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Harvard Business Review analyzed 4700 companies across 3 global recessions to identify 4 generic strategies that were followed and identified the one that fared best. Which are you following? There’s much talk about the “new normal” or, as we like to call it, “business as newsual”. Things will indeed be very different going forward. Yet, we’ve learnt enough from history to make wise decisions going forward. We who run businesses right now face some pretty tough choices. And we need to make these choices with weak, confusing and contradictory data as

In 2013, Sam Clarke – founder and CEO of local startup, Skynamo – decided he wanted to solve a problem that had been getting in the way of business for decades. A few years later, in 2020, Skynamo went on to secure $30 million in US funding. It is now

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. What’s up with Huawei (wha-way)? Android & Play Legal Director, Tristan Ostrowski, explains why software like the Skynamo field sales app is not

With all the digital platforms and virtual meeting tools available, meeting in person and selling face-to-face remain the most successful way of doing business. Do people prefer online interactions to meeting in-person when doing business? You might think that future business success depends entirely on your ability to work from home or use digital platforms.

Are you a little lost as to how you can perform your job to the best of your ability from home? We’re here with some quick tips to help you! The current business climate is difficult for everyone, with uncertainty surrounding every industry and customers from all walks of life. However, if you are lucky enough to be working from home as a sales rep, you may be wondering how exactly you can maximise your output during this time. This is normal, as this way of working is a big change for everyone and could yet be the future! So it’s best to put good practices

Are you isolated you from your sales team and customers? Learn how you can use the Skynamo field sales app to make the most of selling from isolation. In a time when working together – despite inconvenient circumstances ‒ is more important than ever, it’s vital to make working in tandem as simple and as engaging as possible. This is especially true in the field of sales, which is where Skynamo can help. If you work from a home-based

Working from home or in remote working locations more regularly is part of sales business as ‘newsual’. Here are the best apps for field sales teams working from home, remotely, and for when you get back on the road again. Being out of the office, working from home or remotely is not unusual for sales teams when you’re mostly visiting customers. However, when you’re stuck at home in a lockdown,

Working from home has many challenges. Thankfully, brilliant software tools are available to bring remote working sales teams together, creating office-like experiences. Apart from your kids dancing around your home office desk, begging you to play with them, or your cat walking across your keyboard ever so often, what do you miss most about your office? I’m missing the convenience of walking over to a colleague’s desk to ask them something. Or sharing new ideas on the go and during breaks at the coffee station. And the whiteboard, where we used

Sarah Rice (CPO) and Sam Clarke (CEO) share how we transitioned into remote working mode. What’s been most challenging and what opportunities might this provide? Who saw this forced work-from-home

With a long customer list and limited time, how is it possible to get to everyone regularly? Aren’t you missing out on some of your most valuable customers? Here is our guide to better visit planning Being busy does not necessarily imply being productive. Being productive in field sales means optimising time with the right customers. How do you know which customers are the right ones to spend time with? Segmenting your customers can help to