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	<title>Martin Schmalenbach</title>
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	<description>Helping Independent Business Owners Navigate Their Way To Success</description>
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		<title>What Is The One Thing Business People Want, That Is Often Overlooked?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Predictability! 
What I’m talking about here is forecasts that are accurate.
Accurate enough to base key decisions on, such as whether to order more materials now, in order to be able to meet potential future orders within your stated delivery or lead times.
Accurate enough to be able to decide if you are going to avoid some [...]


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		<title>Trying To Solve Current Sales &amp; Business Problems Can Only Make Things Worse&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I’ve just been reflecting on a couple of conversations I’ve been having with a number of business owners and potential business owners about learning from the mistakes of the past, and the mistakes of others.
It’s an interesting debate, as you’ll soon see.
On one hand there are those who feel that every effort should be made [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.martinschmalenbach.com/blog/2009/09/24/sales-funnel-part-3/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Sales Funnel: Part 3'>Sales Funnel: Part 3</a> <small>A short series on what a sales funnel really is....</small></li>
<li><a href='http://www.martinschmalenbach.com/blog/2009/09/25/sales-funnel-part-4/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Sales Funnel: Part 4'>Sales Funnel: Part 4</a> <small>Part of a short series on the sales funnel. In...</small></li>
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		<title>How To Overcome Your Biggest Challenge as a Small Business Owner</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I get to see ‘both sides of the tracks’ working with small owner-managed businesses as well as large corporate organisations. You’d think the people doing the selling in these two very different kinds of organisations would have different challenges in many cases, wouldn’t you.
Well, they don’t, at least, not from where I’m standing!
The number 1 [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.martinschmalenbach.com/blog/2009/09/23/sales-funnel-part-2/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Sales Funnel: Part 2'>Sales Funnel: Part 2</a> <small>Part 2 of a short series on what a sales...</small></li>
<li><a href='http://www.martinschmalenbach.com/blog/2009/09/27/creating-the-4-main-elements-of-a-sales-process/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Creating The 4 main Elements Of A Sales Process'>Creating The 4 main Elements Of A Sales Process</a> <small>Successful sales processes have at least 4 main elements. What...</small></li>
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		<link>http://www.martinschmalenbach.com/blog/2010/05/13/how-to-overcome-your-biggest-challenge-as-a-small-business-owner/</link>
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		<title>Creating The 4 main Elements Of A Sales Process</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Successful sales processes have at least 4 main elements. What these are and how you might set about creating them is discussed here.


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<li><a href='http://www.martinschmalenbach.com/blog/2009/09/23/sales-funnel-part-2/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Sales Funnel: Part 2'>Sales Funnel: Part 2</a> <small>Part 2 of a short series on what a sales...</small></li>
<li><a href='http://www.martinschmalenbach.com/blog/2009/09/24/sales-funnel-part-3/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Sales Funnel: Part 3'>Sales Funnel: Part 3</a> <small>A short series on what a sales funnel really is....</small></li>
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		<title>Sales Funnel: Part 5</title>
		<description><![CDATA[1 of a short series on the sales funnel. In this post I look at using the sales funnel to identify opportunities for improvement of your sales process


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<li><a href='http://www.martinschmalenbach.com/blog/2009/09/23/sales-funnel-part-2/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Sales Funnel: Part 2'>Sales Funnel: Part 2</a> <small>Part 2 of a short series on what a sales...</small></li>
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		<title>Sales Funnel: Part 4</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Part of a short series on the sales funnel. In this post I look at how to use the funnel to help you set your priorities for immediate &#038; future actions.


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		<title>Sales Funnel: Part 3</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A short series on what a sales funnel really is. In this post I look at using a sales funnel to forecast sales.


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		<title>Sales Funnel: Part 2</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Part 2 of a short series on what a sales funnel really is and how to use it to maximise your sales revenues.


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<li><a href='http://www.martinschmalenbach.com/blog/2009/09/26/sales-funnel-part-5/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Sales Funnel: Part 5'>Sales Funnel: Part 5</a> <small>1 of a short series on the sales funnel. In...</small></li>
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		<title>Sales Funnel: Part 1</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Part 1 of a short series on what a sales funnel really is and how it benefits you.


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		<title>Sales Process: Here is one question every business person wants an answer to</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There is one question every business person wants an answer to, whether they’re thinking of starting up, or have been operating for a while, and that is…

“… how do I turn my products and services in to cash?”


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<li><a href='http://www.martinschmalenbach.com/blog/2009/09/25/sales-funnel-part-4/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Sales Funnel: Part 4'>Sales Funnel: Part 4</a> <small>Part of a short series on the sales funnel. In...</small></li>
<li><a href='http://www.martinschmalenbach.com/blog/2009/09/26/sales-funnel-part-5/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Sales Funnel: Part 5'>Sales Funnel: Part 5</a> <small>1 of a short series on the sales funnel. In...</small></li>
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