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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

Using Claude with your CRM: How to, and Why

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 Growth

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

Product Content

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.

Sales Operations

6 Strategies to Close Deals and Hit Your Q4 Sales Quota

Struggling to hit your Q4 sales quota? Discover 6 actionable strategies to close deals before year-end, from exclusive offers to leveraging price increases.

December 7, 2020

How to Conduct Better Interviews for Sales Jobs (Without Asking Someone to Sell a Pen)

Ditch the 'sell me this pen' gimmick. Discover how to hire top sales reps with strategic interview questions and real-world assessments.

December 1, 2020

Sales Operations

High Velocity Sales: What it is, Why it Matters & How to Do it Right

High Velocity Sales can help you get a more streamlined solution for your inside sales team while speeding up the entire sales process. Here are four best practices that will help you get the most out of it.

November 10, 2020

How to Perform a CRM Audit at the End of Every Year (8 Precise Steps Included)

The idea of a CRM audit typically evokes dread—but if you know how to go about it, you get maximum impact on revenue with minimal frustration.

October 27, 2020