Has LinkedIn Had Its Day?

10 months ago

The Early Years: From CV Holder to Digital Rolodex When LinkedIn launched in 2003, it was refreshingly straightforward. No gimmicks,…

Confused Buyers Don’t Buy

11 months ago

As almost every seller knows by now, the average B2B buying committee includes 6 to 10 stakeholders, each consulting multiple…

How to Sell to Procurement

11 months ago

Selling to procurement can feel like trying to dance a waltz in a minefield. One wrong move and the whole…

Curiosity Isn’t a Soft Skill. It’s Your Edge

11 months ago

Most sales training programmes treat curiosity like a soft skill – a nice-to-have, good for rapport-building or probing for pain.…

Born to Sell? Probably Not

11 months ago

There’s a seductive story in sales. One that gets told over pints, in hiring meetings, and in the quiet hierarchy…

The 80/20 Illusion: Rethinking the Pareto Principle in Sales Teams

11 months ago

Vilfredo Pareto, an Italian economist with a cracking name and a sharp beard, first noticed in 1896 that 80% of…

Questions Sellers Should Ask Themselves

11 months ago

If you're not interrogating your own approach, your buyers certainly will. Salespeople are often praised for the questions they ask…

More Tech, Less Selling?

11 months ago

There’s an old adage in sales: give your reps the right tools, and they’ll deliver the results. It’s not unusual…

The Dunning–Kruger Effect

11 months ago

There’s something deliciously ironic about the Dunning–Kruger effect. The very people most affected by it are the least likely to…

The Power of Unfinished Busi…

12 months ago

In the 1920s, psychologist Bluma Zeigarnik noticed something unusual about waiters in a Viennese café. They could remember unpaid orders…