Category: Be a better rep, Sales & Technology (how tech is helping, trends)

Lack of sound sleep does affect sales productivity

unproductive businesswoman asleep at her desk next to laptop and cup of coffee

Disruptions to our normal schedules and various related stressors are causing many people to struggle with sleeplessness. Skynamo can help to reverse the profound effect this has on sales productivity. 

Why the Skynamo field sales app can’t be downloaded on new Huawei devices (and why you shouldn’t try to hack it on there!)

huawei device with no access sign on screen

Skynamo’s field sales app, and other apps available in the Google Play Store, can’t be downloaded on new Huawei devices because of current trade restrictions. This is why you should not try to hack the Play Store onto your Huawei device.

Don’t confuse plans with planning

Don’t confuse plans with planning

Making plans is easy. Planning is more difficult. Plans always fail. Planning involves anticipating and avoiding the impact of failed plans. Conflating the two is a costly mistake, still made too often. Here are 5 often-overlooked benefits of planning.

Survey: too many sales reps are sabotaging their own selling efforts

Survey: too many sales reps are sabotaging their own selling efforts

A staggering 89% of field sales reps interviewed shared that they don’t trust the data they themselves record during customer visits and process into their company’s reporting system. We uncover various reasons for this self-sabotage.

7 ways to stop product returns before they happen

7 ways to stop product returns before they happen

Product returns can be prevented and too often have a totally unnecessary impact on your profit margins. Consider these 7 ways to reduce the number of products making their way back to your warehouses, even before you sell them.

Why is technology embraced everywhere but the sales industry?

Why is technology embraced everywhere but the sales industry

We live in a tech savvy society in which people recognise and embrace the many benefits of mobile apps and devices and yet, the sales industry remains an exception. We look at reasons for tech resistance in the sales industry and how our sales technology is changing perceptions.

Is inaccurate field data hindering your sales success?

Is inaccurate field data hindering your sales success?

Research shows that 9 out of 10 sales reps do not trust data captured and compiled by themselves in the field, but mobile solutions now guarantee accurate data, boosting their sales efforts