{"id":3348,"date":"2020-12-27T04:30:12","date_gmt":"2020-12-27T10:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/top1.fm\/DailySalesTips\/?p=3348"},"modified":"2020-12-24T18:28:48","modified_gmt":"2020-12-25T00:28:48","slug":"sales-tip-708-best-of-2020-top-sales-tips-countdown-5-mike-simmons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/top1.fm\/DailySalesTips\/sales-tip-708-best-of-2020-top-sales-tips-countdown-5-mike-simmons\/","title":{"rendered":"Sales Tip 708: Best of 2020 Top Sales Tips Countdown #5 &#8211; Mike Simmons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/top1.fm\/DailySalesTips\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/01\/Mike-Simmons-headshot-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-1380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/top1.fm\/DailySalesTips\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/01\/Mike-Simmons-headshot-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/top1.fm\/DailySalesTips\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/01\/Mike-Simmons-headshot-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/top1.fm\/DailySalesTips\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/01\/Mike-Simmons-headshot-250x250.jpg 250w, https:\/\/top1.fm\/DailySalesTips\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/01\/Mike-Simmons-headshot-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/top1.fm\/DailySalesTips\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/01\/Mike-Simmons-headshot.jpg 253w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>You&#8217;re listening to the Daily Sales Tips podcast and I&#8217;m your host, Scott Ingram. 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