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		<title>I Was Wrong About Proposals</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 20:43:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Todd</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For years, I&#8217;ve ranted at sales reps and managers about how utterly dumb it is to &#8220;submit a quote&#8221; to a customer.  A traditional quote does nothing more than list items for sale, prices, totals, discounts and net price.  It provides no differentiation whatever and reinforces the fact that you have nothing more to offer [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is Thought Leadership Really All That Important?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 18:43:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Todd</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Todd Youngblood Regardless of what all the social media pundits say, not everyone needs or should even try to jump on the “thought leadership” bandwagon and use these new tools. It’s more important for sales professionals, managers and executives to ensure that the message: Highlights value customers can accrue Reflects what you can actually [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is your E-Rep any good?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 12:29:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Todd</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Todd Youngblood As a sales rep, you know better than anybody what your customers and prospects need to know. You&#8217;ve done your research. You know their issues, challenges and objectives. You know the value they could accrue by using your stuff. They just won&#8217;t take the time to meet with you and listen! Well, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Did Google screw up big time; or did they just transform B2B Social Media into a MUST-DO-NOW?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 12:28:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Todd</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Best Practices]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://ypsgroup.com/tai/?p=344</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[by Todd Youngblood When your customers and prospects start their research in anticipation of buying something, they go right to Google, right? Do they find you? Unfortunately, probably not. They only find you or your company when they specifically include you in their search. Do you want to rely on them to do that? Are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8230;and by gosh, this Web 2.0 &amp; Social Media stuff is fabulous for selling knowledge!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 12:26:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Todd</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://ypsgroup.com/tai/?p=342</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[by Todd Youngblood When you blow all the smoke away, knowledge is the only thing any of us has to sell any more. That&#8217;s always been the case for a consulting-type business, but today, profitably selling even the most commoditized of commodities requires lots and lots of knowledge. It&#8217;s all about finding and/or purchasing and/or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Maybe I really DO want to appear to be an order-taker&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 12:26:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Todd</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Todd Youngblood Technology has changed everything. It used to take multiple face-to-face sales calls to get a prospect up to speed on the potential value of our products and services. More importantly, those calls enabled us to acquire a broad, deep understanding of their issues, requirements and problems. Now, web 2.0 makes our info [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Your learning/self-improvement process is probably obsolete</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 12:25:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Todd</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Continuous Improvement]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[by Todd Youngblood I don&#8217;t know enough. (Notice the first sentence is the same as last month???) The pace of change in the world of sales, sales management and consulting is such that my traditional process for learning simply can&#8217;t keep up. I know you&#8217;re in the same boat. Guess what? We can help each [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Creative Abrasion and the Sales Knowledge Activist</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 12:24:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Todd</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Methodical Relentless Improvement]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://ypsgroup.com/tai/?p=336</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[by Todd Youngblood I don&#8217;t know enough. Not enough about my customers &#38; prospects, or their customers, prospects, suppliers, partners and competitors. I don&#8217;t know enough about the objectives, strategies, requirements, problems or people of any of those groups. I don&#8217;t even know enough about how my own products and services &#8211; either alone or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>All Opportunities Are Not Created Equal</title>
		<link>http://ypsgroup.com/tai/forecasting/all-opportunities-are-not-created-equal/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=all-opportunities-are-not-created-equal</link>
		<comments>http://ypsgroup.com/tai/forecasting/all-opportunities-are-not-created-equal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 12:23:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Todd</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Forecasting]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[by Todd Youngblood When reviewing an opportunity, most sales manages will ask about the odds to close. When asked about odds to close, most sales reps have a ready answer. Most often, it&#8217;s wrong; based on some mystical gut feel, but it sure does makes everyone feel better &#8211; like authentic planning, prioritizing and time [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Weapon</title>
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		<comments>http://ypsgroup.com/tai/process/the-weapon/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 12:22:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Todd</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Process]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[by Todd Youngblood There is always a danger in focusing on the tools used to get a job done. (We all know the cliché about the six-year old with a chain saw&#8230;) That said however, a robust CRM system just might be the most powerful tool a sales team can have. A highly functional CRM [...]]]></description>
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