5 Goal-Tracking Apps Every Rep Must Have

With 2014 well underway, and the fourth quarter frenzy behind us, we turn our attention to new sales goals for the year ahead. Want to know how the most progressive sales organizations are leveraging technology to help sellers stay ahead of the curve and on track to exceed performance expectations?

Our research suggests that a growing number of CEB member organizations are using tablet technology to deliver better customer interactions, and most organizations are investing in four areas of mobile-enablement capabilities to improve seller effectiveness. Also, progressive organizations are enabling sellers to leverage social media to get in early and shape demand.

But, we bet that your best reps are also using mobile technology to build new work habits and stay on top of their 2014 personal goals. So what Apps are they using?

Author and consultant Michael Hyatt recently published his list of the best goal-tracking Apps in the market. Here are the 5 Apps from Hyatt’s list that we predict will make the biggest splash in sales:

GoalsOnTrack – Supported by all major mobile platforms, this very popular app helps users write their goals in “SMART” form (Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic and Timely), create action plans and track progress. It contains a goal journal to help users reinforce goals and record lessons learned along the way. On top of that, it links to Google Calendars and Outlook.
Strides – This app is designed to be an iPhone goal tracker. It has three types of trackers: a target tracker, a habit tracker, and a milestone tracker. Users can select which tracker best suits their personal goals, and the displays are easy to read and beautifully designed.
Lift – Lift is a goal planning and tracking app based around community support functionality, which provides accountability and motivation for users. Once a user creates a goal plan, she can share it with the community and receive positive reinforcement for milestones achieved.
irunurun – What is different about this app is that it “gamifies” goal tracking, providing real-time scoring based on completed actions.  It also enables team/friends functionality that helps users build accountability.
Nozbe – A very functional task-management app that sets users up to create goal projects that can be tracked and measured. It supports most mobile platforms and has a very neat web app version available for multiple browsers.

CEB Sales members, visit our Mobile Enablement research center to see our list of most popular apps for task management and other sales-specific usages, and review the results from our Mobile Sales Capabilities Trends report.

What Apps do you think will be hot this year? Share your thoughts with us here.