Time to Value: Why clients question the value you deliver. And how to fix it

You delivered great work. So why is your value still being questioned? For many B2B service businesses, this is where things start to unravel. The project lands, the work was delivered, and the client was satisfied. But a few months later, the relationship feels fragile. Procurement starts asking harder questions. A competitor appears with a…

The hidden risk of AI in business: Why faster pace limits learning

AI is accelerating business growth, but many founders are losing something critical: learning. Discover why speed without reflection leads to poor decisions and how to fix it.

Before you rip up your sales process, take a look at how you like to buy stuff

Before you rip up your sales process, take a hard look at how you like to buy stuff

Customer Success is your most underused commercial asset

In many SMEs, Customer Success holds the clearest, earliest view of where future revenue will actually come from. That insight is rarely used well.

AI in sales. Opportunity or threat?

Sales leaders are feeling the squeeze: deals are slowing, buyers are harder to reach, and the sales process is getting more complex by the day.

From cradle to grave. Supporting talented sales professionals at every stage of their career.

Climbing the sales professional career ladder can be both exciting and daunting. Read about the journey and potential obstacles.

What’s going to drive sales success in 2026?

After a long, hot summer, schools are finally back. B&Q is ripping out lawnmower displays to make space for Christmas lights. September means work is back, and for many it’s time to start planning for 2026. What are going to be the big sales trends that drive success in the coming year? Business Confidence With…

Crush sales slumps: Accelerate growth in a flat market

A graph showing increasing sales in a flat market

So many people are reporting to us that sales are slow at the moment. It feels like we are in a flat market. Not necessarily bad sales figures, just endless delays in getting to a Yes. “I sent over a quote last month and I’ve heard nothing” “The decision is stuck with an internal committee”…

Will AI replace sales people?

That’s the sort of lazy headline AI would write isn’t it! Clickbait that’s intended to provoke. Take out “sales people” and you could insert any other profession to attract a different group of scrollers: You get the picture. Returning to the headline: Why does it need to be binary? Video didn’t kill the radio star,…

What’s it like to be part of a winning sales culture?

This is Sales Untangled Co-Founder, Martin’s story on sales cultures… “It was the early 90s and the afternoon sun was beating down as I floated on my back in the hotel pool. I vividly remember looking up at the neon hotel sign and thinking: Wow! How did a boy from East Hull end up here:…

Building a sales pipeline through referrals

“Do you help with lead gen?” This is a question that always makes us pause. The outcome of successful lead gen is more sales…but surely it’s a marketing activity isn’t it? Similarly, there’s often questions around whose job it is to gain referrals and introductions. If you read marketing textbooks they’ll tell you marketing is…

Does every business need a sales pipeline?

Part of our Sales Untangled promise is to make business simple. So whenever this question gets asked we’re always willing to listen to why the questioner thinks their business can manage without one. [Note: This is a topic where terminology varies. For the purpose of this article we’re using the terms sales funnel and sales…