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George Brontén
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George Brontén

George is the founder & CEO of Membrain, the Sales Enablement CRM that makes it easy to execute your sales strategy. A life-long entrepreneur with 20 years of experience in the software space and a passion for sales and marketing. With the life motto "Don't settle for mainstream", he is always looking for new ways to achieve improved business results using innovative software, skills and processes.

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How poor sales tactics destroy sales with bad evolution

Far off the coast of Ecuador, deep in the South Pacific Ocean, lies a collection of tiny, remote islands called the Galapagos. There in that ocean, in the midst of the Galapagos, a rim of volcanic rock rises from the sea to surround an ancient crater, together forming a hot and treeless island called Daphne Major.

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Don't Let The Buying Journey Turn your salespeople into lapdogs

I admit, I’m not a dog person. But those little lapdogs some people carry around are kind of cute, especially when they do little tricks like speak on command or walk at their owner’s heel.

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Why Sales Coaching Needs to Get Closer to the Individual

Have you heard the phrase, “Never in the history of calming down, has anyone ever actually calmed down, by being told to calm down”?

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Here's how to reduce friction in sales

“The mitigation of friction which impedes sales.” That’s Bob Britton, in a guest post on this blog, defining sales enablement. While I’ve certainly heard more extensive definitions, I find Bob’s concept to be pleasingly simple and useful.

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A Brief History of the CRM

For salespeople entering the workforce today, it may be unimaginable that there once was a time before CRM. A time when contacts were managed in a flip file of actual physical cards with names and phone numbers written on them by hand.

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How to Win More Sales the IKEA Effect Way

Do you know someone who likes to make crafts, build furniture, or garden? Have you ever noticed how they’ll spend $50 for the materials to produce an item that would have cost $5 at the store?

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Transforming your sales approach? Here’s why you should buy a new CRM too.

Many organizations treat investments in sales effectiveness a series of buckets: One for strategy, one for the sales process, one for training, enablement content, coaching, analysis, individual salesperson performance… and so on. Along the way, companies bolt on numerous tools to their legacy CRM, one after the other.

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Is your sales technology a "tomtebloss"?

Like many Americans, we Swedish celebrate the New Year with fireworks, sparkling wine, and lots of snacks. Among our children, "tomtebloss" are a particular favorite. In the US, I think they're called sparklers.

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Do you know how often you drop the baton?

In the 2008 Olympics, the men’s U.S. 400-meter relay team was considered a sure thing for the finals. They had some of the world’s fastest runners and were closely watched by critics and fans. They did well in the first two legs of their qualifying round, but in the final leg, Darvis Patton failed to place the baton into his teammate Tyson Gay’s hand. As a result, the team couldn’t even finish the race.
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