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AI Prompt Engineering for Sales

Discover how SDRs can leverage AI prompt engineering for sales to save hours on administrative tasks, allowing them to focus on what matters most: selling.

November 11, 2025

Close Features and News

Using Claude with your CRM: How to, and Why

Sales Management

30 AI Prompts Every Sales Rep Should Have Saved

What are the Best AI Outreach Tools?

Sales Operations

AI SDRs: Do They Actually Work?

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Sales Operations

WTF is MCP, and How Do I Use it for Sales?

Discover how Model Context Protocols (MCPs) make AI your co-pilot, cutting tedious sales tasks and turning AI into a real productivity tool.

October 14, 2025

Business Advice

Sales in 2025: Simple, Results-Driven Strategies to Land Your First Deal

Discover how clarity, hustle, and consistency define sales—and the simple strategies that help you win more deals.

October 2, 2025

Sales Operations

Calculate the Cost of Missed Calls and Master the “Five-Minute Rule”

Learn why responding to leads within 5 minutes boosts conversions by 8x, the real cost of a missed call, and how to maximize sales from missed calls.

September 30, 2025

Close Features and News

Close + Claude: One Chat to Run It All

Eliminate CRM busywork with Close + Claude. Pull data, update records, and create leads instantly—all via natural prompts, no coding required.

September 30, 2025

Christine Sotelo

Meet the CRM built for how sales teams actually sell

Selling is hard. Your CRM shouldn’t be. Close is the easy-to-use CRM built with everything sales teams need to start closing deals today.

10 Top Cold Email Mistakes Sales Reps Make (and What To Do Instead)

Are you struggling to succeed with cold emailing? These cold email mistakes could be holding you back.

December 20, 2022

What is CRM Integration? Strategies and Examples to Improve Sales Productivity

Apps are supposed to help us be more productive, but they can also hold us back. Here's how CRM integrations can help your sales team work faster and smarter.

December 14, 2022

Chris Bournelis

12 Sales Blogs You Should Read Every Day

Level up fast: 12 sales blogs with daily tips, templates, and playbooks for prospecting, discovery, and closing. Bookmark and read 1–2/day.

December 14, 2022

Sales Operations

What is Sales Volume Variance? (Definition, Formula & Examples)

Learn how to calculate sales volume variance, why it matters, and how it helps improve forecasting, performance, and profit margins.

December 13, 2022

Danielle Antosz