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Featured Posts
How to Fix an Underperforming Sales Team in 4 Steps
Shawn Casemore - 11 August 2026Step 1: Audit the Sales Process for Bottlenecks Knowing how to fix an underperforming sales team starts with one question:...[ read more ]Tweet
Aligning Leadership, Employee, and Customer Values with Paul Ingram
Shep Hyken - 11 August 2026This episode of Amazing Business Radio with Shep Hyken answers the following questions and more: How does aligning corporate values with personal...[ read more ]Tweet
How to Plan a Strong Business Exit Strategy
Joe Galvin - 10 August 2026Learn how to plan a strong business exit strategy with steps for timing, valuation, succession, buyer preparation, and protecting what...[ read more ]Tweet
Top 5 Customer Service & CX Articles for Week of August 10, 2026
Shep Hyken - 10 August 2026Every week, I read dozens of articles on customer service and customer experience from a wide range of sources. Below...[ read more ]Tweet
The One Buyer You’re Not Talking To
Colleen Francis - 10 August 2026Stakeholders, buyers, influencers. You’ve mapped them all, and you’re still missing the one person who actually moves the deal. Don’t...[ read more ]Tweet
Common Sales Mistakes That Cost You Deals You Deserve
Mark Hunter - 10 August 2026Why Good Opportunities Slip Away You lost a deal you should have won, and the sting is still fresh. You...[ read more ]Tweet
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Featured Books
FOCUSED: A Leadership Discipline For Sales Managers Under Pressure
Steven Rosen
The Leadership Discipline That Protects Performance from Distraction Most sales organizations do not lose performance suddenly. They lose it gradually as attention fragments and priorities blur. Calendars fill with urgency. Leaders stay busy. Standards quietly soften. By the time results [ More Here ]The First Meeting Differentiator
Lee Salz
Traditional discovery meetings must die! Today's buyer demands it. They no longer tolerate one-sided sales interrogations that serve the seller but provide no value to them. If they agree to a meeting with you, they expect something more—a consultation experience [ More Here ]The Framemaking Sale: Sell More by Boosting Customer Confidence
Brent Adamson & Karl Schmidt
Business-to-business commerce is broken. Today’s customers find themselves overwhelmed by too many options, too much information, and too many obstacles. The result is often an inability to execute any but the safest of purchase decisions, frequently resulting in no decision [ More Here ]Featured Contributors
Steve Hall
Steve Hall, MD of Executive Sales Coaching Australia, is known as Australia’s leading Authority on “C” Level sales. He has sold products & services worth over $100 million to senior ... [More Here ]Tony Hughes
Tony Hughes is an experienced CEO and company director who brings proven leadership in building great culture and driving revenue through customer success. With thirty-five years of experience in sales ... [More Here ]Julie Hansen
Julie Hansen helps sales professionals and business leaders communicate with greater confidence, clarity, and influence in high-stakes presentations, demonstrations, meetings and events. She is the author of two sales books: Sales Presentations ... [More Here ]Latest Interviews, Videos & Podcasts
Win the Price Conversation: Proven Methods to Handle Objections
Mark Hunter
How to Handle Price Objections Without Losing Your Nerve Everyone runs into price objections. Doesn’t matter if it’s the start of a call or right at the close. Customers will [ Watch Here ]How to Know the True Impact of AI in Customer Service with Jeff Fettes
Shep Hyken
Balancing Productivity and Customer Satisfaction with Automation Shep interviews Jeff Fettes, founder and CEO of Laivly. He talks about how organizations can integrate AI across the entire customer service journey [ Listen Here ]Deals Aren’t Won in Negotiation
Colleen Francis
If you keep getting beaten up on price, the problem started long before the negotiation. Here’s why deals are really won or lost in early qualification, and how a strong [ Watch Here ]












