2025 is history. At least in the world of selling it is. “What have you done for lately?” is not some trite, overused question but a real challenge that we all face daily. Your selling world is now all about 2026 and truthfully, Q1! As such, the good fortune of winning a major deal to ... Read Post
The mining industry which people once saw as traditional and slow to adapt is now going through a profound transformation. The combination of technological progress with environmental demands and economic needs is forcing mining companies to adopt digital transformation in order to boost operational efficiency while adopting even greater safety measures all the while maintaining ... »
Get ready to start the new year with optimism and success. With a solid foundation of financial protection through business insurance, streamlined production, and optimized pricing, you can improve your profits and set yourself up for the best year yet. Business Insurance for a Foundation Business insurance is essential for creating a safety net in ... »
Top 5 B2B CRMs for the Mid-Market The mid-market segment has unique B2B CRM requirements: sophisticated enough to support complex sales processes, yet practical enough to drive rapid adoption without dedicated IT resources. Here’s our definitive ranking. 1. Pipeliner CRM Why It Leads for B2B CRM Mid-Market Pipeliner CRM was purpose-built for the mid-market sweet ... »
There is a lot of conversation circulating about building your personal brand. If you take a look online, you might see personal branding defined 1 as “the practice of people marketing themselves and their careers as brands,” with terms like “self-packaging” thrown into the mix. But, the discussion about personal branding is fairly superficial; what ... Read Post
In this white paper, Nikolaus Kimla explores the vital necessity of using the right KPIs when measuring sales performance. In life, some understanding of the past and some perception of what the future is to bring are good to have. They bring stability and happiness to living. In business these factors are vitally necessary—the less ... Read Post
The sales manager’s job is arguably the the most difficult and demanding in a company. From above, the sales manager is being monitored and pressured to get those sales. From below, salespeople are looking to the sales manager for leadership, while at the same time harboring a bit of criticism because the sales manager isn’t ... 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
“Nikolaus Kimla’s latest book, Facing Forward, is another valuable contribution to clarifying the best role for CRM software in the success of modern sales pros. An effective CRM solution must serve the needs of today’s overworked sales people. The folks at Pipeliner really get this and it drives all of their software development efforts. Right ... Read Post
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
A CRM (customer relationship management) application provides an enormous benefit for a company. It is quite literally the interface between an enterprise and its public—and its effectiveness can spell the difference between a business’ success and failure. But underlying the success of the CRM is another vital basic element: the sales process. Without an established sales process—also ... Read Post
PointClear has developed a comprehensive Lead/Revenue Calculator that factors in metrics frequently ignored in the planning process, and addresses other shortcomings often found in these sorts of tools. This is a model you can adjust to fit your company; so multiply, add zeros, adjust percentages or make whatever other changes you feel will shed light ... Read Post
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Susan Friedman, founder of Aviva Publishing & Marketing, joins host John Golden to share why most nonfiction business books fail to generate results — and how a strategic shift toward niche marketing, bulk sales, and long-term promotion changes everything. With 30 years of experience and 18 books published, Susan gives authors a practical roadmap for turning their book into a business asset rather than a shelf trophy. Learn more and connect with Susan at https://avivapubs.com.
