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				<title>2012--Making it Happen or Hoping it Happens</title>
				<link>http://www.csoinsights.com/Blog/2012-Making-it-Happen-or-Hoping-it-Happens</link>
				<description><![CDATA[ 2012 is right around the corner.  Are you ready?  Have you seen your numbers yet?  CSO Insights and 3Forward conducted a webinar on September 21st to discuss what you should do now to be sure you can Make it Happen. ]]></description>
				<pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2011 11:04:54 -0700</pubDate>
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				<dc:creator>Laura Andrus</dc:creator>
				
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				<title>Compensation, Quotas, Coaching: How Do They Impact Performance?</title>
				<link>http://www.csoinsights.com/Blog/Compensation-Quotas-Coaching</link>
				<description><![CDATA[ This week we release our fourth annual Sales Compensation and Performance Management report. The good news is that while rep quotas were up on average $100K year over year, the percentage of reps meeting/beating quota was also up from 51% last year to 60% this year. ]]></description>
				<pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 08:19:06 -0700</pubDate>
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				<dc:creator>Laura Andrus</dc:creator>
				
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				<title>Lead Management--Doing Better When You Can't Do More</title>
				<link>http://www.csoinsights.com/Blog/lead-management-doing-better-when-you-cant-do-more</link>
				<description><![CDATA[ Webinar attendees asked lots of questions at our webinar to introduce the 2011 Lead Management Optimization report.  We did not get to all of them in the webinar, so here are the answers to the rest. ]]></description>
				<pubDate>Thu, 11 Aug 2011 05:22:18 -0700</pubDate>
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				<dc:creator>Laura Andrus</dc:creator>
				
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				<title>Sales Management--Who's Coaching the Coach?</title>
				<link>http://www.csoinsights.com/Blog/sales-management-who-is-coaching-the-coach</link>
				<description><![CDATA[ Webinar attendees asked lots of questions at our webinar to introduce the 2011 Sales Management Optimization report.  Here are the answers. ]]></description>
				<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 10:40:11 -0700</pubDate>
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				<dc:creator>Laura Andrus</dc:creator>
				
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				<title>What Defines Inside Sales Today?</title>
				<link>http://www.csoinsights.com/Blog/What-Defines-Inside-Sales-Today</link>
				<description><![CDATA[ The most significant trend is inside sales' continuing advancement into areas once reserved for field sales. Specifically, inside sales is increasingly pursuing and closing opportunities; a lower percentage of firms report lead gen/qualification for the field as a primary responsibility of the inside team. ]]></description>
				<pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2011 06:09:55 -0700</pubDate>
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				<dc:creator>Laura Andrus</dc:creator>
				
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				<title>Who's Coaching the Coach?</title>
				<link>http://www.csoinsights.com/Blog/Whos-Coaching-the-Coach</link>
				<description><![CDATA[ The role of sales managers is to be coaches to their sales teams; they are there to help their sales people achieve extraordinary things. But we see large variances between firms in their investment in and support of their sales managers. It causes us to ask: Who's coaching the Coach?  ]]></description>
				<pubDate>Fri, 22 Apr 2011 01:42:40 -0700</pubDate>
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				<dc:creator>Laura Andrus</dc:creator>
				
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				<title>Clues to What Is Ahead in 2011</title>
				<link>http://www.csoinsights.com/Blog/Clues-to-What-Is-Ahead-in-2011</link>
				<description><![CDATA[ Do you know whether your sales force is firing on all cylinders?   That is, do you know whether you have a problem or not? ]]></description>
				<pubDate>Wed, 02 Feb 2011 05:16:55 -0800</pubDate>
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				<dc:creator>Laura Andrus</dc:creator>
				
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				<title>The 2011 Numbers are on the Way!</title>
				<link>http://www.csoinsights.com/Blog/The-2011-Numbers-are-on-the-Way</link>
				<description><![CDATA[ CSO Insights 2011 Sales Performance Optimization Analysis will be released in 2 weeks. ]]></description>
				<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jan 2011 10:53:28 -0800</pubDate>
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				<dc:creator>Laura Andrus</dc:creator>
				
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				<title>Happy New Decade!</title>
				<link>http://www.csoinsights.com/Blog/Happy-New-Decade</link>
				<description><![CDATA[ This new year kicking off the second decade is already a week old.  What do you call the last ten years?  The O's?  ]]></description>
				<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jan 2011 06:53:50 -0800</pubDate>
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				<dc:creator>Laura Andrus</dc:creator>
				
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				<title>Lighthouse or Searchlight?</title>
				<link>http://www.csoinsights.com/Blog/lighthouse-or-searchlight</link>
				<description><![CDATA[ Over the past couple weeks I had the opportunity to attend two marketing automation events in San Francisco.  Last week was the Eloqua Experience 2010 and the week before was a seminar presentation by Marketo.  Each of these makes the strong argument-and provides the technology-for staying in touch with your prospects and customers through lead nurturing.  ]]></description>
				<pubDate>Fri, 29 Oct 2010 11:46:40 -0700</pubDate>
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				<dc:creator>Teresa Acosta</dc:creator>
				
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				<title>A Whole New Meaning to On The Grid</title>
				<link>http://www.csoinsights.com/Blog/a-whole-new-meaning-to-on-the-grid</link>
				<description><![CDATA[ This week's blog provides a video commentary and an excerpt from one of our white papers:  Metrics Not Hunches.  In it we show a grid for sales managers to develop, measure, coach and reward specific behaviors.  ]]></description>
				<pubDate>Fri, 15 Oct 2010 10:01:30 -0700</pubDate>
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				<dc:creator>Teresa Acosta</dc:creator>
				
