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	<description>Cogitations about Sales Process Engineering, Business, Entrepreneurship and Continuous Improvement</description>
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		<title>The King Of Financial Justification</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 10:08:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Todd Youngblood</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Based on the analysis done by your team, the IRR for this investment is 67%. Someone or something always comes out on top.  And as you might guess, it&#8217;s true for the financial analysis and justification a sales rep can prepare and present.  Internal Rate of Return (or IRR) enables a rep to use a [...]


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		<title>e-Rep = Relentless Attention</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 09:14:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Todd Youngblood</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Think about your important contacts.  Think about how much time and attention you’d really like to be able to devote to each one.  The pragmatic fact of the matter is you’re forced to ignore every one of them most of the time.  Ouch!!! Like it or not, you, as an H-Rep (a Human-Rep) cannot be [...]


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		<title>What You Get Paid For Is NOT What You Sell</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 10:45:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Todd Youngblood</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Had a lunch meeting with a sales exec this past Friday, a prospective client.  A colleague brought us together and it was the first time I&#8217;d had contact with the man.  Ever leave a meeting and have this feeling that the other person was somehow different/unique/better in some way, but couldn&#8217;t quite put your finger [...]


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		<title>Quick Thought For Week Of 7/25/10</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jul 2010 11:51:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Todd Youngblood</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cuchillo de palo! Have any habits that might annoy your customers?  Have any bad habits you thought you had dropped, but haven&#8217;t?  The answer, of course is, &#8220;Yes.&#8221;  Here&#8217;s a quick video to help stay focused on your not-so-spiffy behavior patterns. Related posts:Quick Thought For Week of 7/4/10


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		<title>You’re Nuts If You Don’t Do Some Pro Bono</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jul 2010 21:02:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Todd Youngblood</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s a Saturday.  It’s past 5:00 PM.  I’ve been locked up in an orchestra rehearsal room with eight other unpaid compatriots for the last seven hours.  That was after two hours of prep at home this morning.  It was an “extra” meeting of the Cobb Symphony Orchestra Board of Trustees.  We’re in the midst of [...]


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		<title>I’d Rather Be Lucky Than Good</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 11:39:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Todd Youngblood</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There aren’t many feelings as cool as when you get to see one of your own best practices kick in.  I had the great good fortune this past Wednesday to watch one of mine take hold and accomplish its intended effect.  (I just wish I had actually thought the practice up instead of simply bumbling [...]


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		<title>You Don’t Understand.  We’re Different.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 22:37:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Todd Youngblood</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In kicking off a session with a bunch of sales reps and managers, I always try to start with a group discussion that establishes a common bond.  Last week I decided to focus on something a lot of customers say that derails a sales call.  The first thing I did was project the following words [...]


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		<title>The Time Value Of Your Customer&#8217;s Money</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 00:21:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Todd Youngblood</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mr. Customer, the net present value of the investment I&#8217;m suggesting is $377,000. That&#8217;s the translation of &#8220;Many companies like yours have found tremendous value is this service of ours&#8221; into the Universal Language of Business.  Just a tad more compelling, wouldn&#8217;t you agree? This is the fifth post in a series about selling with [...]


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		<title>Quick Thought For Week of 7/18/10</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Jul 2010 13:07:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Todd Youngblood</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Does a 17th century French philosopher, mathematician, physicist, and writer have something to say to 21st century sales reps about &#8220;push&#8221; and &#8220;pull&#8221; and their relative effectiveness in getting commitment? “We never understand a thing so well, and make it our own, as when we have discovered it for ourselves.&#8221;  &#8212; Rene Descartes Related posts:Quick [...]


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		<title>Piling On The Pile &#8211; Still MORE On The Most Useless Metric In Sales</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Jul 2010 20:38:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Todd Youngblood</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Metrics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dave Brock started the mudslinging at a useless forecasting metric, then Anthony Iannarino piled on.  These two guys are right on the money &#8211; again &#8211; and I can&#8217;t help but throw another log on the fire. A common assumption by sales leaders&#8230;  Allow me to re-phrase:  A common dumb assumption by sales leaders is [...]


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