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				<title><![CDATA[I`ve found that by using the wor]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[I`ve found that by using the word "intend," it ends up being very much
like what Vincent`s talking about. For example, if I`m buying, I`ll
tell the seller, "Here`s what I intend to accomplish. I have no idea
how much that would cost, but I`m hoping it`l[...]]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[To Steve - Yuda man! And you mak]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[To Steve - Yuda man! And you make it fun! That too could be a whole separate topic. Question, if I can`t have Tom Cruz for $5K to $20K, could I have Penelope Cruz instead (smile)?
Vincent,
Were all my/our clients as forward thinking as y]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[
						  Salesdude... You have ]]></title>
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						  Salesdude... You have created a good sales tactic to assess not only the amount of work you wan to put into a perspective client, but you have also]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[When someone asks me (with no ot]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[When someone asks me (with no other qualifying information): "How much does it cost to make a video?", I reply, "A Million dollars".When they realize that I wasn`t joking, I tell them that if we don`t need Tom Cruz and the exploding Mazarattis for ]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Craig,
Thanks! Oh, and the past]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Craig,
Thanks! Oh, and the pastor that lied to me about not having a budget......he ended up spending $15,000. He low balled me when he finally told me $10,000 (smile). Hoever, as I have said before, people will&nbsp;very often exceed their budg]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA["So, looking at what we have tal]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA["So, looking at what we have talked about here today,
if I were to give you a ballpark figure of say $50,000, would that work
for you?" "$50,000!? That`s way too much!". "O.K. then, what number
would be more realistic?"
The p]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Karen,
Yes. You have it (smile)]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Karen,
Yes. You have it (smile). And you are also right about the government yet...they can always print more money (smile). I think that with practice you will become very comfortable with this and also successful. Of course, there is a lot mor]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Okie dokie. Let`s look at why we]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Okie dokie. Let`s look at why we want to get a budget, why it is tough to ask for one, and why our prospect doesn`t want to share that information even though there are benefits involved in so doing:
Why, as a seller, I want to get a bud]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Great example about what you`d "]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Great example about what you`d "like" would be the $800K house, but what you can afford is the $300K. :-)
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				<title><![CDATA[O.K. I get it. For example, I se]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[O.K. I get it. For example, I sell gift baskets. I go to a referral I`ve received, for a company that is going to have a convention. We meet,and I tell them I have different price ranges, but I need to know what their budget is. They say their budget is]]></description>
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