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Sales, CRM and email, written plainly

Everything here is meant to be useful on its own, whether or not you ever buy anything from us. Nothing is gated, there is no download form, and where a number would normally be asserted we explain the mechanism instead — a mechanism stays true after the statistic goes stale.

CRM basics25 August 20266 min read

What is a CRM? A plain-English guide for people who sell

A CRM is a shared, structured record of everyone you sell to and everything that happened with them. What that means in practice, what it replaces, and when you actually need one.

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Pipeline18 August 20267 min read

Sales pipeline stages: what they are and what actually moves a deal

The standard pipeline stages, why most teams have too many of them, and the single test that tells you whether a stage is earning its place.

Email11 August 20267 min read

How to write a cold email that gets replies

What actually makes a cold email work: relevance you can prove, one specific ask, and a length that respects the reader. With the structure, and the mistakes that kill a good one.

CRM basics4 August 20266 min read

CRM vs spreadsheet: when a spreadsheet stops being enough

Spreadsheets are better than most CRMs for small teams, right up until four specific things start happening. How to tell which side of that line you are on.

Qualification28 July 20268 min read

BANT, MEDDIC and CHAMP: which lead qualification framework to use

The three frameworks compared without the jargon — what each one actually asks, the deal size each suits, and why the framework matters less than asking the questions at all.

Email21 July 20266 min read

Sales follow-up: how many times, and how far apart

Most deals are lost to silence rather than to a no. A practical follow-up cadence, what each message should say, and when to stop.

Email14 July 20267 min read

SPF, DKIM and DMARC explained for sales teams

The three DNS records that decide whether your sales email reaches the inbox — what each does, in plain terms, and the order to set them up in.

Forecasting7 July 20267 min read

Sales forecasting without a data team

Three forecasting methods you can run from a pipeline and a calculator, what each is good for, and the honest way to handle the fact that all of them are wrong.

Metrics30 June 20266 min read

The sales metrics worth tracking (and the ones that waste your time)

A short list of sales KPIs that change decisions, the vanity metrics that do not, and the one question to ask before adding anything to a dashboard.

CRM basics23 June 20266 min read

CRM data hygiene: keeping records clean without a cleanup project

Why CRM data decays, which fields go stale first, and a maintenance routine small enough that it actually gets done.