<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22311364.post5538491715634410331..comments</id><updated>2008-10-28T14:31:19.496-07:00</updated><category term='MSPSN'/><category term='Microsoft'/><category term='SOPs'/><category term='Email'/><category term='Client Management'/><category term='Relax Focus Succeed'/><category term='Utility Computing'/><category term='Misc'/><category term='Conference Call'/><category term='SMBTN'/><category term='TBG'/><category term='Vendors'/><category term='Security'/><category term='Zenith Infotech'/><category term='Results Software'/><category term='Webinars'/><category term='Cloud Services Roundtable'/><category term='Successful Habits'/><category term='Managed Services'/><category term='Book News'/><category term='Great Little Book'/><category term='MSPU'/><category term='Support'/><category term='Customer Service'/><category term='Operations'/><category term='sales'/><category term='Telephones/Telecom'/><category term='Autotask'/><category term='Marketing'/><category term='Management General'/><category term='Documentation'/><category term='Blogs'/><category term='Virtualization'/><category term='Third Tier'/><category term='KPEnterprises'/><category term='Doyenz'/><category term='Computer Consulting in Sacramento'/><category term='Thin Clients'/><category term='Dove Help Desk'/><category term='Licensing'/><category term='Time Management'/><category term='HP'/><category term='Zenith Infotech; Zenith RMM'/><category term='Professionalism'/><category term='Schedule'/><category term='Truisms'/><category term='Employees'/><category term='Project Management'/><category term='SMB Books'/><category term='DRP - Disaster Recovery Planning'/><category term='Cloud Computing'/><category term='ASCII'/><category term='Promotion Monkey'/><category term='SMB Community'/><category term='SOP'/><category term='Coaching'/><category term='Social Networks'/><category term='HTG'/><category term='Network Migration'/><category term='SMB Community Podcast'/><category term='Google'/><category term='Hosted Services'/><category term='America&apos;s Tech Support'/><category term='ChannelEyes'/><category term='Conferences/Events'/><category term='HaaS'/><category term='SMB Nation'/><category term='SBS'/><category term='career'/><category term='Own Web Now'/><category term='Robin Robins'/><category term='SBS/EBS'/><category term='Preday'/><category term='BCP - Business Continuity Planning'/><category term='Intel'/><category term='Mergers and Acquisitions'/><category term='VOIP'/><category term='Zero Downtime Migration'/><title type='text'>Comments on Small Biz Thoughts by Karl Palachuk: The Worst Sales Call Ever</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://blog.smallbizthoughts.com/feeds/5538491715634410331/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22311364/5538491715634410331/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blog.smallbizthoughts.com/2008/10/worst-sales-call-ever.html'/><author><name>karlp</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10854725002875547297</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ItfVlakTiCE/SVZ0YO__ZrI/AAAAAAAAAA0/Wq7-fW1pi-c/S220/karlp2008x150.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>2</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22311364.post-8375380871474403672</id><published>2008-10-28T14:31:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-28T14:31:00.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Thanks for the motivation.  10 calls today, 6 yest...</title><content type='html'>Thanks for the motivation.  10 calls today, 6 yesterday.  1 new small managed services customer and 1 who will call anytime they need something.  Definitely worthwhile.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22311364/5538491715634410331/comments/default/8375380871474403672'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22311364/5538491715634410331/comments/default/8375380871474403672'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blog.smallbizthoughts.com/2008/10/worst-sales-call-ever.html?showComment=1225229460000#c8375380871474403672' title=''/><author><name>peace_country</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15516612653175745143</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://blog.smallbizthoughts.com/2008/10/worst-sales-call-ever.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22311364.post-5538491715634410331' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22311364/posts/default/5538491715634410331' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-675224942'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22311364.post-7364472501798728537</id><published>2008-10-28T09:25:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-28T09:25:00.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'>How very true this all is, but you are being too h...</title><content type='html'>How very true this all is, but you are being too hard on yourself.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Remember that your cold caller was a professional salesman who probably had nothing to do except make cold calls.....no business to run, no technical issues to resolve, nothing else, just pick up the phone and dial the numbers on his list. It’s very different when you have other things on your plate. I know because I am a 10 call a day man myself (have been known to make 20 a day though and once scaled the dizzying heights of 101 cold calls in a week).</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22311364/5538491715634410331/comments/default/7364472501798728537'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22311364/5538491715634410331/comments/default/7364472501798728537'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blog.smallbizthoughts.com/2008/10/worst-sales-call-ever.html?showComment=1225211100000#c7364472501798728537' title=''/><author><name>David Armstrong</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01363067992287509489</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://blog.smallbizthoughts.com/2008/10/worst-sales-call-ever.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22311364.post-5538491715634410331' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22311364/posts/default/5538491715634410331' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1591343185'/></entry></feed>
