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Practical notes on outbound, AI research, CRM and sales tools. Written from building, running and training sales systems for 70+ B2B teams.

Vytas Mikulėnas founder of Lean Sales Systems. Follow on LinkedIn

CRM

Why B2B sales teams struggle to grow revenue using a CRM

B2B teams fall into 1 of 5 CRM maturity levels. Each level introduces a different bottleneck that limits revenue growth.

5 Oct 20264 min read

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AI in sales

Pardavimų formulė 2026 keynote on B2B sales systems: what to automate in 2026 (and what not)

A founder's talk from Pardavimų formulė 2026 about AI sales automation for B2B: the exact tools, prompts and outbound workflows that work, where to focus, and what you should never automate.

3 Jun 202619 min read

Sales strategy

Why Most B2B Companies Struggle to Build a Predictable Sales Pipeline

Why Lithuanian B2B companies struggle with pipeline predictability and the three foundations that fix it.

20 Mar 20265 min read

Sales strategy

Founder Led Sales Problems: 7 Reasons Growth Stalls

Seven founder led sales problems that stall growth, and the five steps to move to a scalable sales system.

16 Mar 20266 min read

Outbound

AI Outbound Sales Systems in B2B: A Practical Framework for 2026

The framework for AI-driven B2B outbound: ICP, market-wide lists, triggers, multichannel outreach, deliverability and CRM.

24 Feb 20265 min read

Sales strategy

B2B Sales Strategy 2026: Why Old Playbooks Fail and What Replaces Them

Why traditional B2B playbooks stop working and what replaces them: intent-driven outbound, systems and AI used where it fits.

21 Feb 20265 min read

AI in sales

How to Personalize B2B Automation Without Sounding Like a Robot

A step-by-step guide to personalizing B2B automation with a dynamic ICP, trigger-based context and AI for repetitive work.

19 Feb 20266 min read

Sales tools

AI-First B2B Sales Tool Stack for Modern Outbound That Scales: Our Top 6 Tool Choices

A six-tool AI-first B2B sales stack built on one flow: signal, context, action, system of record, orchestration.

17 Feb 20265 min read

Sales strategy

B2B Lead Generation: Outbound, Inbound and Paid Ads Compared

How outbound, inbound and paid ads work for B2B lead generation, and why lead quality matters more than meeting volume.

16 Mar 20255 min read

Sales strategy

B2B Sales Outsourcing: When It Makes Sense and How to Choose a Partner

When B2B sales outsourcing makes sense, what it offers, and an eight-point checklist for choosing a partner.

12 Mar 20255 min read

Cold email

Cold Email Marketing and Infrastructure: A Practical Setup Guide

Why cold email works for B2B lead generation, how to build the offer, set up sending infrastructure and write short sequences.

11 Mar 20256 min read

Outbound

Multi Channel Outreach: Combining Email and LinkedIn to Book Meetings

How to combine cold email and LinkedIn, fix deliverability and targeting, and what real campaigns showed.

20 Feb 202512 min read

Mastering LinkedIn for B2B Sales Success

Three LinkedIn strategies for landing high-ticket B2B clients: case study posts, the Connection Method and referrals.

18 Feb 20258 min read

Agency notes

Our Key Business Philosophy Lesson That Shapes Our B2B Sales Agency

The lesson from a jobless stretch that shaped the agency: execution above knowledge, and seven principles applied today.

25 Jan 20254 min read

Sales strategy

The Ultimate B2B Sales Playbook: Mastering Digital-First Revenue Growth

A guide to digital-first B2B sales: tools, training, data, multichannel selling, subscription models and a future-proof strategy.

7 Jan 202511 min read

AI in sales

AI for Business Development: A Proven Guide to Unlocking Growth

How to build the AI business case, prepare your team and scale AI across sales, marketing, operations and finance.

6 Jan 202511 min read

Sales tools

Top 38 B2B Sales Tools for 2025: The Best AI Powered Sales Stack

A list of 38 B2B sales tools for 2025 across data, scraping, enrichment, signals, messaging, infrastructure, engagement and CRM.

5 Jan 20256 min read

Cold email

Cold Email vs Email Marketing: 10 Key Differences That You Cannot Miss + 27 Top Tools

The 10 differences between cold email and email marketing, the problems of mixing them and a list of 27 tools.

17 Nov 202411 min read

AI in sales

B2B Pardavimai ir jų optimizavimas su AI ir technologijomis: Lietuvos Pardavimų Asociacijos Webinaras 2024

Lietuvos pardavimų asociacijos webinaro įžvalgos: kaip AI keičia B2B pardavimus, nuo kontaktų paieškos iki CRM automatizavimo.

10 Oct 20249 min skaitymo

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