Fri.Jul 19, 2024

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Help Your Team with Cross-Selling & Up-Selling Strategies

Anthony Cole Training

The concept of cross-selling tends to evoke skepticism and wariness. Over time, this skepticism has arisen due to some individuals with good intentions although accompanied by undesirable practices. Pushing product is often another term used for cross-selling & up-selling strategies. Let’s explore why this skepticism about cross-selling exists.

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Mastering the Modern Sales Approach: Expert Strategies for Success in a Changing Market

Iannarino

Discover why your clients are seeking a different type of salesperson and how you can adapt to meet their evolving needs.

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Billions of Google redirects to stop working next year

Search Engine Land

Google’s URL shortener service will stop serving completely on August 25, 2025, which will result in billions of redirected URLs to stop working after that date. Google stopped allowing us to make new redirects with this service back in March 2019, the service initially launched in 2009. “Starting August 23, 2024, goo.gl links will start displaying an interstitial page for a percentage of existing links notifying your users that the link will no longer be supported after August 25th,

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Why traditional marketing systems can’t keep up with AI and what to do about it

Martech

Over the course of 150 years, manufacturing evolved from relying on skilled artisans and craftsmen to automated, computer-driven, flexible manufacturing systems. Marketing will do the same in less than 50 years as AI radically shifts the paradigm for markers. However, if marketers fail to adjust their overall marketing systems, productivity gains from AI can easily be lost.

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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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7 strategies to maximize your AI-powered search market share

Search Engine Land

In this new age of AI-driven search, it’s essential to move away from siloed marketing strategies and realign to future-proof your position in the SERP. This article outlines seven key focus areas for maximizing your brand’s presence in AI-driven search. The evolving AI-powered search landscape and the rise of zero-click results Up to 59% of Google searches end without a click , with nearly 30% of clicks getting directed toward Google-owned assets like images, videos and social prof

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Where’s The Customer?

Partners in Excellence

In the press of developing and executing our GTM strategies, there’s a tendency to be preoccupied with our own organizations, products, goals. It’s easy to understand how that happens, and it happens to all of us. But over time, it’s easy to get distracted. We get focused on our actions. More marketing programs, more outreach, higher levels of activity, more pipeline, and on and on.

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How to build and manage your brand across multiple platforms

Search Engine Land

Up to 94% of customers say that a negative review or social media comment has convinced them to avoid a company, according to an InMoment study. But it’s actually much worse than that today. Negative reviews only used to impact the person finding them. With AI taking over more and more platforms being used, all content on the web is now fair game to be used as a training source for generative AI responses.

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Planting seeds and building trust in a world of overnight wins

Martech

There’s a comforting truth to the adage, “Good things come to those who wait.” But waiting often feels synonymous with missing out. Passive waiting offers little in today’s fast-paced world. The key lies in planting seeds. This is about taking action while acknowledging the role of time. Not all seeds will flourish; some may wither and success is never guaranteed.

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Why single keyword ad groups still matter in 2024

Search Engine Land

Interview 10 Google Ads experts and nine of them will tell you that themed ad groups (a.k.a. Hagakure ) are the best way to build search campaigns. I’m the 10th. I’ve been publicly standing up for single keyword ad groups (SKAGs) for some time now – though I’ll admit it is a controversial take. Most recently, I posted this on LinkedIn: I think the comment-to-like ratio tells the story of how well it was received.

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Where are martech vendors finding their revenue? Let’s take a look

Martech

Business is a little sluggish for a number of martech vendors. They will tell you so themselves (just keep reading). Put the blame on interest rates. Put the blame on the well of VC money that is running pretty dry. Put the blame on pandemic-era spending sprees, during which many companies filled in the gaps in their tech stacks. But save some blame for a maturing market.

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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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Netflix shifts focus to ad-supported tier as subscriber growth surges

Search Engine Land

Netflix is phasing out its cheapest ad-free plan in Canada and the UK, with plans to do the same in the U.S. and France. Driving the news. Netflix added 8 million global subscribers in Q2, with its ad-supported plan gaining significant traction. The budget-friendly tier now accounts for over 45% of new signups in markets where it’s available, signaling a potential shift in Netflix’s business model.

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How Salesforce Data Cloud supports CX for Principal Financial

Martech

Salesforce’s Marc Benioff believes that 2025 will be the year of Data Cloud. In one sense, this might be seen as celebrating the end (or nearing the end) of a very long journey. Salesforce tried to create a viable CDP, under various names, for at least five years. And now we have Data Cloud, threading together data from across the Salesforce suite (Marketing Cloud, Sales Cloud, Service Cloud), able to pull data from external sources and, perhaps most significantly, able to reach into data

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Communications Almost Predict Business Results

Sales Pop!

Our communications are precursors to our outcomes, both business and personal. Communication will, in every way, either benefit or harm the outcomes we desire, making it vital to pay strict attention and revise our words when needed. Moreover, accurate communication is vital for personal and business efforts. Otherwise, misunderstandings will arise, and people will walk away.

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The One Thing My Worst Investments Had in Common

SaaStr

The worst investments for me have one common theme: The founder was a bit of a B.S. artist. It’s a fine line between being a salesperson, and being the #1 evangelist and advocate … and being a B.S. artist I remember one time a founder told me how Salesforce did a certain process internally. That sounded wrong to me, I was 99% sure. I checked and it turned out it wasn’t remotely accurate.

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The AI Superhero Approach to Product Management

Speaker: Conrado Morlan

In this engaging and witty talk, industry expert Conrado Morlan will explore how artificial intelligence can transform the daily tasks of product managers into streamlined, efficient processes. Using the lens of a superhero narrative, he’ll uncover how AI can be the ultimate sidekick, aiding in data management and reporting, enhancing productivity, and boosting innovation.

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Finding the Best AI Presentation Maker, Here's What I Tested.

Hubspot

You know what would have been great to have access to during my days as a teacher? An AI presentation maker. Whether you’re a teacher or a business professional, eye-catching presentations are a great way to spread (and digest!) information quickly. Thankfully, AI presentation makers are becoming popular design tools. And one of the biggest perks of AI for presentations is that it can save you valuable time.

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Channel Sales Podcast: Unveiling the Secrets to Effective IT and Channel Sales Training: A Conversation with Julian Lee

Closing Bigger

I’m excited to share insights from my recent interview with Julian Lee, Publisher of echannelnews. We delved into IT sales training and Channel Sales Training, discussing the strategies that help sales development programs that help move the sales needle in the right direction. Here’s a comprehensive summary of our conversation, packed with actionable insights and top takeaways – please note that this post is based upon the podcast transcript and was written with the assistance of AI

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5 Key Benefits of Content Repurposing for Business Owners

TaskDrive

Learn how content repurposing can extend your reach, boost SEO, and save time. Discover key benefits, effective strategies, and real-life examples to maximize your content's value. The post 5 Key Benefits of Content Repurposing for Business Owners appeared first on TaskDrive.

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When to Use AI or an Agency: Strategic Choices for B2B Companies

Heinz Marketing

By Carly Bauer , Marketing Consultant at Heinz Marketing To succeed we must adapt to remain competitive. We all know this, yet some companies are faster or slower to adapt than others. As we work to adapt their strategies to the ever-changing market, one key decision that is becoming more common is whether to leverage AI technologies or partner with a specialized agency to achieve their goals.

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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!