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	<title>BPC: Best Practices China</title>
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	<description>Helping Chinese professionals and professionals in China become more successful.</description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2009 03:36:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>What&#8217;s the hardest part about doing business deals in China?</title>
		<link>http://bestpracticeschina.com/blog/?p=267</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2009 03:35:29 +0000</pubDate>
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	<category>Sales</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[	What&#8217;s the toughest part about doing deals in China?  Is it finding potential partners, negotiating terms or getting everyone to actually do what they have agreed to do?
	BestPracticesChina.com has teamed up with ChinaSolved.com and ChineseNegotiation.com to start a new Linkedin group (called ChinaSolved).  You are invited to join the group  and take [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Back to work</title>
		<link>http://bestpracticeschina.com/blog/?p=266</link>
		<comments>http://bestpracticeschina.com/blog/?p=266#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Feb 2009 03:22:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid>http://bestpracticeschina.com/blog/?p=266</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	After an extended holiday and a brief bout of technical troubles, Best Practices China is back in business &#8212; hopefully.  If this test post works, then we are back online.  Missed you.

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		<title>Getting Past the Chinese Gate-keeper</title>
		<link>http://bestpracticeschina.com/blog/?p=265</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2008 04:01:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Sales</category>
	<category>Marketing</category>
	<category>Career Development</category>
		<guid>http://bestpracticeschina.com/blog/?p=265</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	If you do sales in China, then you probably want to develop some new ways of getting past the &#8220;gatekeeper&#8221; and reaching the real decision-maker.  One of the big differences between Chinese and Western selling is the degree of access to the real decision-maker.  In the US, you will usually have to meet [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When do you start talking about PRICE?</title>
		<link>http://bestpracticeschina.com/blog/?p=264</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2008 02:48:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Sales</category>
		<guid>http://bestpracticeschina.com/blog/?p=264</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	Chinese salespeople prefer to put off the price discussion until after they have built up a strong relationship with the potential client.  They will then do their best to learn the buyer&#8217;s opinions about his budget and resources, and to gradually develop a price package that both sides can live with.
	Western buyers, however, do [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Learn to call your sales.</title>
		<link>http://bestpracticeschina.com/blog/?p=263</link>
		<comments>http://bestpracticeschina.com/blog/?p=263#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 05:31:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Sales</category>
		<guid>http://bestpracticeschina.com/blog/?p=263</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	The ability to &#8220;call a sale&#8221; or judge the likelihood of signing a contract with a prospect is an important skill &#8212; especially in a slow market.  When things are really busy and lots of orders are coming in all the time, you don&#8217;t have to worry about being able to predict who is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>China Sales:  Do You Prefer Inside Sales or Outside Sales in a Recession?</title>
		<link>http://bestpracticeschina.com/blog/?p=262</link>
		<comments>http://bestpracticeschina.com/blog/?p=262#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 04:02:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Sales</category>
	<category>Marketing</category>
	<category>Career Development</category>
		<guid>http://bestpracticeschina.com/blog/?p=262</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	China sales teams are usually made up of some combination of  inside sales and outside sales.  
	Inside salesmen work regular hours in the office, showroom or salesfloor of a sales-oriented company, like a manufacturer, distributor or value-added reseller.  Inside salesmen usually get a salary plus commission or other type of performance bonus. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do Your Homework Before a Sales Call</title>
		<link>http://bestpracticeschina.com/blog/?p=261</link>
		<comments>http://bestpracticeschina.com/blog/?p=261#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 03:11:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Skills</category>
	<category>Sales</category>
	<category>Career Development</category>
		<guid>http://bestpracticeschina.com/blog/?p=261</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	Sales are getting tougher, and it&#8217;s not enough to have a good product at a decent price anymore.  Nowadays, clients in China think of suppliers as experts or exploiters.  You want to be seen as an expert &#8212; so you&#8217;ve got to know about HIS company as well as your own.
	Your job is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In China Sales - Friends are Cheap, Clients are Dear</title>
		<link>http://bestpracticeschina.com/blog/?p=260</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 01:02:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Sales</category>
	<category>Marketing</category>
	<category>Career Development</category>
		<guid>http://bestpracticeschina.com/blog/?p=260</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	As times in China get tougher, Chinese salesmen will find themselves under more pressure to convert friendly contacts into serious business.  For old-school Chinese sellers who believe in building up long, strong relationships this may be a difficult.  But as the Chinese economy gets dragged down by the global recession, senior managers are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Introduce Yourself Like a Pro</title>
		<link>http://bestpracticeschina.com/blog/?p=259</link>
		<comments>http://bestpracticeschina.com/blog/?p=259#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 10:29:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Sales</category>
	<category>Marketing</category>
	<category>Career Development</category>
		<guid>http://bestpracticeschina.com/blog/?p=259</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	I was at a cocktail party here in Shanghai recently, and I asked a mature, well-dressed  American businessman what he did for a living.  I&#8217;m still not sure what the answer was &#8212; and for all I know he could still be trying to explain it.  
	When a sales or marketing professional [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Protect Your Job in a Recession:  Get Your Boss to Delegate More</title>
		<link>http://bestpracticeschina.com/blog/?p=258</link>
		<comments>http://bestpracticeschina.com/blog/?p=258#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2008 02:01:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Career Development</category>
		<guid>http://bestpracticeschina.com/blog/?p=258</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	China is feeling the economic pain of a global recession, and there are already freezes on hiring, raises and promotions at most China-based MNCs (mulitnational corporations).  But you can bullet-proof your job (in case there are cutbacks or layoffs) and position yourself for a promotion when things finally do turn around by convincing your [...]]]></description>
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