The sales manager’s job is expanding from managing reps to orchestrating a mixed team of reps and AI agents. The orchestrator role has four responsibilities: allocate work between agents and people, set guardrails so agents act only with approval, inspect agent output the way you inspect rep work, and coach reps on the judgment work ... Read Post
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 ... »
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 ... »
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 ... »
Right On Interactive is helping companies use Customer Lifecycle Marketing strategies by surfacing their “best-fit” customers. Surface and Cultivate their Best-Fit Customers Are you curious about the trending topic of Customer Lifecycle Marketing, and how it could help you grow your business? Right On Interactive’s ebook, Lifecycle Marketing 101: What Every B2B Marketer Needs to ... Read Post
You only live once so why not strive to be the best version of yourself not only in your personal life but in your work life as well? After all, a positive work life often gives way to a better personal life and vice versa. I believe there are five things you can easily do ... Read Post
The whitepaper, Navigating Sales Challenges in Logistics for 2025, explores the major issues logistics sales teams face due to economic shifts, technological advances, and societal changes. It details seven core challenges—including talent shortages, rising operational costs, tech-driven changes, sustainability demands, geopolitical risks, e-commerce growth, and urban delivery complexities. Additionally, it highlights the strategic importance of ... 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
What a salesperson must be to survive in the 21st century? In this white paper, Nikolaus Kimla answers that question fully. This persona could be called the New Era Salesperson. They could be referred to as the Entrepreneur Within The Enterprise. But neither of these precisely expresses what we mean, and so a few years ... Read Post
Perhaps more than any other vocation, salespeople generally get their educations on the job. There is no university degree for a “Bachelor of Sales.” Any veteran sales rep will tell you that the only real way to learn how to sell is to get out there and do it, fall on your butt, and get ... Read Post
This infographic covers 6 primary sins that salespeople should avoid no matter what. We discuss how to avoid them, and actions to take to ensure they never occur at all. The infographic is based on the ebook of the same name. It is important to avoid these sins simply because you want to sell, and ... Start a slideshow
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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Josh Troy, Founder & CEO of Curvion Blue, explains how companies scale revenue by fixing the system around the sales rep, not just hiring better reps. He shows how his keystone metric, collected dollars per booked call, reveals each rep’s true ROI, and where AI actually helps in sales. Learn more at https://curvionblue.com/.
