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5 Empowering ways to motivate your sales team
When things are going well, it’s easy to sit back and stay the course. This is especially true with your sales team. Why rock the boat when you’re sailing smooth? Most managers start pushing if their teams haven’t hit their targets or they see more potential. But shouldn’t effective leaders empower their sales teams in… Read more »
How Building and Hardware Distributors and Manufacturers Can Cope with Supply Chain Disruptions
It seems we’ve traded old pandemic-induced economic blows for new Russo-Ukrainian War-induced supply chain disruptions. Add in mounting global inflation and you’ll get a world faced with higher prices for harder-to-find goods. Chief among those suffering from supply chain disruptions the most are building and hardware distributors and manufacturers.
Why clear communication is essential for field sales success
How do you measure sales success? By definition, it’s the confirmation that a prospect allowed a seller to address their needs. This leads to an even bigger question. How do companies achieve field sales success? Before the internet leveled the playing field in terms of knowing about products and companies, many salespeople saw field sales… Read more »
4 sales tech tools that are sure to enhance any sales team’s productivity
Surprisingly, what was once a frantic response to the pandemic has shifted into the preferred way of doing business among B2B buyers and sellers. Hybrid selling, propelled by state-of-the-art sales tech, is on track to become the “most dominant sales strategy” by 2024. With the surge of remote activities, many digital tools reached peak popularity.… Read more »
What’s next for the food and beverage industry?
Almost three years into the pandemic, the food and beverage industry is starting to recover. COVID-19 caused many people to stop dining out. Instead, families chose to have food delivered to their homes, which caused a surge in takeout and delivery orders. At the same time, restaurants found themselves serving hungry customers while enforcing health… Read more »
Food and beverage sectors that greatly benefit from a sales ordering app
Online orders quite literally saved the food and beverage industry throughout the pandemic. With most storefronts temporarily closing their doors to stop the spread of the Covid-19 virus, the public turned to sales ordering apps. Given the uncertainty of the times, these food sales apps undoubtedly saved the day for food and beverage (F&B) companies.
Poor-Quality Customer Data May Be Costing You Your Business
Quality diminishes over time. This is especially true for databases containing customer data. That may sound like a problem for another day, but the truth is, the data decay that will impede your entire organisation is happening as we speak. This is why B2B businesses should invest in top-tier CRM software. In doing so, they… Read more »
SARAH RICE – Mental health challenges in the workplace
Mental health challenges have reached a new global high with 42% of adults worldwide saying they feel a lot of worry, 41% reporting being stressed and 28% experiencing unhappiness Burnout is also on the rise, with 49% of people suffering from these symptoms at work. Hybrid working is adding to people’s stress by increasing a… Read more »
Why top B2B businesses deploy online ordering systems
Businesses across all sectors leverage digital tools and platforms to grow. This is because more and more customers are flocking to the digital space every day. Better yet, they’re doing so with the intent to engage with brands that can effectively and efficiently alleviate their pain points.
Better food & beverage sales – How to eliminate stockouts and overstocking
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
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
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 »
B2B sales: How to close more deals in 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 –… Read more »
New Year, New Sales
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
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
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 your… Read more »
Sales AI Redefined for Sales Success
We don’t do artificial. We do actionable. The buzz around Artificial Intelligence (AI) is undeniable, especially in the dog-eat-dog world of sales. But at Skynamo, we believe AI is more than just algorithms and automation. It’s about empowering your sales teams with intelligence that’s actual, accountable, annual, actionable, and accurate. Let’s explore how Skynamo is… Read more »
From flirtation to integration – Make it official in March
As the fanfare of February’s amorous escapades settle, and the last of the heart-shaped chocolates are begrudgingly consumed from the clearance aisle, we find ourselves on the cusp of a new month. Ah, March – a time of transition, where the remnants of summer’s relentless heat reluctantly give way to the first cool tendrils of… Read more »
Digital transformation of building & hardware suppliers
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
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 about… Read more »
Commitment issues? Choose to commit how you see fit.
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 »
Less is Mo’re
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 »
We are built different
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
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 »
How to swipe left on sales fatigue and fall in love with selling again
You’re just a salesperson, standing in front of a prospect… asking them to love your product. It’s the romantic comedy of errors that can be the selling profession. See the thing is, selling and dating are a dynamic duo of similarities, that frankly we don’t talk enough about. So let’s unpack the parallels shall… Read more »
The Rassie Effect: why your business needs coach Rassie if you want to win
You may be asking yourself, “What the ruck can my business learn from a rugby coach?” The parallels are more than you would think and the lessons to be learnt more than you can count. From managing teams to tackling traditions, there are many lessons from the field that the boardrooms of South Africa could… Read more »