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
Generate, evaluate, and nurture the most promising leads into your sales pipeline. Leads Lead…To Sales! If you want your business to be successful and thrive, you need to have an effective lead generation strategy – because, well – no leads, no sales! Without a constant stream of fresh leads, you’re going to struggle to hit ... Read Post
The shift in business is happening right now. Workflow automation is fundamentally transforming how companies operate, yet many are still “stuck in analog.” They are bogged down by disconnected departments, slow communication, and high-value employees trapped by repetitive, error-prone tasks. The pressure to become fully digital isn’t just about efficiency—it’s about survival. Organizations that fail ... Read Post
Any activity is governed by principles or natural laws. Some are obvious—skydiving, obviously, is governed by gravity. Flying is also subject to gravity, as well as wind and air patterns. Some are not so obvious. A fantastic example is economics, which for hundreds of years has been subject to “principles” in various schools of thought ... Read Post
It can often seem that running a sales force is like fighting a war—and in fact it more or less is a war between your company and your competitors. The prize is new prospects, new customers, sales, customer retention, and market share. As a sales manager, your troops are your salespeople. You want those troops ... Read Post
Central to any company’s sales efforts is, of course, its sales force. A topflight sales force isn’t just something that happens all on its own—it is composed of individuals, each of which have become properly skilled. Today an expert sales force cannot exist without the right CRM solution—and an effective, empowering CRM solution is central ... Read Post
Social selling has revolutionized the sales world, which has created the necessity of managing a social selling team. In recent years, using social media and other similar platforms to sell has taken off, and it has been difficult to keep up with the trends, especially for sales managers who are already juggling a lot of ... Read Post
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! 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.
