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    <title>SalesGrok</title>
    
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    <id>tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-1710444</id>
    <updated>2013-02-14T08:34:51-06:00</updated>
    <subtitle>Seek. Thrive. Understand.  A forum for technology sales pros to collaborate and grow.</subtitle>
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        <title>Are you ready to Propose?</title>
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        <published>2013-02-14T08:34:51-06:00</published>
        <updated>2013-02-19T11:21:05-06:00</updated>
        <summary type="html">How many times have you heard Salespeople answer the question, "what did they think of the proposal?" with "I'm not sure, they're not returning my calls" or "they're still reviewing it"? Weak!&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/salesgrok/fqgX/~4/I_ql4H8Yv4U" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</summary>
        <author>
            <name>Salesgrok</name>
        </author>
        <category scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#category" term="Negotiate &amp; Close" />
        
        <category scheme="http://sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" term="capabilities" />
        <category scheme="http://sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" term="grok" />
        <category scheme="http://sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" term="pre-proposal" />
        <category scheme="http://sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" term="Proposal" />
        <category scheme="http://sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" term="propose" />
        <category scheme="http://sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" term="review" />
        <category scheme="http://sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" term="ROI" />
        <category scheme="http://sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" term="Sales" />
        <category scheme="http://sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" term="Salesgrok" />
        <category scheme="http://sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" term="solution" />
        <category scheme="http://sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" term="solution" />
        <category scheme="http://sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" term="technology" />
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    <entry>
        <title>Your Sales Performance Plan</title>
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        <link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.salesgrok.com/grok/2013/01/your-sales-performance-plan.html" thr:count="2" thr:updated="2013-01-31T11:42:54-06:00" />
        <id>tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e553d58dd88833017ee7cd2ad4970d</id>
        <published>2013-01-23T07:50:00-06:00</published>
        <updated>2013-01-22T23:06:27-06:00</updated>
        <summary type="html">What do your goals look like this year? If you've written out your goals and your Sales plan for the year, kudos, now go forth and prosper! If not, here are a few suggestions...&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/salesgrok/fqgX/~4/DQEYyOU98nM" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</summary>
        <author>
            <name>Salesgrok</name>
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        <category scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#category" term="A-Player Planning" />
        
        <category scheme="http://sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" term="&quot;annual quota&quot;" />
        <category scheme="http://sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" term="&quot;sales excuses&quot;" />
        <category scheme="http://sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" term="&quot;Sales plan&quot;" />
        <category scheme="http://sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" term="&quot;Social Sales&quot;" />
        <category scheme="http://sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" term="&quot;target accounts&quot;" />
        <category scheme="http://sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" term="attainment" />
        <category scheme="http://sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" term="commission" />
        <category scheme="http://sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" term="goals" />
        <category scheme="http://sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" term="grok" />
        <category scheme="http://sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" term="planning" />
        <category scheme="http://sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" term="quota" />
        <category scheme="http://sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" term="sales" />
        <category scheme="http://sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" term="salesgrok" />
        <category scheme="http://sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" term="selling" />
        <category scheme="http://sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" term="territory planning" />
        



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    <entry>
        <title>I Just Called...</title>
        <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/salesgrok/fqgX/~3/SnHgy-CUvsY/i-just-called.html" />
        <link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.salesgrok.com/grok/2012/08/i-just-called.html" thr:count="0" />
        <id>tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e553d58dd8883301676942f8e3970b</id>
        <published>2012-08-14T07:07:00-05:00</published>
        <updated>2012-08-13T23:25:34-05:00</updated>
        <summary type="html">When executives hear salespeople say the word "just" as part of the context for a communication...all hell breaks loose!&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/salesgrok/fqgX/~4/SnHgy-CUvsY" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</summary>
        <author>
            <name>Salesgrok</name>
        </author>
        <category scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#category" term="C-level Communication" />
        
        <category scheme="http://sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" term="&quot;just called&quot;" />
        <category scheme="http://sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" term="&quot;value selling&quot;" />
        <category scheme="http://sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" term="C-level" />
        <category scheme="http://sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" term="cold call" />
        <category scheme="http://sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" term="communications" />
        <category scheme="http://sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" term="prospecting" />
        <category scheme="http://sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" term="sales" />
        <category scheme="http://sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" term="salesgrok" />
        



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    <entry>
        <title>Social Addiction</title>
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        <id>tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e553d58dd8883301774294e3bd970d</id>
        <published>2012-06-21T08:19:00-05:00</published>
        <updated>2012-08-13T22:53:56-05:00</updated>
        <summary type="html">A recent post by SAP's CIO, Oliver Bussman, and reinforcement on Twitter got me fired up about Social and Sales.&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/salesgrok/fqgX/~4/3HWDQy2QPcU" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</summary>
        <author>
            <name>Salesgrok</name>
        </author>
        <category scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#category" term="Build the Pipeline" />
        
        <category scheme="http://sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" term="Research" />
        <category scheme="http://sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" term="Sales" />
        <category scheme="http://sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" term="Salesgrok" />
        <category scheme="http://sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" term="Social" />
        <category scheme="http://sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" term="Social Media" />
        



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    <entry>
        <title>Delivering the "Glengarry Leads"</title>
        <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/salesgrok/fqgX/~3/Wn1KXDJw0Ug/delivering-the-glengarry-leads.html" />
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        <id>tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e553d58dd88833015392bc498c970b</id>
        <published>2011-11-01T13:07:57-05:00</published>
        <updated>2011-11-01T13:07:57-05:00</updated>
        <summary type="html">While every Salesperson wants “Glengarry Leads” (and every Marketer wants to provide them), attracting, identifying, and delivering this level of lead isn’t easy. Here are the top 5 ways to make it happen:&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/salesgrok/fqgX/~4/Wn1KXDJw0Ug" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</summary>
        <author>
            <name>Salesgrok</name>
        </author>
        <category scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#category" term="Build the Pipeline" />
        
        <category scheme="http://sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" term="Alec Baldwin" />
        <category scheme="http://sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" term="alignment" />
        <category scheme="http://sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" term="B2B" />
        <category scheme="http://sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" term="Demand generation" />
        <category scheme="http://sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" term="Glengarry" />
        <category scheme="http://sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" term="Glengarry Glen Ross" />
        <category scheme="http://sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" term="leadgen" />
        <category scheme="http://sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" term="Leads" />
        <category scheme="http://sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" term="leads" />
        <category scheme="http://sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" term="leads" />
        <category scheme="http://sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" term="leads" />
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        <category scheme="http://sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" term="new business" />
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        <category scheme="http://sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" term="RPM" />
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