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		<title>Credibility in Selling</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2010 17:14:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Johnson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The numbers are in and they are very, very good.  Jesubi is significantly increasing our clients sales productivity.   If an owner of a company or a VP of Sales looks into his/her own forecast the reality is the forecast increases when the sales team has the opportunity to have more discussions regarding the company&#8217;s own [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Selling rules 101</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2010 14:56:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Johnson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have been a sales guy ( i hesitate to use professional in the context of this story ) for 40 plus years.   Like most of my peers who have been wildly successful, I wasn&#8217;t born on third base with an easy path to home plate.  I started with nothing and everything I&#8217;ve been able to achieve [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Culture of Accountability</title>
		<link>http://www.jesubi.com/2010/03/culture-of-accountability/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:43:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Johnson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever wondered why some sales teams blow their numbers out consistently quarter over quarter, year over year?  In a discussion with a friend of mine we both agreed that the most successful sales teams we had encountered always had a culture of accountability.  It usually started at the top and worked its way [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The power of metrics in selling</title>
		<link>http://www.jesubi.com/2009/12/the-power-of-metrics-in-selling/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 22:50:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Johnson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had the opportunity early in my sales career to be part of the Parametric Technology Corporation sales team.  For those of you who missed it, PTC went from $ 3 million in revenue to $ 800 million in 8 years and had 40% pre-tax operating margins.  That math extrapolates to a company that investors [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What really drives an increase in the sales forecast??</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 21:57:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Johnson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have always been a big believer in activity drives results.  The best reps weren&#8217;t always the smartest ones, but the one&#8217;s who figured out how to get things done.  Whether it was getting the client to take a meeting or getting thru the objections the customer inevitably throws at you, they always managed to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How many touches could a sales rep touch if a sales rep could touch efficiently&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 00:13:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Johnson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[All right so it&#8217;s a little corny but its a valid question in this economy.  As we start to come out of the worst selling time I&#8217;ve endured in my 25 year sales career, sales efficiency will be the thrust of a lot of organizations who are trying to maximize return on invested sales efforts.  The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is Cold Calling Dead?</title>
		<link>http://www.jesubi.com/2009/08/is-cold-calling-dead/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2009 12:53:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Johnson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have read several blogs recently where various people have stated &#8220;cold calling is dead and in order to play in the web 2.0 game it&#8217;s all about e-marketing and lead scoring&#8221;.  I won&#8217;t take anything away from those folks where e-marketing and lead scoring is working, but what happens when it is not [...]]]></description>
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