Summers are getting longer. Your sales pipeline isn’t.

With summer in full swing, sales pipelines are quietly grinding to a halt — and this piece makes the case for not letting it happen. Between record heat, the World Cup, and school holidays, there’s every temptation to coast until September. But with half the year already gone and December offering little relief, that leaves a very narrow window to hit revenue targets.
The post outlines five practical actions sales leaders can take right now: building an AI customer strategy while others delay, culling dead-weight pipeline opportunities, revisiting their ideal customer profile, re-engaging warm leads and existing clients (often faster than chasing cold ones), and refreshing proposals and sales materials with AI tools.
The bottom line: the people who do the groundwork now will be the ones with momentum when decision-makers return in the autumn.

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