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How to turn B2B sales chaos into profit

How to turn B2B sales chaos into profit

September 25, 2025

Ah, B2B sales. The backbone of businesses across manufacturing, distribution, wholesale, and import – especially where Skynamo HQ is based in South Africa, where reps are dodging potholes in Joburg traffic or navigating the N2’s eternal roadworks to keep the deals flowing. If you work in B2B sales in these industries, you know the drill:… Read more »

How to optimise B2B Sales for perishable goods | Skynamo

How to Optimise B2B Sales for Perishable Goods: A Field Sales Guide

September 9, 2025

  Selling perishable goods into the food and beverage supply chain is not for the faint-hearted. Flour might keep, but dairy, fresh produce, and proteins don’t exactly play nice with delays. In B2B field sales, timing, visibility, and precision are everything. Your buyers are manufacturers, distributors, retailers, or wholesalers in their own right, and they… Read more »

How Field Sales Managers Can Tackle End-of-Year Fatigue

August 18, 2025

End of year tends to hit hard, especially when you’re juggling a squad of field sales reps and closing those critical deals. It’s very real: sales managers often feel stretched as EQ and admin collide in the busy run‑up. But you don’t have to stay stuck in that zone. Bring your team into a clearer… Read more »

How Skynamo Supports Service Technicians in the Field

How Skynamo Supports Service Technicians in the Field

July 17, 2025

  For many manufacturers, the job doesn’t end once a product leaves the warehouse. Whether it’s installation, routine maintenance, repairs, or technical support, there’s often a service technician involved,  and that adds a layer of complexity that many systems simply don’t cater for. Field service is often where things fall apart. Technicians are expected to… Read more »

The ultimate guide to better field sales for building and hardware brands

The ultimate guide to better field sales for building and hardware brands

July 4, 2025

  Volatile input prices, supply-chain shocks and a customer base that still values face-to-face advice make field sales the make-or-break channel for building and hardware-focused wholesalers, distributors and manufacturers. Yet too many B2B building and hardware sales reps still juggle paper catalogues, outdated price lists and after-hours admin. This whitepaper outlines a practical, five-pillar framework,… Read more »

How to reduce food and beverage stockouts and overstocking

Better food & beverage sales – How to eliminate stockouts and overstocking

June 10, 2025

  If your company handles the distribution, manufacturing, wholesaling, or importing of food and beverage in South Africa, then guesswork should definitely be on your agenda. But without the right tools, even the best sales team ends up flying blind which often leads to stockouts and overstocking. Skynamo field sales CRM for B2B sales reps… Read more »

Best sales software for food distributors

Best sales software for food distributors

May 26, 2025

  Sales in the food industry is not for the faint-hearted. If your company is involved in the importation, manufacturing, distribution, or wholesaling of food and beverage items across provinces, you know what we mean. Now toss in a target-based sales team that’s on the road most of the time and a spreadsheet-based system, and… Read more »

Digital transformation of building & hardware suppliers

Digital transformation of building & hardware suppliers

May 2, 2025

If you’re in the building and hardware sector in South Africa, whether you’re distributing, importing, wholesaling, or manufacturing, you’ll know it’s not business as usual anymore. Digital transformation in building and hardware has hit like a ton of bricks. It used to be simple. A handshake sealed the deal. Stock was ordered on a phone… Read more »

How Smart Tech Transforms Productivity in Cleaning Industry Today

How Smart Tech Transforms Productivity in Cleaning Industry Today

April 16, 2025

  Digital transformation—buzzword or business essential? In the cleaning and hygiene supply chain, it’s very much the latter. Whether you manufacture industrial cleaning chemicals, distribute supplies, or wholesale hygiene products, the right technology streamlines operations and makes businesses smarter, faster, and more competitive. Thankfully, digital transformation is less about robots and space tech, and more… Read more »

How to optimise B2B Sales for perishable goods | Skynamo

How to Optimise B2B Sales for Perishable Goods: A Field Sales Guide

September 9, 2025

  Selling perishable goods into the food and beverage supply chain is not for the faint-hearted. Flour might keep, but dairy, fresh produce, and proteins don’t exactly play nice with delays. In B2B field sales, timing, visibility, and precision are everything. Your buyers are manufacturers, distributors, retailers, or wholesalers in their own right, and they… Read more »

How Skynamo Supports Service Technicians in the Field

How Skynamo Supports Service Technicians in the Field

July 17, 2025

  For many manufacturers, the job doesn’t end once a product leaves the warehouse. Whether it’s installation, routine maintenance, repairs, or technical support, there’s often a service technician involved,  and that adds a layer of complexity that many systems simply don’t cater for. Field service is often where things fall apart. Technicians are expected to… Read more »

How to reduce food and beverage stockouts and overstocking

Better food & beverage sales – How to eliminate stockouts and overstocking

June 10, 2025

  If your company handles the distribution, manufacturing, wholesaling, or importing of food and beverage in South Africa, then guesswork should definitely be on your agenda. But without the right tools, even the best sales team ends up flying blind which often leads to stockouts and overstocking. Skynamo field sales CRM for B2B sales reps… Read more »

Best sales software for food distributors

Best sales software for food distributors

May 26, 2025

  Sales in the food industry is not for the faint-hearted. If your company is involved in the importation, manufacturing, distribution, or wholesaling of food and beverage items across provinces, you know what we mean. Now toss in a target-based sales team that’s on the road most of the time and a spreadsheet-based system, and… Read more »

