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Get Your Shit Together in 2025: Sales Resolutions to Win More

Crush your sales goals in 2025 with these 7 strategies—from mastering AI to building a personal brand, learn strategies to sell smarter and close faster.

Desiree Echevarria

December 20, 2024

Business Advice

What Startups Get Wrong About Product-Market Fit

Close Features and News

25+ New Close Features to Help You Sell Faster and Smarter in 2025

Business Advice

Why You Need Core Values Before You Scale

How Much Does a Business Phone Cost for Small Businesses?

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Business Advice

Startup Hiring: Finding the Right People at the Right Time

Discover tips for founders on how to hire a startup’s first employees. Learn how to evaluate candidates and which traits to look for in a startup employee.

November 21, 2024

Business Advice

Founder-Led Content: A Secret Weapon for Startup Growth

Steli Efti shares his tips for using founder-led content marketing as a strategy to fuel early stage startup growth.

November 14, 2024

Prospecting & Lead Generation

End-of-Year Hustle: 10 Ways to Hit Q4 Sales Goals

Q4 isn’t a lost cause—not yet. Apply these 10 expert-driven prospecting tips to optimize your time and close the year out strong.

November 11, 2024

Prospecting & Lead Generation

Lead Magnet Ideas for Coaches (+ Our Favorite Examples)

Attract ideal clients to your coaching business with lead magnets—7 types and 16 examples to inspire growth.

October 31, 2024

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.

Your Sales Automation Playbook: Connect Close to Everything with Zapier

Ready to connect Close with Zapier? Learn the basic tips, key triggers, and step-by-step instructions for automating Close CRM.

October 28, 2024

Business Advice

How to Scale from 0 to 1,000 Customers (Without Breaking Everything)

B2B SaaS founder Steli Efti shares his customer acquisition strategy for startups. Learn key tactics to acquire your first 10, 100, and 1,000 customers.

October 24, 2024

Sales Operations

The Coaching Sales Process: How to Automate Workflows & Close More Deals

The sales process for a coaching business includes discovery calls & expensive services. Here’s a workflow to keep track of everything & land more clients.

October 18, 2024

Business Advice

How to Know When It’s Time to Pivot Your Startup

Nearly every successful startup undergoes a pivot at some point. Steli Efti shares his advice for when and how to pivot your startup idea.

October 10, 2024