by Chala | Apr 24, 2025 | Small business growth
I’ve witnessed countless sales meeting failures in my 18 years of corporate buying with large corporates. With 70% of B2B sales reps missing their quotas last year, these mistakes are becoming increasingly costly. The biggest fumble? Generic pitches that lack...
by Chala | Apr 17, 2025 | Small business growth
After diving into the most-asked question on Perplexity for B2B businesses – “How can we adapt strategies to address buyer hesitation, longer sales cycles, and budget constraints due to economic uncertainty?” – I’ve got some practical...
by Chala | Mar 5, 2025 | Marketing, Small business growth
As a buyer of services for giant corporations for 18 years, I saw that B2B Buyers say “no” way more times than they say “yes” to a vendor trying to sell to them. Here are statistically the top 5 reasons why they do that and how to realize where...
by Chala | Sep 5, 2024 | Small business growth
There are so many myths in the world of sales that it stops a lot of small businesses from hitting their goals. And yet having worked as a corporate buyer who bought from companies for 18 years, I can tell you with certainty what these myths are, so that you can avoid...
by Chala | Jul 12, 2024 | Marketing, Small business growth
What do top B2B sales reps do differently than others? LinkedIn and Ipsos Research analyzed over 2000 sales reps and found out. They termed something called “deep sales” habits vs. “shallow sales” habits, referring to the extent of the effort...
by Chala | Dec 8, 2022 | Small business growth
During my last speech, I mentioned that corporate buying deals were taking longer after the pandemic. An audience member asked why so I dug deep for some research about this. It turns out that more than half of B2B execs report an increased timeline. Here it...
