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Go Do These 3 Things In Your Drift Account Right Now To Squeeze Every Sales Meeting You Can Into 2018

Drift

There are only 27 business days left in 2018. 27 selling days, 27 days to hit your 2018 revenue goal. Which means every meeting counts. You probably already have your plan – how marketing can pump more meetings into the sales team’s calendar before we call 2018 a wrap. Every day and hour counts.

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The Top Sales Trends of 2018

Hubspot Sales

What are the sales trends of 2018? 2018 is just around the corner. To find out what’s coming, I asked sales leaders, experts, and reps to predict the top sales trends of 2018. Want to quickly confirm a meeting or remind them about something? Video prospecting. Greater emphasis on SDR training. Messaging and chat.

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Stop Doing Stupid Sh*t: 18 Outdated Sales Tactics to Abandon in 2018

Hubspot Sales

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arguably more difficult to sell effectively in 2018, it’s easier for top performers to differentiate themselves. 18 Outdated Sales Tactics to Kick to the Curb in 2018. In-person meetings are the most inefficient process imaginable.

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5 Ways to Grow Pipelines and Secure Meetings

RAIN Group

This piece originally appeared in the August 2018 edition of Independent Agent magazine and is reprinted here with permission. That means sellers need to be proactive in growing their pipelines and securing meetings with buyers. Word of mouth, repeat business and referrals used to be enough to maintain a thriving sales organization.

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16 Top Sales Conferences You Should Attend in 2017 & 2018

Hubspot Sales

Professional conferences are not only an opportunity to meet industry leaders -- and maybe do a little prospecting -- they’re also a way to break yourself out of your usual routine and pick up new skills. So we’ve compiled a list (in chronological order) of the top sales conferences you should attend in 2017 and 2018. Dreamforce.

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How to Make the Perfect Follow-Up Sales Call in 2018

Hubspot Sales

I’ll do my best to answer those questions below, as we dissect the perfect follow-up call for salespeople in 2018. A 2018 PhoneBurner study , however, found the most productive time to cold call prospects is 10:00 AM in the prospect’s time zone. A 2018 InsideSales.com test seems to support this data -- kind of.

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The Biggest Threat to Sales Teams in 2018 Isn't Losing Clients

Hubspot Sales

How Fast Are Salespeople Churning in 2018? A 2018 report by the Bridge Group shows average rep tenure now sits at 1.5 Well, a 2018 survey by Marc Wayshak reported only 17.6% Provide consistent feedback and meet with them regularly in one-on-one meetings to see how they're doing -- beyond their quota.

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