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    54% of buying journeys fail!

    This data point has persisted for at least 10 years. Perhaps, if updated, it would be even worse. But 54% of committed customer buying efforts end in no decision made. It should cause all of us pause. It should force us to think differently.

    by Dave Brock

    Membrain helps Affinitext onboard new salespeople fast and effectively

    The right sales tools can help you train, coach, and sell more effectively. But what about when you’re operating in a growth environment where quickly onboarding new salespeople is key to success?

    by George Brontén

    Has buying changed and has B2B selling adapted?

    My articles begin with analogies so we'll start by asking, has baseball changed? Games take longer, there is role specialization, starting pitchers rarely complete games, hitters are stronger, pitchers routinely throw in the mid 90's and there is a trend towards either hitting a home run or striking out.

    by Dave Kurlan

    All selling is not equal - not even within your own organization

    If you’re a sales professional, you’ve almost certainly sat through more than one sales training session that consisted of discussing the “stages” of the “sales process” and how to move customers through them.

    by George Brontén

    Coaching - the critical sales management skill?

    Successful sales managers must master a range of important skills. They need to make sure that they recruit the right people and help them to realise their potential, encourage their teams to follow and contribute to the organisation’s learned best practices, ensure that opportunities are well-qualified, that pipelines are well managed and that forecasts are consistently accurate.

    by Bob Apollo

    Five B2B sales tools you must add to Salesforce

    If you are considering a Salesforce installation, or are already using it, you may already know that a plain vanilla installation is not going to give you what you need to improve sales productivity.

    by George Brontén
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