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Why Apple’s New Call Screening Is Only Killing Lazy Cold Calling

Apple’s new iOS call screening changes cold calling forever. Here’s how skilled sales reps can adapt, stand out, and keep getting calls answered.

August 19, 2025

No B.S. CRM Comparison: Close vs. Go HighLevel

5 Reasons Why You Shouldn’t Buy Close CRM

Close Features and News

Less Admin, More Closing: Q2 Updates That Sell for You

Sales Operations

How to Write Better Inbound Sales Emails (Without Sounding Like a Bot)

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Sales Operations

To Automate or Not? How to Automate the Sales Process, Not the Relationship

Not all automation is smart. Learn when AI boosts your CRM pipeline and sales—and when it makes you sound like a strange robot.

Close Features and News

5 Tips for Using AI Enrich to Make the Most of Your CRM

Learn how to use AI Enrich to save time, enrich your leads with smarter prompts, and scale your research, without clogging your pipeline with junk data.

Sales Operations

How to Reduce (and Recover) No-Shows with Close CRM

Getting ghosted in sales? Learn how to reduce sales no-shows, rebook missed meetings, and set up automated workflows within Close CRM.

Sales Operations

Stop Pitching—And Start Asking These Sales Questions Instead

Great sales reps don’t have perfect pitches, but they do know how to ask better questions. Here’s how to shift from generic Qs to genuine communication.

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.

19 B2B Data Providers for High-Performance Sales Teams

Discover the top 19 B2B data providers for high-performance sales teams. Enhance your prospecting with reliable tools that offer key account information and decision-maker contacts.

October 12, 2021

11 Ways to Overcome Sales Call Reluctance & Build Iron Confidence

Not only noobs suffer from sales call reluctance: even seasoned reps can get anxious before the next dial. Overcome your fear of dialing up prospects today.

October 5, 2021

5 Reasons Your Email Outreach Campaign is Failing You (+ Tips to Improve)

If you've dismissed cold outreach in the past or aren’t seeing the results you want from your email campaigns, here are 5 common mistakes you could be making and tips you can take to see improvements in your outreach efforts immediately.

September 30, 2021

5 Caveats of CRM Implementation + 5 Best Practices to Solve Them

Get the most out of your CRM: learn the caveats of CRM implementation as well as best practices to put it in place. Use automation to limit mundane tasks, help your team collaborate with better visibility, train reps to have confidence in the system & customize your pipeline to match your process.

September 28, 2021