
<p>4 X 3 Timing</p>
<p>Your follow up &#8217;string&#8217; is all a matter of timing. It is not just making four calls, it is knowing how far to space those calls apart.</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s the formula.</p>
<p>You make four calls and space them 3 business days apart from each other. So if you call Thursday and you haven&#8217;t heard from the prospect, you make your next call on the following Tuesday and then again on the Friday. Use some sort of planning system &#8211; calendar, Outlook, Goldmine&#8230;whatever- to schedule the calls.</p>
<p>Why three days?</p>
<p>Because three days gives your prospect enough time to make a call back. Three days also displays persistence without being overly annoying. It&#8217;s as simple as that.<br />
Exception to the Rule of 4</p>
<p>Are there exceptions?</p>
<p>Of course there are! If you have spoken with a prospect and it looks like a possible lead, you may want to persist in your follow up&#8230;make your string of contacts longer. But you can do so with other mediums to show persistence with some variance (see Volume 3 Issues 25 and 26). This lessens the annoyance factor. But remember to spread your contacts out. A daily call or two is the kiss of death.</p>
<p>Summary</p>
<p>There are far too many short strings out there. Manage your string and watch your sales grow.</p>
<p>Jim Domanski is president of Teleconcepts Consulting and works with companies and individuals who struggle to use the telephone more effectively. Author of four highly regarded books on tele-selling, Jim also writes two e-newsletters for tele-sales reps and tele-sales managers. He has also provides training and consulting to audiences, universities, and clients through the US, Canada and Europe. Visit his website at http://www.telesalesmaster.com, sign up for his newsletter (Tele-Sales Vitamins) and download articles and download his Special Report: &#8220;The Top 10 Voice Mail Blunders and What You Can do About Them.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>3 Sales Script Tips to Convert Even the Smallest Number of Leads Into Customers</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Apr 2012 20:51:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bebhe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When sales start to drop many business owners tragically cut their marketing budget. Instead of making their marketing a math equation (i.e. spend $100 to get a $700 sale) they look at it as an expense. All they can see is a big bill being spent each month. Many people delay firing people who aren&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When sales start to drop many business owners tragically cut their marketing budget. Instead of making their marketing a math equation (i.e. spend $100 to get a $700 sale) they look at it as an expense. All they can see is a big bill being spent each month. Many people delay firing people who aren&#8217;t putting in the hours in favor of cutting their investment on marketing&#8230;a big mistake.</p>
<p>It would be nice to say that you shouldn&#8217;t cut the marketing budget, but sometimes when the old marketing isn&#8217;t working you have to cut it in favor of something better. Whether you are the business owner or you are the sales professional trying to help get the company back on track, getting maximum results out of each lead is essential. Before I share with you HOW to increase your conversion, consider the following methods to AVOID:</p>
<p>Answering more questions<br />
Being more helpful<br />
Hard selling<br />
The more questions you answer and the more helpful you become the less you will sell. When you get stuck being interviewed by a prospect you might as well hang up the phone because they won&#8217;t be buying from you. Even worse you might try to combat their inquisitive nature by trying to &#8220;sell&#8221; them on the features and benefits of your product or service!<span id="more-1482"></span></p>
<p>To get more out of every call (especially when your lead count is falling) I invite you to consider the following sales script methods.</p>
<p>Stop the Prospect from Asking Questions &#8211; Whether you are responding to leads or picking up the phone from a customer request stopping them from asking questions is essential. Most prospects have the same type of question (i.e. what is the price?). Stop them from asking by using a stop statement and gain control of the conversation.</p>
<p>Ask Interest Piquing Questions &#8211; Asking questions strictly related to your product comes off as a veiled sales attempt. Dig deeper with your prospects about their goals and interests and you will quickly build rapport that leads to a sale. For example if you were selling musical instruments you could ask questions like: Do you play any other instruments? How long have you been playing? Have you just started looking for &#8220;X&#8221; type of instrument?</p>
