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5 incentive travel trends for 2019

Sales and Marketing Management

Author: Paul Nolan Meetings and incentive travel professionals agree that Brexit will impact their industry, but they differ on what sort of impact it will have. The British-based C&IT Magazine recently summarized five incentive travel trends that will impact programs in 2019. We are moving from incentive travel to ‘Instatravel.’

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Would You Encourage Your Children to Pursue Sales?

No More Cold Calling

I can think of a few reasons sales pros wouldn’t encourage their children to follow in their footsteps—the long hours, the busy travel schedule that often keeps you away from home, the unpredictable income. Read his article and learn why “ethics is not just something you say. (My hand went halfway up, but that didn’t count.).

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How to Adapt to the Well-Educated Modern Buyer

Sales and Marketing Management

Online reviews and company websites are the two primary platforms for research, but other channels such as social media can provide valuable information, too. Enough buyers will be happy to tell you about the articles and reviews they read, and you’ll start to generate a very useful picture of how people conduct their research.

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4 Ways To Maximize Your Marketing Strategy

Sales and Marketing Management

Spread the word via social media. Social media is a very powerful marketing asset. If you don’t have a social media marketing strategy, you should develop one as soon as possible. It’s also vital to know the current social trends to maximize marketing results. What is your most profitable strategy?

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Responding to the Digital Sales Shift

Sales and Marketing Management

Scott McCartney, who covers air travel for The Wall Street Journal, worked with three airline industry analysts to determine the long-term impact of COVID-19 on business travel. They estimate total air travel could drop between 19% and 36% permanently due to changes in business travel. Read Brennan's article here.). “If

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Are You Thinking Globally?

Smooth Sale

Attract the Right Job or Clientele: Travel changed my perspective from thinking locally to thinking globally. And the moment I saw the announcement of social media, I was all in. Two email this week brought to mind all the beautiful experiences travel and social media provide.

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10 Unique Follow-Ups to “How Are You?”

Hubspot Sales

If they didn’t previously mention an event or you’re speaking with them for the first time, use a detail you found on social media. You can also use social media to learn about their hobbies. This could be an article, video, press release, case study or something similar. How did it go?”.

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