The robots still haven’t taken over the World but they are here to stay and be helpful….for now. After having been quite fixated with using Comet since I last wrote a blog about it (Sept 2025), I read another article recently which highlighted that, for the time being, agentic browsers are very risky because they will happily click on all links in a website or email that you ask it
Whatever your current internet browser of choice is, you should explore this next generation one if you’re the type of person who likes to make life easier! What do you use your browser for? Searching for info – duh! Surfing websites – duh. Playing games – duh. Using cloud based apps – duh. Yep, pretty much the same reasons we all use browsers. Why do you use the browser you
Is using it worth it? What’s the best way to use it? What can I expect to get from it? Just a sample of lots of questions about LinkedIn which come to mind when thinking about using it. I’m not a LinkedIn coach nor do I sell courses on how best to use it – I’ve been using it regularly since September 2008 though so have a pretty good idea
The argument rages on in the sales world but maybe the time when ‘cold calling’ is dead isn’t that far off. For the purposes of this blog, the definition of ‘cold calling’ is using the telephone to call strangers without a pre-arranged appointment and initiating a sales conversation with the ultimate aim of that stranger becoming a customer of yours. Since 1998 when I got my 1st sales job booking
Customer Relationship Management – the concept doesn’t really need explaining so let’s focus on the why and how. If you’ve not got any system for recording information about your prospects and your customers – you’ve not got a business. If you’re using Excel, Google sheets, Word or some other non-specific CRM software then at least you are storing the info somewhere other than the recesses of your mind! However, what
Those who do sales are constantly on the lookout for ways to make their outreach more effective. Unless you live on the moon, you would’ve seen a lot of info about ChatGPT, a powerful AI language model that can help generate personalised messages and engage with prospects in a more meaningful way. This blog explores how best to use ChatGPT in sales outreach specifically in the UK. Research your prospectsBefore
Sales = life for your business. No sales = death for your business. Even though my sons might think otherwise, I wasn’t alive when the 1st businesses were created anywhere between 3000-5000 years ago (depending on what you find online) but I didn’t need to be to still know that they, like all businesses, would not have survived (let alone grown) without a consistent influx of opportunities to sell. If
Automation – using technology to reduce human involvement in processes to supposedly improve efficiency and output. The word has been around since the late 1940s when it was attributed to Henry Ford. However, the concept of using machines and technology to do a task better than a human can arguably be associated with the invention of the wheel over 5000 years ago.
