<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Buyer Intel Accelerator Blog</title><description>Daily insights on B2B deal execution, AI in sales, and buyer psychology from Buyer Intel Accelerator.</description><link>https://getbuyerintel.ai/</link><item><title>Half of B2B sellers are using AI today</title><link>https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-01-28-half-of-b2b-sellers-are/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-01-28-half-of-b2b-sellers-are/</guid><description>Half of B2B sellers are using AI today. Most are falling behind anyway.  The single-model seller is getting crushed.  You know the type. One AI for everything....</description><pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2026 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>AI is helping some sellers generate 77% more revenue</title><link>https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-01-29-ai-is-helping-some-sellers/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-01-29-ai-is-helping-some-sellers/</guid><description>AI is helping some sellers generate 77% more revenue. The gap isn’t access. It’s consistent use.  That stat comes from Gong Labs, which analyzed 7.1 million opp...</description><pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2026 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>If you’re forecasting single-threaded deals, you’re lying to yourself</title><link>https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-01-30-if-youre-forecasting-single-threaded-deals/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-01-30-if-youre-forecasting-single-threaded-deals/</guid><description>If you’re forecasting single-threaded deals, you’re lying to yourself. If you only have one contact in a deal, you don’t have a deal.  You have a  single point...</description><pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2026 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>When you sense a deal slipping, do you start talking</title><link>https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-01-31-when-you-sense-a-deal/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-01-31-when-you-sense-a-deal/</guid><description>When you sense a deal slipping, do you start talking? The tough question lands.  Or worse — silence. Your brain panics:  Fix it. Say something smart. Explain th...</description><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>How often do you feel less like a B2B sales</title><link>https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-02-01-how-often-do-you-feel/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-02-01-how-often-do-you-feel/</guid><description>How often do you feel less like a B2B sales rep… and more like a data entry clerk?  Be honest.  Look at your calendar from last week. How much time was spent ac...</description><pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2026 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Stop trying to be just a “relationship seller.”</title><link>https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-02-02-stop-trying-to-be-just/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-02-02-stop-trying-to-be-just/</guid><description>Stop trying to be just a “relationship seller.” Start thinking more like a GTM engineer.  B2B Tech Sales is stuck in a false binary: human seller vs AI seller....</description><pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2026 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Discovery isn’t broken. B2B sellers are showing up unprepared</title><link>https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-02-03-discovery-isnt-broken-b2b-sellers/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-02-03-discovery-isnt-broken-b2b-sellers/</guid><description>Discovery isn’t broken. B2B sellers are showing up unprepared.  “So tell me about your business.” “What keeps you up at night?” “Who else needs to sign off?”  O...</description><pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2026 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>AI already introduced you to your buyer. You weren&apos;t in</title><link>https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-02-04-ai-already-introduced-you-to/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-02-04-ai-already-introduced-you-to/</guid><description>AI already introduced you to your buyer. You weren&apos;t in the room. Your buyer&apos;s first impression of you was written by an algorithm.  Before the call. Before the...</description><pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2026 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>&quot;AI doesn&apos;t sound like me.&quot;</title><link>https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-02-05-ai-doesnt-sound-like-me/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-02-05-ai-doesnt-sound-like-me/</guid><description>&quot;AI doesn&apos;t sound like me.&quot;  That&apos;s not a model problem. That&apos;s a you haven&apos;t taught it anything problem.   You gave it three prompts, got generic output, and d...</description><pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2026 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Top performers don’t practice on prospects</title><link>https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-02-06-top-performers-dont-practice-on/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-02-06-top-performers-dont-practice-on/</guid><description>Top performers don’t practice on prospects. They practice on AI.  Many reps do it.  Some use the first few calls of the day to “warm up.” Then burn qualified le...</description><pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2026 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>You play the game perfectly</title><link>https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-02-07-you-play-the-game-perfectly/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-02-07-you-play-the-game-perfectly/</guid><description>You play the game perfectly. Nail the demo. Get the champion. Win the technical POC.  The claw grabs the deal.  Then it slips. No economic buyer. No signature a...</description><pubDate>Sat, 07 Feb 2026 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>If your AI writes emails like these puppets, the problem</title><link>https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-02-08-if-your-ai-writes-emails/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-02-08-if-your-ai-writes-emails/</guid><description>If your AI writes emails like these puppets, the problem started before the prompt.  Most bad cold emails aren’t bad because of wording.   They’re bad because n...</description><pubDate>Sun, 08 Feb 2026 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Your CRM isn’t a graveyard</title><link>https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-02-09-your-crm-isnt-a-graveyard/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-02-09-your-crm-isnt-a-graveyard/</guid><description>Your CRM isn’t a graveyard. It’s full of zombie deals waiting on timing.  Many reps treat their Closed-Lost column like a cemetery. Once a deal dies, it stays b...</description><pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2026 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>AI isn’t giving you bad output</title><link>https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-02-10-ai-isnt-giving-you-bad/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-02-10-ai-isnt-giving-you-bad/</guid><description>AI isn’t giving you bad output.  You’re giving it unstructured input.  You’re not bad at prompting. You’re missing a system.  If you work in B2B tech sales, you...</description><pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2026 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The best deals you’ve ever seen were already won underwater</title><link>https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-02-11-the-best-deals-youve-ever/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-02-11-the-best-deals-youve-ever/</guid><description>The best deals you’ve ever seen were already won underwater. What you’re looking at is just the tip of the iceberg.  Quota smashed. Big logos closed. Inbound le...</description><pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2026 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Most AI output fails for the same reason most sales</title><link>https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-02-12-most-ai-output-fails-for/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-02-12-most-ai-output-fails-for/</guid><description>Most AI output fails for the same reason most sales messages fail.  The thinking never happened first.  