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		<title>Quick Phone Tip</title>
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				<title><![CDATA[Another tip:&nbsp; When you leav]]></title>
				<link>http://www.startupnation.com/community/orca/topic/Quick-Phone-Tip.htm</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Another tip:&nbsp; When you leave a VM to someone, please say your name clearly, especially if you have an unusual name or simply have not dealt with the person before.&nbsp; This situation is always made worse if the person with the unintelligible name on[...]]]></description>
				<pubDate>Sun, 18 Mar 2007 10:19:59 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Great point about long VM greeti]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Great point about long VM greetings! I`ve hung up on some of those myself. I also leave my number twice, once near the start, then give my "elevator pitch" of 30 to 45 seconds and then my number again at the end of the call. I also make sure and tell them [...]]]></description>
				<pubDate>Sun, 18 Mar 2007 10:19:59 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Another thought... don`t make yo]]></title>
				<link>http://www.startupnation.com/community/orca/topic/Quick-Phone-Tip.htm</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Another thought... don`t make your outgoing voicemail message too long. At one of the organizations I volunteer for, I timed the outgoing message. It was almost 3 minutes! I told them it was no wonder they didn`t get a lot of messages. Yikes! We revised th[...]]]></description>
				<pubDate>Sun, 18 Mar 2007 10:19:59 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Here`s one of my favorite phone ]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Here`s one of my favorite phone tips:Be excited when you get voice mail. It`s your opportunity to tell your full story without interruption. Just make certain that you`ve practiced &amp; perfected it to be 45 seconds or less.
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				<pubDate>Sun, 18 Mar 2007 10:19:59 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Hi Janie:
No problem. &nbsp; Ju]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Hi Janie:
No problem. &nbsp; Just a little clarification.
Have a super weekend.
all the best,
Denise Michaels, Author, "Testosterone-F]]></description>
				<pubDate>Sun, 18 Mar 2007 10:19:59 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Denise, I didn`t mean to pop int]]></title>
				<link>http://www.startupnation.com/community/orca/topic/Quick-Phone-Tip.htm</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Denise, I didn`t mean to pop into the phone conversation thread like that.&nbsp; If I was going to have a coach or mentor, I would need to talk to them too!!
Great job 75-80%!]]></description>
				<pubDate>Sun, 18 Mar 2007 10:19:59 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Hi Janie:
I agree with you.&nbs]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Hi Janie:
I agree with you.&nbsp; My "mirror" days on the phone have been over for a long time.&nbsp; Although if I`m tired because I didn`t sleep well the night before I`ll get up and walk around as I talk just so I sound more "energetic."&nbsp]]></description>
				<pubDate>Sun, 18 Mar 2007 10:19:59 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[omupas said~....People don`t car]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[omupas said~....People don`t care how much you know, until they know how much you care.
I agree, I will always remember that one. Thanks!&nbsp;
I don`t&nbsp;&nbsp;need the mirror anymore.&nbsp; I perfected that smile years ago, and I def]]></description>
				<pubDate>Sun, 18 Mar 2007 10:19:59 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Hi Craig:
I never was one to wa]]></title>
				<link>http://www.startupnation.com/community/orca/topic/Quick-Phone-Tip.htm</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Hi Craig:
I never was one to watch Seinfeld.&nbsp; But as people reminisce about different episodes I realize that it truly WAS "the show about nothing."&nbsp; ]]></description>
				<pubDate>Sun, 18 Mar 2007 10:19:59 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Wasn`t there a Seinfeld episode ]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Wasn`t there a Seinfeld episode about "phone etiquette," and how you`re supposed to put what spaces in a phone number?&nbsp;
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				<pubDate>Sun, 18 Mar 2007 10:19:59 GMT</pubDate>
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