How to pollute your sales ocean, one technology at a time
Have you ever had a slip of the tongue that reveals an insight? On a call with one of my team members recently, we were talking about the sales world’s overly complex landscape of technologies, and I wanted to talk about point solutions, but what I said was, “point pollutions.”
You need to know how Salesforce is stealing your budget
For almost 20 years, one CRM platform has been in use by more sales organizations than any other. You know the one.
How to outrun the coming avalanche in the sales training landscape
I love to ski. It’s one of my top “flow” activities, and I especially love the alps, which has some of the best ski slopes in the world. But as any skier knows, it’s a sport with some very specific risks. One of the most dangerous things that can happen, is to get caught in an avalanche.
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.
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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External Exposure
Podcasts
- Tony Morris interviews George Brontén on the podcast "Confessions of a serial seller"
- Deadly Assumptions that are Killing your B2B Sales - Outside Sales Talk with George Brontén
- SaaS-Story in the Making: Designing a Buyer-focused Sales Process - with George Brontén
- Tibor Shanto, Sales Scrum, interviews George Brontén
- Andy Paul, Sales Enablement: Stop Killing Deals, with George Brontén
- Jonathan Farrington interviews George Brontén about Stop Killing Deals [the book]
- Sales Futurists: The Future of Professional Selling - What Will the New "Normal" Be Like?
- Sales Pipeline Radio: You’re Killing Sales Deals Without Knowing It: George Will Help You Fix It
- Penta Marketing Interviews George Bronten in the Podcast Emerging Stronger™
- Integrity Solutions: Unmasking and defeating deadly assumptions that plague sales organizations
- Säljpodden: Stop Killing Deals med George Brontén (Swedish)
- Sales Reinvented: A Productivity Formula for the Sales Professional
- Refract.ai: The Power of Sales Process
- Sales Process Excellence Podcast: Your Customer’s Decision Journey
- The Sellsation Podcast: "Länge leve systematiken" (Swedish)
- Brevet Group: Sales Enablement Planning & Budget Strategies
- Stjärnsäljarpodden: Vända misslyckande till framgång (Swedish)
- Andy Paul's Podcast: How to Increase Your Sales Effectiveness
- Future Proof Selling Podcast: Sales Effectiveness with George Brontén
- Diane Hamilton’s Podcast: Designing Sales Strategies Through CRM Systems
Videos & interviews
- The Top 5 Ways You are Killing Your Sales - Brutal Truth Sales Podcast
- Phil Gerbyshak interviews George Brontén about the Stop Killing Deals book release
- Membrain's Founding Story
- Sales Tools - the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
- Here's what to consider when adding or switching your CRM
- Productivity, efficiency, effectiveness – what’s what and where to focus?
- How to Build a Sales Process That Drives Successful Behaviors
- Can Checklists Stop Deals from Dying and Help Consistently Achieve Quota?
Guest Posts
- G2Crowd: "How to Get the Most out of Your Sales Technology Investment"
- Saleslounge: Varför dina stjärnsäljare blir dåliga säljchefer
- Saleslounge: Vad är komplex försäljning?
- Vainu: Så blir du en mästare på komplex B2B-försäljning
- CSO Insights: Sales Process Interview, Part 2
- CSO Insights: Sales Process Interview, Part 1
- Richardson: 3 Pitfalls that Still Make Sales Teams Waste Time and Lower Sales Effectiveness
- Smart Selling Tools: How to Stop Fighting the Monster of Sales Technology Complexity
