Every day, we post on Sparklane’s blog articles dealing with sales and marketing topics. Those practical contents are written by our team of authors. Among them some well-known experts such as...

To say that the sales industry has changed is somewhat of an understatement. Before the rise of the Internet through to the 2020 horizon, the changes have been incredible and there is no end of...

What is a strategy? The Oxford English Dictionary defines it as, “A plan of action designed to achieve a long-term or overall aim“. For example, an “economic strategy” is...

Prospecting is the initial stage of any outbound sales process. It’s your job to recognise probable customers who have shown an interest in your products or services (prospects), before...

31For B2B companies, it makes perfect sense to shorten the sales cycle wherever possible. Sales processes cost valuable resource; The quicker you attract prospects and close deals, the more...

02One of the longstanding complaints from sales reps is the lack of quality leads. This problem was captured in the movie Glengarry Glen Ross when Jack Lemmon’s sales rep complains that “the...

How you can combine best practices… and see your sales targets skyrocket Over a six-month period, I wrote six articles on the best sales methods I know. Producing this overview was a real...

Converting a lead into a customer is a long, slow, complex process – especially in the B2B sector. Perhaps that sounds familiar to you? According to B2B Magazine, 43% of B2B marketers say their...

Do you want to sell more, faster, and make your sales more profitable? If so, you need to know about three major mistakes most salespeople and companies make! Identify the leaks in your sales...

Every business today needs one essential piece of kit: a crystal ball. If you could predict the future, risk and waste would be avoided. You wouldn’t need to apply guesswork as to what your...

Big Data is having increasing influence on how companies do business. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the mass of data has led to some roles being changed and the clear lines of responsibility being...