Sellers say AI is inconsistent. What they mean is: “I di...</description><pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2026 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Enterprise interviews are not conversations</title><link>https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-02-13-enterprise-interviews-are-not-conversations/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-02-13-enterprise-interviews-are-not-conversations/</guid><description>Enterprise interviews are not conversations. They are audits.  You are not being judged on how well you come across.  You are being judged on whether you can ru...</description><pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Elite athletes don’t trust how the game felt</title><link>https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-02-14-elite-athletes-dont-trust-how/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-02-14-elite-athletes-dont-trust-how/</guid><description>Elite athletes don’t trust how the game felt.  They watch the film.  In this video, Bob thinks he crushed his sales call.  Confident. Relaxed. Already spending...</description><pubDate>Sat, 14 Feb 2026 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>If your pipeline meetings feel like a wrestling match</title><link>https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-02-15-if-your-pipeline-meetings-feel/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-02-15-if-your-pipeline-meetings-feel/</guid><description>If your pipeline meetings feel like a wrestling match, you don’t have a performance problem.  You have a visibility problem.  “Where’s the proposal?” “How did w...</description><pubDate>Sun, 15 Feb 2026 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>In 2026, the gap between good reps and top reps</title><link>https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-02-16-in-2026-the-gap-between/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-02-16-in-2026-the-gap-between/</guid><description>In 2026, the gap between good reps and top reps will not be effort. It will be how they use AI across the entire deal cycle.  Right now, 72% of a salesperson’s...</description><pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2026 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>After the final POC, optimism spikes</title><link>https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-02-17-after-the-final-poc-optimism/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-02-17-after-the-final-poc-optimism/</guid><description>After the final POC, optimism spikes. That is when many deals die.  The AE feels confident. The SE feels validated. The champion says, “This is exactly what we...</description><pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2026 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Nine ways to blow an enterprise AE interview</title><link>https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-02-18-nine-ways-to-blow-an/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-02-18-nine-ways-to-blow-an/</guid><description>Nine ways to blow an enterprise AE interview.  All of them sound like good answers.  Last week I posted about how enterprise interviews are audits, not conversa...</description><pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2026 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Most cold calls fail in the first 7 seconds</title><link>https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-02-19-most-cold-calls-fail-in/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-02-19-most-cold-calls-fail-in/</guid><description>Most cold calls fail in the first 7 seconds.  Not because reps lack confidence. Because the opening line gives the buyer no reason to care.  “Is now a good time...</description><pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2026 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Buyers do not kill deals</title><link>https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-02-20-buyers-do-not-kill-deals/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-02-20-buyers-do-not-kill-deals/</guid><description>Buyers do not kill deals. They let them drown.  The demo lands. Stakeholders nod. The use case makes sense.  Then replies slow down. Details thin out. “Circling...</description><pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2026 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Your prospects are not ghosting you. Are they mirroring you</title><link>https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-02-21-your-prospects-are-not-ghosting/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-02-21-your-prospects-are-not-ghosting/</guid><description>Your prospects are not ghosting you. Are they mirroring you?   A helicopter circles the Las Vegas Sphere.   The screen reads:   &quot;YOU GAVE AI ZERO CONTEXT. IT GA...</description><pubDate>Sat, 21 Feb 2026 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>AI didn’t make bad sellers better</title><link>https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-02-22-ai-didnt-make-bad-sellers/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-02-22-ai-didnt-make-bad-sellers/</guid><description>AI didn’t make bad sellers better.  It exposed them.  I see reps send 200 “personalized” messages without doing even basic persona research.  No segment defined...</description><pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2026 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>&quot;I&apos;m not interested.&quot;</title><link>https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-02-23-im-not-interested-that-sentence/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-02-23-im-not-interested-that-sentence/</guid><description>&quot;I&apos;m not interested.&quot; That sentence kills more calls than bad targeting.  Every rep has heard it. And most are trained to fight it.  Explain more, pitch harder,...</description><pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2026 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Your prospect knows you used AI</title><link>https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-02-24-your-prospect-knows-you-used/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-02-24-your-prospect-knows-you-used/</guid><description>Your prospect knows you used AI. They can tell in seconds whether you understand their issues.  That’s the new bar.  Anyone can generate a polished message in 1...</description><pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2026 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Your deal did not stall</title><link>https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-02-25-your-deal-did-not-stall/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-02-25-your-deal-did-not-stall/</guid><description>Your deal did not stall.  You made it easy for the buyer to ignore.  They said it was urgent. You believed them. You presented.  Nothing moved.  Here is why.  Y...</description><pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>You are running POCs that are designed to lose</title><link>https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-02-26-you-are-running-pocs-that/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-02-26-you-are-running-pocs-that/</guid><description>You are running POCs that are designed to lose.  You are really selling to finance &amp; running the proof for IT.  The software works. Security signs off. The inte...</description><pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2026 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>If you missed quota last quarter, this could be why</title><link>https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-02-27-if-you-missed-quota-last/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-02-27-if-you-missed-quota-last/</guid><description>If you missed quota last quarter, this could be why.  Someone on your team stopped typing. You did not.  The busiest rep still drafts from scratch. The top rep...</description><pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2026 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Opening with ROI on a first call is not confidence</title><link>https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-02-28-opening-with-roi-on-a/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-02-28-opening-with-roi-on-a/</guid><description>Opening with ROI on a first call is not confidence.  It is a tell.  It tells the buyer you have not found the real cost yet.  Seventy percent of reps missed quo...