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		<title>Freelance Training: How to improve your Sales hit rate</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is competitive out there, the freelancing market is growing every day and now more than ever it is important that we make the most out of every opportunity. So how can we improve the quality of our client interaction?

Let's look at a simple sales formula for calls/meetings to get us started... ]]></description>
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		<title>Freelance Training: The Personal Touch</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Clients not responding? To-Do list full of 'waiting-for' items for people who have not emailed you back yet? Training Expert Hannah Keep reminds us of the basics - picking up the phone, getting in touch directly and rebuilding rapport and relationships.]]></description>
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		<title>The phone is your friend! How to be brilliant at Telephone Interviews</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 17:05:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Don’t blow it at the first hurdle, learn a few basic telephone interview techniques. Former Recruitment consultant Hannah Keep shares a few essential tips for freelancer and contractor phone interviews.]]></description>
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		<title>Freelance Training: How to deal with the ups &amp; downs.. Fight Back!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 12:01:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hannah Keep, Freelance Advisor Training director, shows us how to build upon our natural resilience to overcome our daily obstacles.

Her new book explains how to deal with the blocks and make the most out of the good times and the practical, gentle advice is an invaluable tool for anyone wishing to push themselves and their business to new highs. Here Hannah gives us a great overview of everything you can do to make the most out your life and work.]]></description>
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		<title>Freelance Training: Do you need an Interview MOT?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 10:36:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s a tough climate out there. If you are looking for a permanent job then you are up against lots of candidates who are all fighting for the same job. If you are freelance/contract then you have to ensure your skills are leading edge, have the confidence to hit the ground running as well as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Freelance Training: Time to sell yourself, easy right?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 10:13:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whether you are looking for your first freelance job or have been in the market a while you will know how important it is to be able to promote your services to ensure you aren’t out of work for long.

Whether you have sales experience or not, things are different now. Why? Because you are the product. You are selling YOU. Easy right? Think again, even the most experienced sales person who can sell snow to the Eskimos finds selling themselves a challenge and sometimes even embarrassing.

Freelance Coach and Trainer Hannah Keep show us how promoting yourself needn't be painful and how building your confidence is key.]]></description>
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		<title>Freelance Training: You&#8217;ve got spinach in your teeth!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 12:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hannah Keep</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ever wondered why you didn’t get that job? Perhaps you were told that someone came along with more experience than you or maybe you didn’t get any feedback at all. The truth is out. In recent research with leading I.T Recruitment agencies in the UK we found that when asked if they thought their clients gave them the truthful answer as to why candidates didn’t get the job and they answered 99% no.]]></description>
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		<title>Freelance Training: Making a good impression</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 08:15:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hannah Keep</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How did you decide what to wear today? Did you base your decision on what was clean, comfortable or whether you were seeing a client?
If you were seeing a client did you tailor your appearance to their industry or just put on your lucky ‘selling suit’?

Freelance Training director Hannah Keep explains why your clothes are more important than your PowerPoint slides!]]></description>
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		<title>Freelance Training</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 12:50:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hannah Keep</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As freelancers we know you have absolute passion and pride in your skill set. We know it takes a lot of confidence to break out on your own. We also know that it takes more than just talent to succeed in this tough and competitive economic climate.

How well you sell, market and manage your product, product YOU, is critical. If the thought of cold calling brings you out in a cold sweat or the thought of creating a business strategy gives you a headache then we're here to help with soft skills and freelancer focused training and coaching.]]></description>
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