2016 Hotlist: What’s In and What’s Out in Sales
We’re Back with our popular Hotlist of “What’s In and What’s Out in Sales.” We’re in our 13th year of trend watching! Our list is loaded with pop culture and style trends.
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| What’s OUT | What’s IN |
|---|---|
| Field Sales | Inside Sales |
| Paro | Pepper |
| Pop-ups | “Experience Retail” |
| Working 9-5 | The Gig Economy |
| Amy Schumer | Issa Rae |
| Exit Interviews | Boomerang Employees |
| Selfie Sticks | Phone umbrellas |
| Unicorns | Decacorns |
| Email newsletters | Wrap.co |
| YouTube stars | Snapchat Stars |
| Co-op Living | Off-Grid Living |
| GIFs | Emojis |
| Millennials | Centennials |
| Tweetstorms | Medium Posts |
| Social media addiction | Digital detox vacations |
| Football | Concussions |
| Nudity | Personality |
| Micro-payments | Nano-payments |
| Taylor Swift’s Girl Squad | Jennifer Lawrence and Amy Schumer |
| Sudoku | Adult coloring books |
| Tim Cook | Elon Musk |
| College | Coworking |
| Lounges | Early Morning Dance Parties |
| Coddling | Cuddling |
| Ride sharing | Sharing your ride sharing |
| Lifelong learning | Just-in-time learning |
| Are you on Venmo? | Are you on Slack? |
| Sales Intelligence | Sales Innovation |
| Friends Reruns | Master of None |
| CRM | Sales Stack |
| Maternity Leave | Paternity Leave |
Josiane Feigon is a pioneer, maverick, and visionary in the inside sales community. She is the founder of TeleSmart Communications and the author of Smart Sales Manager and Smart Selling on the Phone and Online
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