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			<title>Get Comfortable with Uncomfortable</title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 31 Dec 2018 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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												&lt;div style=&quot;color: #000000;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:11pt&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Have you ever had a stranger fall asleep on your shoulder during a flight?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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			<title>Connect to the Why</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 2018 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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												&lt;div style=&quot;color: #000000;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:11pt&quot;&gt;The power of your WHY drives all your decisions. It is the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong style=&quot;font-size:11pt&quot;&gt;heart, soul, desire and passion&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:11pt&quot;&gt; you have to achieve something through your business and life. Your WHY provides the inspiration to take action to realize results.&lt;/span&gt;
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			<title>Are you too busy for a head start?</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2018 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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											&lt;div style=&quot;color: #000000;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:11pt&quot;&gt;At the beginning of this year we talked about how&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;/business-coaching-and-consulting/insurance-financial-advisor-coaching/optimal-outcome-insights/is-lead-generation-silent&quot; linktype=&quot;1&quot; shape=&quot;rect&quot; style=&quot;color: #0067ac; text-decoration: underline;&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; track=&quot;on&quot;&gt;lead generation can be a silent killer&lt;/a&gt; in your business&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:11pt&quot;&gt;. This is a reminder.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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												&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:11pt&quot;&gt;We know it&amp;#39;s a busy time.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:11pt&quot;&gt;You&amp;#39;re still trying to reach goals for this year. And, as a business owner, you have end of the year items to wrap up. Of course, there&amp;#39;s also a need for personal time with family and friends for the holidays.&lt;/span&gt;
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			<title>I Always Follow Through</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2018 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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						&lt;div style=&quot;color: #000000;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:11pt&quot;&gt;Golf pros will tell you following through with your swing is critical. The key is to do it consistently so your game can be more dependable.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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			<title>What you say may hurt your business</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 16 Oct 2018 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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										&lt;div style=&quot;color: #0067ac;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color:#000000; font-size:11pt&quot;&gt;As a baby, we learn how to say words, form sentences, and start to learn how grammar works. As we mature, we begin to understand how to use words to motivate and persuade others.&lt;/span&gt;
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			<title>The Right People Holding the Right Meetings - Consistently!</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2018 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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									&lt;div&gt;&lt;span&gt;Financial Services Professionals are not having the right conversations, with the right team members, at the right times. In fact, most Financial Services Professionals don&amp;#39;t hold regular meetings of any kind with their team.&lt;/span&gt;
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			<title>Keep the Momentum Going All Year</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2018 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				&lt;div style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;Do most of your sales happen in the 4th quarter? If so, you are not alone. In fact, most financial services professionals have their biggest revenue-generating months in the last quarter. And, several agents and advisors have the majority of their &lt;u style=&quot;text-decoration:underline&quot;&gt;annual&lt;/u&gt; revenue generated in these last months.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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			<title>Promise-Based Selling</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 04 Sep 2018 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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							&lt;div&gt;&lt;span&gt;Before a prospect becomes a client your business makes a promise to them. In some businesses that promise is implied in the sales process. Preferably, it&amp;#39;s clearly stated and used as part of the sales process.&lt;/span&gt;
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			<title>The Flow of Money</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 21 Aug 2018 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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																	&lt;div&gt;&lt;span&gt;In the financial services industry, the focus is often on where the next sale is coming from without taking a step back to look at the big picture.&lt;/span&gt;
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			<title>Are you Asking for it? The Close That is.</title>
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																&lt;div&gt;&lt;span&gt;When it comes to the closing appointment with a prospect, asking for the sale is a key element. This may seem obvious; however, too often asking for the sale doesn&amp;#39;t happen.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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																&lt;div&gt;&lt;span&gt;There&amp;#39;s a secret tool that many successful financial services professionals use with every step of their sales process.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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			<link>http://www.benchmarkbusinessgroup.com/business-coaching-and-consulting/insurance-financial-advisor-coaching/optimal-outcome-insights/how-independent-is-your-team</link>
			<guid>http://www.benchmarkbusinessgroup.com/business-coaching-and-consulting/insurance-financial-advisor-coaching/optimal-outcome-insights/how-independent-is-your-team</guid>
			<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jul 2018 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					&lt;div&gt;&lt;span&gt;Take a moment and think what would happen if, for some reason, you weren&amp;#39;t able to work for the next three weeks.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;
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														&lt;div&gt;Most small businesses pride themselves on customer service. In fact, when we talk to most financial services professionals they note that exceptional customer service is one element that sets their business apart from the competition.