</description><pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2026 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>AI isn’t your sales team’s magic wand</title><link>https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-03-01-ai-isnt-your-sales-teams/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-03-01-ai-isnt-your-sales-teams/</guid><description>AI isn’t your sales team’s magic wand.  It’s a tool.  And most teams are using it wrong.  They assume better prompts will rescue weak deals.  So they throw AI a...</description><pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2026 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Your six figure deal is one resignation away from dying</title><link>https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-03-02-your-six-figure-deal-is/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-03-02-your-six-figure-deal-is/</guid><description>Your six figure deal is one resignation away from dying.  If your deal has one contact, it’s fragile.  Not because they aren’t strong.  Because they’re alone....</description><pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2026 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Your deal didn’t die at pricing</title><link>https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-03-03-your-deal-didnt-die-at/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-03-03-your-deal-didnt-die-at/</guid><description>Your deal didn’t die at pricing. It crashed into the rocks halfway through the demo.  Most technical demos are harbor tours (h/t to Peter Cohan).  Safe. Polishe...</description><pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2026 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>That 247 word cold email isn’t bad</title><link>https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-03-04-that-247-word-cold-email/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-03-04-that-247-word-cold-email/</guid><description>That 247 word cold email isn’t bad. It’s lazy thinking dressed up as effort.  AI made it easier to produce words. It did not make you sharper.  And your buyer c...</description><pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2026 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Your champion is learning AI</title><link>https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-03-05-your-champion-is-learning-ai/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-03-05-your-champion-is-learning-ai/</guid><description>Your champion is learning AI. And quietly preparing to leave.  That is enterprise selling in 2026.  Boards are cutting headcount to fund AI. CFOs are freezing s...</description><pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>One question quietly decides many Commercial AE interviews</title><link>https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-03-06-one-question-quietly-decides-many/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-03-06-one-question-quietly-decides-many/</guid><description>One question quietly decides many Commercial AE interviews. Most candidates struggle with it.  Not because they lack experience. Because they cannot explain the...</description><pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>2026 might be the year your product gets cut</title><link>https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-03-07-2026-might-be-the-year/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-03-07-2026-might-be-the-year/</guid><description>2026 might be the year your product gets cut. Even if it works.  Not because budgets are shrinking. Because AI budgets are growing.  Many companies are funding...</description><pubDate>Sat, 07 Mar 2026 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Hannibal didn’t give up crossing the Alps</title><link>https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-03-08-hannibal-didnt-give-up-crossing/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-03-08-hannibal-didnt-give-up-crossing/</guid><description>Hannibal didn’t give up crossing the Alps. He decided to find a way... or make one.  Some B2B deals feel like that.  A champion leaves. Procurement joins late....</description><pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2026 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>A lot of B2B pipelines look healthy</title><link>https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-03-09-a-lot-of-b2b-pipelines/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-03-09-a-lot-of-b2b-pipelines/</guid><description>A lot of B2B pipelines look healthy. They aren&apos;t.   They are just full of the wrong buyers.  And most teams only realize it months later, when “strong pipeline”...</description><pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Your first sales call of the day should never be</title><link>https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-03-10-your-first-sales-call-of/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-03-10-your-first-sales-call-of/</guid><description>Your first sales call of the day should never be practice. Yet in many sales teams, it is.  A qualified buyer answers the phone and becomes the rep’s warm up....</description><pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Deals sometimes move after weeks of silence</title><link>https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-03-11-deals-sometimes-move-after-weeks/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-03-11-deals-sometimes-move-after-weeks/</guid><description>Deals sometimes move after weeks of silence.  No new pitch. No new deck. No new discount.  Yet the decision suddenly moves. What changed?  Usually not the offer...</description><pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>A seller showed me his AI follow up</title><link>https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-03-12-a-seller-showed-me-his/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-03-12-a-seller-showed-me-his/</guid><description>A seller showed me his AI follow up. Nine emails in my inbox used the same line.  Same opening. Same structure. Same careful corporate tone.  He had spent twent...</description><pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Deals rarely stall because the buyer isn’t convinced</title><link>https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-03-13-deals-rarely-stall-because-the/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-03-13-deals-rarely-stall-because-the/</guid><description>Deals rarely stall because the buyer isn’t convinced. They stall because the buyer is anxious.  Robert Cialdini studied why people say yes. Eric Knowles studied...</description><pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Your buyer already has a strong opinion about your company</title><link>https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-03-14-your-buyer-already-has-a/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-03-14-your-buyer-already-has-a/</guid><description>Your buyer already has a strong opinion about your company. It was not formed on your website.  It did not come from Google. Or a review site.  They asked AI....</description><pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Anger in a meeting spreads the way acid spreads through</title><link>https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-03-15-anger-in-a-meeting-spreads/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-03-15-anger-in-a-meeting-spreads/</guid><description>Anger in a meeting spreads the way acid spreads through glass. At first, it is almost invisible.  A sharper tone. A dismissive comment. A look that makes the di...</description><pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>AI is not replacing sales reps</title><link>https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-03-16-ai-is-not-replacing-sales/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-03-16-ai-is-not-replacing-sales/</guid><description>AI is not replacing sales reps. It is exposing which ones were never selling.  For years, a large part of the sales job has been information work.  Researching...</description><pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Most deals do not die for the reasons you think</title><link>https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-03-17-most-deals-do-not-die/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-03-17-most-deals-do-not-die/</guid><description>Most deals do not die for the reasons you think. They die because the seller misreads the pushback.  The buyer says:  “Send something over.” “We’re fine for now...</description><pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The “closer” is the weakest performer on your team</title><link>https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-03-18-the-closer-is-the-weakest/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-03-18-the-closer-is-the-weakest/</guid><description>The “closer” is the weakest performer on your team. Not occasionally.  