<p>Make It Easy for them to Take the Next Step &#8211; Far too often people get a prospect excited and then fail to make it easy enough for them to take the next step. While it would be great if EVERY prospect asked &#8220;what&#8217;s the next step?&#8221; it doesn&#8217;t always happen. Make it easy on the prospect to meet with you or make a purchase on the phone. When you are booking appointments, don&#8217;t ask them when they are available, give them two times. For example you could ask &#8220;Would a meeting at Tuesday at 5pm work better or maybe Saturday at 10am?&#8221;<br />
When you can stop a prospect from asking questions, dig deeper with interest piquing questions, and make it easy for them to take the next step you will be converting prospects into clients daily.</p>
<p>Discover <a href="http://www.3minutecallscripts.com/" target="_blank">sales scripts</a> that will convert any prospect into a client today with my FREE power-packed 5 day sales course.</p>
<p>Todd Bates is a national Marketing and Business coach. Through his programs, such as Todd Bates Systems, he shares innovative systems to help businesses owners and sales professionals dramatically grow their sales.</p>
<p>His systems cover a broad base from sales conversion to marketing on a budget. The strategies that he shares have enabled him to net over 1 million dollars a year since the age of 24.</p>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2012 20:47:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bebhe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was talking recently to my friend&#8217;s seventeen year old son about his future, girls, and stuff like that. It was beautiful to see all the confidence and swagger that only a seventeen year old, with his first job, his own money, and some summer free time can have. It is a time in your [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I was talking recently to my friend&#8217;s seventeen year old son about his future, girls, and stuff like that. It was beautiful to see all the confidence and swagger that only a seventeen year old, with his first job, his own money, and some summer free time can have. It is a time in your life when you can be so definite in your opinions and beliefs. In a ten minute stretch, he must have told me four things that he would &#8220;never do&#8221; in his life. So strong were his positions that he would consider it a personal failure to backtrack from these points.</p>
<p>Remember when you were like that?</p>
<p>Yesterday I did my latest in all of my personal &#8220;nevers&#8221;. I took my father, who has lived with us for nine years, to a Nursing Home. It is there that he will spend his remainder. Not at home, not with his family, not something that was even an option to think about just a short time ago. I was never going to do this; I was never going to fail my father who has taught me everything, and has given me everything. But yesterday a bed became available&#8230; and we took it.<span id="more-1492"></span></p>
<p>Now the place is very nice and the people really take care of the emotional aspect of entry very well. They do this for the patient and the family of the patient. It seems that they have seen this before. This is the right thing for him and I know that, and because of that I am willing to &#8220;fail&#8221; on one of my nevers.</p>
<p>By the way, think of the business that they are in; they have people waiting in line, literally, for an open space for the right to pay them thousands of dollars a month. Not a bad place to be.</p>
<p>What does this have to do with sales?</p>
<p>You salespeople are always looking for the next great sales technique and system. You are promised by &#8220;Sales Gurus&#8221; to follow a plan and;</p>
<p>Never get turned down again<br />
Never accept a &#8220;no&#8221; again<br />
Never &#8220;Close&#8221; again<br />
Never prospect again</p>
<p>Let me clear this up right now; there is no such thing as the best way to sell. Being that every salesperson has a different personality and needs to be true to it, and every customer has a different personality too. You need to be comfortable with the fact that some people just won&#8217;t buy your program, style, or system that you are using. Some people just are not buying &#8216;YOU&#8221;.</p>
<p>But, if you believe that it is the best thing for them to use your product, if you really believe that they need what you have, then it is your responsibility to call an audible and not be so ridged in your life and do what it takes to get the job done! A closing line is passé I know but;</p>
<p>Some people need a push, and a gentle &#8220;close&#8221; might be the trick.</p>
<p>There is no best way to sell, but it turns out that there is a worst way. If you spend too much time looking for the answer of how to &#8220;Sell&#8221; and lose sight of why they &#8220;Buy&#8221; you have stopped thinking about what is best for the customer.</p>
