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		<title>Microsoft Dynamics® Canadian Workshops &amp; Locations</title>
		<link>http://www.salesworks.com/blog/partner-training-events/microsoft-dynamics%c2%ae-canadian-workshops-locations/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 21:34:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colin Greig</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Please contact us for  event registration info.

Marketing – 1 Day Workshop
This intensive one day workshop is targeted towards the individuals at partner companies who are responsible for marketing strategy, execution and lead generation. Starting at the base line level and building up to campaign design and execution rhythms, this program is designed to have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Microsoft Dynamics® US Workshops &amp; Locations</title>
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		<comments>http://www.salesworks.com/blog/partner-training-events/microsoft-dynamics-us-workshops-locations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 21:26:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ross Allen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Please contact us for  event registration info.


Microsoft Dynamics® Business Management Workshop – 3 Day Workshop
http://www.microsoft.com/click/partnervelocityprogram/

Start: 4/5/10
End: 4/7/10
Location: Tampa, FL
For: ERP Partners

Start: 4/12/10
End: 4/14/10
Location: Atlanta, GA
For: CRM Partners

Start Date: 5/3/10
End Date: 5/5/10
Location: Reston, VA
For: ERP Partners


Microsoft Dynamics® Marketing Workshop: Principles of Marketing – 1 Day Workshop
http://www.microsoft.com/click/partnervelocityprogram/

Start: 4/8/10
End: 4/8/10
Location: Tampa, FL
For: ERP Partners

Start: 4/15/10
End: 4/15/10
Location: Atlanta, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Brand Consistency – What it can do for your business.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 17:49:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bryan Villanueva</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Design]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Establishing brand consistency throughout your company is about more than just setting the standards. Keeping your brand consistent, means you must uniformly brand yourself to your current prospects and existing customers. Brand inconsistency can have a significant impact your brand recognition.
Brand consistency is not always easy.
Putting your logo on all marketing material and using the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Writing Effective Sales Copy – Why you need it, How we deliver it</title>
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		<comments>http://www.salesworks.com/blog/sales/writing-effective-sales-copy-%e2%80%93-why-you-need-it-how-we-deliver-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 22:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erica Hakonson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sales]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Salescopy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As you can imagine, being the newest member of the SALESWORKS team, the learning curve here is exponential.  Lucky, I have some talented teachers.  My first endeavor is writing effective online sales copy.
Effective sales copy is pulse of your website.
Your sales copy must evoke an emotion in the reader and compel them to take action.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The 2010 Winter Olympics Torch Pases By Salesworks&#8217; Office</title>
		<link>http://www.salesworks.com/blog/latest-news/the-2010-winter-olympics-torch-pases-by-salesworks-office/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 21:50:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colin Greig</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Latest News]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[


Pictures courtesy of Bryan&#8217;s cell phone.
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		<title>The Illusion of Control – The Hidden Cost of Vendor Mistrust</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:57:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Stuyt</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sales]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Increasingly, organizations are distancing themselves from software and implementation vendors during their business application software (ERP/CRM) selection processes in an effort to maintain (the illusion) of control; an approach that more often than not increases, rather than decreases, project risk.
There is a mistaken belief within procurement circles that doling out treasured corporate information on a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The message in the numbers …</title>
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		<comments>http://www.salesworks.com/blog/business-strategy/the-message-in-the-numbers-%e2%80%a6/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 18:33:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dana Willmer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Strategy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The start of a new decade is always a good time to reflect on where you’re at, and where you’re headed. This is doubly true for business software VARs these days. The last decade saw a lot of change in the business; the next will surely see even more.
Fundamentally, what seems clear is that the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Top 5 Ineffective Marketing Habits</title>
		<link>http://www.salesworks.com/blog/marketing/the-top-5-ineffective-marketing-habits/</link>
		<comments>http://www.salesworks.com/blog/marketing/the-top-5-ineffective-marketing-habits/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 00:49:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce Ciarleglio</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Marketing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ 
Marketing is something everyone wants, but no one wants to pay for. While most partners see the value in getting their message out, few see the value in building a strategic marketing plan, complete with repetition and prospect nurturing. A lack of marketing directly correlates to a lack of sales opportunities. To fill your [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Top 3 Issues That Are Plaguing Partners Bottom Line Today</title>
		<link>http://www.salesworks.com/blog/on-the-road/the-top-3-issues-that-are-plaguing-partners-bottom-line-today/</link>
		<comments>http://www.salesworks.com/blog/on-the-road/the-top-3-issues-that-are-plaguing-partners-bottom-line-today/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Jan 2010 00:02:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Brown</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[On The Road]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[profit]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As 2010 gets off to a roaring start (well at least compared to the anemic start of 2009) it is time for all good business applications partners to evaluate what knobs need adjusting to “trim out” their performance for this year.  I think it is fair to say we are off the bottom of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>We’re Busting Out!</title>
		<link>http://www.salesworks.com/blog/latest-news/we%e2%80%99re-busting-out/</link>
		<comments>http://www.salesworks.com/blog/latest-news/we%e2%80%99re-busting-out/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 20:32:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brandee Brown Barker</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Latest News]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It’s been a great year over a Salesworks, and lucky for us our lease is up! We’ve grown and changed our ways, so we need a bigger, better, more functional space to contain all the energy and creativity we’ve got racing around. So much so, we’re actually moving over the holidays!
As of December 21, 2009 [...]]]></description>
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