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The 8 Skills Salespeople Will Need to Be Successful in 2018

Hubspot Sales

Selling Skills 2018. Video skills. Framing skills. Challenger selling. Your current skill-set is probably little help, if it’s not completely useless. The selling world changes. 1) Video Skills. Ability to be honest. Tech savviness. Knowledge of Data Analysis. Product expertise.

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Sales Hiring: The Ultimate Guide

Hubspot Sales

Previously successful: Has a track record of success, whether in sales or sports, school, another job, etc. If you have a few (or several) different selling functions, do this exercise for each role. Resume: Look for objective markers of success, like a promotion or membership on a sports team. Write a job description.

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Best Sales Blogs: The Ultimate List of 55+ (Recently Updated!)

LeadFuze

“ Blogging is to writing what extreme sports are to athletics: more free-form, more accident-prone, less formal, more alive. “ Doesn’t matter what you are selling, unless you connect, your products are just things you’re pushing on people. The killer app for 2017 is exceptional service. The Gist: .