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 ... »
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 ... »
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 ... »
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
Author Jeanne Bliss writes the customer experience roadmap to transform your business and culture. Chapter 1: The Chief Customer Officer Role Is Clarity Chief Customer Officer 2.0 gives you a proven framework that has launched and advanced the customer experience transformation in both business-to-consumer and business-to-business companies around the world. And it will take years ... 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
This is a book about freedom—the freedom that once existed, the little freedom we have left that we can still take advantage of, and a strong hope for a greater freedom in the future. Within these pages I am opening some old yet crucially relevant arguments and placing them squarely on the table for discussion, ... Read Post
The data you provided earlier consists of four chapters from an ebook focused on identifying and analyzing mega-threats in the sales industry. Chapter 1 introduces the concept of mega-threats and the motivation behind exploring potential dangers specific to the industry. Chapter 2 discusses the first mega-threat, which involves changes in the role of salespeople due ... Read Post
Craig M. Jamieson’s comprehensive guide to building a successful social CRM strategy is focused on small businesses. Download your free excerpt here. The era of small business social CRM is upon us. Can you keep up? Your business and customers have both evolved dramatically over the past several years. Much of this has to do ... Read Post
Embrace the Work, and Don’t Be Afraid to Get Dirty! Achievement is a messy affair, and if you are NOT prepared to get dirty, chances are you won’t reach your desired destination. Success is not always the elegant result of a formula but requires the sometimes messy route to get to where you plan. But ... Read Post
Without a doubt, mobile apps can provide great benefits to small business owners. With mobile apps, a small business can reach new customers and provide a better experience to existing ones in a convenient way. However, these benefits can only be delivered when the mobile app works as expected. Many businesses don’t realize the importance ... Read Post
Sales POP! is your shortcut to sales, marketing and leadership excellence, offering short, insightful episodes with top global thought leaders, hosted by John Golden.
Spending on Google Ads without a real strategy is like filling a bucket with holes—money flows in and leads trickle out. This episode dives into the common traps that burn through ad budgets and delivers a clear framework for turning paid search into a predictable, profitable channel.
You’ll learn why aligning your ad copy, keywords, and landing pages around a defined buyer persona is the single most important step most advertisers skip. Jeff Coleman shares battle-tested strategies for using negative keywords and audience exclusions to cut waste, why the top ad spot is rarely worth the premium, and how to scale campaigns without watching your cost per lead spiral out of control.
The discussion also explores how Google’s AI-driven features are reshaping campaign management and what the rise of AI search engines means for advertisers. If you’ve ever felt like Google Ads is a black box eating your budget, this is the episode that turns on the lights.
