Has LinkedIn Had Its Day?

12 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

1 year 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

1 year 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

1 year 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

1 year 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

1 year 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

1 year 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?

1 year 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

1 year 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…

1 year ago

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