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2017’s Top 4 Sales Trends

Sales and Marketing Management

Author: Kate Kirby, Content Strategist and Marketer at Conga “Sell more. Surely you heard some variation of that directive during 2017 sales kickoff season. Through constant innovation, companies test, shift and change their approaches to sales, with the ongoing mission of accomplishing those twin goals. Sell faster.”

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Start 2017 Sales With This Aim Small, Miss Small Focus

Increase Sales

” I only wish those seeking to increase 2017 sales would heed this advice. Ideal target market (industry). Trigger events (market changes and forces). ” With the new year fast approaching, some salespeople are probably setting 2017 sales goals or receiving sales goals from their SMB owners or sales managers.

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Isn't It Time to Stop the Must Have Leadership or Sales Skill?

Increase Sales

Fact – There is no number one top sales skill. Many sales coaches, marketing experts or leadership consultants who write about this or that being the must have or top sales skill recognize the never ending desire for the quick fix. Take Advantage of this Labor Day Special Opportunity (until 9/5/2017) to.

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Can Your Email Get Through The Cluttered Mailbox?

Increase Sales

Build your email list is a marketing strategy I heard about over 10 years ago. Now a lot more small business owners to sales professionals to marketers are engaged using the same thought process. By 2017 this daily deluge of emails may be reduced to just 74.5 Current regional to global markets. Competitors.

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From Player to Coach: Helping New Sales Managers Succeed

Miller Heiman Group

It’s a daily challenge to find the right balance between these three focus areas—to manage processes and coach behaviors that lead to wins. Coaching is a new capability that many sales managers must learn from scratch. Sales coaching drives seller performance. Sales managers: Coaching to win.

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Why, How, and When to Upskill Your Sales Team

Janek Performance Group

With that in mind, here is why, how, and when to upskill your sales team: Why You Should Upskill In 2017, McKinsey Global Institute released Jobs lost, jobs gained: What the future of work will look like for jobs, skills, and wages. Think of that in terms of sales, an industry on the forefront of change. However, be proactive.

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Slack Bots, Artificial Intelligence

Pipeliner

Account Based Marketing & Outbound Automation – Oh My! So will you lose your job in 2017? Not if you master the following whiz-bang platforms: Man the photon torpedos and tune your dilithium crystals because sales 3.0 Account Based Marketing (ABM) is all the rage. The Age of Artificial Intelligence is upon us!