With today’s technology we can get in contact with a great deal of potential customers online. But the one problem most businesses experience is the conversion of the actual customers. And this is because they fail at engaging with them. In the past businesses could sound a sales pitch through radio and simply wait for the ... Read Post

Concurrent with the release of the Pipeliner CRM’s breakthrough version Automata, we are also very proud to be releasing a brand new mobile CRM version! The new Pipeliner Mobile CRM App brings key Pipeliner functionality to iOS and Android Smartphones. Pipeliner CRM acts as a guide through today’s sales complexity, bringing focus and clarity to ... Read Post

In the previous chapter, we covered the measurement of success in managing a social sales team. We discussed the importance of tactics and their desired outcomes being tied directly to your team’s important, strategic business objectives. And we went over the purpose and real value of engagement over social media between seller and buyer: making ... Read Post

In our continuing series on the pain points of sales management, we have explored the categories of sales management, the primary pain point of being a sales manager, the technology required by sales management, the vital subject of management, and specific pain points of sales management at a new company (part 1 and part 2). Most ... Read Post

Let us assume that Sales is not going as per plan. The numbers for the quarter don’t seem to be achievable now. How to get out of this situation? All of us are susceptible to failures and that includes the most efficient of us all as well. But what we learn when we are in ... Read Post

Throughout this series, we’ve plainly seen the difference between salespeople who succeed, and those who always appear frantically busy but only marginally succeed. The answer is focus and clarity. Successful salespeople know what to focus on each day. They intelligently prioritize activities based on a solid understanding of buyers, and a regular review of their ... Read Post

If you are a Lead Generation, Market Development, or Sales Development hiring manager, you know that a bad hire can cost you. Not only do you lose time, money, and potential customers — the wrong person is likely to reduce productivity and decrease morale. For a well-rounded perspective on a candidate, I suggest multiple screening ... Read Post

In our continuing series on the pain points of sales management, we have explored the categories of sales management, the primary pain point of sales management, the technology a sales manager really needs, the vital subject of management, and specific pain points of sales management at a new company (part 1 and part 2). Now let’s take up ... Read Post