<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?>
<rss version="2.0" xmlns:s="http://resources.bnet.com/">
<channel>
	<title><![CDATA[sales pro Resources | BNET]]></title>
	<link><![CDATA[http://resources.bnet.com/topic/sales+pro.html]]></link>
	<description><![CDATA[White papers, case studies, business articles, and blog posts relating to sales pro]]></description>
	<s:counts start="0" returned="20" found="31" />
	<language>en-us</language>
	<item>
		<title><![CDATA[Say Bye-Bye to Your Car Phone]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/salesmachine/?p=4286]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Pressure is building to ban cell phone usage while driving.Â  And that could cause big problems for sales pros, since they're on the road more than anyone else.    The pressure is the result of some recently released studies showing that you're just as likely to cause an...]]></description>
		<s:doctype><![CDATA[Blog posts]]></s:doctype>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 05:30:00 -0700</pubDate>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/car.html"><![CDATA[Car]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/phone.html"><![CDATA[Phone]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/cell+phone.html"><![CDATA[Cell Phone]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/sales+pro.html"><![CDATA[Sales Pro]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/sales+strategy.html"><![CDATA[Sales Strategy]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/sales+force+management.html"><![CDATA[Sales Force Management]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/telecom+%2526+utilities.html"><![CDATA[Telecom & Utilities]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/sales.html"><![CDATA[Sales]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/geoffrey+james.html"><![CDATA[Geoffrey James]]></category>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title><![CDATA[Which Last Ditch Message Works?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/salesmachine/?p=1200]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[    Every sales pro has run into prospects who play hard to get... a hold of.Â  They're never in the office.Â  They won't answer emails.Â  They don't return voice messages.Â  What do you do now?Â  Here are three last ditch techniques, all of which I've seen sales...]]></description>
		<s:doctype><![CDATA[Blog posts]]></s:doctype>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2009 05:30:22 -0800</pubDate>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/technique.html"><![CDATA[Technique]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/voicemail.html"><![CDATA[Voicemail]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/sales+pro.html"><![CDATA[Sales Pro]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/sales+strategy.html"><![CDATA[Sales Strategy]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/productivity.html"><![CDATA[Productivity]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/sales+force+management.html"><![CDATA[Sales Force Management]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/sales.html"><![CDATA[Sales]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/geoffrey+james.html"><![CDATA[Geoffrey James]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/geoffrey+james.html"><![CDATA[Geoffrey James]]></category>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title><![CDATA[Why Your Elevator Pitch Stinks]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/salesmachine/?p=650]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[    Almost every sales organization trains its sales folk to use some kind of "elevator pitch" which is supposed to "hook" a prospect in a few seconds.Â  However, most elevator pitches don't work because:    	They're way too long, so the prospect loses interest. ...]]></description>
		<s:doctype><![CDATA[Blog posts]]></s:doctype>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2008 05:30:14 -0800</pubDate>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/prospect.html"><![CDATA[Prospect]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/elevator+pitch.html"><![CDATA[Elevator Pitch]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/target+length.html"><![CDATA[Target Length]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/sales+pro.html"><![CDATA[Sales Pro]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/sales+strategy.html"><![CDATA[Sales Strategy]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/sales+force+management.html"><![CDATA[Sales Force Management]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/sales.html"><![CDATA[Sales]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/geoffrey+james.html"><![CDATA[Geoffrey James]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/geoffrey+james.html"><![CDATA[Geoffrey James]]></category>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title><![CDATA[B2B Sales Pros Make Customers Smarter]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/salesmachine/?p=570]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[In yesterday's post, "The Internet Makes Customers Stupid," I explained how the Internet can delude customers into thinking that they know more than they actually do.    The "stupidification" effect of the Internet is good news for sales pros because a good B2B sales pro makes it unnecessary...]]></description>
		<s:doctype><![CDATA[Blog posts]]></s:doctype>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2008 04:15:08 -0700</pubDate>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/customer.html"><![CDATA[Customer]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/sales+pro.html"><![CDATA[Sales Pro]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/sales+strategy.html"><![CDATA[Sales Strategy]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/internet.html"><![CDATA[Internet]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/b2b.html"><![CDATA[B2B]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/sales+force+management.html"><![CDATA[Sales Force Management]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/sales.html"><![CDATA[Sales]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/e-business%252fe-commerce.html"><![CDATA[E-business/E-Commerce]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/geoffrey+james.html"><![CDATA[Geoffrey James]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/customer.html"><![CDATA[Customer]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/sales+pro.html"><![CDATA[Sales Pro]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/sales+strategy.html"><![CDATA[Sales Strategy]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/internet.html"><![CDATA[Internet]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/b2b.html"><![CDATA[B2B]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/sales+force+management.html"><![CDATA[Sales Force Management]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/sales.html"><![CDATA[Sales]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/e-business%252fe-commerce.html"><![CDATA[E-business/E-Commerce]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/geoffrey+james.html"><![CDATA[Geoffrey James]]></category>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title><![CDATA[Stop Blaming Sales Reps for the Crash!]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://www.bnet.com/5208-13076-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=3616&messageID=17115&start=0]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Stop Blaming Sales Reps for the Crash!RE: Stop Blaming Sales Reps for the Crash!"...There were plenty of underlings warning top management that bad loans being written and that it didnâ€™t make any business sense... My statement that the sales SHOULD be running the company is thus completely consistent with the...]]></description>
