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The Rules of the Game for Baseball & Selling

Anthony Cole Training

In 2005, I read Dave Kurlan’s book Baseline Selling. Dave took the fundamentals of effective selling and used the baseball diamond and baseball terminology to explain his sales process. Baseball today is essentially the same game that was formalized in New York around 1840, but we know that selling has changed considerably. The baseball analogy is a strong one for developing a milestone-centric sales process with your team.

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Boost Your Sales Team's Performance: Strategies to Improve Win Rates and Drive Sales

Iannarino

Are you struggling to get your sales team to hit their quotas? Understanding win rates might be the key to unlocking better performance.

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It’s time to re-think our rejection of third-party cookies

Martech

Ever since Google threatened to eliminate third-party cookies, there’s been a steady drumbeat that websites should switch to first-party data, which, many say, is better anyways. While it’s definitely a good idea to collect first-party data, third-party cookies were created for a very good reason, and they still remain a useful tool that website owners should not ignore — even as they become less common and reliable.

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Google Analytics 4 introduces benchmarking data

Search Engine Land

Google rolled out a significant update to Google Analytics 4 (GA4), allowing users to compare their performance with other businesses in their industry. Why we care: This new feature will provide valuable context for advertisers trying to understand their performance relative to their peers, potentially informing strategic decisions and goal-setting.

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AI Strategies for Sales Managers: How to Cut Down on Tedious Admin Work

What if you could help your sellers stop wasting 72% of their day on non-selling activities and focus on bringing in revenue? Incorporating AI in your enablement workflows can help you cut down on busy work, get projects done faster, and let your team (and you!) focus on making a bigger impact. We put together this guide to show you how to use AI to cut time and costs for projects, including collateral creation, development of training videos, and automating tedious processes.

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How brands are using AI in Meta’s Advantage+ campaigns

Martech

Fashion and beauty brands are often early tech adopters. Many are digital-native, forging tailored D2C digital strategies. And there are so many competitive brands that any innovation could give one an edge, especially as the busy holiday season approaches. Apparel and home decor retailer Tuckernuck, and beauty brand Kitsch, have adopted AI-powered tools in Meta’s Advantage+ shopping campaigns solution to drive campaign performance on social media.

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Mastering AI and marketing: A beginner’s guide

Search Engine Land

Welcome to the first installment of our article series on artificial intelligence (AI) for marketing beginners. This aims to demystify AI, providing foundational knowledge and practical insights on how AI can help your marketing efforts. This introductory article explores AI and why it’s significant and highlights key milestones. I’ll also share actionable steps you can take to start integrating AI into your marketing strategy.

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Google Search now supports AVIF file formats

Search Engine Land

Google Search finally supports the AVIF file format in Google Search, Google Images and all locations Google Search shows images such as Google Discover, Google News and so forth. “We’re happy to announce that AVIF is now a supported file type in Google Search, for Google Images as well as any place that uses images in Google Search,” John Mueller, Google Search Advocate, wrote.

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How to Set Up a Slack Help Desk and Improve Efficiency

G2

Need help desk support in Slack? We've got you covered with easy-to-follow tips. Improve your response times, automate your workflows, and boost collaboration.

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Peak PPC season is coming: 5 tests to run now

Search Engine Land

We all love to take a little time away from the grind during the slow season (which for many of us is right now), but smart PPC marketers are also using the time to get in the prime position when the tide is higher. In retail, that will fire up in October (probably earlier than ever this year). In B2B, that means prepping for the end-of-year push that comes from needing to hit quotas and engaging brands about to be flush with new yearly budgets.

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Navigating Fundraising and the VC Landscape in 2024 with 20VC and Visionaries Club

SaaStr

At SaaStr Europa, 20VC founder Harry Stebbings and Visionaries Club Founding Partner Robert Lacher share the ins and outs of fundraising and the VC landscape in 2024. Keep reading to hear their perspectives on: Multi-stage investing Platform partner or not Investor incentive mechanisms driving decisions for who to invest in When is pricing too high or low for investors, and much more Should You Partner with Multi-Stage Investors As a founder, there’s no right or wrong when it comes to who you wa

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Prepare Now: 2025s Must-Know Trends For Product And Data Leaders

Speaker: Jay Allardyce, Deepak Vittal, and Terrence Sheflin

As we look ahead to 2025, business intelligence and data analytics are set to play pivotal roles in shaping success. Organizations are already starting to face a host of transformative trends as the year comes to a close, including the integration of AI in data analytics, an increased emphasis on real-time data insights, and the growing importance of user experience in BI solutions.