<p>Then you have really failed! I think my father taught me that.</p>
<p>Dan Jourdan &#8211; Managing Partner at Neighborhood Business Brokers and Gitomer Certified Speaker<br />
For the past decade, DAN JOURDAN has served as a trusted advisor and consultant to numerous businesses. In addition to being a professional speaker, Dan is a managing partner of Neighborhood Business Brokers, where he works with business owners from all types of industries to help facilitate sales and acquisitions. Dan has become recognized as an authority on the assessment and valuation of small businesses and successful practices of entrepreneurs.</p>
<p>http://www.danjourdan.com</p>
<p>http://www.startabusinessgeorgia.com</p>
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		<title>Top Tips on Finding a Telecommuting Opportunity Today</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2012 08:48:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bebhe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My first step into the work-at-home world was as a data extractor for a company in my local area. Believe it or not, I found that job in the Classified Ads section of the newspaper. That, however, was ten years ago. Alot has changed in the last ten years &#8211; the internet alone has grown [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>My first step into the work-at-home world was as a data extractor for a company in my local area. Believe it or not, I found that job in the Classified Ads section of the newspaper. That, however, was ten years ago. Alot has changed in the last ten years &#8211; the internet alone has grown by leaps and bounds. So, what are some of the best ways for people in today&#8217;s market to find a telecommuting opportunity?</p>
<p>Classified Ads</p>
<p>One good thing about the technology available to us today is that most Classified Ads are now not only listed in print newspapers, but online as well. Take a look through these to see if there are businesses in your area looking for local at-home workers. Keep in mind that you must do your research on any company or opportunity that interests you. Check with your local BBB or other local organizations to make sure the companies are in good standing before you apply.<span id="more-1287"></span></p>
<p>Online Job Sites</p>
<p>Most online job websites now offer telecommuting listings. Use the search term &#8220;telecommute&#8221; to help give you the best results. There are even websites that cater to the work-at-home crowd such as HireMyMom.com. Remember &#8211; always be sure to read the fine print, and research each company/opportunity that interests you.</p>
<p>Freelance</p>
<p>More and more at-home workers are freelancing on a contract basis. Writers, web designers, graphic artists, and more are finding this a viable option to allow them to work from home. There are websites, such as elance.com, that cater specifically to the freelance community and make it easy for freelancers to connect with companies and individuals looking to hire them.</p>
<p>Start A Business</p>
<p>Another trend among telecommuters is heading out on their own. For instance, the virtual assistant industry is made up of home-based freelances that have taken the data entry and executive assistant skills that they&#8217;ve gained over the years and launched their own Virtual Assistant (VA) services, copy-writing services and other such businesses. These &#8220;VA&#8217;s&#8221; know how to serve their clients in a professional manner and yet have all the flexibility and freedom of working for themselves.</p>
<p>There are an amazing amount of resources for telecommuters today. These positions are in high demand, so be sure to polish your resume and tailor it to fit the type of work that you&#8217;re searching for. Be persistent &#8211; it may take a while to locate the right opportunity, but it will be well worth the wait.</p>
<p>Jill Hart&#8217;s entrepreneurial career began in her teens when she spent a summer working with her father who ran his own business. When he put her in charge of a Coke machine and allowed her to keep the profits, she saw the benefits of being her own boss. She is the founder of the popular Christian work-at-home website CWAHM.com and mentors business owners at <a href="http://successfulchristianwomen.com/" target="_blank">http://SuccessfulChristianWomen.com</a>. Jill is also the co-author of So You Want To Be a Work-at-Home Mom (Beacon Hill Press, 2009).</p>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Mar 2012 08:48:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So you have got the list of leads to ring and you&#8217;re excited about the product. Consider these tips first to help you &#8220;Nail the Call&#8221;.
