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		<title>Why You Can Ditch the Pitch</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 06:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Oliver</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ever thought about why Natural Selling works &#8211; and why it influences the people you talk with to want listen to you, and not reject you? Rather than explain it, you can experience it yourself right here, right now with an exercise I’m going to give you. Then I will let you know what is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How To Make An Absent Spouse An Ally, Not An Obstacle</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 06:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Oliver</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is an interesting question from YB-A. I have not (managed to) find a solution for a very prevalent situation: qualifying couples. How could the Natural Selling approach be applied to conversations with potential partners, where involving the spouse is inevitable? Talking with someone who has an interest in changing their present circumstances and has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Resource: How to Master the World of Selling</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 16:45:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Oliver</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From time-to-time I like to let you know about other resources that I feel comfortable enough about to put my name and recommendation on. Today I have one of those for you. Eric Taylor and David Riklan, the Creators of the &#8220;Mastering the World&#8221; book series, are releasing today their newest masterpiece&#8230;&#8221;Mastering the World of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Did YOU Ever Make Up YOUR 100 Names List And Call Them?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 06:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Oliver</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was talking with a close friend who coaches his clients in alternate thinking and truths. (Which is why we are such close friends!)? He was telling me about an event he spoke at. He asked the group, “How many of you were told, when you first joined your business, to make up a list [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is Prospecting, Respecting? You Decide!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 06:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Oliver</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you want to differentiate yourself, both in your professional and personal life, look for ways to think, be, say and do things differently. This is one way to attract people to you. This is also how you attract people who will stay with you! And doing this is not difficult. It&#8217;s simply a question [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Asking the Question; What&#8217;s the Criteria?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Aug 2010 06:13:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Oliver</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sometime ago I was chatting with my friend Al, and I asked him if he was going to be able to retire after he and his partner sold their business. (They had been attempting to sell a their business both of them had grown tired of and disliked). He replied it was unlikely he would [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are You Serving The Buyer or Serving Your Product?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 06:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Oliver</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was waiting for a friend outside the meeting room where a networking function was being held. At the entrance there was an audio video equipment display booth. A salesman from the booth approached and asked inquisitively, &#8220;Do you ever give presentations or seminars?&#8221; &#8220;Yes,&#8221; I replied, &#8220;Though I mostly facilitate workshops.&#8221; &#8220;Do you ever [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Answer Is In the Questions!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 06:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Oliver</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Would you like your shoes cleaned sir&#8230;?&#8221; I was suddenly asked out the blue while walking down a street in Seoul, Korea when I was there last. My instant reaction was to say &#8220;No, thank you!&#8221; Undeterred he looked down, pointed to my shoes, and asked in broken English in a half questioning, half stating [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Asking for Referrals</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 06:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Oliver</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here’s an interesting question from a reader: I find there are people on my warm list that I &#8220;feel&#8221; would not be interested in the business, but they may know someone who is. In essence, I want to contact them for referrals. Maybe this is not the correct way to approach someone, but I can&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This Way Or That Way? You Choose</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2010 06:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Oliver</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;I&#8217;m in conflict. How can your Natural Selling approach work when people in my company use the conventional way of selling almost exclusively? And how do I train my down line using Natural Selling when the company&#8217;s literature and support, is based on the conventional approach? I get these questions presented to me all the [...]]]></description>
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