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		<title>Selling to the Digital B2B Buyer</title>
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		<dc:creator>Robert Lesser</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The digital world is bringing great change to how buyers wish to interact with B2B sales teams.

Today's B2B buyer prefers online communication for a variety of reasons explained in this post.]]></description>
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		<title>Savvy Buying of B2B Data</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 18:02:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Lesser</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is a large shift in the way that B2B sales and marketing professionals buy data.   This interview with two database marketing experts includes advice and resources for savvy purchasing of B2B data.]]></description>
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		<title>Destructive B2B Sales Practices</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2010 18:37:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Lesser</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[New research from McKinsey &#038; Company identifies destructive sales practices and more positively, what customers want from B2B sales organizations.

There are a number of considerations for B2B sales organizations to fix these issues.    However there a number of challenges to overcome.]]></description>
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