Effective personal branding will differentiate you from the competition and allow you to build trust with prospective clients. As an entrepreneur or business owner, you have competitors. As a personal brand, however, you don’t. Sure, there might be other people and companies selling similar products and services as you, but they are not you. In fact, there is no other person in the world that is exactly like you.

The 6 principles of persuasion that has been scientifically proven to be an effective tool to increase your sales revenue. There will be many unscrupulous people out there that would use this information to manipulate and coerce people into buying a product or service that is not needed or fit for purpose – in short con men / women.

A few days ago, I trained a sales and marketing team and reviewed the alignment talking about tools that help reframe the process. We came along with how Linkedin not only influenced Marketing and Advertising but also has a considerable impact on all the B2B companies.

It reminds me a little bit about the metaphor about how do you climb a mountain, one small step at a time. When we start our day, and we know we need to do a bunch of prospecting, especially telemarketing or cold calling, the task can certainly feel like you're standing there at the base of the mountain. This is especially true when we might be a little behind our number for the month. This is why small, manageable goals are so important.

LinkedIn is becoming the go-to channel for salespeople to find new prospects and reach their sales targets. 90% of top-performing salespeople now use LinkedIn as part of their sales strategy. And for sales reps that invest in social media, 64% of them hit their team quota compared to only 49% of reps hitting their team quota that don't use social media

If you're not growing, your competitors are, which means you're losing out on new business. The biggest challenge is finding strategies to help you achieve growth. You can't predict the future to find out what's the next big thing in sales. However, you can take to heart the hottest sales trends today and use them to your advantage.Knowing and understanding sales and marketing trends allows you to prepare your company for the future better.