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Remember Columbo?  It's a TV classic.  The rumpled detective usually figured out who the murderer was early on.  He would keep turning up with "One more question…"  Everyone felt Columbo was annoying.  They missed the most important lesson:  Every time he got back in touch, he had a logical reason for reconnecting.  There's a lesson for people who prospect for business.

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