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Why You Should STOP Cold Calling Immediately (2020 Update)

No More Cold Calling

It’s email blasts, video calls, text messages, and cold outreach on social media. Whether you’re sending direct mail, knocking on doors to make an in-person sales call, sending unsolicited email, or prospecting on social media —your leads are cold, and your outreach is uninvited. Along the way, they annoy and alienate people.

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Tactics To Help You Meet Your 2020 Sales Goals

Sales and Marketing Management

You could be vulnerable if you’re not sharpening your sales skills and honing the tactics that will help you succeed in 2020. He told the audience about his research and his expectation that out of the then 4.5 million B2B reps currently selling, as many as 1 million could be gone by 2020. Make 2020 a year of personal bests.

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Sales Processes Research 2020 – Something Old, Something New

Sales Hacker

This was what CRM vendors Really Simple Systems set to find out in their 2020 Sales Professionals research project. The research highlighted the rapid change experienced in the sales environment over recent years and how salespeople have needed to revise their approach. Prospecting for new leads in 2020 – the old and the new.

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Does Social Media Really Generate Revenue?

Zoominfo

The most important question for businesses that incorporate social media — albeit the natural rise and fall of a particular platform’s dominance is: Does social media really improve the bottom line? We then grouped this data by company size to understand how much of an impact social media following has, depending on business size.

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Why In-Person Sales Closing Yields the Best Outcomes

SalesFuel

Zoom's daily meeting participants increased from 10 million in March 2019 to 200 million in March 2020. Rich media provides yet another option for reaching clients and building relationships. Researching the media options. The medium assists the message: Consequently, researchers uncovered the discrepancy.

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16 Technology Trends Shaping eCommerce in 2020

Hubspot Sales

If the first few months of 2020 have taught us anything, it’s that uncertain times can call for quick pivots to sales and marketing plans. Businesses have had to evolve quickly with trade shows, events, and in-person sales meetings being canceled for the foreseeable future, likely throwing a wrench in many 2020 sales and marketing strategies.

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60 Stats to Know About Entrepreneurship in 2020

Hubspot Sales

When picturing the year ahead, 69% of respondents said they expected to expand their businesses, and 59% expected increased revenue for 2020. While those ambitions may have been realized for some, the events of 2020 have presented unique challenges for small business owners. In 2020, there were 33.7 Stats About Entrepreneurship.

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