		<s:doctype><![CDATA[Discussion threads]]></s:doctype>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 07:58:00 -0700</pubDate>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/sales+strategy.html"><![CDATA[Sales strategy]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/sales+force+management.html"><![CDATA[Sales force management]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/sales+pro.html"><![CDATA[sales pro]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/sales.html"><![CDATA[sales]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/stop+blaming+sales+reps.html"><![CDATA[Stop Blaming Sales Reps]]></category>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title><![CDATA[Three Things Every Sales Pro Must Have]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://www.bnet.com/5208-13076-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=3357&messageID=15820&start=0]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Three Things Every Sales Pro Must HaveRE: Three Things Every Sales Pro Must HaveI've seen Tom speak on 4 separate occasions during my sales career. All the sessions were great, yet the first had the most lasting impact on me. Amidst all the fabulous and foundational sales strategies and techniques...]]></description>
		<s:doctype><![CDATA[Discussion threads]]></s:doctype>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 08:01:00 -0700</pubDate>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/sales+strategy.html"><![CDATA[Sales strategy]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/sales+force+management.html"><![CDATA[Sales force management]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/sales.html"><![CDATA[sales]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/sales+pro.html"><![CDATA[Sales Pro]]></category>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title><![CDATA[How To Think like a Sales Pro]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://www.bnet.com/5208-13076-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=2808&messageID=13486&start=0]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[How To Think like a Sales ProThink Like a Sales ProI like your list, Goeffrey. I especially like your strategy of getting the reader to find out what the sales pro is thinking and how that drives behavior.  In fact, that's one of the techniques we use during interviews...]]></description>
		<s:doctype><![CDATA[Discussion threads]]></s:doctype>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 06:57:00 -0700</pubDate>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/black+box.html"><![CDATA[black box]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/sales.html"><![CDATA[sales]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/sales+pro.html"><![CDATA[Sales Pro]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/think+like.html"><![CDATA[Think Like]]></category>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title><![CDATA[How to Negotiate Final Terms]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/salesmachine/?p=284]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Many sales pros clutch when it comes to negotiating final terms.  When the almost-customer pushes back, or comes up with a last-minute demand, the sales pro caves, afraid to lose the sale at the tail end of the process. The result is a deal that's less profitable, and a...]]></description>
		<s:doctype><![CDATA[Blog posts]]></s:doctype>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 04:12:09 -0700</pubDate>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/geoffrey+james.html"><![CDATA[Geoffrey James]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/customer.html"><![CDATA[Customer]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/sales+pro.html"><![CDATA[Sales Pro]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/sales+strategy.html"><![CDATA[Sales Strategy]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/sales+force+management.html"><![CDATA[Sales Force Management]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/sales.html"><![CDATA[Sales]]></category>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title><![CDATA[Why Sales Reps Hate CRM.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/salesmachine/?p=261]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[I've yet to hear any sales professional say anything good about CRM.  Every time I post about CRM (as in "Five Signs Your CRM System is Failing" and "CRM is Almost Dead"), the only salespeople willing to praise the technology are the ones selling CRM.    A...]]></description>
		<s:doctype><![CDATA[Blog posts]]></s:doctype>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2008 05:30:52 -0700</pubDate>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/enterprise+software.html"><![CDATA[Enterprise Software]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/sales+force+management.html"><![CDATA[Sales Force Management]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/advertising+%2526+promotion.html"><![CDATA[Advertising & Promotion]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/customer+relationship+management+%2528crm%2529.html"><![CDATA[Customer Relationship Management (CRM)]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/sales+strategy.html"><![CDATA[Sales Strategy]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/sales+pro.html"><![CDATA[Sales Pro]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/crm.html"><![CDATA[CRM]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/sales.html"><![CDATA[Sales]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/software.html"><![CDATA[Software]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/marketing.html"><![CDATA[Marketing]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/geoffrey+james.html"><![CDATA[Geoffrey James]]></category>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title><![CDATA[Trusted Advisor?  Yeah, Right.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/salesmachine/?p=255]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Corporate executives and sales managers are always telling sales professionals that they should strive to be "trusted advisors" to their customers.  Fair enough.    However, if sales pros are supposed to be "trusted advisors" why do so many sales managers treat their employees like wayward, lying children?...]]></description>
