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Creating a Winning Sales Pitch

Anthony Cole Training

Creating a winning sales pitch is a presentation that ends with a decision being made. That is our definition. When presenting to get a decision, it is important to understand this: Theoretically speaking, if a salesperson has done everything correctly up to the point of presentation, then their prospect should be in a position to make a decision at the end of the presentation 100% of the time.

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Essential Qualities of Highly Effective Leaders for Building Successful Teams

Iannarino

Discover the 10 key leadership qualities that differentiate average leaders from highly effective ones and learn how to inspire your team toward greater success.

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The Execution-Driven SKO: Lessons from our Conversation with Tim Caito

Force Management

This week, we hosted a webinar with Force Management Senior Partner Tim Caito. Tim is our resident expert on sales negotiation and has years of experience planning and leading sales kickoffs. He joined us to share his do's and don'ts when it comes to planning a sales kickoff that drives measurable results on company strategic goals and revenue objectives.

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Improving Win Rates! Posted on September, 2024

Partners in Excellence

Win rates are critical to driving performance and achieving our goals. Win rates are critical to our understanding of our pipelines. We leverage them to help us understand whether we are working a sufficient volume high quality opportunities to achieve our goals. The higher our win rates, the more we shift the pipeline numbers in our favor. As a simple example, today, we settle for 15-20% win rates.

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Building Your BI Strategy: How to Choose a Solution That Scales and Delivers

Speaker: Evelyn Chou

Choosing the right business intelligence (BI) platform can feel like navigating a maze of features, promises, and technical jargon. With so many options available, how can you ensure you’re making the right decision for your organization’s unique needs? 🤔 This webinar brings together expert insights to break down the complexities of BI solution vetting.

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4 initiatives to combat AI-driven SEO traffic losses

Search Engine Land

There seems to be a consensus in SEO that AI Overviews ( AIO ) and other AI-driven content will reduce traffic to external websites. Even Google is open about AIO’s goal of keeping users on the SERP longer, which means more time with Google and less time with your business. No matter how good your SEO strategy is, you’re likely heading toward (or already experiencing) erosion of traffic beyond your control.

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Customer Retention Strategies in Sales

Anthony Cole Training

If your goal is to retain and expand relationships, it is important to create a consistent and remarkable experience for your customers, clients, and potential clients. If you are not providing a superior experience, your clients might start asking, “ Then, who will?

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Who Is a Datablazer? (And 6 Reasons To Become One)

Salesforce

Are you ready to unlock the full potential of all your data and join a community of like-minded visionaries? Welcome to the Datablazer community, where IT and business leaders, developers, and data practitioners come together to transform data into their most powerful asset. Imagine expanding your network with top leaders, sharing cutting-edge best practices, and getting exclusive access to resources that will elevate your data game.

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How marketers can go beyond random acts of AI and why they should

Martech

I’ve just returned from MAICON 2024, one of the best, if not the best, conferences focused on AI and marketing. MAICON didn’t disappoint: I’m full of ideas to help our clients improve their marketing by applying AI. At the same time, it became evident to me that many organizations are far from being able to maximize AI’s impact on marketing. Let me explain.

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The ultimate guide to HTTP status codes for SEO

Search Engine Land

404, 301, 500… No, these aren’t just random digits. They indicate how your website performs and how search engines like Google view and rank your website. Below, I’ll break down the most common HTTP status codes for SEO , including which status codes are crucial, why they matter and how to stay on top of them. In this article: Understanding HTTP status codes.

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The 3 Types of Hires You Just Can’t Make Today: The Jaded, The Broken, and The Done

SaaStr

There are 3 types of hires you may be tempted to make now, but you just can’t: The Jaded, The Broken, and The Done They’ve always existed, it’s just there are so many more folks with great LinkedIns and experiences in these categories in SaaS. We’re 20+ years into SaaS, and especially the past 4 years have taken their toll on many of us.

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Beyond the Basics: How to Develop and Retain a Top-Performing Sales Team

Speaker: Brendan Sweeney, VP of Sales at Allego

Maximizing sales rep performance is no easy task. 📈 Traditional sales training methods focus heavily on the first few weeks in the sales role. Companies dedicate time, resources, and budget to onboarding new hires, only for them to forget what was learned in those first few weeks, lose motivation, and struggle to come to grips with their role.

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Why You Shouldn’t Hate Mondays

Iannarino

If you're the kind of person who hates Mondays , I've done some math for you. The average life expectancy in the United States is about 78-years-old, meaning you have 4,056 weeks to be alive in total. That's it, 4,056. And if you're reading this post, you have less than 4,056 because you're not a newborn. Let's look at the math and see what you've got left.

