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The Top Sales Trends of 2018

Hubspot Sales

What are the sales trends of 2018? Sales automation. 2018 is just around the corner. And if history repeats itself, just like 2017 we’ll see major developments in the sales world. To find out what’s coming, I asked sales leaders, experts, and reps to predict the top sales trends of 2018.

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The 8 Skills Salespeople Will Need to Be Successful in 2018

Hubspot Sales

Selling Skills 2018. Your job title hasn’t changed -- you’re still a salesperson, sales manager, sales director, etc. -- but of course, everything else has. 2017 was a huge year: It brought us AI sales tools, machine learning, account-based selling, increasing sales automation, and hyper-targeting.

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6 Professional Sales Challenges for 2018

Pipeliner

The increasing sophistication underpinning sales automation tools is motivating sales professionals to redesign their prospecting strategy. Respondents cited “asking insightful and relevant questions to understand customer needs and challenges” as the most valuable selling skill in 2018. Prospecting.

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Sales Automation: 210+ Tools to Turbocharge Your Sales Process

Sales Hacker

We’ve been compiling this sales automation tools list for a while, trying to figure out the best way to get the information out there. There are a number of existing resources available on sales automation, but they don’t offer use cases and examples of how to put the tools to action. What Is Sales Automation?

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In the Race to Win More Customers, Sales Needs Digital Transformation

Discover the results and why investments in digital transformation and automation are pushing sales teams ahead. Salesforce users were surveyed about the forces shaping today's workplace.

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6 B2B Sales Trends to Watch in 2018

Vainu

This is already the third time we’ve put the crystal ball on the table to predict the future of B2B sales. In the past, we have accurately predicted the rise of sales automation , artificial intelligence and several other things. There are also trends that we have missed and predictions that didn't quite happen (yet?).

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Welcome, Gen A: The Age of Automation for Sales and Marketing is Here

Zoominfo

The director must be an expert in sales automation , understand the marketing-qualified-lead process , and work smoothly with a large sales team. Figure 1 : These job requirements, culled from an open position at ZoomInfo, illustrate the trend toward aligning sales and marketing operations.

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