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		<title>You&#8217;re wrong again, my friend</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 12:23:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Todd Youngblood</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As my friend and business associate knows, the snarky title of this post is said with a smile&#8230;  He IS, however, a little off on his reasoning in a recent post of his own.  He begins by saying,
&#8220;Engaged in friendly, spirited banter with a business associate the other day. We had just returned from a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Forget About &#8220;The Buyer&#8217;s Journey&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jan 2011 13:18:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Todd Youngblood</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Don&#8217;t get me wrong.  The notion of &#8220;The Buyer&#8217;s Journey&#8221; was a great  leap forward &#8211; was.  It remains extremely useful as a concept to prevent  a &#8220;blinders on&#8221; focus on your sales process.  Yes, you must have and  follow a proven sales process; one that by definition is [...]]]></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>
				<category><![CDATA[Finance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Decision Process]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Differentiation]]></category>

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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 single [...]]]></description>
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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>
				<category><![CDATA[Finance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Decision Process]]></category>
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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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>3 Key Questions About Your Customer&#8217;s Decision Process</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2010 15:25:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Todd Youngblood</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Video]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Knowing your customer&#8217;s decision process is critical, but not enough.  There&#8217;s also the requirement to understand decision criteria and what it is about those criteria that make them important.

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		<title>Sales Rep Lame Excuse #83</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2010 22:48:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Todd Youngblood</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“They just made an unbelievably poor decision.”
Did you ever watch a customer or prospect make a bad decision?  OK, dumb question…  We’ve all lost deals because the guy on the other side of the desk just flat didn’t do a good job of making the decision.  And because we hold the customer’s best interests near [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Synchronize Your Sales Process With the Customer’s Decision Process</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2010 19:05:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Todd Youngblood</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Process Thinking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Decision Process]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Timing is everything!
Editors tell authors to never  ever start a blog post with a cliché.  Despite appearances, I always  follow that advice, and here’s why the above &#8211; when applied to selling &#8211;  is most definitely not a violation of that writer’s rule.  Competition  is intense.  Depending on [...]]]></description>
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