Only 54% of sales reps spend most of their day on real selling, and 84% miss their sales quota. Sales activity metrics expose why many sales teams struggle. Tracking different sales metrics without focusing on the right sales metrics creates gaps in the sales pipeline...
Alex Thompson
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About the author
Before joining Gain.io, Alex worked closely with early-stage startups and growing sales teams, creating educational content around lead management, CRM adoption, outreach automation, and pipeline visibility. Through writing sales playbooks, workflow guides, and CRM best-practice articles, he developed a deep understanding of why sales teams struggle — not because of effort, but because of disconnected tools and unclear processes.
At Gain.io, Alex contributes to content that helps sales teams centralize contacts, automate follow-ups, and gain full visibility into deals — all from one CRM they actually want to use. His articles focus on practical topics such as managing leads without spreadsheets, building visual sales pipelines, improving team collaboration, and using automation to close more deals with less manual effort.
Alex believes effective sales content should be straightforward, actionable, and rooted in real workflows. His goal is to help sales teams spend less time managing tools and more time building relationships that convert.
Outside of writing, Alex enjoys studying modern sales methodologies, testing CRM workflows, and exploring how automation can support human-led selling.
Latest blogs from the author
Sales Forecasting Methods In Data Driven Sales Planning
Revenue leaders in 2025 face a familiar challenge. Forecasts are not just for quarterly board presentations anymore. They make weekly decisions on marketing spend, hiring timelines, and campaign launches. Getting them wrong means missed targets, wasted budget, or...
Sales Workflow Optimization To Improve Pipeline Efficiency
Sales workflow optimization has become the difference between sales teams that hit their numbers and those that struggle to keep up. The reality is that most sales teams operate with processes that were built for a different era. Buying committees are larger now....
7 Most Common Lead Generation Mistakes Businesses Often Make
Most teams have more tools and data than ever before. Yet common lead generation mistakes continue to drain budgets, stall pipelines, and push revenue targets further out of reach. The problem is rarely about “bad leads” in general. It comes down to a handful of...
Scalable Sales Process That Keeps Growing With Your Pipeline
Growing a sales organization creates pressure on every part of your workflow. What works for closing deals with 20 opportunities per month often breaks down when you reach 100 or 200. Missed follow-up calls, inconsistent lead qualification, and unreliable forecasts...
Lead Nurturing Guide For B2B Growth In 2026
B2B buying cycles continue to extend in 2026, with 80% of new leads never converting without structured nurturing efforts. Research shows that companies excelling at lead nurturing generate 50% more sales ready leads while reducing acquisition costs by 33%. This shift...

