Chris Bogue Communications

Writer and video consultant living in Chicago. I make short, personalized video content that drives revenue for business owners. I also train sales, marketing, and customer success teams to add video prospecting to their existing processes.

Owner

Death by Powerpoint

An interactive improv-based live show where competitors must do battle by presenting a Powerpoint presentation they have never seen before.

Host

Sendspark

Simplifying the short video creation process for B2B sellers.

Strategic Advisor

Chris Sells His Soul

Chris Sells His Soul is a show about monetizing creativity. Join Chris Bogue and guests for thoughtful conversations about how to benefit from your talents.

RevPartners

Launched the Rev Partners content creator cohort. I coached 12 creators and helped them develop original content series to promote their personal brands and create new pipeline and audience growth. Somehow made Robert Jones 10 times funnier.

Creative Advisor

Packback

Owning the sales process from prospect, to cold call, to demo, to deal construction, to close, to renewal. Collaborating with the nation's top universities for educational consultation for remote learning.

Experienced Strategy Consultant at Packback

Belly

Focused on relationship management, account growth, feature adoption, upsells, and referrals. Specialized in high-risk accounts whose cases were escalated based on likelihood to cancel.

Customer Development Manager

XPO Logistics, Inc.

Account Manager

Groupon

Inside Sales, prospecting and consulting with over 100 different businesses helping them acquire tens of thousands of new customers, negotiating contracts, using Twitter, Yelp, and other social media to identify new and creative businesses to be featured on the website

Account Representative

Paige Personnel Services

Setting up fundraisers, building relationships with new clients, and coordinating with independent sales representatives in all 50 states

Inside Sales

Writer and video coach specializing in sales and sketch comedy. I help people sound natural and play to the top of their intelligence on camera.

I coach an improv-based approach to content creation and sales. It's all about being direct, supportive, and fun!

Chris Bogue

Suck at something this weekend

Most people are scared of doing things they are not good at. That's why I always think about Eleanor Roosevelt's advice to do one thing every day that scares you


🎷🎅🏻 This weekend I will be practicing Christmas tunes so I don't suck at the family Christmas party this year

I'm still bad. But every day I get a little better.


There's so much pressure in this world to be perfect. I support people loving what they do even if they suck at it and never plan to make money off of it.

Dare to suck. Have a great weekend, everybody

Coaching sales and building processes that break patterns and drive revenue 🎬

Holy crap Gemini. I am officially impressed.

I uploaded a 30 minute audio file of me practicing saxophone


You all know I'm not easy to impress when it comes to AI, but I was shocked by the feedback

✅ It ranked the songs by how well I played
🎼 Identified specific moments where tuning was an issue
🎷 Even analyzed my tone and gave me notes on what to do with my jaw to get a more velvety sound


If you create audio or video content, try uploading a file straight to Gemini and asking it for feedback

PS I'm also taking requests for Christmas sax jams so drop em if you got em

Text: Google Gemini suddenly became a good saxophone teacher

Image: Chris Bogue playing a saxophone looking up at the text

My hot take? AI hasn't changed sales very much 🤷‍♂️

Sure there's been lots of layoffs and hype for automation, but how has it actually changed the buying and selling experience?


Buyers
❌ Still don't trust salespeople
❌ Still can't get a straight answer without taking a meeting

Sellers
❌ Still have to do research because AI is unreliable
❌ Still have to work their asses off to build and maintain relationships because buyers hate being on the receiving end of automation


Sales is frustrating. Always has been. Always will be.

IMO learning the boring fundamentals and working your ass off is and will always be a safer bet than learning AI

Day By Day - Business Management

You know you could streamline and delegate a lot of the things on your plate.

✔You have holes in your workflow you know you could patch
✔You’re manually tracking things you know you could automate
✔You’re constantly reinventing the wheel when many of your processes are repetitive

You’re happy with your business growth, but you know you could scale up faster and more efficiently if only you’d optimize your processes.

Over 12 years as a manager and an in-house product owner at a SaaS startup have given me robust knowledge of the most cutting-edge software on the market.

I create maximally efficient workflow systems using the best tools for your needs.

Founder & Chief Strategist

RevGenius

RevGenius is a community for sales, marketing and revenue operations professionals.

