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		<title>Success Strategies, Are You In A Negative Vortex?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 02:15:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Judy Lockett</dc:creator>
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		<description>Have you ever felt like you were being sucked into a negative conversation (whether with yourself or others) and simply couldn’t extricate yourself?  Does it sometimes seem easier to continue a negative conversation than to change the subject to something more positive.  Is the same thing often true of your thinking?
You’re caught in the negative vortex.  [...]


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		<title>Sales Consultative; Build Relationship Through Taking Action Together – Continued</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 22:23:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Judy Lockett</dc:creator>
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		<description>The Sales consultative process doesn’t end with information gathering and proposal delivery, but rather continues through the decision making process and into delivery of the product or service.

The Decision Process
Another place you may get stuck is after you have delivered the proposal.   Often your prospect will say they need to think about it and you may leave [...]


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		<title>Sales Consultative; Build Relationship Through Taking Action Together – Continued</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:31:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Judy Lockett</dc:creator>
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		<description>There may be more steps in the sales consultative process for your product or service than the simple ones of first meeting, proposal delivery and decision, but you should never leave a meeting without identifying what the next action step is and getting something on the calendar, even if it’s a date and time to [...]


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		<title>Sales Consultative; Build Relationship Through Taking Action Together – Proposal Delivery</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 15:32:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Judy Lockett</dc:creator>
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		<description>Last week I talked about using a sales consultative approach and working through the entire sales process with your client, building relationship and trust and making it easy for your client to see if your product or service is a good fit for them or not. 

I presented a scenario where Connie (the seller) and Jim [...]


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		<title>Sales Consultative; Build Relationship Through Taking Action Together</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 21:38:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Judy Lockett</dc:creator>
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		<description>Does your sales process always include a next action step thus strengthening the relationship and building a process that is sales consultative?
In working with my Small Business Clients over the last year I noticed how often they have a first meeting with a client to understand their needs, they put together a proposal and email [...]


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		<title>Changing Beliefs With Business Coaching</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 19:50:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Judy Lockett</dc:creator>
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		<description>You can open up new possibilities for your business by working with a coach to evaluate how well your belief systems match up with your goals.


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		<title>Getting What You Want</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 00:46:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Judy Lockett</dc:creator>
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		<description>Getting what you want begins with getting clear and focusing the power of your conscious mind on what you want and get your subconscious mind in alignment by letting go of conflicting beliefs. 


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		<title>Beat Overwhelm and Get Going on Projects</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 16:22:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Judy Lockett</dc:creator>
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		<description>Beating overwhelm and getting started on projects requires a simple daily process to keep you focused so you don't get overwhelmed by long to-do lists and piles of work.


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		<title>Our Founding Fathers – Business Vision, Strategy and Action</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 20:03:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Judy Lockett</dc:creator>
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		<description>Starting a new business is very much like our forefathers start-up of a new nation. Business vision and strategy is required for any business start-up.


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