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				<title>Trends and Best Practices for Sales Compensation &amp; Performance Management</title>
				<link>http://www.csoinsights.com/Blog/trends-and-best-practices-for-sales-compensation-and-performance-management</link>
				<description><![CDATA[ If you read my blog from last week then you know a bit about what we learned in this year's Sales Compensation & Performance Management survey.  However, for an hour's worth of your time, you can learn a great deal more and ask questions you may have by attending next week's webinar presented by Varicent. ]]></description>
				<pubDate>Thu, 30 Sep 2010 06:46:38 -0700</pubDate>
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				<dc:creator>Teresa Acosta</dc:creator>
				
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				<title>SalesEdge Thought Leader Summit: Engaging Customer 2.0</title>
				<link>http://www.csoinsights.com/Blog/sales-edge-thought-leader-summit-engaging-customer-2.0</link>
				<description><![CDATA[ Earlier today I took part in the rehearsal for next week's SalesEdge Thought Leader Summit:  Engaging Customer 2.0.  It's an interesting format,  and, I believe, promises to cover a lot of ground-much of it around strategic positioning.  First, you should know about the format, which isn't the usual one-hour webinar. ]]></description>
				<pubDate>Thu, 30 Sep 2010 06:35:09 -0700</pubDate>
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				<dc:creator>Teresa Acosta</dc:creator>
				
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				<title>Sales Compensation, Rep Frustration?</title>
				<link>http://www.csoinsights.com/Blog/Sales-Compensation-Rep-Frustration</link>
				<description><![CDATA[ Many employees today are feeling frustrated and abused as bonuses, promotions and matching 401(k) distributions become relics of the past and increased productivity demands remain the only constant. Sound familiar? This Blog includes audio. ]]></description>
				<pubDate>Sun, 15 Aug 2010 17:32:07 -0700</pubDate>
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				<dc:creator>Teresa Acosta</dc:creator>
				
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				<title>15 Minutes Could Save You $1500</title>
				<link>http://www.csoinsights.com/Blog/15-minutes-could-save-you-1500</link>
				<description><![CDATA[ This isn't a car insurance ad but an invitation to take CSO Insights Sales Compensation & Performance Management survey.  The survey is now in its 3rd year and takes less than 15 minutes to complete.  The report on aggregated responses will be released mid-September.  Those completing the survey receive the report for free as soon as it's available... ]]></description>
				<pubDate>Mon, 02 Aug 2010 09:49:04 -0700</pubDate>
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				<dc:creator>Teresa Acosta</dc:creator>
				
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				<title>Lead Generation Optimization Is &quot;OUT&quot;--Web Conversion Measures are IN</title>
				<link>http://www.csoinsights.com/Blog/lead-generation-optimization-is-out-web-conversion-measures-are-in</link>
				<description><![CDATA[ This week we released our annual LGO report.  More than 600 companies responded to this year's survey. For the first time in the seven years of this report, a slim majority (51%) of firms responding now track the ROI of their marketing campaigns. ]]></description>
				<pubDate>Sun, 18 Jul 2010 18:04:11 -0700</pubDate>
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				<dc:creator>Teresa Acosta</dc:creator>
				
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				<title>Is There Really Lead Gen Optimization?</title>
				<link>http://www.csoinsights.com/Blog/is-there-really-lead-gen-optimization</link>
				<description><![CDATA[ You may recall that in 2009 two-thirds (67%) of respondents reported their marketing budget would be the same or less than the prior year.  This was happening while 85% of companies were increasing their revenue targets for the year ahead.   ]]></description>
				<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jun 2010 09:10:04 -0700</pubDate>
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				<dc:creator>Teresa Acosta</dc:creator>
				
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				<title>She Works Hard for the Money*</title>
				<link>http://www.csoinsights.com/Blog/she-works-hard-for-the-money</link>
				<description><![CDATA[ And so do you. How hard and how much? Good questions and you, or the appropriate person in your company, have a chance to answer them right now.  Take CSO Insights' 2010 Sales Compensation & Performance Management, which we just opened this week (official launch will be next week). This is our 3rd annual comp survey and promises to be our biggest yet--we had over 1,000 firms respond to last year's survey. ]]></description>
				<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2010 10:54:07 -0700</pubDate>
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				<dc:creator>Teresa Acosta</dc:creator>
				
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				<title>Heard a Good One Lately? - 3 Steps to Improved Retention/Results</title>
				<link>http://www.csoinsights.com/Blog/heard-a-good-one-lately-3-Steps-to-Improved-RetentionResults</link>
				<description><![CDATA[ Ever been to a comedy club and laughed yourself sick for two hours and the next day not been able to repeat a single joke? ... You're not alone.  And in an email thread last week, Dave Stein of ES Research (ESR) suggested something that's even less a laughing matter: ]]></description>
				<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 06:49:13 -0700</pubDate>
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				<dc:creator>Teresa Acosta</dc:creator>
				
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				<title>Telemarketing/Inside Sales Thoughts &amp; Observations</title>
				<link>http://www.csoinsights.com/Blog/telemarketing-inside-sales-thoughts-and-observations</link>
				<description><![CDATA[ This week we are releasing our 2010 Telemarketing/Inside Sales Optimization report and I want to share a brief sneak preview plus 3 steps. ]]></description>
				<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jun 2010 13:03:14 -0700</pubDate>
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				<dc:creator>Teresa Acosta</dc:creator>
				
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