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			<link>http://www.benchmarkbusinessgroup.com/business-coaching-and-consulting/insurance-financial-advisor-coaching/optimal-outcome-insights/why-you-dont-hire</link>
			<guid>http://www.benchmarkbusinessgroup.com/business-coaching-and-consulting/insurance-financial-advisor-coaching/optimal-outcome-insights/why-you-dont-hire</guid>
			<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jun 2018 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					&lt;div&gt;It happens over and over again; when a financial services professional adds an employee to their business, it creates growth and increases revenue in more ways than they initially thought. So then, why do so many financial services professionals delay in hiring? It boils down to three barriers: not enough time, too much money, and it&amp;#39;s hard to find the right people. Overcoming these barriers requires a combination of seeing beyond them and having a strategy to leverage good people to achieve the desired results.
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													&lt;div&gt;In a little less than a month, winning baseball teams from across the states will be participating in the College World Series. As we watched the teams compete for their spot, we began to think about the structures in baseball that allow teams to excel. In doing so, we identified six structures that financial service industries need to allow their teams to excel.
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												&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:11pt&quot;&gt;In most financial services businesses, training consists of information on products and services and the advice to watch and copy the experts; do what I do and you&amp;#39;ll be fine.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:11pt&quot;&gt;Most new&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:11pt&quot;&gt;employees are put in a sink or swim scenario.&lt;br /&gt;
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													&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:11pt&quot;&gt;Experience is the best teacher, right? Yes and no. Experience is vital in the learning process, but the type of experience will make a world of difference.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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			<link>http://www.benchmarkbusinessgroup.com/business-coaching-and-consulting/insurance-financial-advisor-coaching/optimal-outcome-insights/transitioning-sales-to-service</link>
			<guid>http://www.benchmarkbusinessgroup.com/business-coaching-and-consulting/insurance-financial-advisor-coaching/optimal-outcome-insights/transitioning-sales-to-service</guid>
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			<title>Two Prospecting Essentials</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2018 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					&lt;div style=&quot;font-size: 11pt;&quot;&gt;Prospecting is key to having a robust pipeline and steady cash flow. However, many financial service professionals struggle with this fundamental activity and end up with a pipeline of peaks and valleys. &lt;span style=&quot;color:#72afb6&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The good news is you can level out your peaks and valleys&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; by mastering two essential skills for engaging prospects and getting qualified prospects to say yes to an initial meeting.&lt;br /&gt;
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			<guid>http://www.benchmarkbusinessgroup.com/business-coaching-and-consulting/insurance-financial-advisor-coaching/optimal-outcome-insights/when-service-becomes-sales</guid>
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								&lt;div&gt;Who&amp;#39;s on your sales team? In the financial services industry, &lt;span style=&quot;color:#72afb6&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;every member of your team should be considered a part of your sales team.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; It doesn&amp;#39;t matter what position they hold within your business, everyone should be &lt;em&gt;listening for and taking action&lt;/em&gt; on sales opportunities.&lt;br /&gt;
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			<guid>http://www.benchmarkbusinessgroup.com/business-coaching-and-consulting/insurance-financial-advisor-coaching/optimal-outcome-insights/blocks-of-success</guid>
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				&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:12.0pt; line-height:107%&quot;&gt;Time management is rarely a favorite topic, but there is a reason it&amp;#39;s discussed so often. It is the foundation of success. Do you know the difference between a high-producing agent/advisor and others?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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				&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:12.0pt; line-height:107%&quot;&gt;It&amp;#39;s not the amount of time that they have. We all have the same amount of time. Their success is in how they design the use of their time. Designing time isn&amp;#39;t just about being more productive or simply working harder.&lt;br /&gt;
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			<guid>http://www.benchmarkbusinessgroup.com/business-coaching-and-consulting/insurance-financial-advisor-coaching/optimal-outcome-insights/a-new-view-on-reviews</guid>
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			&lt;td style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;&quot;&gt;Client reviews take place, at some level, in most financial services businesses. &lt;strong&gt;They have become ingrained in the industry as something your business must do to fulfill your promise to clients, to meet fiduciary obligations, and to increase sales.&lt;/strong&gt; Yet, as we talk with hundreds of financial service professionals what we noticed is that though reviews are accepted as a necessary element, many financial services professionals don&amp;#39;t have a well-designed review process to ensure that reviews are successful sales tools.&lt;/td&gt;
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			<title>Do You Owe Your Business</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 06 Feb 2018 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description>&lt;p&gt;Does your business pay you for the work you do?&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;Or do you owe your business?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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The answer is directly correlated to how your time is used. It&amp;rsquo;s the difference between doing work that is valued at $15 an hour rather than work that&amp;rsquo;s valued at $100 an hour. If your day consists of making changes to a client&amp;rsquo;s policy; or, calling a client back who wants to reschedule their appointment; or, talking to an underwriter about a new application; you may owe your business (even if you only do this type of work for a few or your&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;best&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;clients)!&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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