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		<title><![CDATA[Overcome Your Fear of Cold Calling!]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/salesmachine/?p=6792]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Keith Rosen on how to overcome the fear of cold-calling. by Geoffrey James]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 11:30:50 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Live Webcast: 5 Strategies to Increase Your Cold Calling Effectiveness]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1184059]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[When your calls roll into voicemail, how often does anyone call you back? Then, if you get through to decision makers, are you running into big objections?     Join this live BNET Webcast to hear Jill Konrath, author of Selling to Big Companies, share 5 strategies to...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Next Great Sales Tool: Marijuana?!?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/salesmachine/?p=6358]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[When it's legal, will sales professionals get stoned with their clients? by Geoffrey James]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:20:54 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[FUNDtech Limited Q3 2009 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://www.bnet.com/2462-13071_23-359592.html]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from [Tom Erhlich &#8211; RBC Capital Markets] [Tom Erhlich &#8211; RBC Capital Markets] Regarding the business tone recovery that you are seeing. Could you provide us with a little bit more color on how you&#8217;re seeing the sales cycle and...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 11:12:08 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Active Power Inc. Q3 2009 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Your first question comes from Walter Nasdeo - Ardour Capital. Walter Nasdeo - Ardour Capital If you could just kind of walk me through some of the order that gives you such confidence and a pretty FD guidance range for the fourth quarter. You are talking about...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:56:07 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[How to Conquer Fear of Cold Calling]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/salesmachine/?p=6081]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[A three step plan to eliminate the fear of cold-calling. by Geoffrey James]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 11:30:29 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Quiz: Can You Move the Sale Forward?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/salesmachine/?p=5969]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[A quiz to see if you know how to ask effective questions early in the sales cycle. by Geoffrey James]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 05:30:07 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Three Tips For Turning the Tables on Beauty-Contest Clients]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.co.uk/sterling-performance/2009/10/12/3-tips-for-turning-the-tables-on-beauty-contest-clients/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[There has never been a better time to sell your groundbreaking idea to your B2B clients.    In the good times, capital-intensive businesses rested on their laurels, shunning the advances of innovators and preferring to milk their existing asset bases.    Now, they need outside help...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 08:15:28 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Is Cold Calling Dead?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/salesmachine/?p=5886]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[A poll investigating whether the sales technique of cold-calling is really "dead". by Geoffrey James]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 06:10:40 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[How To Plan Your Next Selling Move]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/salesmachine/?p=5796]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[A foolproof way to decide what to do next when you're in the middle of a complex sales cycle. by Geoffrey James]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 05:30:45 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[High-Performance Telesales for Enterprise Technology]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://www.bnet.com/2422-13723_23-277736.html]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Mari Anne Vanella-Wright, founder and CEO of the Vanella Group and author of "42 Rules of Cold Calling Executives," explains her method for netting new accounts.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 20:44:22 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Formula for Executive-Level Cold Calling]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://www.bnet.com/2422-13723_23-277734.html]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Mari Anne Vanella-Wright, author of "42 Rules of Cold Calling Executives," offers some tips on how to get better results doing business over the phone. She explains why it's smart to use a script and how to troubleshoot your calling.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 20:37:39 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[AngioDynamics F1Q10 (Qtr End 9/30/09) Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://www.bnet.com/2462-14046_23-349947.html]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions Our first question comes from the line of Christopher Warren with Caris & Company.  Christopher Warren - Caris & Co. Thanks so much and it&#8217;s very gratifying to see you guys above the consensus for the quarter. My question is to what extent...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 15:55:15 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[When To Use a Graphic, Not Bullet Points]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/salesmachine/?p=5546]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[I was working with a friend of mine on a sales presentation she's going to be giving to a venture capital firm.Â  Her original presentation was full of bullet points, some of which I helped her convert to graphs.    During our conversation, she asked me if there...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 11:30:55 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Sales Tool: Are You Ready to Close?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/salesmachine/?p=5685]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[      Here's a quick way to assess whether you're ready to close.Â Â  Before asking for the business, ask yourself the following six questions YES or NO.    	Have you already helped the customer in some way?  	Does the customer think your offering...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 05:30:31 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Be Smart at the Start]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://www.bnet.com/2422-13723_23-280803.html]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[How do you fill your sales funnel with high-quality leads, especially during a recession? Paul Staelin, co-founder of Birst, advises analyzing your own data and taking a close look at average sales cycles, deal sizes and close rates.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 21:17:35 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Oops! You Just Cost a Customer $5,000]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/salesmachine/?p=5460]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week, we discussed the best opening remark for a sales presentation to a large group.Â  (See "QUIZ: What's the Best Opening Remark?"). Â  I was surprised and alarmed that so many readers thought it appropriate to spend a time up front telling a funny story, or introducing themselves.Â  Only...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 05:30:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Somanetics Corporation F3Q09 (Qtr End 08/31/09) Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer Session Operator Thank you. Operator Instructions Your first question comes from Gregory Hertz &#8211; Citi. Gregory Hertz &#8211; Citi  So just a couple questions, and I appreciate the sensitivity in the matter but hoping to get some viewpoints on the pending patent litigation. I&#8217;m just wondering first...]]></description>
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