An AI sales agent is software that takes multi-step actions on a deal — researching the account, drafting outreach, prepping the call, updating the CRM — without a human triggering each step. The leaders winning with AI agents in 2026 keep humans in the approval loop and measure agent decisions against human judgment weekly. The ... Read Post
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 ... »
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 ... »
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. Coevera Why It Leads for B2B CRM Mid-Market Coevera was purpose-built for the mid-market sweet spot, delivering ... »
There are literally hundreds of pain points that plague a sales manager. In Pain Points of Sales Management, Nikolaus Kimla gives you a fascinating and insightful tour of the most important of these. These pain points can be broken down into 3 categories: Management Technology People Throughout the book, pain points fall within one or ... Read Post
Going back to the earlier part of the last century, sales was traditionally fraught with—and seen as—trickery. It seemed that the most clever salesperson, the one who consistently got the highest numbers, knew how to manipulate prospects. In the 1960s this began to change, when pioneers such as Zig Ziglar sought to raise the reputation ... Read Post
CRM and Sales Performance: An Empirical Study Authored by Daniel P. Strunk, Professor Emeritus and CRM Curriculum Developer, this research systematically examined Customer Relationship Management (CRM) systems within business enterprises. The study’s primary objective was to elucidate the efficacy of CRM systems in enhancing sales performance, with a particular focus on aspects of ownership/account control, ... Read Post
Originally published under the Pipeliner CRM name. Pipeliner is now Coevera — same company, evolved identity. Exploiting Your Company’s Uniquenesses: Coevera Intelligent Fields Part of a customizable CRM, an Intelligent Field is a field which displays data in a read-only fashion, data which has been automatically calculated using other data obtained elsewhere. Coevera has been, ... Read Post
This is the first in a series of ebooks covering the vital subject of Sales Management. In this ebook, we’re going to cover the basic essentials of the subject: Getting rapidly up and running when you’re first put on the job, taking on a team, the mindset you need, the subject of management, a sales manager’s virtues, dealing with people, and the technology you need. Read Post
Entering the Sales world is a lot like engaging in a boxing match. How do you make your emotions work for you? Knowing Your Opponent For many in Sales, stepping into a sales opportunity is like stepping into a boxing ring. You’re going to be throwing punches, ducking and weaving — avoiding blows that could ... Read Post
Sales Management Tool The right sales management tool will enable you to track the performance of your sales process and manage the staff that are responsible for using it. It is absolutely imperative that you utilize a sales management tool if you want to be successful as a company and make the most of the ... Read Post
Identify and evaluate any sales opportunity to prioritize your sales pipeline and keep it accurate and actionable. Learn How to Identify a Good Sales Opportunity Nancy is a sales rep for a company that sells office furnishings. They include chairs, desks, couches, conference tables and any other such items needed. Nancy’s company generally qualifies opportunities with this ... Read Post
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Dilip Chetan, founder of Recursion Lab and creator of the Defensible Zone framework, explains how leaders can win with AI by flipping the question from “What can we automate?” to “What human value must we protect?” He shares his three-moat test, why first-contact sales must stay human, and where AI still can’t reach. Learn more at julianlighton.com.