Systematically.  Around 70% of reps missed quota last year. Win rates sit around 20%.  Av...</description><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Your Q1 forecast is due</title><link>https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-03-19-your-q1-forecast-is-due/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-03-19-your-q1-forecast-is-due/</guid><description>Your Q1 forecast is due. The dominoes already started falling.   You just haven’t said it out loud yet. Your pipeline says one thing. Your gut says another.  Ev...</description><pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>You lost a deal this quarter you should have won</title><link>https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-03-20-you-lost-a-deal-this/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-03-20-you-lost-a-deal-this/</guid><description>You lost a deal this quarter you should have won. The product was good enough.  The way you framed it wasn’t.  Most sellers open with upside. “Save time.” “Impr...</description><pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Your deal didn’t slip</title><link>https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-03-21-your-deal-didnt-slip-you/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-03-21-your-deal-didnt-slip-you/</guid><description>Your deal didn’t slip. You never had the route to yes.  Feb 28. Recalculating.  March 15. Recalculating.  End of Q1. Recalculating.  TBD.  Nothing changed. You...</description><pubDate>Sat, 21 Mar 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>War outside. Rain on the tent</title><link>https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-03-22-war-outside-rain-on-the/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-03-22-war-outside-rain-on-the/</guid><description>War outside. Rain on the tent. A sales deal goes quiet.   Calm inside is the job.  That is what I take from this Marcus Aurelius quote. Not as a way to care les...</description><pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Most pipelines are full of zombie deals</title><link>https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-03-23-most-pipelines-are-full-of/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-03-23-most-pipelines-are-full-of/</guid><description>Most pipelines are full of zombie deals. They should be dead, but you keep bringing them back.  You open your pipeline. You already know what you are going to s...</description><pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Your team rehearses on live pipeline</title><link>https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-03-24-your-team-rehearses-on-live/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-03-24-your-team-rehearses-on-live/</guid><description>Your team rehearses on live pipeline.  An athlete who did that would be cut by Tuesday.  A quarterback does not figure it out mid-play. A surgeon does not impro...</description><pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Your friends think B2B sales is first class flights</title><link>https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-03-25-your-friends-think-b2b-sales/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-03-25-your-friends-think-b2b-sales/</guid><description>Your friends think B2B sales is first class flights. And a huge expense account.
Last quarter you missed quota by 15 percent. You spent the weekend wonderi...</description><pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Your mid-market pipeline will break if leadership</title><link>https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-03-26-your-mid-market-pipeline-will-break/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-03-26-your-mid-market-pipeline-will-break/</guid><description>Your mid-market pipeline will break if leadership pushes into enterprise before the business is ready.
A 90 day deal turns into 12 months, then dies in sec...</description><pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Your deal looked real</title><link>https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-03-27-your-deal-looked-real-the/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-03-27-your-deal-looked-real-the/</guid><description>Your deal looked real. The buyer said it was urgent. You rushed the demo.
Then nothing happened. No decision.
No next step. No reply.
You lost the...</description><pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Your deal did not stall because your champion went quiet</title><link>https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-03-28-your-deal-did-not-stall/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-03-28-your-deal-did-not-stall/</guid><description>Your deal did not stall because your champion went quiet. The Blocker got there first.
9 months. 15 stakeholders. $500k in pipeline. And you built the whol...</description><pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Your deal did not slip at the end</title><link>https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-03-29-your-deal-did-not-slip/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-03-29-your-deal-did-not-slip/</guid><description>Your deal did not slip at the end. You picked up a prize you were never going to keep.
Demo done. Champion sold. POC passed.
Then the claw opens.
Th...</description><pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Your deal is not stalling on price</title><link>https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-03-30-your-deal-is-not-stalling/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-03-30-your-deal-is-not-stalling/</guid><description>Your deal is not stalling on price. A lot of them die when the buyer feels pushed.
40 to 60 percent of B2B deals end in no decision. This is how sales team...</description><pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Your deal is not stuck because the buyer needs more</title><link>https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-03-31-your-deal-is-not-stuck/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-03-31-your-deal-is-not-stuck/</guid><description>Your deal is not stuck because the buyer needs more proof. It is stuck because no decision feels safer than change.
That is where a lot of B2B tech deals st...</description><pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Your prospect decides in the first few seconds</title><link>https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-04-01-your-prospect-decides-in-the/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-04-01-your-prospect-decides-in-the/</guid><description>Your prospect decides in the first few seconds  whether you sound real or robotic. That decision can kill the call before it starts.
They do not care that...</description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Your $750k deal did not stall because your champion went</title><link>https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-04-02-your-750k-deal-did-not/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-04-02-your-750k-deal-did-not/</guid><description>Your $750k deal did not stall because your champion went quiet. It stalled because the gatekeeper kept  you below the person who could approve it.
In enter...</description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>You are still researching accounts manually, &amp; it is costing</title><link>https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-04-03-you-are-still-researching-accounts/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-04-03-you-are-still-researching-accounts/</guid><description>You are still researching accounts manually, &amp; it is costing you deals. I gave Claude one instruction at 8am.  By 8:15, a full prospect brief was done.
No...</description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>You do not lose career momentum in</title><link>https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-04-04-you-do-not-lose-career/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-04-04-you-do-not-lose-career/</guid><description>You do not lose career momentum in  one bad quarter or a lost deal at work. You lose it in patterns you keep excusing.
Fear slows action. Doubt clouds jud...</description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>You think your buyers</title><link>https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-04-05-you-think-your-buyers-make/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-04-05-you-think-your-buyers-make/</guid><description>You think your buyers  make decisions independently. They do not.
75% of people gave an answer they  knew was wrong just to avoid standing alone.