Check it out

https://vrlps.co/24XoUTm/cp

Member

Buddy & Soul

Responsible for digitalisation of content for online personal development platform.

Responsible for various domains in the R&D namely 
-Product development 
-Sync and management  of the QA team
-Sync and management of the development team 
-Sync and management of design and writing team integration with production
-Overall leadership of the R&D effort
-Prioritization of development process

Write definition and testing documentation for all components as well as general overseeing of site production from content, via design and programming, to launch.

Responsible for user engagement including
-Defining flow and KPIs
-Setting up digital tools, emails, landing pages and bots
-Collaborating with writing and design teams

Responsible for all tracking and reporting efforts using various tools such as Google Analytics, Analytics Canvas, SQL and more.

Product Owner

Writing Special Forces for personal development.

Writer

Tzomet Sfarim

Managed a team of 18-20 employees. 
Supervised sales as well as orders from suppliers.
Helped train future store managers. 
Supported other stores in chain (professionally and technically).

Store Manager

Michael

The Michael Method is a unique, holistic program to develop and realise and individual's emotional, intellectual and behavioural potential. 
While participating in the Michael Program, students are introduced to a wide gamut of philosophical ideas, values and multi-disciplinary concepts and great challenges.
http://www.michael.org.il

Instructor (Mancha)

Creo

Responsible for developing, evaluating, maintaining and managing curriculum development projects for instructor-led and self-paced training courses.
Courses were in the following formats: written, web-based and video.
Worked with subject matter specialists to ensure effective teaching and learning strategies are utilised in study packages.

Instructional Designer

Versaware Technologies

Creating a framework for internal training, in conjunction with the technologies' developers. 
Pedagogical analysis of materials and needs. 
Management of content delivery process.

Technology Training Manager

Coordinated building of advanced multimedia web sites, from customer requirements gathering through development and launch.
Helped develop a proprietary internet technology used by the company to host the same material on many different sites and maintain the individual personality of each host site.
Also trained Indian subsidiary in the use of this technology.

Internet Project Manager

NDS Technologies Israel Limited

Responsible for maintaining corporate Intranet and developing new sites, as well as teaching new users HTML editing tools and web development.  
Was also involved in multimedia software planning and developing.

Web Developer

Yarid Hasfarim

Supervised orders and sales.
Was in charge of computer services for bookstore chain.

Ashrot Computer Training

Taught beginners and advanced computer classes. Microsoft packages and technical English for computer technicians.

Computer Instructor

Systems that scale businesses to 6 & 7 fig | On the cusp of big time growth? You have a good problem | Scale as a coach, consultant or creative with process, strategy, software, & automation | Save 20+ hours a week

Everything you wanted for your business is happening, word on the street favors your brand — and you have your eye on the next big step.

You're ready to DO it:
📈 scale up - Grow a team around your process & replicate revenue 3X+
💰 sell products - Open new streams of revenue with courses or digital products
🦉 build authority - Get your expertise out there — and charge premium prices

There's just one little problem
It’s hard to move forward and scale your THING — when it’s all inside your head.
👉 You can hire a team, but you'll spend all your time telling them what to do.
👉 You can create a product or course but lack the know-how.
👉 You can build authority with online content, but that would be a full-time job.

You know that there are tech solutions that can get you where you need to go. 

But you've hit your growth ceiling.

😏You've tried to figure it out on your own.
🤨You've tinkered with tools and researched software. (And wasted hours you didn't have.)
😯You’ve set up your business using way too many different tools ... and it’s a mess.
😣You’re sinking into calendar quicksand. You can’t even see what you’re up to now — never mind scheduling all the new things coming down your pipeline.
🫤Instead of creating and monetizing, you’re busy burning the midnight oil and experimenting with product platforms.

Time to get your process out of your head and into scalable, automated workflows and products

Which brings you to... me

Long-Time Automator - 15 + years and going strong
12 years as a manager and an in-house product owner at a SaaS startup, and 3 years as a process and automation consultant.

Compulsive Tool-Tester - 978+ tools tested (and counting!)
I wouldn't be able to stop researching tech if I tried. It's a mild obsession.

Serial Speaker & Trainer - When I'm not tinkering with tools, I'm talking about them.

