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    <updated>2010-02-15T23:57:45-06:00</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 - Twitter for Salespeople?</title>
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        <published>2010-02-15T23:57:45-06:00</published>
        <updated>2010-02-15T23:57:46-06:00</updated>
        <summary type="html">Salesgrok continues the series, "To Social or Not to Social". In this post, the ROI of Twitter for Sales is contemplated.&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/salesgrok/fqgX/~4/qfOX3CthAxI" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</summary>
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            <name>Salesgrok</name>
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        <title>Checkmate!</title>
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        <published>2009-12-08T00:39:28-06:00</published>
        <updated>2009-12-08T09:28:12-06:00</updated>
        <summary type="html">Some might say that comparing chess to Sales is too adversarial for the new paradigm of selling. After all the customer is a partner, not an opponent, right?  Absolutely true as the relationship matures. In order to get to that point, you need to employ a chess-like strategy with preparation and intelligence!
&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/salesgrok/fqgX/~4/Irtq8QXcnPM" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</summary>
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            <name>Salesgrok</name>
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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>
        <author>
            <name>Salesgrok</name>
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        <category scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#category" term="Technology" />
        
        <category scheme="http://sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" term="Facebook" />
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        <category scheme="http://sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" term="Networks" />
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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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        <category scheme="http://sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" term="Sales Compensation" />
        <category scheme="http://sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" term="Salesgrok" />
        <category scheme="http://sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" term="Social Media" />
        


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    <entry>
        <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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