Your...</description><pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Your biggest deals are not won where</title><link>https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-04-06-your-biggest-deals-are-not/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-04-06-your-biggest-deals-are-not/</guid><description>Your biggest deals are not won where  most people think they are.
In sales, 72 percent of your time is spent  on work that does not close deals, yet most...</description><pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>I have never been more afraid in my entire life</title><link>https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-04-07-i-have-never-been-more/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-04-07-i-have-never-been-more/</guid><description>I have never been more afraid in my entire life. My heart pounded in my chest as  sweat poured down my face.
My entire body shook.
I stood behind a podi...</description><pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Your buyer is not stuck</title><link>https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-04-08-your-buyer-is-not-stuck/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-04-08-your-buyer-is-not-stuck/</guid><description>Your buyer is not stuck. They are paralyzed by inertia.
And most sellers reinforce it. That is why 40-60% of deals end in no decision..
The issue is exp...</description><pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Your team does not believe what you say. Talk&apos;s Cheap</title><link>https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-04-09-your-team-does-not-believe/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-04-09-your-team-does-not-believe/</guid><description>Your team does not believe what you say. Talk&apos;s Cheap. They believe what you let slide in meetings, delivery, &amp; client work. 
Rock&apos;s loud. In B2B, trust is...</description><pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>You are losing deals to The Doubt in your pipeline</title><link>https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-04-10-you-are-losing-deals-to/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-04-10-you-are-losing-deals-to/</guid><description>You are losing deals to The Doubt in your pipeline. Not when the buyer says no.
Much earlier.
Usually after 2 or 3 deals slip, a prospect ghosts, and a 9...</description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Your pipeline goes quiet &amp; the hunt starts to feel</title><link>https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-04-11-your-pipeline-goes-quiet-the/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-04-11-your-pipeline-goes-quiet-the/</guid><description>Your pipeline goes quiet &amp; the hunt starts to feel like work. That is usually where the difference shows up.
Not in the win. In how people show up when not...</description><pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Schwartz studied why more choice reduces satisfaction</title><link>https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-04-12-schwartz-studied-why-more-choice/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-04-12-schwartz-studied-why-more-choice/</guid><description>Schwartz studied why more choice reduces satisfaction. Iyengar showed it reduces decisions.
In one study, only 3% bought when shoppers saw 24 jam options....</description><pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Your prospect reads your AI message the same way</title><link>https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-04-13-your-prospect-reads-your-ai/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-04-13-your-prospect-reads-your-ai/</guid><description>Your prospect reads your AI message the same way  you read a menu full of stock photos. Everything looks fine.
Nothing looks real.
“Just checking in.”...</description><pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>In sales, you are going to get hit</title><link>https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-04-14-in-sales-you-are-going/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-04-14-in-sales-you-are-going/</guid><description>In sales, you are going to get hit. It’s gonna to hurt- and leave a mark.
4 or 5 deals a quarter will fall apart.
A deal you were counting on goes quiet....</description><pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Your deal is not stuck on price</title><link>https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-04-15-your-deal-is-not-stuck/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-04-15-your-deal-is-not-stuck/</guid><description>Your deal is not stuck on price. It is stuck on the moment the buyer imagines having to explain a bad decision.
In B2B tech sales, skepticism gets treated...</description><pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Freedman &amp; Fraser studied what small commitments do to later</title><link>https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-04-16-freedman-fraser-studied-what-small/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-04-16-freedman-fraser-studied-what-small/</guid><description>Freedman &amp; Fraser studied what small commitments do to later decisions. Cialdini later made commitment &amp; consistency familiar.
Most B2B sales training lives...</description><pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Your deal can look done 14 days before signature</title><link>https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-04-17-your-deal-can-look-done/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-04-17-your-deal-can-look-done/</guid><description>Your deal can look done 14 days before signature. Then your Champion becomes a Ghost.
The quarter dies.
A new stakeholder walks in cold, with a competito...</description><pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Your deal can smell fear before it sees price</title><link>https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-04-18-your-deal-can-smell-fear/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-04-18-your-deal-can-smell-fear/</guid><description>Your deal can smell fear before it sees price. “Can’t” is the worst word that’s written or spoken.
Not because the buyer hears it. Because the buyer hears...</description><pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Rust Cohle from 𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘦 𝘋𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 said it better than most</title><link>https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-04-19-rust-cohle-from-said-it/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-04-19-rust-cohle-from-said-it/</guid><description>Rust Cohle from 𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘦 𝘋𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 said it better than most people ever will. Say what you can do.
Then do it.
That sounds simple until you watc...</description><pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Objections are usually handled like flooring the gas when the</title><link>https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-04-20-objections-are-usually-handled-like/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-04-20-objections-are-usually-handled-like/</guid><description>Objections are usually handled like flooring the gas when the car is already sliding on ice. The sales rep feels the call slipping, so they add more force....</description><pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>When the pressure goes up, most people get faster</title><link>https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-04-21-when-the-pressure-goes-up/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-04-21-when-the-pressure-goes-up/</guid><description>When the pressure goes up, most people get faster. That’s also when they become harder to work with.
Your calendar gets full. Your inbox gets louder.
Th...</description><pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Your price rarely gets killed in the proposal</title><link>https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-04-22-your-price-rarely-gets-killed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-04-22-your-price-rarely-gets-killed/</guid><description>Your price rarely gets killed in the proposal. It gets killed by the first number you say out loud.
Anchoring bias helps explain why.