How Top South African Beauty Brands Overcome Sales Challenges

How Top South African Beauty Brands Overcome Sales Challenges

March 25, 2025

In South Africa’s blooming beauty and cosmetics industry, staying competitive is no small feat. Do sales challenges like logistics, stock levels, reps on the road, customer relationships, and an ever-growing product list sound familiar? If you are a wholesaler, importer, manufacturer, or distributor of beauty and cosmetics brands and products, then we have good news.… Read more »

close more B2B sales deals in 2025

B2B sales: How to close more deals in 2025

February 27, 2025

The ultimate guide to B2B sales for wholesalers, distributors, manufacturers, and importers It’s 2025, and B2B sales have undergone significant changes. Traditional methods like cold calling and direct mail, while still relevant, are now complemented by advanced sales technologies and strategies. More wholesalers, distributors, manufacturers, and importers are investing in B2B sales teams – those… Read more »

The race to drive sales that thrive in 2025

New Year, New Sales

January 31, 2025

The race to drive sales that thrive in 2025.  There is nothing quite like a new year to get us really revved up to set new goals. Just ask the people in the treadmill queue at the gym. Every. Single. January. Whether it’s setting your sights on a victory on your scale, or trying to… Read more »

best apps for sales reps

Best Apps for Sales Reps

January 6, 2025

  Sales reps are the backbone of any business, whether they’re pounding the pavement or connecting with clients digitally. But let’s be honest: life on the road or juggling multiple accounts isn’t always smooth sailing. Here are some of the best apps for sales reps that help solve the daily grind, from missed opportunities to… Read more »

How Technology Helps Women Today Be the Ultimate Multitaskers That They Are

How Technology Helps Women Today Be the Ultimate Multitaskers That They Are

August 14, 2024

  Let’s face it: women are expected to do it all. And not just do it all, but do it all with a smile, while wearing multiple hats, and without breaking a sweat. You’re a sales manager, a sister, a mother, a friend, a homemaker, a sports enthusiast, and probably a few more things before… Read more »

How to turn B2B sales chaos into profit

How to turn B2B sales chaos into profit

September 25, 2025

Ah, B2B sales. The backbone of businesses across manufacturing, distribution, wholesale, and import – especially where Skynamo HQ is based in South Africa, where reps are dodging potholes in Joburg traffic or navigating the N2’s eternal roadworks to keep the deals flowing. If you work in B2B sales in these industries, you know the drill:… Read more »

How Field Sales Managers Can Tackle End-of-Year Fatigue

August 18, 2025

End of year tends to hit hard, especially when you’re juggling a squad of field sales reps and closing those critical deals. It’s very real: sales managers often feel stretched as EQ and admin collide in the busy run‑up. But you don’t have to stay stuck in that zone. Bring your team into a clearer… Read more »

The ultimate guide to better field sales for building and hardware brands

The ultimate guide to better field sales for building and hardware brands

July 4, 2025

  Volatile input prices, supply-chain shocks and a customer base that still values face-to-face advice make field sales the make-or-break channel for building and hardware-focused wholesalers, distributors and manufacturers. Yet too many B2B building and hardware sales reps still juggle paper catalogues, outdated price lists and after-hours admin. This whitepaper outlines a practical, five-pillar framework,… Read more »

Digital transformation of building & hardware suppliers

Digital transformation of building & hardware suppliers

May 2, 2025

If you’re in the building and hardware sector in South Africa, whether you’re distributing, importing, wholesaling, or manufacturing, you’ll know it’s not business as usual anymore. Digital transformation in building and hardware has hit like a ton of bricks. It used to be simple. A handshake sealed the deal. Stock was ordered on a phone… Read more »

How Smart Tech Transforms Productivity in Cleaning Industry Today

How Smart Tech Transforms Productivity in Cleaning Industry Today

April 16, 2025

  Digital transformation—buzzword or business essential? In the cleaning and hygiene supply chain, it’s very much the latter. Whether you manufacture industrial cleaning chemicals, distribute supplies, or wholesale hygiene products, the right technology streamlines operations and makes businesses smarter, faster, and more competitive. Thankfully, digital transformation is less about robots and space tech, and more… Read more »

Skynamo monthly sales contract

Commitment issues? Choose to commit how you see fit. 

January 9, 2025

Do you, sales team, take us, Skynamo, to be your lawfully wedded sales tech until contract do us part?   I do… think that this level of upfront commitment can be quite overwhelming. There is nothing like staring down the barrel of a contract to make even the warmest feet feel kinda cold.   At… Read more »

in business less is more

Less is Mo’re

November 7, 2024

Sometimes it’s as simple as that.    We live in a culture that’s all about more. More hard work, more hours, more sales, more emails, more meetings. More. More. More. What if, just for a moment we gave “less” a try.     More hard work   The journey of overdoing “more” is paved by buzz… Read more »

South Africans are built different

We are built different

September 23, 2024

For that reason, we build differently  There is something special about Heritage Month. You can hear the braais sizzling, the eish clinking, and the hadedas hadeda-ing. These are the sounds that call us to come together.   As the whole country physically and metaphorically seems to thaw from the winter season, we celebrate and honour our… Read more »

Hulle Weet Nog Steeds Nie Wat Ons Weet Nie

Hulle Weet Nog Steeds Nie Wat Ons Weet Nie

August 19, 2024

In a world where you can be anything, be South African.    How fitting that as we approach Heritage Month, we continue to celebrate South African success. From outstanding Olympic feats to the rugby fields, to fighting rings – there’s never been a better time to celebrate our heritage. One thing about everything synonymous with being… Read more »