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Move Faster, Sell Smarter: Q1 Product Updates You’ll Actually Use

Explore Close's Q1 2025 product updates: faster workflows, smarter views, better reporting, and new tools to supercharge your sales process.

Christine Sotelo

Prospecting & Lead Generation

How to Avoid Your Phone Number Being Marked as Spam on Sales Calls

How to Stop Getting Ghosted by Prospects

Business Advice

598% More Calls, 32% More Deals—Turns Out Sales Calls Aren't Dead

Get Over Being Afraid to Talk On the Phone

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Does the 1-2-3 Email Hack Still Work 8 Years Later?

Does the 1-2-3 Email Hack still work in 2025? Steli Efti revisits his viral sales tip—learn how this simple approach cuts through email noise and boosts replies.

February 25, 2025

Prospecting & Lead Generation

Call First, Close First: How to Call Inbound Leads Faster

Speed to call can be the key difference in capturing prospective customers when they’re interested. Here’s how to skip the fluff and start talking to them.

February 10, 2025

Close Features and News

Close Inbound Leads Faster with Workflows That Actually Work

Workflows automate key outreach steps so that leads 1) don’t fall through the cracks and 2) are engaged quickly. Build this workflow for new inbound leads.

February 4, 2025

Business Advice

The Rise of the Small, Scaling Business

Small, scaling businesses (SSBs) are the future of entrepreneurship. Learn how lean teams are throwing out the old playbook to achieve massive gains.

February 3, 2025

Desiree Echevarria

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.

Opérations de vente

Outbound Sales Strategies: The Key to Closing More Deals in 2024

Outbound sales involve actively reaching out to potential customers and potentially engaging them in a conversation about your product. Learn 13 outbound sales strategies that will work in 2024.

December 8, 2023

Opérations de vente

Account-Based Sales: How to Close More High-value Deals in 2024

Account-based sales is helping teams get more value out of the sales process by targeting fewer, better-fitting accounts. Learn how it works

December 8, 2023

Danielle Antosz

The Best Days & Times to Cold Call (Data-Backed) in 2024

The best time to cold call, on average, is 10 am – but the right time can vary. Learn the best time to cold call for your industry and cold calling goal.

December 8, 2023

Opérations de vente

55 Shocking Sales Statistics That'll Change the Way You Sell in 2025

Sometimes, it takes the cold, harsh truth to burst your cozy bubble. And sometimes, it takes 55 cold, hard sales statistics.

December 8, 2023