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Revisiting the Top 5 Reasons Why Executing Strategy Fails

The Advantexe Advisor

I had the pleasure of facilitating a great Business Leadership workshop for an organization adapting to a new strategy after a major merger of two equally sized enterprises. The workshop focuses on lifting up and developing business acumen and business leadership skills. We spent some really good time introducing and discussing strategic frameworks and how to choose the right value proposition to offer customers.

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How CX transforms marketing from cost center to revenue engine

Martech

As CMOs, we’re constantly trying to balance driving growth with the fact that marketing is often seen as a cost center. But what if we could change the narrative? What if marketing were viewed as a revenue driver instead of a budget drain? One of the most effective ways to shift this perception is by using customer experience. Below, I’ll share strategic insights on how customer experience can transform your marketing department into a profit center.

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Google brings negative keyword exclusions to Performance Max

Search Engine Land

Google will launch campaign-level negative keywords in Performance Max (PMax) later this year. This will help brands better fine-tune ad targeting on Search. In addition, Demand Gen campaigns are getting omnichannel bidding and increased flexibility. Why we care. It’s finally here! Instead of having to go through a form or ask your Google account manager, you will have more control over negative keyword exclusions and how your ads appear, ensuring better alignment with brand and audience p

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How to Optimize Call Monitoring: Automate QA and Elevate Customer Experience

Speaker: Laura Noonan, Chief Revenue Officer at CallFinder + Angie Kronlage, Director of Program Success at Working Solutions + April Wiita, Vice President of Program Success at Working Solutions

Are you still manually reviewing calls? 🤔 It's time for a change! The traditional method of manual call monitoring is no longer cutting it in today's fast-paced call center environment. Industry experts Angie Kronlage and April Wiita from Working Solutions are here to explore the power of innovative automation to revolutionize outdated call review processes!

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SaaStr Annual 2025 is May 13-15 in SF Bay!!

SaaStr

So you may have noticed there are now a ton of events in September. This year SaaStr Annual was the week before both Dreamforce and HubSpot’s Inbound, as well as Oracle’s big event. As well as many other super cool events, from The All In Conference to Acquired podcast’s cool SF event. There are a lot of reasons to do an event in September. The #1 reason is it’s the best reason to help influence and close pipeline So most B2B vendor events will stay around that time.

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How You Are Perceived

Iannarino

One of the biggest mistakes that salespeople make is leading with their product. To understand why, you need to be aware of the four levels of value.

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The State of GTM Jobs: Sales

Sales Hacker

This is a special edition of The GTM Newsletter by GTMnow – read by over 52,000 revenue professionals weekly to stay up-to-date on go-to-market and scale their companies and careers. GTMnow is the media brand of GTMfund – sharing go-to-market advice from the top 1% of revenue operators including the 350 executives behind the fund, news, and our viewpoints from working with hundreds of portfolio companies.

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6 tips for creating a winning email marketing calendar

Martech

Your calendar is not just a pretty collection of dates and ideas; it’s the blueprint for a successful email marketing program. A strategically built calendar offers a bird’s eye view of your year ahead, ensuring you hit every big sales opportunity and highlight everything that sets your business apart. Below are six tried-and-tested pointers to unlock the full potential of your email marketing calendar. 1.

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How to Improve Email Deliverability and Optimize Each Send

Learn how to optimize email deliverability and drive greater email ROI. What lands your email in the customer’s inbox? Understanding those factors, otherwise known as email deliverability, is critical to getting the most return on your campaign investments. But the “rules” around which factors land you in the spam folder aren’t always easy to keep up with.

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New data: Google AI Overviews show more often to signed-in users

Search Engine Land

Google AI Overviews are triggered 10-20% less for signed-out users. While this percentage varies by industry, it is particularly noteworthy right now for ecommerce queries, which trigger AI Overviews 90% less often for signed-out users. Why we care. We’ve been closely watching the evolution of Google’s AI Overviews because it has the potential to disrupt the amount of organic traffic you receive.

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Underpricing: It Can Help You Win Deals. But It Won’t Magically Bring Them In The Door On Its Own.

SaaStr

Dear SaaStr: Is Underpricing a Good Strategy to Gain Traction? Yes, to some extent — once a category is well established and there is a subset of functionality that is commoditized. But it’s not a marketing strategy. It’s more a tactic to win deals vs. an establish. brand, once you have the prospect in your funnel. Pricing “cheap” won’t get prospects to come find you, not usually.

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Your Sales Potential in a Meritocratic Environment

Iannarino

If you're in sales you're part of a meritocracy. What that means is that you're going to succeed or fail based on your abilities, your attributes, your work ethic, and your traits. Those are the things that are going to determine whether you go up or down in a stacked ranking.

