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    <updated>2009-11-03T20:43:57-06:00</updated>
    <subtitle>Seek. Thrive. Understand.  A forum for technology sales pros to collaborate and grow.</subtitle>
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        <title>To Social or Not to Social</title>
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        <published>2009-11-03T20:43:57-06:00</published>
        <updated>2009-11-03T20:43:57-06:00</updated>
        <summary type="html">Let's talk about what Social Networks and Social Media tools should you use and how can you use them to drive Sales.&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/salesgrok/fqgX/~4/P3YBEEzk-Ms" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</summary>
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            <name>Salesgrok</name>
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        <title>Show me the Money!</title>
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        <published>2009-10-08T20:30:00-05:00</published>
        <updated>2009-10-09T01:29:17-05:00</updated>
        <summary type="html">Salesgrok attended Shop.org and spoke at Software Business '09.  In this post I share sales performance and effectiveness stats from a great presentation by Growth Solutions, LLC.&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/salesgrok/fqgX/~4/fYbRE84tiD8" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</summary>
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            <name>Salesgrok</name>
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        <title>Walking Away</title>
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        <published>2009-09-09T22:50:00-05:00</published>
        <updated>2009-09-10T12:52:09-05:00</updated>
        <summary type="html">Would you be willing to walk away from a sale over a 10% discount nibble at the end?  Know when to call bluff on a take it or leave it or showstopper issue.  Check this out and please share your stories!!&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/salesgrok/fqgX/~4/7kPfjaTGtjk" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</summary>
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            <name>Salesgrok</name>
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        <title>Killer Sales Questions</title>
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        <published>2009-08-19T22:01:00-05:00</published>
        <updated>2009-08-23T22:18:21-05:00</updated>
        <summary type="html">It's been a bit too long since my last post. I should tell you that I've had my hands full with my new company. I parted from my previous employer after 7 years to try something different. It wasn't so...&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/salesgrok/fqgX/~4/J22-WkMOKL8" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</summary>
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            <name>Salesgrok</name>
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        <title>Review: Getting Into Your Customer's Head</title>
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        <published>2009-07-29T22:45:16-05:00</published>
        <updated>2009-07-29T22:58:23-05:00</updated>
        <summary type="html">Though this book was first published in 1996, it's completely relevant. The "aha" moment that inspired Kevin Davis to write Getting Into Your Customer's Head was his realization that after more than a decade in Sales that he knew almost...&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/salesgrok/fqgX/~4/jntFdtLWZI4" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</summary>
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            <name>Salesgrok</name>
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