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		<title>Do Sales Tools = Sales Effectiveness?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So what are the tools that make up Sales 2.0?  InsideView, Connect and Sell, DemandBase, and Kadient are excellent examples of where sales tools are headed.  The key is having the information that you need, when you need it, in a place that you need it, so you can ACT ON IT!  And this is where things sometimes fall down.]]></description>
		<link>http://sharper.org/?p=42</link>
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		<title>Selling in Turbulent Times</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With the huge amount of information that is available, how do you get what you need in order to have the RIGHT information for a sales call or to target a prospect?]]></description>
		<link>http://sharper.org/?p=79</link>
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		<title>The Guy at Sasquatch Music Festival! Sell like nobody is watching.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We as sales people and entrepreneurs are in many ways that Crazy Guy dancing.  But hey! Look what happens if you dance long enough!  Just keep dancing, and dance like nobody is watching.]]></description>
		<link>http://sharper.org/?p=82</link>
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		<title>Creating an Account Strategy in Salesforce.com</title>
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As difficult a sales environment it is today, every sales rep needs a good strategy and a good plan.  That is why we are excited to bring the newest version of P2W products to the Force.com CRM cloud .  We are committed to helping sales people build trusted relationships with their clients and prospects.  (See [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sharper.org/?p=87</link>
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		<title>Free Territory Planning and Account Planning Software</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Become a student of change.  It is the only thing that will remain Constant.&#8221; &#8211; Anthony J. D&#8217;Angelo
Well, today we have made the decision to make the desktop versions of our territory planning and account planning software, free.

That&#8217;s right, they are now free ware.  If you want to download them, simply go here and register [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sharper.org/?p=94</link>
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		<title>Free Territory Planning Webinar</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have been asked by a partner to speak on a webinar for Salesforce.com users next week.  If you are interested, Harvest Solutions is hosting the call.  I will be talking about Territory Planning in general and Territory Planning within Salesforce.com specifically.  To register click here!
Most sales experts will tell you that one of the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sharper.org/?p=97</link>
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		<title>Why Creating a Territory Strategy is not easy (for some)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Creating a sales plan, or territory plan, or sales strategy (you choose the name) comes quite naturally for some.
For others it is a chore that is put off until it has to be done and then it gets little grudging attention.  We know that having a clear plan and strategy makes even good sales people [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sharper.org/?p=100</link>
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		<title>Free Sales Planning Tools</title>
		<description><![CDATA[



Introducing the Plan 2 Win Sales Planning Tool Kit.
With 2008 coming quickly to a close and 2009 shaping up to be a less than stellar year for many people, creating actionable compelling sales strategies is even more important now.  So we have taken the output from the Territory Plan 2008 and Account Plan 2008 software, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sharper.org/?p=103</link>
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		<title>Territory Planning with Salesforce.com</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We have now launched Territory Plan Pro for Salesforce.com! 
As of today the application is generally available on the Salesforce.com Application Exchange.  This is a similar application to the windows based sales planning  tool, however, since it is a native application built on the Force.com platform, all of your contacts, accounts and opportunities are available [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sharper.org/?p=107</link>
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		<title>Consultative Selling</title>
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I hear this term more often than I care to admit.  So many companies and Sales Managers tell me &#8220;We have a consultative sales approach.&#8221; &#8220;We want our people to really take more of a consultative approach&#8221; The funny thing is that so few of the sales managers saying this actually know what that means.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sharper.org/?p=112</link>
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