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GTM 112: The Ultimate MarTech Guide and the Great Contraction with Austin Hay

Sales Hacker

Austin Hay is the Co-Founder of Clarify, a new intelligent CRM built as a platform that developers love. He is also a Partner and MarTech Teacher at Reforge, as well as a MarTech Advisor and GTM Investor at HBE Ventures. With a background leading marketing technology teams at high-growth startups like Ramp, Branch, and mParticle, Austin brings a wealth of expertise on the evolving MarTech and RevTech landscape.

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Brick & Mortar Retail Relevance: How to Stay Ahead of the Curve

Speaker: Jay Black, Senior Account Executive

Let's set the record straight: in-store retail isn't dead - it's evolving! Faced with the digital age and the demands of omnichannel shopping, some retailers are thriving while others are struggling to adapt. Join Jay Black in this exclusive session as he explores the strategies that set successful stores apart, including: Crafting unique and unforgettable in-store experiences 🛍️ Mastering the art of retail demands 🛒 Navigating inventory challenges in today's climate 📦 an

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Salesforce launches new, ‘more trustworthy’ generation of AI bots

Martech

Yesterday, Salesforce launched Agentforce — generative AI bots the company says can be trusted to take action on their own. Agentforce is “the third wave of AI — advancing beyond copilots to a new era of highly accurate, low-hallucination intelligent agents that actively drive customer success ,” Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff said during the press conference.

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Data providers: Google August 2024 core update was very volatile

Search Engine Land

Google’s August 2024 core update started on Aug. 15, 2024, and completed 19 days later on Sept. 3, 2024. Early on, we saw some signs of life for sites hit by the infamous September 2023 helpful content update. But honestly, most of those sites did not see enough traffic rebound to make a difference. While the August core update felt really big for us, Google told us the March 2024 core update was its largest core update ever.

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There Probably Is No Downturn in SaaS. It’s Time To Stop Waiting For It To End.

SaaStr

So the past 24 months have been such an odd time in SaaS and Cloud. Some parts of it are on fire, fueled by unprecedented AI spend. Other parts, more connected to the end-consumer economy, are seeing strong growth, from Shopify to Toast to Canva. And the parts that sell “classic” B2B2B into tech are often struggling the most. Many have seen NRR plunge well below 100%, net new customer count slow to close to zero, and growth fall to the teens or lower.

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How to Acquire Large Clients: Strategies for Winning Major Accounts and Boosting Sales Results

Iannarino

Unlock the secrets to acquiring large clients and transforming your sales performance.

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How To Speak The Language Of Financial Success In Product Management

Speaker: Jamie Bernard

Success in product management goes beyond delivering great features - it’s about achieving measurable financial outcomes that resonate across the organization. By connecting your product’s journey with the company’s financial success, you’ll ensure that every feature, release, and innovation contributes to the bottom line, driving both customer satisfaction and business growth.

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Do Your People Look Forward To Meeting With You?

Partners in Excellence

If you are a manager, sit down, swallow hard, ask yourself this question: “Do your people actually look forward to meeting with you?” Perhaps ask yourself, “Do you look forward to meeting with your manager?” Alternatively, “Do they look forward to taking you on a customer call?” If you and your people are like 70% of the sellers I meet, the answer to this question is usually an eyeroll.

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Google adtech antitrust trial: Everything you need to know

Martech

Google is on trial for allegedly abusing its dominance of the $200 billion digital advertising industry. The U.S. Department of Justice claimed that through acquisitions and anticompetitive conduct, Google seized control of the full advertising technology (“adtech”) stack: the tools advertisers and publishers buy and sell ads and the exchange that connects them.

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Google Business Profile: 6 frequently asked questions

Search Engine Land

Over the years, Google Business Profile has become much more complex. After years of helping on the Google Business Profile Help Forum, I’ve answered hundreds and hundreds of questions from business owners who have had questions about GBP. Below are some questions that are frequently asked by users just like you. 1. Can random people really make changes to my Google Business Profile listing?

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5 Of The Top SaaStr Podcasts of the Year: Yext/Roam CEO, Brex CRO, Owner’s CRO, AI Pricing, and The Top 10 Mistakes Founders Are Making

SaaStr

Trevor Lee, founder CEO at Myko, put together his list of his favorite SaaStr podcasts of the year , and they really are some of the best ones. I’m all in on these Top 5. Listen / watch them to really learn. If you want to catch up, these are 5 great ones: #1. 9 Easy Sales Concepts People Get Wrong with Sam Blond A classic. You’re probably making these mistakes.

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How to Stay Competitive in the Evolving State of Martech

Marketing technology is essential for B2B marketers to stay competitive in a rapidly changing digital landscape — and with 53% of marketers experiencing legacy technology issues and limitations, they’re researching innovations to expand and refine their technology stacks. To help practitioners keep up with the rapidly evolving martech landscape, this special report will discuss: How practitioners are integrating technologies and systems to encourage information-sharing between departments and pr