		<s:doctype><![CDATA[Blog posts]]></s:doctype>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2008 04:00:18 -0800</pubDate>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/sales.html"><![CDATA[Sales]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/sales+force+management.html"><![CDATA[Sales Force Management]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/sales+strategy.html"><![CDATA[Sales Strategy]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/sales+pro.html"><![CDATA[Sales Pro]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/advisor.html"><![CDATA[Advisor]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/geoffrey+james.html"><![CDATA[Geoffrey James]]></category>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title><![CDATA[Why Sales Pros Hate Instant Messaging]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://www.bnet.com/5208-13076-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=1574&messageID=6669&start=0]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Why Sales Pros Hate Instant MessagingIM Has It's UsesFor the most part, I agree that many salespeople dislike IM.  I attribute this dislike to the fact that most salespeople are slow to adopt any tool unless and until it proves to help them close more business.That said, one area...]]></description>
		<s:doctype><![CDATA[Discussion threads]]></s:doctype>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2008 07:41:00 -0800</pubDate>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/composition.html"><![CDATA[composition]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/im.html"><![CDATA[IM]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/sales.html"><![CDATA[sales]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/sales+pro.html"><![CDATA[Sales Pro]]></category>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title><![CDATA[Market Requirements = Garbage.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://www.bnet.com/5208-13076-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=1521&messageID=6299&start=0]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Market Requirements = Garbage.RE: Market Requirements Garbage"Sorry, but most Marketing groups do a terrible job at all of these things. These are the kind of unmeasurable activities that waste money. Marketing should be responsible for one thing -- lead generation -- and only through activities where the impact can be...]]></description>
		<s:doctype><![CDATA[Discussion threads]]></s:doctype>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Dec 2007 07:55:00 -0800</pubDate>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/marketing.html"><![CDATA[marketing]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/sales.html"><![CDATA[sales]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/sales+pro.html"><![CDATA[sales pro]]></category>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title><![CDATA[How Microsoft Marketing Screwed Us All.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/salesmachine/?p=198]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Have you heard about the storm worm?  It's a particularly nasty computer virus that's been popping up all year in different forms.  What's different about this virus is that it has a business model and is actually making money for the people who created it.  And those...]]></description>
		<s:doctype><![CDATA[Blog posts]]></s:doctype>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2007 07:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/geoffrey+james.html"><![CDATA[Geoffrey James]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/security.html"><![CDATA[Security]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/software.html"><![CDATA[Software]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/marketing.html"><![CDATA[Marketing]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/viruses+and+worms.html"><![CDATA[Viruses And Worms]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/operating+systems.html"><![CDATA[Operating Systems]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/marketing+research.html"><![CDATA[Marketing Research]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/productivity.html"><![CDATA[Productivity]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/sales+pro.html"><![CDATA[Sales Pro]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/computer.html"><![CDATA[Computer]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/virus.html"><![CDATA[Virus]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/sales.html"><![CDATA[Sales]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/microsoft+corp..html"><![CDATA[Microsoft Corp.]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/operating+system.html"><![CDATA[Operating System]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/computer+virus.html"><![CDATA[Computer Virus]]></category>
		<category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">MSFT</category>
		<category domain="tickers">MSFT</category>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title><![CDATA[Sales Pro, Know Thyself!]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://www.bnet.com/5208-13076-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=1480&messageID=6187&start=0]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Sales Pro, Know Thyself!Keeping your CoolAs a salesperson it is one of our prime objectives to keep our cool and manage our emotions.  When we let customers get underneath our skins and effect what we are doing that is when we need to take a time out and readjust...]]></description>
		<s:doctype><![CDATA[Discussion threads]]></s:doctype>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2007 07:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/asif+ahmed.html"><![CDATA[Asif Ahmed]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/know+thyself.html"><![CDATA[Know Thyself]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/sales.html"><![CDATA[sales]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/sales+pro.html"><![CDATA[Sales Pro]]></category>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title><![CDATA[Believe in yourself; believe what you sell.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/salesmachine/?p=112]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The Oscar-winning movie The Music Man contains a key scene that says a lot about sales.  The main character, Harold Hill, sells student's music instruments and uniforms under the false premise that he'll remain in town as the music teacher.  When the scheme unravels, the little boy he's...]]></description>
