Happy New Year! Welcome to our annual and popular list of What’s OUT and What’s IN for 2011. This list is loaded with style, sports, politics, entertainment, gossip and, oh yeah, sales stuff.
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| What’s Out | What’s In |
|---|---|
| Call campaigns and blitzes | Inbound leads through lead nurturing |
| Zombies | Ballerinas |
| Hunters | Sales Snipers |
| Scott Brown | Marco Rubio |
| Adam Dunn | Jason Werth |
| Sales-Driven Process | Buyers-Driven Process |
| Celebvocacy | Fundraising |
| Pop-ups and mobile food trucks | Retail malls |
| Mancession | Employed Boomers |
| Four Loko | Alcoholic Whipped Cream |
| Mark Zuckerberg | Ethan Zuckerman |
| Speakeasies | Tiki lounges |
| Buy | Rent |
| Economic Crisis | Economic Stagnation |
| No-Po’s clogging up forecasts | Customers 2.0 |
| Camilla | Kate |
| Lady Gaga | Dalai Lama |
| Identify Theft | Tabnapping |
| iPad | Apple iNewton |
| The Palin Family | Modern Family |
| Robert Gates | Colin Powell |
| Cupcakes | Macaroons & Meatless Mondays |
| SEO (Search Engine Optimization) | NFO (Needs Feed Optimization) |