1 Phone control:
When you work from home it is easy to fall into the trap of talking on the phone for much longer than needed. After all there is no-one [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So you have got the list of leads to ring and you&#8217;re excited about the product. Consider these tips first to help you &#8220;Nail the Call&#8221;.</p>
<p>1 Phone control:</p>
<p>When you work from home it is easy to fall into the trap of talking on the phone for much longer than needed. After all there is no-one watching over your shoulder and you think you have time on your side. Really this is poor time management. The answer &#8211; put a &#8220;value&#8221; on your own time. Develop a sense of urgency in your voice and keep an eye on the time so you are talking about &#8220;the business&#8221; but not chatting away &#8220;the time of day&#8221;. You will be more effective and come across as someone who respects their own time and their listeners.<span id="more-1306"></span></p>
<p>2 Sound of Voice</p>
<p>Your tone of your voice is important. I have a natural high pitched voice which doesn&#8217;t portray the right image on the phone, so I used a tape deck to get my voice tone sound right to project the right impression. Keep practising till it sounds effective then ask someone you respect to check your voice level and tone. Imagine as you listen that you are the other person on the end of phone. Ask yourself &#8220;How do I sound?&#8221;</p>
<p>3 Speed of Voice</p>
<p>In New Zealand we tend to talk too fast and mumble, this may be fine with each-other face to face but if you are trying to listen to something important on the phone it can get exhausting and frustrating. Remember the people you are speaking to may have English as a second language or a hearing disability, so try to talk slowly and clearly to be understood.</p>
<p>4 Practise the pronunciation of names</p>
<p>If you want to start of with the right impression make sure you can pronounce the person&#8217;s name properly. This was one of my downfalls so I try if possible to ring a friend first who is good with names to get the pronunciation right.</p>
<p>5 Listen</p>
<p>Yes folks, communication is a 2 way thing! Listen to what the other person says then pause before answering, to give yourself time to consider just what did they really say.</p>
<p>6 Be Prepared</p>
<p>To come across as someone who is in charge work out what you are going to say before calling, first off a script. Yes I know it sounds like a preschool idea but believe me it really works! In insurance we called it &#8220;The 5 Ps&#8221; = prior preparation prevents poor performance.</p>
<p>Get these right and you not only feel confident before you pick up the phone you will sound confident.</p>
<p>Wendy Heyworth lives in Tauranga New Zealand<br />
Wendy has had a successful business career and is now working in e-commerce. She is aware of the difficulties of working and running a business over the Internet.<br />
She is now advising others how to be successful the first time in their new business.<br />
Wendy has her website <a href="http://www.wendyheyworth.com/" target="_blank">http://www.wendyheyworth.com</a></p>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Mar 2012 20:48:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[No matter how quick witted you think you are, being organized on a teleseminar is the only thing that may save your bacon. You can not talk your way into major sales on a teleseminar with out presenting your information in a logical and organized fashion. In addition to being organized, here are a few [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>No matter how quick witted you think you are, being organized on a teleseminar is the only thing that may save your bacon. You can not talk your way into major sales on a teleseminar with out presenting your information in a logical and organized fashion. In addition to being organized, here are a few other qualities that you must cultivate to a be a successful teleseminar host.</p>
<p>Build authority with a third party endorsement from a guest speaker!</p>
<p>Having a guest speaker on your teleseminar with you will help establish your professional credentials and establish your authority in your niche. If you simply conducted your teleseminar by yourself, you could not possibly validate your own knowledge or experience as well as another party or person could. Ideally, this person would have an excellent review of your product or services and be able to grant a stark comparison in where &#8220;yours&#8221; is better than &#8220;theirs&#8221;.<span id="more-1297"></span></p>
<p>Present your product with passion!</p>
<p>Writing down a script is a great way to help you stay focused, but exuding confidence and energy about your product is the way to make sales. If you really believe in your product, or not it will come through in your voice and demeanor on the teleseminar. It will also work the same way for your guest speaker, so that person also has to have a genuine excitement about your goods or services. You can not be a flat line and expect people to buy from you.</p>
<p>Communicate your sales agenda clearly!</p>
<p>Make sure to take a few seconds at the beginning and at various points throughout the presentation to tell the attendees where your product is available for purchase, that is, your website. Do not wait to communicate this because their may be some attendees who are already sold on your product but have to leave for some other reason and you do not want to miss any sales because of that. Communicating your purchase location is a great tie in with additional free bonuses or information. Maybe you can say something along the lines of, &#8220;to get the free how to guide for dog grooming go to my website at dog-grooming dot com or something like that. It helps them know that there is a free resource you are offering and will take them right to your sales-page for it.</p>
<p>With these helpful hints in mind, carefully plan your teleseminar step by step, so you can not only capitalize on your sales opportunities, but you can also render excellent service. After all, the Internet may be the network that connects every person in the world, but it also makes the world much smaller, so cultivate an excellent reputation!</p>
<p>Gavin J. King is the creator of <a href="http://imgavinking.com/im-resources/teleseminars" target="_blank">free teleseminar ebook</a> and creates e-books designed to assist internet marketers increase their success. With a broad range of experience and knowledge to draw from his products and articles are helpful and enjoyable. Gavin J. King likes writing articles about your own teleseminar and other web-based, worthwhile pursuits.</p>
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