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				<title><![CDATA[
  Hi Paula,
  &#160;
  I agr]]></title>
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  Hi Paula,
  &#160;
  I agree with Security Professional.&#160; Many people are terrified with the idea of selling and I totally understand how you feel.&#160; I do also believe that you are not giving yourself enough credit]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[I work for a small market teleph]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[I work for a small market telephone company that sells internet and cable TV. I do business contracts, and we have just filled that niche. However, that would be a good place to start. Before we hired a web-designer, we would contact a freelance, they woul[...]]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Hey Nikole, thanks for the lengt]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Hey Nikole, thanks for the lengthy response! Just a quick clarification... I`m not doing mid-sized to large corporate sites, my clients are mostly small-to-medium sized businesses who target people with considerable disposable income. So, they care a bit m[...]]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[

I`ve hardly ever had to do a]]></title>
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I`ve hardly ever had to do any real selling because my clients nearly always hook me up with my next gig -- a very cool place to be for a freelancer. But I`m a bona-fide design firm now and I have larger business goals than ]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Although counter-intuitive, cont]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Although counter-intuitive, contact your local competitors and let them know what you are doing. Many times, a competitor will come across an opportunity that they are too busy to handle, is too small or too big, or is outside of th]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[To increased my exposure to new ]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[To increased my exposure to new people and idea`s I too need to get up from the computer.&nbsp; Treat yourself to a few networking breakfasts or lunches.&nbsp; Hit the Chamber of Commerce mixers.
Offer to assist someone at least as often as you ]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Hey thanks you guys, I really ap]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Hey thanks you guys, I really appreciate your comments. I guess I didn`t realize it but the things I`ve been doing really are along the lines of what you`ve both said, I`ve just been doing them in a fairly limited fashion. Usually at any given time I have [...]]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Paula,
Michael has some keen in]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Paula,
Michael has some keen insights.&nbsp; 
Find a charity and build them a hign value web site.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Approach an established business -say a&nbsp; regional or local financial institution&nbsp;and offer to conduct ]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Paula,
First of all, I think yo]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Paula,
First of all, I think you probably know more about selling than you think you do - you have excellent communications skills and a great presence about you.
As there&nbsp;are several other forum members&nbsp;that have experience in]]></description>
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Greetings all,I have been work]]></title>
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Greetings all,I have been working on trying to develop a better sales strategy for myself. I do website design, graphic design &amp; content management focused on mid-level businesses... i.e., they don`t need to hire a team to develop a proprieta]]></description>
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