That first number b...</description><pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Office politics do not break a company all at once</title><link>https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-04-23-office-politics-do-not-break/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-04-23-office-politics-do-not-break/</guid><description>Office politics do not break a company all at once. They start as a hairline crack in the foundation,  easy to ignore until the building no longer feels safe....</description><pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The deal does not die when The Skeptic says no</title><link>https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-04-24-the-deal-does-not-die/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-04-24-the-deal-does-not-die/</guid><description>The deal does not die when The Skeptic says no. It dies when The Skeptic turns certainty into doubt.
47 technical questions land at once.
Security. Inte...</description><pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Your prospect should not feel like they are being sold</title><link>https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-04-25-your-prospect-should-not-feel/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-04-25-your-prospect-should-not-feel/</guid><description>Your prospect should not feel like they are being sold to in complex B2B deals. They should feel like they are helping shape the solution.
That is what make...</description><pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Your work is like air in a room</title><link>https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-04-26-your-work-is-like-air/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-04-26-your-work-is-like-air/</guid><description>Your work is like air in a room. If no one values what you bring to the room, you are in the wrong room.
In the wrong place, people just breathe it in and m...</description><pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Your B2B deal is not stuck</title><link>https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-04-27-your-b2b-deal-is-not/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-04-27-your-b2b-deal-is-not/</guid><description>Your B2B deal is not stuck. You handed the helm to the buyer.
Enterprise deals break when the weather changes. A new stakeholder steps on board.
Budget...</description><pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Your B2B career rarely stalls because you made one bad</title><link>https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-04-28-your-b2b-career-rarely-stalls/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-04-28-your-b2b-career-rarely-stalls/</guid><description>Your B2B career rarely stalls because you made one bad move.
It stalls when the water around you stops moving your thinking.
The conversations in your tea...</description><pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Your sales pitch is setting off the fire alarm</title><link>https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-04-29-your-sales-pitch-is-setting/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-04-29-your-sales-pitch-is-setting/</guid><description>Your sales pitch is setting off the fire alarm. The buyer is not looking for fire. They are looking for the exit.
That is what happens when a B2B prospect...</description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>B2B sales is not a microwave meal</title><link>https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-04-30-b2b-sales-is-not-a/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-04-30-b2b-sales-is-not-a/</guid><description>B2B sales is not a microwave meal. It is a recipe. And most people ruin it by trying to rush it.
A deal goes quiet. A buyer stops replying.
A proposal...</description><pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Your B2B deal did not lose to the competitor</title><link>https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-05-01-your-b2b-deal-did-not/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-05-01-your-b2b-deal-did-not/</guid><description>Your B2B deal did not lose to the competitor. It lost in the buying process you did not control.
Week eleven.
The POC was clean. Your champion was in....</description><pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Your B2B career can look stronger while you feel weaker</title><link>https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-05-02-your-b2b-career-can-look/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-05-02-your-b2b-career-can-look/</guid><description>Your B2B career can look stronger while you feel weaker. Your title improves.
Your pay improves. Your room gets bigger.
People start taking you seriousl...</description><pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Your B2B deal is stuck because your champion is pointing</title><link>https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-05-03-your-b2b-deal-is-stuck/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-05-03-your-b2b-deal-is-stuck/</guid><description>Your B2B deal is stuck because your champion is pointing at smoke. The fire is somewhere else.
I learned that from my retired neighbor.
He had never sold...</description><pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Your ICP is often wrong for one simple reason</title><link>https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-05-04-your-icp-is-often-wrong/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-05-04-your-icp-is-often-wrong/</guid><description>Your ICP is often wrong for one simple reason. It is built from anecdotes, not real buyer data.
That is like judging a full image from a few pixels in the c...</description><pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>In B2B, work starts to wilt when the person presenting</title><link>https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-05-05-in-b2b-work-starts-to/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-05-05-in-b2b-work-starts-to/</guid><description>In B2B, work starts to wilt when the person presenting it needs approval to stand tall. You see it the moment the room pushes back.
A senior leader asks a h...</description><pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>B2B sales reps will spend $2,000 on golf this year</title><link>https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-05-06-b2b-sales-reps-will-spend/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-05-06-b2b-sales-reps-will-spend/</guid><description>B2B sales reps will spend $2,000 on golf this year,  but won’t spend $300 to get better at selling. That gap shows up in quota outcomes.
Average quota atta...</description><pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Sales teams lose deals because they trust old pain more</title><link>https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-05-12-sales-teams-lose-deals-because/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-05-12-sales-teams-lose-deals-because/</guid><description>Sales teams lose deals because they trust old pain more than current facts. The account is not dead. Your CRM memory is stale.
There’s a moment in that tan...</description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>People can feel the moment you stop listening</title><link>https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-05-14-people-can-feel-the-moment/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-05-14-people-can-feel-the-moment/</guid><description>People can feel the moment you stop listening. It usually happens quietly.
On a sales call, you hear a job title and decide how much power they have. You h...</description><pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>In B2B sales, winning is not about how hard you</title><link>https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-05-16-in-b2b-sales-winning-is/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-05-16-in-b2b-sales-winning-is/</guid><description>In B2B sales, winning is not about how hard you hit. It is about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward.
And sales will punch you in the guts....</description><pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Your buyer just asked the question most sellers try to</title><link>https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-05-17-your-buyer-just-asked-the/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-05-17-your-buyer-just-asked-the/</guid><description>Your buyer just asked the question most sellers try to survive. “What can’t your product do?”
The answer matters less than what you do next.
Weak sellers...</description><pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>B2B careers are not only shaped in meetings</title><link>https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-05-19-b2b-careers-are-not-only/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-05-19-b2b-careers-are-not-only/</guid><description>B2B careers are not only shaped in meetings. They are shaped by the private rooms you keep walking into.
