About
A doctrine for the practice.
Sales is the oldest profession with the youngest doctrine. Closer Manifesto is a practice spec and a community of practitioners who operate floors in writing: measurable, calm, and faster.
Mission
Sales deserves the same rigor that software gave itself.
We name the things that work. We write down the rituals so they survive a bad week. We refuse to monetize a certificate so the title Sales Master stays the role of someone doing the work, and so the title Closer stops being a slur. The work is doctrinal: an explicit, signed, dated text that a floor can argue from. The text is the manifesto. The long form is the book.
What we ship
- The doctrine. A free, public manifesto with eight principles. Sign your name in public. Read it
- The Library. Essays, playbooks, role pieces, research, and a glossary of the vocabulary. Free. Open the Library
- The book. The doctrine in long form, published by V3s Publishing. The book is the only credential. See the book
- Community. A practitioner Discord (Phase 2, auth-gated by a manifesto signature) and an annual conference, CloseCon.
Frequently asked
What people ask first.
- Why a manifesto?
- Because the practice doesn't have one yet. Software has Agile, Lean, the SOLID principles. Sales has war stories. The Closer Manifesto names eight principles so a sales floor can argue from a shared text instead of a shared mood.
- Who's behind it?
- The doctrine is authored by Bacchus Jackson, founder of V3s Software. The practice is informed by a Senior Advisor with forty years on the floor and a small advisory board the project is actively recruiting.
- How is this different from CloserMX?
- CloserMX is the product. Mission Control software for sales teams. closermanifesto.org is the doctrine and the community. The two share a brand and a practice but are independent: separate users, separate billing, separate roadmaps. CloserMX subscribers don't get an account here automatically; signing the manifesto doesn't give you a CloserMX seat.
- Is the manifesto open source?
- Yes. The text is licensed CC BY 4.0. Quote it, translate it, teach from it. The book is published by V3s Publishing; the doctrine itself is free for any practitioner to copy, adapt, and run on their floor.
- Are there certifications?
- No. The book is the only credential. The methodology refuses the cert-ladder path on purpose. Methodologies that monetize their certifications grow toward the certification, not toward the work. The role exists when the practice exists; the practice exists when the team is doing the work. See the chapter “Resist the SAFe-ing” in the book.
- Can I sign anonymously?
- No. The point of the wall is signing in public: name, title, dealership, dated, real. If the doctrine isn't worth attaching your name to, it isn't yours.
Advisors
The Senior Advisor.
Forty years on the floor. The voice that pressure-tests the doctrine.
Meet the advisors →
Contact
Reach the team.
Press, partnerships, or anything about the doctrine.
Get in touch →
Sign
Add your name.
The doctrine is signed in public. Practitioners on the wall: name, title, dated, real.
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