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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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Sales Targeting Toolbox for Professional Services Firms

Red Star Kim

At the recent Business Development for Professionals – 2024 Virtual Conference – MBL Seminars I presented a session entitled “Supporting Fee-Earners in Sales Targeting”. Here is a summary of the sales targeting toolbox for professional services firms.

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16 Top Sales Conferences You Should Attend in 2017 & 2018

Hubspot Sales

So we’ve compiled a list (in chronological order) of the top sales conferences you should attend in 2017 and 2018. The Best Sales Conferences. Digital Sales Engine. Sales Acceleration Technology Summit. AA-ISP Digital Sales World 2018. Sandler Sales & Leadership Summit.

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Preparing M&BD professionals for the future – learning, skills and knowledge transfer

Red Star Kim

And that some content – e.g. digital skills – is best learned through video whereas “softer” skills through personal interactions. How to deliver M&BD training and promote learning effectiveness Our second interactive exercise considered how to promote learning and harness different training opportunities. What are soft skills?

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Stop Doing Stupid Sh*t: 18 Outdated Sales Tactics to Abandon in 2018

Hubspot Sales

I’ve seen some incredible changes, and I can say without a doubt that right now is the best time to invest in a sales career. 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.

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Be more strategic: Top-down or bottom-up, marketing and sales integration and property marketing

Red Star Kim

From the animated discussions I selected a few topics of focus – Be more strategic: Top-down or bottom-up, marketing and sales integration and property marketing. The result was that often leads generated by marketing were not tracked through the pipeline and sales process managed by fee-earners. Top-down or Bottom-Up Strategy?

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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. Sales tools are different; they’re basically the phone book and your business card. 2018 is going to be even bigger. 2018 is going to be even bigger.