Michael Jordan’s first NBA test was not on a court....</description><pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>For B2B professionals, shortcuts create careers that</title><link>https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-05-21-for-b2b-professionals-shortcuts-create/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-05-21-for-b2b-professionals-shortcuts-create/</guid><description>For B2B professionals, shortcuts create careers that  eventually collapse under their own weight. Kobe Bryant played an entire summer without scoring one poin...</description><pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Hannibal didn’t give up crossing the Alps</title><link>https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-05-23-hannibal-didnt-give-up-crossing/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-05-23-hannibal-didnt-give-up-crossing/</guid><description>Hannibal didn’t give up crossing the Alps. He decided to find a way... or make one.
Some B2B deals feel like that.
A champion leaves. Procurement joins...</description><pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Your champion is carrying a receipt, not a scorecard</title><link>https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-05-24-your-champion-is-carrying-a/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-05-24-your-champion-is-carrying-a/</guid><description>Your champion is carrying a receipt, not a scorecard. They are not defending the better vendor.
They are defending the decision they already had to justify....</description><pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Fear rarely looks like fear in a sales team</title><link>https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-05-26-fear-rarely-looks-like-fear/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-05-26-fear-rarely-looks-like-fear/</guid><description>Fear rarely looks like fear in a sales team. It looks like urgency.
Pressure. Risk management. Being realistic.
The deal goes quiet, so you over-explai...</description><pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Some days grind you down so badly you forget you</title><link>https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-05-28-some-days-grind-you-down/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-05-28-some-days-grind-you-down/</guid><description>Some days grind you down so badly you forget you are being shaped, not ruined. A pencil becomes useful because it can survive being sharpened.
Careers work...</description><pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Your recurring business problem may be protecting an old assumption</title><link>https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-05-30-your-recurring-business-problem-may/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-05-30-your-recurring-business-problem-may/</guid><description>Your recurring business problem may be protecting an old assumption.
There is a line often linked to Einstein: “The significant problems we have cannot be s...</description><pubDate>Sat, 30 May 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Your buyer did not choose the incumbent because your ROI</title><link>https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-05-31-your-buyer-did-not-choose/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-05-31-your-buyer-did-not-choose/</guid><description>Your buyer did not choose the incumbent because your ROI was weak. Cialdini called it authority bias. Your buyer called it the safer bet. They chose the shado...</description><pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Your ICP is not your buyer</title><link>https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-06-03-your-icp-is-not-your/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-06-03-your-icp-is-not-your/</guid><description>Your ICP is not your buyer. “CMO in a Series B SaaS Company” is not an ICP.
It is a LinkedIn filter.
A filter tells you who might answer.
It does not...</description><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Most B2B conversations get harder when you walk in holding</title><link>https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-06-04-most-b2b-conversations-get-harder/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-06-04-most-b2b-conversations-get-harder/</guid><description>Most B2B conversations get harder when you walk in holding a hammer. Everything starts to look like something you need to break through.
You stop listening....</description><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ghosting does not kill most deals</title><link>https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-06-06-ghosting-does-not-kill-most/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-06-06-ghosting-does-not-kill-most/</guid><description>Ghosting does not kill most deals. Anxious follow-up does. Chris Voss, former FBI negotiator,  uses a clean sales line when a buyer goes quiet:
“Have you g...</description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Reps do not lose Enterprise because Professional is cheaper</title><link>https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-06-07-reps-do-not-lose-enterprise/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-06-07-reps-do-not-lose-enterprise/</guid><description>Reps do not lose Enterprise because Professional is cheaper. They lose Enterprise because Professional looks sensible.
That is where deal size disappears....</description><pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The B2B SaaS industry sold you a research tool and</title><link>https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-06-08-the-b2b-saas-industry-sold/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-06-08-the-b2b-saas-industry-sold/</guid><description>The B2B SaaS industry sold you a research tool and called it buyer intelligence. That is the lie nobody wants to say out loud.
LinkedIn Sales Navigator give...</description><pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bad quarters make B2B leaders overcorrect</title><link>https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-06-09-bad-quarters-make-b2b-leaders/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-06-09-bad-quarters-make-b2b-leaders/</guid><description>Bad quarters make B2B leaders overcorrect. Good quarters make them believe the model is better than it is.
Both are dangerous.
Because the real risk in B...</description><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Your top rep closed four deals last quarter</title><link>https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-06-10-your-top-rep-closed-four/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-06-10-your-top-rep-closed-four/</guid><description>Your top rep closed four deals last quarter. Your next three reps combined closed two.
Same product. Same market. Same comp plan.
In the CRM, that gap...</description><pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Your business standards are not fully yours</title><link>https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-06-11-your-business-standards-are-not/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-06-11-your-business-standards-are-not/</guid><description>Your business standards are not fully yours. They are borrowed from the founders, leaders, and teams you work with daily.
Rosenthal proved this at Spruce El...</description><pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>You are running your quota race with ankle weights on</title><link>https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-06-12-you-are-running-your-quota/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-06-12-you-are-running-your-quota/</guid><description>You are running your quota race with ankle weights on, and calling it hard work. You did not miss quota because you stopped working.
You missed because the...</description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Your mindset probably does not sound like fear</title><link>https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-06-13-your-mindset-probably-does-not/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-06-13-your-mindset-probably-does-not/</guid><description>Your mindset probably does not sound like fear. In B2B, it often sounds like certainty.
“I know this market.” “Our buyers do not respond to that.” “That c...</description><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>When a business person stops pushing, it is not always</title><link>https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-06-14-when-a-business-person-stops/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-06-14-when-a-business-person-stops/</guid><description>When a business person stops pushing, it is not always burnout. Sometimes they have stopped seeing effort change outcomes.
