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		<title>Recession’s Effects on Your Business and How to Control it.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2011 13:17:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Bester</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The impact of recession can be very damaging not only to households but to businesses as well. Below you can learn about these effects of recession and prevent your business from succumbing into its deadly claws. 1. Customer scarcity When you have too few customers, consequently, your income suffers as well. The rising prices make [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Your Business Can Survive a Recession</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 13:33:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Bester</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Almost every business will be affected by a recession. If you don’t take the appropriate steps, you will have to file for bankruptcy and close. Fortunately, there are things you can do to prevent it from happening. Focus on customer service. In any business, you have to entertain the customer so he or she will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Choose The Right Sales Force!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 07:10:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Bester</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;One of the most crucial decisions you make is how to sell your products or services.&#8221; Choosing Sales-Force Alternatives There are basically four different alternatives for building a sales force: You can hire a larger company or a distributor to sell for you. You can hire independent manufacturers&#8217; reps. You can hire your own outside [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What is and how to derive a Value Proposition.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 05:43:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Bester</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What do you do better than anyone does? What does your company offer that competitors can’t match? Why would customers buy one company’s product or service as opposed to another’s? What is your competitive differentiation? These are all definitions of a critical business concept called “value proposition.” What’s the litmus test for a valid value [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Parow ABSA Circle Breakfast &#8211; 19/03/2009</title>
		<link>http://www.sbnetwork.co.za/parow-absa-circle-breakfast-19032009/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 12:14:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fanie van der Merwe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thanks to Sharon for leading the meeting today! We had some new faces today and we welcome all of them. Some faces are becoming good friends and I hope to get around to the other people as well. As usual it was an enjoyable experience. You can download the slideshow here. A quick summary: 1. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Evaluating Your Customer</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2009 08:42:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Bester</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is one thing to make a sales presentation, but it is another thing to make a sales presentation without first evaluating your customer. For all you know, you could be selling your customer something that they already have, or something they don’t want, don’t need, or can’t afford.]]></description>
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		<title>4 Secret Selling Techniques You Must Implement</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2009 06:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Bester</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[1. Explore New Advertising Methods The first sign that you might need to explore new marketing strategies, is a sharp decline in the effectiveness of your advertisment campaign. Yeah, you shell out a lot of hard earned cash to advertise, and the public turns its nose up! Dont wait until your profits are plunging to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>3 Winning Sales Strategies You Cant Market Without!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2009 19:01:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Bester</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[1. Attention-Getting Ads Get Results Think about it&#8230;how many advertisements do you hear every day&#8230;how about every hour? Lets face it, were bombarded with magazine ads, newspaper ads, TV ads, radio ads, and the Internet is plastered with ads on every site. Not many of the astronomical number of advertisments stick with us, and make [...]]]></description>
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		<title>3 Hot Tips For Building Trust And Increasing Sales!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2009 03:01:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Bester</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How many times has it happened to you? You walk through the doors of a place of busineess and here he comes &#8211; perfectly groomed with a smile planted across his face in greeting. Within two minutes he has talked non-stop and promised you everything, including the stars if you purchase his project. You lift [...]]]></description>
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		<title>3 Easy Ways To Crank Up The Sales Volume</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Jan 2009 12:02:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Bester</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[1. Supersize It! Okay, okay&#8230; the real marketing term here us upsell it, but the word association takes me to McDonalds. Youve been there&#8230; you pull up to the window, place your order and they always say&#8230; Would you like to supersize that? What bugs me is that I instinctively say, Yes! After all, for [...]]]></description>
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