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Stop Doing Stupid Sh*t: 18 Outdated Sales Tactics to Abandon in 2018

Hubspot Sales

Sales is fun, critically important to scaling businesses, financially lucrative, and intellectually stimulating. But being a salesperson in 2018 is very different than being a salesperson in 1987. Although it’s arguably more difficult to sell effectively in 2018, it’s easier for top performers to differentiate themselves.

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Weekly Roundup – Dec 21, 2018

CloserIQ

. “Progressing naturally, sales prospecting activities tend to be much more warm than lead generation, and are directed toward efforts that are intended to convert your existing leads into paying customers.” ” How to Shorten Your Sales Cycle with Social Media (Sam Holzman of Zoominfo).

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20+ LinkedIn Influencers a Sales Person Must Follow in 2018 [Updated]

SalesHandy

To get that inspiration, direction, and motivation we follow mentors on social media like Twitter, Instagram or LinkedIn influencers. Without any further ado, let’s jump right ahead to the list of Sales LinkedIn Influencers: 1. Gary Vee is the influencer we all know & follow at least on one social media platform. Steli Efti.

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The Best Cold Calling Tip Is Stop Immediately (Do This Instead)

No More Cold Calling

percent of sales reps made quota last year. Cold calling doesn’t address the top two challenges that sales teams face. Regardless of the way you reach out—via email, social media, text, direct mail, or even a knock on the door—prospects are cold as ice unless they know who you are and expect to hear from you.

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Sales Talk for CEOs: Finding Success by Building a Remote Sales Team With Mario Martinez, Jr. (S1:EP3)

Alice Heiman

Mario is one of 20 sales influencers invited to appear in the Salesforce documentary film “ The Story of Sales ” launched in 2018. Show Links.

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BREAKING: GTMfund re-acquires Sales Hacker, rebrands as GTMnow

Sales Hacker

We re-acquired Sales Hacker and are relaunching it under GTMnow, the media extension of the GTMfund ! For those of you who don’t know, my partner Max Altschuler , founded Sales Hacker in 2013 and ran it for 5 years (I joined SH later in the journey) before it was acquired by Outreach where it ran for another 5 years.

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Top 15 Sales Conferences to attend in 2018

OnePageCRM

It’s that time of the year where we set new goals, try new business tactics and most importantly fill in our calendars with the must-attend sales conferences of 2018. Many sales reps are guilty of spending too much time behind a computer screen. AA – ISP Digital Sales World 2018. SaaStr Annual 2018.