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		<title>how do I  get past the secretary</title>
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				<title><![CDATA[
  Hi Karen
  &#160;
  Heres ]]></title>
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  Hi Karen
  &#160;
  Heres my thoughts. Next time offer them an incentive package. $XX for up to 100 baskets, $X0 for 200+ and so on. Remember the value of those business cards and being able to say to the next hospital ...w]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Hi Jose :-)
Since this is a pre]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Hi Jose :-)
Since this is a pretty old topic, and the problem is common to a lot of
people, I`m thinking you might start a new topic, particularly devoted
to selling sporting event organization.

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				<title><![CDATA[
  Hello all, I wish I had stum]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[
  Hello all, I wish I had stumbled across this thread earlier. I could`ve really used all of the suggestions etc. offered to Karen but I guess it was too late for me...such is life...
  But if anyone is still reading and can help m]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Karen,
You got the cranky part ]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Karen,
You got the cranky part right (smile). But then again, he was cranky before (smile). "Selling for Dummies" eh? I should read that. Appropriate (smile). The book I recomended was "Relationshop Selling" by Jim Cathcart. Oh, and the budget" ]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Actually, there is a thread on t]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Actually, there is a thread on this forum, which I started, on proposals and budget.,(somewhere) 
When I first started going after this particular sale. Just a basic rundown, I was placing baskets in the conciegre office at the hospital, and the]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Sound advice. And the "budget qu]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Sound advice. And the "budget question". Good! Could start a whole new forum on that question alone. And the old axiom of "How can you tell when a sales person is lying to you? Their lips move." applies equally well to buyers (smile).
Craig]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Wow, I don`t know how I`ve misse]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Wow, I don`t know how I`ve missed this very interesting thread!It is a shame that you lost out on 900 baskets, but I agree, you don`t want to sell yourself short.&nbsp; That would have been a lot of work for you without much profit. Obviously the "]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Karen,
Sorry to hear about your]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Karen,
Sorry to hear about your Dad. My wife has been going through exactly the same thing with her father. She`s been flying back and forth to California trying to help out with her Mom in particular.
I`m going to throw in with Craig L ]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[
Actually, I lost a big order,9]]></title>
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Actually, I lost a big order,900 baskets, because I
just couldn`t do them for $5 each. And I could not see anyone else
being able to, and making any profit, or possibly even losing money.
But the one thing I learned, I should h]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Hi Craig, just to let you know I]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Hi Craig, just to let you know I haven`t been ignoring you or your question, but I have been busy. Not with work though. My Dad (he`s 83) fell 3 weeks ago while he was in WA. So he drove all the way back to CA to go to the drs. He was afraid they would ]]></description>
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