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		<title>The Essential Ingredient in Every Sales Meeting by Ron Marks</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2011 23:06:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Hopkins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Critical advice for holding effective sales meetings and team building gatherings.
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		<title>Finding Solutions to Your Small Business Sales Challenges by Dave Kahle</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jan 2011 21:21:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Hopkins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Years of economic muddle! That was the title on a seminar brochure I received recently. As I survey some of the forces flowing through our economy, and witness the way in which they impact my clients, I have to agree.  Unfortunately, these forces have brought a cloud of confusion to CEOs and sales executives trying [...]
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		<title>Praise in Public, Criticize in Private by Ron Marks</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 21:57:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Hopkins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As modern day sales leaders, we should always praise our sales teams in public and give them critical feedback in private. I recently experienced one of the worst cases of a leader abusing the position of manager by calling out one of his sales people in front of the entire team. Yet he did not [...]
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		<title>Characteristics of a Great Sales Manager</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:34:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Hopkins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Being a good manager is like putting a jigsaw puzzle together.  The first time you try to fit the pieces together it takes awhile to get everything to fit smoothly.  The next time you attempt to make the pieces fit you are a little more familiar with the pattern and each time after that it [...]
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		<title>When You Must Terminate a Salesperson</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:30:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Hopkins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Being a firm believer in the importance of choosing the right words in all situations, I often find myself studying the impact of things I hear. I think about how the words make me feel. Then, I try to turn the situation around to where I capture an understanding of the person who said them [...]
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		<title>When to Train by Ron Marks</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 21:29:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Hopkins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most sales managers and their companies have terrible timing when it comes to improving the skills of their sales teams. Unfortunately most companies conduct training only when a sales person is new to the company. After they have a few sales under their belts, training stops. If you were a military leader and had a [...]
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