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		<title>How Should B2B Sales Managers Assign Sales Territories?</title>
		<link>http://www.b2bscblog.com/2012/01/18/how-should-b2b-sales-managers-assign-sales-territories/sales-management-skills</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 13:50:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan A. Enns</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Great question!  In fact, this subject has been debated among sales managers for years, and will continue to be for many years to come.  The reason is that there are as many ways to distribute B2B sales assignments as there are sales managers! The best way to distribute your b2b sales assignments is situation specific.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Overlooked Reference For Your Sales Candidate</title>
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		<comments>http://www.b2bscblog.com/2011/11/17/the-overlooked-reference-for-your-sales-candidate/sales-recruiting#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 13:39:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan A. Enns</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sales Recruiting]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ever wonder if you could get inside a sales candidate&#8217;s head to find out what they actually think about themselves? It truly would be one of the best reference checks you could do before hiring them. There are a few things you can do to get a glimpse of how a candidate thinks. The first [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can Eliminating Sales Quotas Increase Profits?</title>
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		<comments>http://www.b2bscblog.com/2011/10/31/can-eliminating-sales-quotas-increase-profits/sales-management-skills#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 12:58:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan A. Enns</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sales Management Skills]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Small & Medium Business Management]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was recently asked by task.fm to answer a question received by one of their website visitors.  The question was:  Can eliminating sales quotas increase profits?  It&#8217;s an excellent question, so I thought I would share my answer here. Can eliminating sales quotas increase profits?  Absolutely not!   It simply won’t work in a performance based career.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sales Management Is No Place For Your Ego!</title>
		<link>http://www.b2bscblog.com/2011/10/11/sales-management-is-no-place-for-your-ego/sales-management-skills</link>
		<comments>http://www.b2bscblog.com/2011/10/11/sales-management-is-no-place-for-your-ego/sales-management-skills#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2011 19:05:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan A. Enns</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sales Management Skills]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Successful sales managers understand they will be more successful when they work through and with other people, namely their sales team. They are confident with their personal selling abilities, but they also know that they will be more successful if they teach their team to sell and make them feel good about themselves while doing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Where Do You Set The Bar?</title>
		<link>http://www.b2bscblog.com/2011/09/20/where-do-you-set-the-bar/sales-skills/quick-sales-tips-sales-skills</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 17:20:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan A. Enns</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Quick Sales Management Tips]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whether you are dealing with customers or managing a sales team, if you keep saying yes to exceptions, they will become expectations. Aim Higher! Susan A. Enns, B2B Sales Coach from B2B Sales Connections www.linkedin.com/in/susanenns, www.facebook.com/B2BSalesConnections, or www.twitter.com/SusanEnns]]></description>
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		<title>A Better Way To Publish Sales Contest Results</title>
		<link>http://www.b2bscblog.com/2011/08/10/a-better-way-to-publish-sales-contest-results/sales-management-skills</link>
		<comments>http://www.b2bscblog.com/2011/08/10/a-better-way-to-publish-sales-contest-results/sales-management-skills#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Aug 2011 14:27:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan A. Enns</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sales Management Skills]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[b2b sales]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When it comes to sales contests, it is important to communicate a sales representative&#8217;s progress towards winning. The more excitement you can generate, the better. In fact, many managers believe that the communication about the contest is more important than the prize itself.  When publishing the results, don&#8217;t just report how much has been sold [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Because we have always done it that way!&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.b2bscblog.com/2011/07/28/because-we-have-always-done-it-that-way/sales-management-skills</link>
		<comments>http://www.b2bscblog.com/2011/07/28/because-we-have-always-done-it-that-way/sales-management-skills#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2011 13:20:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan A. Enns</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sales Management Skills]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sales Skills]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.b2bscblog.com/?p=2448</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever been in an internal meeting and asked “why do we do that?”, only to receive the response “because we have always done it that way”?  Have you ever heard a prospect say the same thing in response to one of your fact find questions?  In my opinion, this is a very dangerous [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can The Sales Manager Afford to Take A Vacation?</title>
		<link>http://www.b2bscblog.com/2011/07/11/can-the-sales-manager-afford-to-take-a-vacation/sales-management-skills</link>
		<comments>http://www.b2bscblog.com/2011/07/11/can-the-sales-manager-afford-to-take-a-vacation/sales-management-skills#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2011 18:52:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan A. Enns</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sales Management Skills]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[b2b sales]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most would say that the best test of a sales manager&#8217;s abilities is what happens if he or she is no longer there. In other words, if you were to leave the organization tomorrow, could your sales team carry on and still produce at the sales level they are now? To help you answer that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are You A Positive Sales Manager?</title>
		<link>http://www.b2bscblog.com/2011/06/09/are-you-a-positive-sales-manager/sales-management-skills</link>
		<comments>http://www.b2bscblog.com/2011/06/09/are-you-a-positive-sales-manager/sales-management-skills#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2011 16:01:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan A. Enns</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sales Management Skills]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[b2b sales]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.b2bscblog.com/?p=2387</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In sales, rejection is just something your sales team deals with every day.  Even your top performers hear “no” many more times than they hear “yes”.  When they let it get them down, it shows to everyone they meet, including their customers and their colleagues.  As such, as a sales manager, you must do everything [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Does Your Sales Team have Enough Prospects To Carry Them Through The Summer?</title>
		<link>http://www.b2bscblog.com/2011/05/12/does-your-sales-team-have-enough-prospects-to-carry-them-through-the-summer/sales-management-skills</link>
		<comments>http://www.b2bscblog.com/2011/05/12/does-your-sales-team-have-enough-prospects-to-carry-them-through-the-summer/sales-management-skills#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 May 2011 12:02:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan A. Enns</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sales Management Skills]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[b2b sales]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blitz days]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I know it seems a little early to talk about the summer months, but as a sales manager you have to look that far ahead.  Business can really slow down in the summer, and if your sales team does not have enough prospects in their funnel today, it can be a very difficult to make [...]]]></description>
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