<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-765939083186321960.post8635390016968757819..comments</id><updated>2008-10-22T10:30:30.833-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Comments on Small Business Blog | Entrepreneur Blog for Business Owners: Growing Your Sales in a Tough Economy</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://blogs.thealternativeboard.com/feeds/8635390016968757819/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/765939083186321960/8635390016968757819/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blogs.thealternativeboard.com/2008/10/growing-your-sales-in-tough-economy.html'/><author><name>The Alternative Board</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03234453390813451917</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>1</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-765939083186321960.post-4672596362978896446</id><published>2008-10-22T10:30:30.833-06:00</published><updated>2008-10-22T10:30:30.833-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Make no doubt about it.  Sales is difficult these ...</title><content type='html'>Make no doubt about it.  Sales is difficult these days.  To many sales people and sales organizations are relying on someone else to get the leads or the new wave of internet marketing.  Networking is of the essence, but some old fashion cold calling has to be in the mix.  Give your sales people a goal number of cold calls and also a badge for engaging in conversations.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/765939083186321960/8635390016968757819/comments/default/4672596362978896446'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/765939083186321960/8635390016968757819/comments/default/4672596362978896446'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blogs.thealternativeboard.com/2008/10/growing-your-sales-in-tough-economy.html?showComment=1224693030833#c4672596362978896446' title=''/><author><name>Allan Himmelstein</name><uri>www.tab-scottsdalenorth.com</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://blogs.thealternativeboard.com/2008/10/growing-your-sales-in-tough-economy.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-765939083186321960.post-8635390016968757819' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/765939083186321960/posts/default/8635390016968757819' type='text/html'/></entry></feed>