Sales Brief: Stay N'Sync

Your weekly dose of sales inspiration, tips, and news—so you can crush your 2020 sales goals.

It's the beginning of a whole new decade and I'd bet you're already in hustle mode, preparing your roadmap to crush 2020. This week, we kicked off the new year at Close with an exciting new feature update, Meeting Sync. You now can start, run, and track meetings all from within your CRM. We're stoked on this release, as it gives salespeople even more power to streamline their workflow. If you're looking for some inspiration to fuel your drive for 2020, we've got you covered in this week's Sales Brief. Go get 'em, Steli. Steli's Select How to get your sales team meet their sales quota every single time Are your quotas realistic? Are you using the correct type of quota? How are you tracking your sales team's performance? DO OR DO NOT, THERE IS NO TRY → How to be a career-changing mentor: 25 tips from the best mentors we know First Round has worked with thousands of participants within their mentorship program, and recently published some fantastic mentorship tips culled from this initiative. NUMBER 8 WILL SHOCK YOU → The art of sales persuasion In a world overwhelmed by automation, where text-centric communication and bulk outreach is front and center, the phone still remains one of the most important and persuasive sales tools. SOMETIMES PLEASE ISN'T ENOUGH → Should your inside sales team be attending industry events? If you're planning on attending an industry event this year, make sure to give this one a read. It includes some solid advice on where to allocate your time and energy to make the most out of your conference visit. EVENT HORIZON → "Since we've started using Close, we've QUADRUPLED our average revenue per user." - Sara Archer, ChartMogul Director of Sales & Marketing READ CHARTMOGUL'S CASE STUDY > Successful entrepreneur? Level up 2020 with my gratitude tracker Steli discusses the importance of gratitude and teaches a simple system to visually reflect on your performance, coined "Gratitude Tracker". If you're an ambitious and goal-oriented person, give this video a watch and try implementing the system. THANKS A MILLION → Introducing Meeting Sync With Meeting Sync, you can now sync and manage all of your Google Calendar meetings directly in Close. STAY N'SYNC → © Close  PO Box 7775  #69574  San Francisco  CA  94120-7775  USA  Update your email preferences to choose the types of emails you receive.