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		<title>Talking Differently Opens a New Market</title>
		<link>http://highprobabilityselling.com/2012/01/12/talking-differently-opens-new-market/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 22:37:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jacques Werth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A recent graduate of our High Probability Selling and High Probability Prospecting Workshops wrote:  "I've opened up a whole new market simply by talking differently to my current market."]]></description>
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		<title>What I Learned About Sales from Robin Williams</title>
		<link>http://highprobabilityselling.com/2012/01/04/what-i-learned-about-sales-from-robin-williams/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 23:15:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jacques Werth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On an evening in 1980, I was standing at the bar talking with Jo Anne Astrow, one of the owners of the Improv Comedy Club in West Hollywood.  As usual, the club was packed with a large spirited crowd, including several well-known entertainers.  Robin Williams came up and said “Hey, Jo” and gave her a hug.  Jo Anne said, “Meet my cousin Jacques.”]]></description>
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		<title>What’s Right with Warm-Calling?</title>
		<link>http://highprobabilityselling.com/2011/12/28/what%e2%80%99s-right-with-warm-calling/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 19:14:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jacques Werth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this year, I answered the phone and a man said “I hate cold-calling.” I said, “I’ve heard that from hundreds of salespeople. What about warm-calling?” “Warm-calling, what’s that?” he asked. I asked, “What’s your name and what do you sell?” Ten minutes later, I knew Robert was calling lab managers, at myriad different types <a href='http://highprobabilityselling.com/2011/12/28/what%e2%80%99s-right-with-warm-calling/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>A Key Ingredient for Becoming a Successful Salesperson</title>
		<link>http://highprobabilityselling.com/2011/12/12/a-key-ingredient-for-becoming-a-successful-salesperson/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 16:41:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jacques Werth and Becky Flansburg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What are the characteristics of a successful salesperson? Is it the standard old-school-list of persistence, goal-orientated, good listeners, and many more? These are all important skills, and none should be taken lightly. But there's one key ingredient in the formula of a successful salesperson that often gets overlooked, yet it is no less important than the above list.]]></description>
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		<title>Driving Your Customers</title>
		<link>http://highprobabilityselling.com/2011/12/01/driving-your-customers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 22:48:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carl Ingalls</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Watch your language.  Driving is what we do to sheep.  Is that how you feel about your customers?  If so, it probably shows.  If not, then be careful about the language you use, and the messages it sends.]]></description>
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		<title>How to Increase Sales With Your CRM System</title>
		<link>http://highprobabilityselling.com/2011/11/07/how-to-increase-sales-with-your-crm-system/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 20:47:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jacques Werth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Top sales producers (the top 2%) are typically ambitious, highly intelligent and pragmatic.  Most will use any available technology that enables them to sell more and better.  Top producers seldom use CRM (Customer Relationship Management) systems because their own sales processes are different from the sales process that is installed in the SFA (Sales Force Automation) part of the system.  ]]></description>
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		<title>Impact of High Probability Selling On My Life</title>
		<link>http://highprobabilityselling.com/2011/08/22/impact-of-high-probability-selling-on-my-life/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2011 19:13:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jacques Werth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi Jacques.  A lot has happened in my life since I took your High Probability Prospecting class.  I want to say that you've made a huge impact on my life and way of thinking.  And I thank you for that. ]]></description>
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		<title>Go-Getters and Go-Finders</title>
		<link>http://highprobabilityselling.com/2011/08/18/go-getters-and-go-finders/</link>
		<comments>http://highprobabilityselling.com/2011/08/18/go-getters-and-go-finders/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2011 19:13:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jacques Werth and Carl Ingalls</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most salespeople are Go-Getters.  That is their basic attitude.  They try to get an appointment with every prospect that might need what they sell.  They try to get around gatekeepers.  They try to get the prospect interested in their pitch by stressing benefits.]]></description>
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		<title>Dodging Price Creates Doubt</title>
		<link>http://highprobabilityselling.com/2011/08/04/dodging-price-creates-doubt/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2011 21:11:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jacques Werth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most salespeople avoid answering the price question until after they have built value in the eyes of the prospect.  How do you feel about a salesperson who dodges your questions about price when you are the buyer?  Most prospects know exactly what the salesperson is doing and they resent it.  That resentment ends in too many “I have to think it over” results.]]></description>
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		<title>What Would Your Customer Say?</title>
		<link>http://highprobabilityselling.com/2011/08/01/what-would-your-customer-say/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2011 19:25:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Brock</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A major part of what I do for a living is to help individuals and organizations improve their performance and sales effectiveness.  I participate in a lot of meetings where I’m asked to review the sales effectiveness initiatives of organizations.  These people are very bright, extremely capable and have tremendous backgrounds in selling.  The initiatives they talk about are always very interesting.  There’s a huge amount of logic behind what they are trying to do.  They support their initiatives with great data, and sometimes the expert views of other consultants.]]></description>
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