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    <description>Revenue leadership, AI for revenue teams and B2B growth, from Daniel Rock.</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>The teams furthest ahead on AI are hiring more SDRs. What that means for your outbound, and what to hand to AI first.</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Salesforce put 37 sales skills inside Claude. What reps are for once prep and pipeline reviews are automated, and what to do with the hours.</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>B2B tech buyers are starting to hand vendor research to AI agents. A checklist of what your website needs to say to make their shortlist.</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Buyers research with AI but still want a person to check the answer. What a startup sales team should do differently, using Gartner's latest data.</description>
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      <title>Coach in the moment: ad hoc coaching for sales managers</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2016 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Why sales coaching works best the same day, how to run the GROW model in five minutes, and how call recordings let you coach calls you missed.</description>
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      <title>How to run a loss review your team learns from</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2015 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>How I run loss reviews across a sales team: seven honest questions, asking the customer why, and where call recordings and AI help.</description>
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      <title>Why more activity won't fix your pipeline</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2015 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>AI can send unlimited outreach and buyers filter harder than ever. What steady, high-quality pipeline generation looks like for a startup now.</description>
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      <title>How to get founders and engineers selling without being pushy</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 25 Jun 2012 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>How founders, engineers and customer success people can spot and pass on sales opportunities with three questions and a small reward, minus the pitch.</description>
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      <title>How to prepare for a first sales meeting when everyone uses AI</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>What to hand to AI before a first sales meeting, what only you can prepare, and why the briefing alone won't set you apart anymore.</description>
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      <title>Why honesty is the most commercial move in sales</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Buyers expect to be misled by AI and by reps. Why plain answers, honest forecasts and turning down bad-fit deals now win more business.</description>
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      <title>&quot;We're happy with our current supplier.&quot; What now?</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>How to answer the most common first objection with curiosity, find the gaps the incumbent leaves, and beat the bigger risk: no decision.</description>
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      <title>What does &quot;adding value&quot; mean when buyers ask AI first?</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Buyers get product facts from AI before they meet a rep. Value now means understanding the goal, the people and the problem behind the request.</description>
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      <title>Why you should walk away from &quot;me too&quot; quotes</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>AI makes answering RFPs almost free, so startups bid on everything. Why late, spec-led deals rarely pay off, and how to reshape or qualify out.</description>
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