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Are Great Salespeople Born or Made? Why Sales Is a Craft You Can Learn

By Nikolaus Kimla, Founder & CEO

The 'born salesperson' is a myth. Learn why sales is a craft rather than an art, how long mastery really takes, and the one decision every champion seller makes first.

Sales TrainingOct 21, 20265 min read
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Sales ManagementBy Nikolaus KimlaOct 16, 20265 min read

Why Do Salespeople Have an Image Problem — and How Do Top Sellers Overcome It?

Where the bad reputation of sales comes from, why it persists, and the seven knowledge areas modern B2B sellers use to earn trust from the first conversation.

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Sales ManagementBy Nikolaus KimlaOct 8, 20265 min read

A Fifth Added: How Making Things Right Turns Sales Mistakes into Recommendations

Every company makes mistakes. What you do on the same day decides whether customers warn others about you or recommend you. A simple rule for B2B sales teams.

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Latest releasev6.5.0October 1, 2026SolutionsEmailVoyager AI

Brand New Solutions, Email Inbox with Labels and Reworked Email Sync, Voyager AI Improvements, and other Various Improvements…

Coevera 6.5.0 introduces Solutions — a live canvas that shows a complete working set-up as one connected picture — separates email synchronization from email linking in the Inbox, adds AI guardrails, history reports, and Sankey charts to Voyager AI, and lands sixteen improvements across the product.

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  • check_circleSolutions — a new area that shows a complete working set-up of processes, forms, sequences, templates, reports, fields, and entities as nodes and connections on a live canvas.
  • check_circleA Solutions Library of 19 pre-built templates, with a guided setup that creates every node and connects them in a single all-or-nothing operation.
  • check_circleThe Solution Editor — a left nodes panel, a canvas with Fit On Screen and a Detail level slider, node statuses, groups, and automatic connection scanning.
  • check_circleSolution statistics and activity logs that combine Automatizer, Email Sequence, and Online Form output in one place, and a Solution Manager option in User Roles that grants edit rights.
  • check_circleEmail sync separated from email linking: Email Sync and Folder Sync Preferences decide what lands in the Inbox, while Email Linking decides only what appears in Feeds.
  • check_circleOne configuration design for the email integrations, with folder selection, sync mode, and privacy settings in one place — SendGrid keeps its layout, without folder selection.
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A pool seen from above: one swimmer in a coral cap follows the darkened line in the middle lane, two rivals trail as outlines in the next lanes, and the prospect waits on the deck at the finish
Sales ManagementBy Nikolaus KimlaOct 16, 20265 min read

Why Do Salespeople Have an Image Problem — and How Do Top Sellers Overcome It?

Where the bad reputation of sales comes from, why it persists, and the seven knowledge areas modern B2B sellers use to earn trust from the first conversation.

Five grey crates above, and below them the same five crates in navy plus one coral crate, handed to a customer whose recommendation reaches three more people
Sales ManagementBy Nikolaus KimlaOct 8, 20265 min read

A Fifth Added: How Making Things Right Turns Sales Mistakes into Recommendations

Every company makes mistakes. What you do on the same day decides whether customers warn others about you or recommend you. A simple rule for B2B sales teams.

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Sales ManagementBy Nikolaus KimlaOct 1, 20266 min read

Built on Open Ground

AI models are becoming a commodity and the value is moving to the system around them. Why Coevera's open-source stack is ready for the open AI era.

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Sales ManagementBy Nikolaus KimlaSep 25, 20266 min read

The Word Became Flesh — And Then We Built a Machine to Reverse It

In John, the Word comes before the world. In a language model, it comes after. Why that reversal matters for AI, tacit knowledge, and sales.

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Sales ManagementBy CoeveraAug 31, 20266 min read

The Right CRM for Manufacturing and Industrial B2B Teams

Which CRM features fit manufacturing sales? Two-way ERP sync, deal-aging visibility, and distributor tracking for industrial teams.

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Sales ManagementBy CoeveraAug 26, 20266 min read

CRM Adoption: Why Sales Teams Don't Use the CRM (and How to Fix It)

Your reps work around the CRM for a reason. See what kills CRM adoption on B2B sales teams and the fixes that make logging deals worth it.

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Sales ManagementBy CoeveraAug 20, 20266 min read

What Bad CRM Data Really Costs You

Poor CRM data quality costs revenue, deals, and forecast accuracy, and AI multiplies it. See the real cost and how to protect your records.

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AutomationBy CoeveraAug 14, 20266 min read

What an AI Agent Inside Your CRM Actually Does

An AI agent in a CRM does multi-step sales work, then waits for your approval before it acts. See what it does and how to roll it out.

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Sales ManagementBy Nikolaus KimlaAug 13, 202610 min read

The Death of the Clerk: What Eleven Years of Failed Sales Predictions Teach Us About AI

Forrester said a million B2B sales jobs would vanish by 2020. They didn't. What the failed forecast teaches us about AI and selling now.

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Sales ManagementBy Nikolaus KimlaAug 2, 20266 min read

The Man on the Spot: Why a Composite Score Can't Manage a Relationship

A single AI health score can't manage a B2B relationship. See why deal scoring destroys the local, tacit context the man on the spot reads in full.

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Sales ManagementBy Nikolaus KimlaJul 31, 20266 min read

Human-in-Command: Why the Best AI CRM Advises Instead of Overrides

Human-in-command AI keeps salespeople in control: the agent proposes, the human commits, and the best AI CRM confronts judgment instead of replacing it.

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Account ManagementBy CoeveraJul 28, 20269 min read

Relationship Mapping for Enterprise Sales: A Complete Guide

Relationship mapping for enterprise sales: the roles to map, how to build the map in your CRM, and how to spot deal risk early on.

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