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Revenue, sales and growth.
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Practical guides for founders and CEOs on building a sales team, a pipeline you can trust, and revenue that doesn't depend on you.

Written by Joe Greco

Fractional CRO · 25+ years in B2B

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Fractional CRO and sales leadership

What Is a Fractional Chief Revenue Officer (CRO)? What They Do and When You Need One

You've outgrown founder-led sales, but a full-time executive feels like a big bet. Here's what a fractional CRO actually does, and how to tell if you need one.

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Revenue leaks and operations

Revenue Leakage: Where B2B Companies Lose Revenue and How to Find It

Revenue rarely disappears in one big hole. It leaks between marketing, sales, operations and the customer. Here's where to look.

Revenue growth and lead generation

Revenue Growth Strategies for B2B Companies That Actually Compound

Forget the 50-tactic lists. B2B revenue grows through five levers, and small gains on each multiply when the parts work together.

Sales process and pipeline

How to Build a Sales Process That Doesn't Depend on the Founder

Your sales process already exists in your head. Here's how to write it down as stages with exit criteria so your team can close without you.

Sales process and pipeline

How to Handle Sales Objections: The Ones B2B Buyers Raise Most

Most objections are symptoms of something earlier. What the six big B2B objections really mean, and what to say back.

Revenue growth and lead generation

B2B Lead Generation Strategies That Don't Depend on Referrals

Referrals are great until they stop. Pick two or three channels you control, aim them at one ideal customer, and measure pipeline.

Revenue leaks and operations

What Is RevOps? A Plain Guide for Growing Companies

RevOps isn't a big-company luxury. Here's what revenue operations owns, the signs you need it, and how to start without a department.

Revenue leaks and operations

Customer Onboarding Process: Keep the Revenue You Already Won

The riskiest moment in a B2B deal comes after the signature. A step-by-step onboarding process and a sales-to-delivery checklist.

Fractional CRO and sales leadership

Sales Commission Structure: How to Pay Salespeople for Growth

Your comp plan is your real sales strategy. The common structures, when each fits, and the mistakes that quietly cost revenue.

Fractional CRO and sales leadership

How to Set Sales Targets Your Team Will Actually Hit

Build targets bottom up from real conversion numbers, check them against the plan, and turn the goal into weekly activity.

Sales process and pipeline

How to Qualify Leads So Your Team Stops Chasing the Wrong Deals

A pipeline full of maybes eats rep time and wrecks the forecast. Qualify on fit and intent, ask the right questions, and say no early.

Fractional CRO and sales leadership

How to Motivate a Sales Team Without Gimmicks

Pizza parties don't fix a team that can't win. Fair pay, believable targets, good leads and real coaching do.

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