Sales Strategy

Stop Setting Sales Goals. Start Building Sales Systems.

Stop Setting Sales Goals. Start Building Sales Systems. Every year around this time, I watch the same movie play out with small and mid-sized businesses. The leadership team gets in a room, looks at last year’s revenue, adds a percentage on top, and calls it a “sales plan.” “Let’s grow 15% next year.”“Let’s double new […]

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CEO and sales team reviewing charts and KPIs during a strategic planning for sales growth in 2026.

Strategic Planning for Sales Growth in 2026

Strategic Planning for Sales Growth in 2026 If you lead a B2B small or mid-sized business, you’re probably feeling the familiar year-end tension… wrapping up the current year while already thinking about how to grow in 2026. You’re not alone. The truth is, most CEOs and owners spend this time trying to “set sales goals”

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Sales manager leading a small B2B sales team through a focused year-end meeting to closing sales strong in q4 without burnout.

Why Q4 Isn’t Over Until It’s Over: Closing Sales Strong in Q4 Without Burning Out Your Team

For most business owners, closing sales strong in Q4 feels like a sprint to the finish line. The pressure’s on, targets are looming, and the temptation is to push your sales team harder and faster. But here’s the problem, sprinting without direction doesn’t lead to strong finishes. It leads to burnout, bad deals, and messy

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Strategic Planning for SMB: A Practical Playbook for CEOs and Owners

Strategic planning for SMB owners and leaders can feel like one of those corporate buzzwords that sound good in theory but rarely deliver results in practice. You’ve got limited time, limited resources, and an endless list of competing priorities. But here’s the truth, without a clear, actionable plan, growth becomes guesswork. Strategic planning, when done

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Photorealistic marketing image showing a park bench with Zig Ziglar’s quote, “Every sale has five obstacles: no need, no money, no hurry, no desire, no trust,” set against a city skyline. The graphic overlay includes digital sales charts and bold text reading “The 5 Sales Obstacles Killing Your Deals (and How to Beat Each One)” alongside the Transformative Sales Systems logo, visually representing the concept of overcoming sales obstacles in business-to-business sales.

The 5 Sales Obstacles Killing Your Deals (and How to Beat Each One)

Overcoming Sales Obstacles: How to Fix “No Need, No Money, No Hurry, No Desire, No Trust” Deals don’t usually die at the close. They die quietly and early, when your process leaves gaps you don’t see until the end of the quarter. Zig Ziglar named the five killers: no need, no money, no hurry, no

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