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		<title>Awesome, simple and affordable contact management system!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 23:20:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Clay Edwards</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Manage your daily tasks, build your relationships, and turn contacts into customers; all in one place, available all the time and from anywhere you want to work.

Oprius allows distributors to import data and get to work immediately. The service is designed for ease-of-use, so anyone with basic computer skills can quickly learn the intuitive navigation.
The ...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.oprius.com/affiliate.php?ref=21110" target="_blank"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-305" style="border: 0.5px solid black; margin: 1px;" title="Oprius 180x150" src="http://clayedwards.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/180x150.gif" alt="Oprius 180x150" width="180" height="150" /></a>Manage your daily tasks, build your relationships, and turn contacts into customers; all in one place, available all the time and from anywhere you want to work.</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.oprius.com/affiliate.php?ref=21110" target="_blank">Oprius</a> allows distributors to import data and get to work immediately. The service is designed for ease-of-use, so anyone with basic computer skills can quickly learn the intuitive navigation.</p>
<p>The subscription-based internet service was created especially for network marketing and uses the same secure technology as online banking, making your information safe at all times.</p>
<p>Use your calendar and define the tasks you need to accomplish. Review your contacts, assign them to groups, and make them an integral part of your sales process. In the <a href="http://www.oprius.com/affiliate.php?ref=21110" target="_blank">Relationship Builder</a>, you can create and schedule sales campaigns that address whole groups of customers in a pre-defined, step-by-step process.</p>
<p>The Phone Assistant gives an overview of your up-coming calls from which you can focus in on each contact and the next steps you want to take. It allows you to schedule phone appointments &#8212; using your calendar &#8212; and shows each contact’s details and call history. In addition, pre-defined and proven call scripts &#8212; all part of the package &#8212; can be associated with any selected contact, which can help greatly in closing your sales.</p></div>
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		<title>Lead with your glass jaw</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 20:59:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Clay Edwards</dc:creator>
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Here&#8217;s one way businesses can profit from a social media presence:
Make it easy to get hurt.
If you&#8217;re in a low trust industry (like car sales), a social media presence dramatically increases the opportunity people have to call you out, beat you up, tattle on you and flame you in public. If you have a Facebook ...]]></description>
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<p>Here&#8217;s one way businesses can profit from a social media presence:</p>
<p>Make it easy to get hurt.</p>
<p>If you&#8217;re in a low trust industry (like car sales), a social media presence dramatically increases the opportunity people have to call you out, beat you up, tattle on you and flame you in public. If you have a Facebook page and people can YELL at you there, for all to see, it makes you vulnerable. Do you really think that a Chris or a Guy or Gary is going to risk ripping you off for consulting or wine? No way. Too easy for someone to post a comeback for all to see.</p>
<p>When your staff sees how much power you&#8217;ve given random consumers, they&#8217;ll freak. And then, magically, they&#8217;ll start treating customers differently, because maybe, just maybe, this customer is the one who&#8217;s going to use the power. Suddenly, the answer to, &#8220;do you know who I am!!&#8221; is, &#8220;yes sire, forgive me.&#8221;</p>
<p>It might not be comfortable, but you can bet it will build trust.</p></div>
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