Generous Whizdom Dispenser - 1,426+ articles, posts & videos.

Playful Podcaster - I'm the co-host of Off Tangent, a playful podcast with my colleague Zineb Layachi. We talk about business, process, and growing pains. 

Masterful Course Creator - I've created courses in-house as an instructional designer, helped entrepreneurs launch their own courses, and developed my own Sales Pipeline Automation Accelerator.

What it looks like to work with me

Strategize - We get everything out of your head and plan ways to automate it.
Set up - I set up the software and automation for you and send detailed how-to-use videos. 
Streamline - You try out all your shiny new tech and we tweak things where needed.

Let's chat
day-by-day.biz/talk-to-me

Irit Levi

A client spent $10,000 on an "all-in-one" platform.



Two weeks after we started working together, we scrapped it entirely.

She was working harder WITH the tool than without it.

The problem? She chose based on features, not fit.

Before evaluating any business tool, answer these 3 questions:

1\. Purpose: What specific outcome do you want?
2\. Process: What are your exact current steps?  
3\. People: Who will actually use this daily?

Tools should serve your business, not the other way around.

Building systems that scale with your ambition | On the cusp of big time growth? You have a good problem | Scale as a coach, consultant or creative with process, strategy, software, & automation | Save 20+ hours a week

Stop asking for everything upfront. Build customer profiles over time.


Traditional approach:
One massive form asking for everything: company details, contact info, project requirements, budget, timeline, technical specifications, decision-making process, etc.

Result: 15% completion rate. Most people see 20 questions and abandon immediately.

Progressive profiling approach:

First interaction (minimal friction):
→ Name, email, company
→ General interest area
→ Rough timeline

Second interaction (after email engagement):
→ More specific project details
→ Budget range
→ Technical requirements

Third interaction (after phone call or demo):
→ Decision-making process
→ Implementation timeline
→ Detailed specifications

Same information collected eventually.
Much higher completion rates at each stage.
Better customer experience because requests feel reasonable.

Progressive profiling recognizes that relationship building happens over time.

You don't need to know everything about a prospect before the first conversation.

You need to know enough to have a valuable first conversation.

Then learn more as the relationship develops.

Smart forms support relationship progression instead of demanding instant information downloads.

"Everyone asks me what to do today."


Heard this from a client whose system tracked everything perfectly. 
Status updates. 
Progress reports. 
Assignment details.

But the system only recorded history. It didn't guide action.

The problem: Status DOES NOT EQUAL  Stage

Status tells you what happened. 
Stage tells you what happens next.

When workflows only capture status, you become the interpreter. 
Every update needs your translation into next steps.

This creates daily bottlenecks and prevents teams from becoming self-directing.

Action-oriented workflows embed decision logic:
👉 When project enters review: auto-send approval request
👉 If approved: move to production queue
👉 If revision needed: schedule design meeting within 24 hours

Stop being the daily translator. Design systems that guide action.

The scaling ceiling isn't about capacity. It's about complexity.


Revenue capacity: More clients requiring more man**l work
Quality consistency: Man**l processes introducing variability  
Stress levels: Team overwhelmed managing chaos instead of delivering value

When systems handle routine tasks, humans focus on value creation.

Reorganizing by function sounds simple. Here's why it's not.


The concept is straightforward: Stop organizing around people, start organizing around business functions.

The execution is where most businesses fail.

Because Sarah isn't just going to cheerfully hand over her marketing responsibilities. She's built her identity around being "the marketing person."

And Mike won't easily give up customer service tasks. That's how he stays connected to customer feedback.

Plus, what happens to the work during the transition? Someone still needs to handle everything while you reorganize.

Successful functional reorganization requires:

→ Change management that respects people's concerns
→ Transition planning that maintains business continuity
→ Clear communication about why the change benefits everyone
→ Gradual implementation instead of overnight revolution
→ New success metrics aligned with functional ownership

It's not a weekend project. It's a strategic initiative.

But businesses that do it right see results within 30-60 days.

And the competitive advantage compounds over years.

The question isn't whether functional organization works.

The question is whether you have the patience and discipline to implement it properly.

Most businesses give up after the first week of discomfort.

The smart ones push through and reap the rewards.

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