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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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You Need More Than Technology to Solve Your Sales Problems

If you’re like me, you’re bombarded with advertisements for sales enablement technologies that claim they’ll increase your revenue, improve profits, make your life easier, and probably butter your toast as well.

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How much are you spending on lost sales talent?

Sales employee turnover has reached crisis proportions and threatens to get worse before it gets better. According to Forbes, employee turnover in sales averages above 20%, and rises to 34% or higher if you include both voluntary and involuntary turnover.

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How to make win/loss analysis more useful

Win/loss analysis should be a critical tool for improving sales force effectiveness, yet many organizations only analyze some of their wins and losses, and the focus is often more on the losses than the wins.

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Who should head up enablement?

When they were little, my kids were great salespeople. If they wanted something and they knew it was going to be a hard sell, they’d establish rapport by doing something nice for us, look for an angle on how their desired decision would benefit us, and carefully select the right “decision maker” (mom or dad?) and optimal timing for their pitch.

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5 steps to get sales enablement right

The number of companies with a dedicated sales enablement function has increased from less than 20% to more than 60% in just a few years[1]. On average, organizations that invest in a dedicated sales enablement function improve sales results by 29%, according to a study by Vantage Point Performance.

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Is the bandwagon effect destroying your effectiveness?

What do fashion trends, U.S. elections, and your sales team have in common? They’re all influenced, for better and worse, by the bandwagon effect.

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4 ways ‘cramming’ is killing your sales

When you were young, did you ever stay up all night “cramming” for a test? Did the adults in your life criticize you for this behavior, and explain to you that you would learn better if you studied a little at a time instead of all at once?

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If the right thing doesn’t exist… make it!

Twenty years ago, I told my family I wanted to buy a piece of bare land and build a house on it. My wife thought I was crazy.

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5 ways your salespeople are failing your prospects

How many sales have you lost even though you knew you were the best choice for the customer?
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