Don Peppers, the highly successful US advertising executive, is well known for his famous quote about value. According to Don, “Customers will create value for you at the point where they believe you’re creating the most value for them”. Seems intuitive doesn’t it? But at the same time, it seems a bit mysterious. Don had ... Read Post
To improve CRM adoption among sales reps, make the CRM give more than it takes: cut manual data entry to minutes a day, configure the pipeline around how deals actually move, run every forecast and pipeline review from inside the CRM, train reps inside their live deals instead of a sandbox, measure usage weekly for ... »
Sales forecasting comes down to five steps: define your sales process and forecast period, gather your historical deal data, choose a forecasting method that fits your data, build the number, and review it against reality on a fixed cadence. The method you choose matters less than most teams think. The discipline of the five steps ... »
The difference between AI agents vs assistants comes down to how much they do on their own. An AI assistant helps you do a task faster when you ask, like drafting an email or summarizing a call. An AI agent takes multi-step action toward a goal on its own, like researching an account, preparing a ... »
In this ebook, Nikolaus Kimla discusses the two pillars of the future are technology, and human beings and how you have to have the perfect technology, and then the perfect human being in application, performance, and presentation. He argues that today and into the future, it’s a 50-50 balance. In the past, it was perhaps ... Read Post
Summaries of the best, most recently published techniques for selling better and smarter. Become the Best Salesperson You Can Be Knowing what to study can make you a true entrepreneur within your organization. in this ebook you’ll discover a quick shortcut – a synopsis of five of the most influential sales books we’ve read recently. ... Read Post
With the right tools, your sales forecast can be effective and accurate. The right CRM solution helps you get your bearings within the tangled web of sales metrics, and see the clear picture of the story your numbers are telling. Download this free ebook and learn how to properly analyze your sales pipeline, and create ... Read Post
Network Selling is a sales model we created several years ago, that expresses the ideal needed in today’s interconnected digital sales landscape. It is expressed in this graphic: In this ebook, Nikolaus Kimla goes through each of the factors in Network Selling, fully explaining each. Respect We start with the very first element required in ... Read Post
Review and score your overall sales ecosystem with Ken Thoreson’s revealing audit. Tune Your Sales Tactics with Ken Thoreson’s Sales Audit Your sales ecosystem is supposed to be a finely-tuned set of activities working together to move sales from lead to close. But do you have unseen stumbling blocks that are preventing the system from ... Read Post
Being connected has always been a goal of humanity. In the beginning it only happened through personal contact, shortly followed by written messages such as letters. Coming into the modern age, we then had the telegraph and then the telephone. The computer age eventually brought about the internet, which meant we were connected like never ... Read Post
There’s a reason it’s called a sales team. The people you hire work together as a unit, each person contributing to the ultimate goal of closing sales and generating profits for the company. However, a few bad people in a team can create a chaotic workplace environment, impede selling, waste resources and finances, and worst ... Read Post
It is always better to have less but more highly qualified opportunities in your pipeline than it is to have a lot of poorly qualified ones. Resources and focus are better served where you have a realistic chance of success. This tool will help you evaluate opportunities and see if they are worth pursuing. Read Post
Sales POP! – conversations with the people who run sales organizations, hosted by John Golden. Published by Coevera, the CRM built for B2B sales teams that sell consultatively.
Nir Zavaro, the Business Storyteller and Amazon #1 bestselling author of F*ck the Slides, explains how to align brand, marketing, and sales by defining one consistent brand character, reviewing it every two months, and using a brand guardian to keep teams aligned. He also shows why a sales pitch should run about three minutes and lead with emotion before data. Learn more at https://nirzavaro.com/