The sales lead stops following up...</description><pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Your MEDDPICC data is lying to you</title><link>https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-06-15-your-meddpicc-data-is-lying/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-06-15-your-meddpicc-data-is-lying/</guid><description>Your MEDDPICC data is lying to you. The issue is not the framework.
The issue is what you use it for.
I wrote about Munger &amp; the Inversion Technique a co...</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Your body hears the way you speak to yourself</title><link>https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-06-16-your-body-hears-the-way/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-06-16-your-body-hears-the-way/</guid><description>Your body hears the way you speak to yourself. So does the way you work.
One apple. Five sentences.
“I’m not good enough.” “Why am I like this?” “I ru...</description><pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>A LinkedIn filter is not an ICP</title><link>https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-06-17-a-linkedin-filter-is-not/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-06-17-a-linkedin-filter-is-not/</guid><description>A LinkedIn filter is not an ICP. It just looks like one.
That is the sales trap. A B2B SaaS founder builds a list of IT leaders at US regional banks using...</description><pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Business conversations rarely get stuck because people disagree</title><link>https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-06-18-business-conversations-rarely-get-stuck/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-06-18-business-conversations-rarely-get-stuck/</guid><description>Business conversations rarely get stuck because people disagree. They get stuck because people agree too quickly.
Chris Voss spent years negotiating with pe...</description><pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Your B2B deal can pass MEDDPICC inspection and still be</title><link>https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-06-19-your-b2b-deal-can-pass/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-06-19-your-b2b-deal-can-pass/</guid><description>Your B2B deal can pass MEDDPICC inspection and still be wrong. That is the problem in Issue 12 of The Closer &amp; The Architect.
The deal had every box checked...</description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>A leadership team can train a company to see danger</title><link>https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-06-20-a-leadership-team-can-train/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-06-20-a-leadership-team-can-train/</guid><description>A leadership team can train a company to see danger in every slow month. Every hard customer. Every missed target.
Tony Robbins proves it with two colors....</description><pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Tversky &amp; Kahneman did a study that proved the wrong</title><link>https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-06-21-tversky-kahneman-did-a-study/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-06-21-tversky-kahneman-did-a-study/</guid><description>Tversky &amp; Kahneman did a study that proved the wrong frame can kill the right idea. Your buyer is not only judging the facts. They are judging whether those f...</description><pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>A rep I know sells IT infrastructure software to six</title><link>https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-06-22-a-rep-i-know-sells/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-06-22-a-rep-i-know-sells/</guid><description>A rep I know sells IT infrastructure software to six industries. Last month, he had two sales calls with regional bank CIOs. He could not name the bank’s prim...</description><pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The quickest way to lose a business deal is to</title><link>https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-06-23-the-quickest-way-to-lose/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-06-23-the-quickest-way-to-lose/</guid><description>The quickest way to lose a business deal is to make someone feel small. A buyer challenges your price. A partner pushes back on your plan.
An investor ques...</description><pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>I had a dream since I was 12 - to</title><link>https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-06-24-i-had-a-dream-since/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-06-24-i-had-a-dream-since/</guid><description>I had a dream since I was 12 - to be a published author. Today- that dream came true.  For the first time in my life, I can say I’m an author! Update: its a Be...</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Your champion is not taking your pitch into the next</title><link>https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-06-24-your-champion-is-not-taking/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-06-24-your-champion-is-not-taking/</guid><description>Your champion is not taking your pitch into the next meeting. They are taking one sentence.
And that sentence decides whether the deal moves or dies.
Ear...</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Tom Cruise lead-role movies have grossed $12.7B</title><link>https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-06-25-tom-cruise-lead-role-movies-have/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-06-25-tom-cruise-lead-role-movies-have/</guid><description>Tom Cruise lead-role movies have grossed $12.7B. But he did not learn movies by staying in the actor box.
No film school. No acting class. No formal path....</description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The best sales teams read the fear behind the signal</title><link>https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-06-26-the-best-sales-teams-read/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-06-26-the-best-sales-teams-read/</guid><description>The best sales teams read the fear behind the signal. Cognitive bias shows when a proof request is really a risk request.
When a next step is only politenes...</description><pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The things you keep avoiding in business are getting more</title><link>https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-06-27-the-things-you-keep-avoiding/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-06-27-the-things-you-keep-avoiding/</guid><description>The things you keep avoiding in business are getting more expensive. The message you keep drafting but never send. The decision you keep circling.
The mist...</description><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Your office calendar is not proof of progress</title><link>https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-06-28-your-office-calendar-is-not/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-06-28-your-office-calendar-is-not/</guid><description>Your office calendar is not proof of progress. It might be proof you have stopped learning.
Simon Sinek tells the story of two lumberjacks.
Same hours....</description><pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Your best sales calls can become posts your buyers use</title><link>https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-06-29-your-best-sales-calls-can/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-06-29-your-best-sales-calls-can/</guid><description>Your best sales calls can become posts your buyers use to build internal support. The language is already there.
Budget concerns, closed-lost reasons, rollo...</description><pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Hugh Jackman froze on a rock face as a kid</title><link>https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-06-30-hugh-jackman-froze-on-a/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-06-30-hugh-jackman-froze-on-a/</guid><description>Hugh Jackman froze on a rock face as a kid. His friends laughed. That moment explains something every leader, founder, and operator faces at work.
Fear show...</description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Most early stage SaaS pipelines are full of interested people</title><link>https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-07-01-most-early-stage-saas-pipelines/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://getbuyerintel.ai/blog/2026-07-01-most-early-stage-saas-pipelines/</guid><description>Most early stage SaaS pipelines are full of interested people, not buyers. That is why the forecast looks healthy right before it collapses.
A founder told...</description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>