		<s:doctype><![CDATA[Blog posts]]></s:doctype>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Sep 2007 10:43:23 -0700</pubDate>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/geoffrey+james.html"><![CDATA[Geoffrey James]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/harold+hill.html"><![CDATA[Harold Hill]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/ron+willingham.html"><![CDATA[Ron Willingham]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/sales.html"><![CDATA[Sales]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/sales+force+management.html"><![CDATA[Sales force management]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/sales+pro.html"><![CDATA[Sales Pro]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/sales+strategy.html"><![CDATA[Sales strategy]]></category>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title><![CDATA[How to Negotiate the Best Deal]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/salesmachine/?p=107]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Successful sales pros value their customers so highly that they're sometimes unwilling to risk a hard-won relationship by negotiating an agreement that's favorable for their own firm.  The reasoning seems to make perfect sense: if the customer gets a good deal, then the vendor gets screwed, and vice versa....]]></description>
		<s:doctype><![CDATA[Blog posts]]></s:doctype>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Aug 2007 06:01:04 -0700</pubDate>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/sales.html"><![CDATA[Sales]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/geoffrey+james.html"><![CDATA[Geoffrey James]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/negotiation.html"><![CDATA[Negotiation]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/finance.html"><![CDATA[Finance]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/sales+strategy.html"><![CDATA[Sales Strategy]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/free+trade.html"><![CDATA[Free Trade]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/sales+pro.html"><![CDATA[Sales Pro]]></category>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title><![CDATA[Sales is essential, Marketing is not.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/salesmachine/?p=82]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Marketing folk continue to throw brickbats at sales pros.  The latest salvo came from BNET's new PR blogger Van Travis, whose post Bad Marketing Follows Bad Sales trots out the traditional complaints.  According to Van, many if not most sales pros are:	Uncommunicative.  They "spend so much time...]]></description>
		<s:doctype><![CDATA[Blog posts]]></s:doctype>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jul 2007 07:24:18 -0700</pubDate>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/general.html"><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/blogroll.html"><![CDATA[Blogroll]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/sales+strategy.html"><![CDATA[Sales strategy]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/sales+force+management.html"><![CDATA[Sales force management]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/marketing+research.html"><![CDATA[Marketing research]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/geoffrey+james.html"><![CDATA[Geoffrey James]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/marketing.html"><![CDATA[marketing]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/sales.html"><![CDATA[sales]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/sales+pro.html"><![CDATA[sales pro]]></category>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title><![CDATA[The Five Sales Call Myths]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://www.bnet.com/5208-13076-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=634&messageID=2376&start=0]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The Five Sales Call MythsDah!What sales professional with any tenure doesn't acknowledge these "Myths?"What IS surprising...What is surprising is how many "sales pro's" seem to forget or ignore the customer's agenda...instead getting way ahead of themselves by focusing on product attributes (functionality, features, what's new, etc) or by leading on...]]></description>
		<s:doctype><![CDATA[Discussion threads]]></s:doctype>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jul 2007 05:45:00 -0700</pubDate>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/sales.html"><![CDATA[sales]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/sales+pro.html"><![CDATA[sales pro]]></category>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title><![CDATA[The Five Sales Call Myths]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/salesmachine/?p=80]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Customer calls - whether in-person, on-phone, or online - are the heart and soul of B2B sales.  So it's surprising that misconceptions about sales calls abound, even among sales pros who ought to know better.  Here are the most common myths and how they torpedo sales success: ...]]></description>
		<s:doctype><![CDATA[Blog posts]]></s:doctype>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jul 2007 03:56:06 -0700</pubDate>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/sales+call.html"><![CDATA[Sales Call]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/customer.html"><![CDATA[Customer]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/sales+pro.html"><![CDATA[Sales Pro]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/sales+strategy.html"><![CDATA[Sales Strategy]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/sales+force+management.html"><![CDATA[Sales Force Management]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/sales.html"><![CDATA[Sales]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/geoffrey+james.html"><![CDATA[Geoffrey James]]></category>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title><![CDATA[Are You Selling for Sleazeballs?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/salesmachine/?p=77]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Two key questions that every sales pro must confront: "What are my basic values?" and "Do I believe in what I'm selling?" If the answers don't agree, you'll never be very successful in sales.  Even if you've got fantastic sales skills, customers will sense internal conflict and be far...]]></description>
		<s:doctype><![CDATA[Blog posts]]></s:doctype>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jul 2007 06:43:46 -0700</pubDate>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/sales+tips.html"><![CDATA[Sales Tips]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/general.html"><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/blogroll.html"><![CDATA[Blogroll]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/geoffrey+james.html"><![CDATA[Geoffrey James]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/sales.html"><![CDATA[sales]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/sales+pro.html"><![CDATA[sales pro]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/sales+strategy.html"><![CDATA[Sales strategy]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/sales+force+management.html"><![CDATA[Sales force management]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/ron+willingham.html"><![CDATA[Ron Willingham]]></category>
	</item>
</channel>
</rss>
