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The 7 most horrifying sales call mistakes of 2019

By Chris Orlob, June 12, 2019

In the Gong Labs series, you get data-driven sales tips from our analysis of millions of recorded sales conversations. Subscribe here. These 7 sales call blunders are just that: Horrifying. How many of them do YOU make? If you stop doing these, you’ll improve your calls. Big time. Once you read what NOT to do, I have […]

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Here are the 11 best discovery call tips you’ll read this year

By Chris Orlob, March 27, 2019

In the Gong Labs series, you get insanely great sales tips from our AI-driven research into sales conversations. Subscribe here. Are you looking to set your discovery calls on FIRE? 🔥 Well, this might be the most important thing you’ll read this year. You’ll see why in a minute. But First… A Disclaimer: These tips are NOT for beginners. […]

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Get Full Visibility Into Every Deal. Introducing Clari + Gong.io

By Chris Orlob, March 7, 2019

We’re thrilled to announce our integration with Clari’s Connected Revenue Operations platform. Clari helps increase win rates, shorten sales cycles, and improve forecast accuracy. How? It automatically captures and analyzes opportunity data and predicts which deals will close and which are at risk. Before now, Clari didn’t look inside sales conversations, let alone feed conversation […]

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