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* When following up after an initial contact or introduction, you're nowhere near making the sale. The game is just beginning. Make your goal one of learning more about the other person's condition so they feel comfortable you're tuned into their needs. Moving from Stranger to Acquaintance to Friend to Lover takes several "touches nike lebron james shoes australia ," including telephone conversation(s), face-to-face meeting(s), email, sending them to your website to dig around (because you've stocked it full of valuable freebies), seeing you in action as a speaker nike kyrie irving shoes australia , or reading about you in the press. Put a predictable system of "touches" in place and run everyone through it.


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Ready to play chess? Your move!


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