30 Sales Trends You Need to Know for 2024

10 months ago 4 minute read

Every time we think we have a handle on our sales tactics and we are on top of the world, we discover new sales trends to knock us down a peg. Honestly, that might not be such a bad thing. As industry professionals, we should always be adapting our approach to our customers in order to reach more prospects and close more deals. If there were one statistic to prove that we should always be adapting our process, it would be that only 17% of reps believe that they are pushy compared to 50% of prospects. Or that only 3% of buyers trust the reps that they are talking to. 

Luckily though, not all sales data will bum you out quite like the stats mentioned above. But, it is important to identify the following sales trends so that you can further understand your prospects and how to close more deals. Not only do you want to close the deal, but you want to build a stronger relationship with them to ensure you retain that customer down the road. Now, let’s dive into 30 sales trends that you need to know for 2024.

30 Sales Trends You Need to Know for 2022

Sales Prospecting

Understanding where your strengths and weaknesses are with prospecting can help you spend less time spinning your wheels and more time gaining traction with your prospects. It is important to understand your prospects to the best of your ability in order to serve them as needed and start building that relationship. 

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Sales Follow-Up

Following up with prospects can be difficult at times. Not everyone likes to be followed up with or it can take a few follow-ups in order to have a full conversation about the next steps. These sales trends will help you understand what is needed in order to make that follow-up a successful interaction. 

Sales Email

Everyone uses email to an extent, and we have all received those countless emails that are so poorly done you can’t imagine ever opening them. It is important to understand who you are sending emails to, what they expect, and personalize them as much as possible. That way you don’t end up being one of those emails everyone deletes without opening every morning. 

Sales Calls

Sales calls can be a difficult thing to master. It can be hard to get your prospect on the phone and when you do, many are reluctant to stay on the phone for long. Understanding when your prospects want to be called is important as this is a key element to building that relationship. 

  • Using words such as “we” instead of “I” to show collaboration had a positive impact on calls and increased success rates by up to 35%.
  • Phrases such as “Did I catch you at a bad time?”make you 40% less likely to schedule a meeting. Using phrases such as “How are you?” increased the likelihood of booking a meeting by over 3x.
  • Over 60% of sales leaders believe that a virtual meeting is more effective than in-person meetings (especially in 2023/2024).

Sales Productivity

From time-to-time productivity can be a difficult thing for anyone, not only sales reps. But by understanding your own industry, your buyers, and your role, you can tailor your efforts in such a way that you will see your productivity rise. You will find that you are not working as hard to close deals but your close rates have increased. These sales trends are an important step in this direction. 

  • Over 50% of sales reps say that when they find a method that works for them they do not change. 
  • According to buyers, these are the top ways to create a positive sales experience:
    • Listen to their needs (69%)
    • Don’t push (61%)
    • Provide relevant information based on their needs (61%)
    • Respond in a timely manner (51%)
  • According to sales reps, their biggest challenges are:
    • Establishing urgency (42%)
    • Getting in touch with their prospects (37%)
    • Overcoming price objections (35%)
  • Only 24% of salespeople exceeded their quota last year.
30 Sales Trends You Need to Know for 2022

Social Selling

Social media is one of the most important and most frequently used tools in the world right now. Even if you are not actively selling your product on social media it does not mean that you should not be using it as a means of marketing or selling. Social media is an amazing way to find where your customers are, learn about them, and reach them. 

  • Over 60% of salespeople who use social selling fill their pipeline, compared to less than 50% of reps who do not. 
  • Over 40% of reps have recently closed 2-5 deals solely because of social media. 
  • Using social selling can increase your win rate and your deal size by over 5% and 35%, respectively. 

Wrap Up

These are merely a few of the sales trends we have seen recently to help prepare you for 2024. Using these statistics can help you understand your prospects better, what they are looking for/expecting, and the best way to ensure you close the deal. Not only will these sales trends help you close the deal, but they will also help you build and strengthen your relationship with prospects. Relationships are important as that is how to retain your customers for longer periods of time and can upsell or cross-sell down the road if relevant to that customer. These customers who have had a good experience with you and maintain a strong relationship are more likely to recommend you to others, or if they move to another business (if relevant to your product) will encourage them to use you as well.

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Written by

Nick Hollinger | CEO

I am the CEO and Co-founder of Visitor Queue. Currently working with ~5000 companies across the globe including Microsoft and Jones Lang Lasalle. In my spare time, I am also the Game Day Director for one of Canada's most successful Junior Hockey Teams (the London Knights). Previously, I held Head of Marketing/Sales roles at SMB B2B organizations. A strong believer that hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard. I enjoy sharing my knowledge, experience, and opinion on Marketing, Sales, SaaS, and Entrepreneurship.