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	<description>Scott Degraffenried says:  "Everyone deserves a winnable game worth playing."  Want to take your relationships, business and satisfaction to a new level?</description>
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		<description><![CDATA[<P class="MsoNoSpacing" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'">“Scott’s work cuts through to the nuclear essentials of easy-to-grasp, pragmatic, must-know applications of&nbsp;<SPAN style="COLOR: red"><A href="about:title%20ReferralMarketing"><SPAN style="COLOR: red; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><U><FONT color="#0000ff">Referral Marketing</FONT></U></SPAN></A></SPAN>&nbsp;for any organization seeking to explode their word-of- mouth business.”<?xml:namespace prefix = "o" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>  <P class="MsoNoSpacing" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">- Loren Ankarlo, CEO<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>  <P class="MsoNoSpacing" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">&nbsp;&nbsp;The Ankarlo Group</SPAN></P>  <P class="MsoNoSpacing" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN>&nbsp;</P>]]></description>
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		<title>Referral Marketing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[<DIV>  <P class="MsoNoSpacing" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri">Even the best products and processes are worthless without good people.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri">Most business leaders and entrepreneurs are aware of this at some level.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </SPAN>However, they try to address the issue by finding good people.<?xml:namespace prefix = "o" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>  <P class="MsoNoSpacing" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></SPAN></P>  <P class="MsoNoSpacing" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">I assert this approach is flawed because it operates from the premise that good people are rare.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </SPAN>In truth, good people are <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">everywhere</I>!<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </SPAN>It is really just a matter of knowing how to look for them and making yourself easy for them to find.&nbsp; </SPAN></P>  <P class="MsoNoSpacing" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></SPAN>&nbsp;</P>  <P class="MsoNoSpacing" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></SPAN>&nbsp;</P>  <P class="MsoNoSpacing" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN>&nbsp;</P></DIV>]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[<P class="MsoNoSpacing" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi">“</SPAN></STRONG><SPAN style="COLOR: red; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'"><A href="about:url http://n2millennials.com/millennials/infoecoursemillennials.php"><SPAN style="COLOR: red; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><U><FONT color="#0000ff">Millennials</FONT></U></SPAN></A></SPAN><STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi"> were so aggravating to me until your course showed me how to create winnable games for all of us!”</SPAN></STRONG><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri"> </SPAN></B><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'"><?xml:namespace prefix = "o" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>  <P class="MsoNoSpacing" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp;</SPAN>- Cheri Knowles, VP Sales</SPAN></P>  <P class="MsoNoSpacing" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri"><o:p></o:p></SPAN>&nbsp;</P>]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[<DIV>  <P class="MsoNoSpacing" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri">You can’t get more fundamental than “people.”<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </SPAN>Given a choice, I will always take good people over good products or processes.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </SPAN>Good people, naturally find a way to overcome weak products or bad processes.</SPAN></P>  <P class="MsoNoSpacing" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri"><?xml:namespace prefix = "o" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN>&nbsp;</P></DIV>]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[<P class="MsoNoSpacing" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">“My job was in danger because I couldn't work with my boss.&nbsp; 2 months after your </SPAN></STRONG><SPAN style="COLOR: red; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'"><A href="about:title%20Acknowledgment"><SPAN style="COLOR: red; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><U><FONT color="#0000ff">Acknowledgment</FONT></U></SPAN></A></SPAN><STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"> course I got a promotion!”</SPAN></STRONG><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri"> </SPAN></B><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'"><?xml:namespace prefix = "o" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>  <P class="MsoNoSpacing" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </SPAN>- Mark Sherman, Manager</SPAN></P>  <P class="MsoNoSpacing" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri"><o:p></o:p></SPAN>&nbsp;</P>]]></description>
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