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> <channel><title>Interactive Communications, Inc.</title> <atom:link href="http://www.interactive-com.com/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.interactive-com.com</link> <description>Results.</description> <lastBuildDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 04:15:58 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2</generator> <item><title>Internal Wholesaler Measurement</title><link>http://www.interactive-com.com/internal-measurement/</link> <comments>http://www.interactive-com.com/internal-measurement/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 18:20:17 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Interactive Communications</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Distribution]]></category> <category><![CDATA[General Topics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Internal Wholesalers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sales Desks]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sales Management]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Pulse]]></category> <category><![CDATA[advisors]]></category> <category><![CDATA[metrics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sales]]></category> <category><![CDATA[skills]]></category> <category><![CDATA[voicemail]]></category> <guid
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isPermaLink="false">http://www.interactive-com.com/?p=2436</guid> <description><![CDATA[Being right usually doesn’t get you what you want. Anytime you are in a debate about anything, try to say to the other person “you’re right”. (AND THEN BE QUIET FOR A MOMENT!) Bet you have a hard time with this… I know I do. (and I’m right about that…)<p><a
href="http://www.interactive-com.com/7-bits-of-uncommon-sense-that-make-selling-and-life-easier/">Continue to...7 Bits of Uncommon Sense That Make Selling (and Life) Easier</a></p>]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.interactive-com.com/7-bits-of-uncommon-sense-that-make-selling-and-life-easier/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Why You Can&#8217;t Close</title><link>http://www.interactive-com.com/why-you-cant-close/</link> <comments>http://www.interactive-com.com/why-you-cant-close/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 21:56:43 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Mary Anne Doggett</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[External Wholesalers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[General Topics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Hybrid Wholesalers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Internal Wholesalers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sales Management]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sales Skills]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ask for action]]></category> <category><![CDATA[closing skills]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.interactive-com.com/?p=2345</guid> <description><![CDATA[The very best salespeople don’t focus on closing. Yet when we ask wholesalers to identify their number 1 skill they believe needs improvement, closing wins hands down...<p><a
href="http://www.interactive-com.com/why-you-cant-close/">Continue to...Why You Can&#8217;t Close</a></p>]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.interactive-com.com/why-you-cant-close/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Is It Time To Drop The Drip?</title><link>http://www.interactive-com.com/is-it-time-to-drop-the-drip/</link> <comments>http://www.interactive-com.com/is-it-time-to-drop-the-drip/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 16:33:22 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Mary Anne Doggett</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Distribution]]></category> <category><![CDATA[External Wholesalers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[General Topics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Internal Wholesalers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sales Management]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sales Skills]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Time Management]]></category> <category><![CDATA[drips]]></category> <category><![CDATA[quality measures]]></category> <category><![CDATA[quality preparation criteria]]></category> <category><![CDATA[territory management]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.interactive-com.com/?p=2246</guid> <description><![CDATA[Does it really take 7 drips to get an advisor interested a product? And if you are paying your sales team to drip... Call me crazy, but how about paying for a shorter conversion cycle-- the fewest number of visits that result in a sale? Research across sales organizations shows<p><a
href="http://www.interactive-com.com/is-it-time-to-drop-the-drip/">Continue to...Is It Time To Drop The Drip?</a></p>]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.interactive-com.com/is-it-time-to-drop-the-drip/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>When Hybrids Fail</title><link>http://www.interactive-com.com/when-hybrids-fail/</link> <comments>http://www.interactive-com.com/when-hybrids-fail/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 12:23:46 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Interactive Communications</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Distribution]]></category> <category><![CDATA[General Topics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Hybrid Wholesalers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sales Skills]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Pulse]]></category> <category><![CDATA[advisors]]></category> <category><![CDATA[asset management]]></category> <category><![CDATA[client relationship]]></category> <category><![CDATA[field]]></category> <category><![CDATA[models]]></category> <category><![CDATA[online]]></category> <category><![CDATA[phone]]></category> <category><![CDATA[support]]></category> <category><![CDATA[territory]]></category> <category><![CDATA[web]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.interactive-com.com/?p=2215</guid> <description><![CDATA[<h3>Who's to blame?</h3> [download id="88" format="8"]<p><a
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isPermaLink="false">http://www.interactive-com.com/?p=2142</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>Here is an article I wrote which was originally published in the 2011 summer issue <a
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href="http://icarrythebag.com/home/about/" target="_blank">Rob Shore</a>, Editor-In-Chief</p><p>&#160;</p><h2></h2><p>You might not recognize the name John Stockton, but he’s a basketball legend. He holds the all time record for assists in the history of the NBA – 15,806 to be exact.</p><p>Great assists set up the shots that win the game. They require strategy, timing, and skill to know when (and if ) to<p><a
href="http://www.interactive-com.com/assumptions-wrong/">Continue to...Are Most of Your Assumptions About Internal Wholesalers Wrong?</a></p>]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.interactive-com.com/assumptions-wrong/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
