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 ... »
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
Nikolaus Kimla’s ebook covers restoring purpose to sales in today’s world. Once in a great while, you observe people in a particular profession who truly represent that profession with honesty and integrity. One standout example is a profession whose people act as one would expect, from how they dress to how they execute their jobs. ... Read Post
In the last few years, there has certainly been a lot of talk about sales enablement—it’s one of those trendy terms that came around and has definitely remained. It has come to the point now where software vendors are promoting a new type of solution called a Sales Enablement Platform (SEP). In one respect this is great news, for salespeople have never needed more enabling than they do today. There’s only one problem: just what is a Sales Enablement Platform? Read Post
The eBook was originally published under the Pipeliner CRM name. Pipeliner is now Coevera — same company, evolved identity. The topic of Sales management is very broad and is covered in countless books, so we won’t be covering it here. There is also an endless list of material on sales management—and as anyone who has ... Read Post
Ten Don’ts for Social Media: The Poster Using social media is a great way to build brand awareness, but some cautions are in order. Here are 10 techniques that won’t work. What you should not do on social media For social media to be an effective part of your brand-building strategy, it’s important to pay ... Read Post
A question in the minds of many businesses these days is: Should we move our business computing operations to the cloud, or should we “stay on the ground?” What are the benefits? What are the risks? Is it safe? Is it cost-effective? Research has found that the decision for any business to move IT operations ... Read Post
Achieving status from salesperson to being a salespreneur—the champion salesperson of today—demands a lot of time and dedication. From the very beginning of your professional growth you are confronted with hordes of tasks to be done and lessons to be learned and may easily get the feeling of being totally lost. Luckily, by applying 6 ... Start a slideshow
Increase the chance of a successful close with a free tool to help you effectively qualify any opportunity in your sales process. Clearly Defining the Opportunity Defining an opportunity can only be done through communication with the prospect company, as in-depth as possible. It may be possible with the initial person who contacted you in ... Read Post
Sales POP! – conversations with the people who run sales organizations. Published by Coevera, the CRM built for B2B sales teams that sell consultatively.
The Salon — a Sales POP! debate series on the human and the machine.
Bryan Kramer, President and Co-Owner of PureMatter, debates Eri Georgiev and Rohaan Khan, co-founders of Sorn AI, in the first episode. The question is whether AI agents will replace the salesperson, or only take over the tasks while people keep the high-stakes deals. Learn more at https://bryankramer.com and https://sorn.ai/.
