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		<title><![CDATA[Is Your Sales Process Broken?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/salesmachine/?p=4885]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Your sales process may be badly broken... and might not know it!Ã‚Â  Sales processes are like filters through which you view the customer world.Ã‚Â  You may be seeing "normal" attrition in your pipeline when, in fact, a better process might convert twice as many prospects.    How, then,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 11:30:39 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Sales Process = Your Worst Enemy]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/salesmachine/?p=4181]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[If you're not adaptable, your sales process can get in the way of making a sale.Ã‚Â  A recent comment to the post "Top 10 Lies Customers Tell Sales Reps" showed a classic example of a sales rep almost blowing the sale simply because the customer's behavior didn't match the expected...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 05:30:14 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Ten Steps to a Perfect Cold Call]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/salesmachine/?p=724]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Click here for The Ultimate Cold-Calling Tool.  It's free, and it's Sales Machine's most popular post!        Two weeks ago, I looked at that mainstay of sales process: cold calling.Ã‚Â  I couldn't let that subject drop without providing a take from one of...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2009 05:30:54 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Is Prayer Part of Your Sales Process?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/salesmachine/?p=421]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[    I've interviewed hundreds of sales gurus and sales professionals over the past half decade and I'd say that at least of quarter of them have some element of prayer mixed in with their idea of how to sell.Ã‚Â  It's not always explicit, but I've been around...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 04:00:06 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Video: Alan Watts on Sales Process]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/salesmachine/?p=401]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The above video which features the voice of the Zen philosopher Alan Watts reminds us that selling isn't all about the closing. It's really all about the process.    by Geoffrey James]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 11:30:16 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Customer-Focused Sales Process]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/salesmachine/?p=215]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[     Most sales processes are vendor-focused.  They define what the sales rep is supposed to do in order to move the sale process forward. (For an example of this see my previous post "Is Your Sales Process Obsolete?")  As such, they try to shoehorn...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Mar 2008 07:33:11 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Perfect Sales Process?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/salesmachine/?p=208]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[    Your sales process is probably broken. Here's how to fix it.    Any sales process creates a structure that helps track the progress of the sale.  However, most sales processes also encourage dysfunctional sales behavior. I've recently stumbled across a sales process model...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2008 05:24:19 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Closing Rule #2: Set an Objective.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/salesmachine/?p=144]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Myth: Every sale has a single, all-important point where the deal closes.    Truth: Some extremely simple sales processes have a defined close point, but complex sales processes (i.e. almost all B2B sales) have a series of points where the prospect makes a decision, even if it's just...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2007 06:00:02 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Customer-Driven Sales Process]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/salesmachine/?p=34]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[As explained in my previous post, traditional vendor-centric sales processes are ineffective because they don&rsquo;t reflect the way that customers want to buy.  As such, they can get in the way of a sale as many times as they help move the sale forward.     The...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Apr 2007 07:29:11 -0700</pubDate>
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