Fri.Dec 22, 2023

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Mastering Modern Sales: Beyond Pushiness to Consultative Expertise

Iannarino

There are people who talk about sales as if salespeople still sell like they would have in the 1970s and 80s. Those who believe salespeople are generally pushy, self-oriented, and have no real concern other than winning a deal have never experienced a true hard sale, nor will they have experienced the manipulation and pressure strategies that are long forgotten.

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The Top 3 Business Acumen Learning “Aha’s” from 2023

The Advantexe Advisor

As we come to the end of 2023, the Advantexe team is taking a few moments to reflect and think about the year from a business acumen perspective. The following infographic highlights some of the amazing accomplishments that our team completed in collaborating with over 10,000 learners globally to help build a better awareness of the systems of business and help them develop the business skills needed to drive performance.

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We’re All Tempted at Times. But Don’t Be a Quitter.

SaaStr

One last kick-in-the-arse post for the year: Don’t Be a Quitter Let me explain, as this is one of the most disappointing changes in my opinion in “tech” and startups over the last 12-18 months. Two things together have done many a disservice: the combination of a tougher year for many >>and<< the constant celebration of … quitting. It’s all over LinkedIn and TikTok.

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2023 in review: Our 10 top articles on email

Martech

Year’s end is the perfect time to look back over all the lessons learned in the last 12 months. So we’re putting together 10 of the most popular articles by our subject matter experts from 2023 on different topics. First up: Email Marketing. 3 ways email marketers should actually use AI by Brian McKenna. Explore the three key ways to integrate AI into email marketing for improved engagement and conversions.

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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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5 Lessons from Scaling Six SaaS Products to $100M+ with Samsara’s Chief Strategy Officer

SaaStr

For any Cloud and SaaS Founders or execs seeking practical strategies and inspiration to stay ahead of the curve, this session’s for you. At the SaaStr Annual, Kiren Sekar, Samsara’s Chief Strategy Officer and founding chief Product Officer shared five lessons he learned along the way from scaling six products to $100M+. The six products/companies Kiren helped scale to $100M that he’ll reference in this playbook include: Bill, Cloudflare, Crowdstrike, Samsara, Snowflake, and Zscaler.

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3 points to consider before implementing a CDP

Martech

In my career, I have helped companies implement billions of dollars of technology. If I could go back in time, the one piece of advice I would give these brands would be to prioritize people over systems or software. This is confirmed in a study by the CDP Institute which found 25% of respondents cited organizational readiness as the most common problem when deploying a CDP.

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How Gmail Display Images Affect Email Tracking (And What to Do Instead)

Hubspot

When sending emails for my business, I like to track my messages using an invisible image with a tracking pixel. This helps me know who has opened the email, what device they used, and where they’re located. But sometimes Gmail display images don’t work, interfering with the tracking process. What do you do then? Today, I’ll get into what Gmail display images are, how they affect your email tracking, alternate ways to track emails, and what to do if your display images aren’t working.

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Unveiling the Secrets to a Predictable Sales Process

Sales Pop!

In the competitive world of sales, transforming “maybes” into closed deals is the ultimate goal. But how do you achieve this consistently and create a predictable sales process? In a recent podcast episode with Jakub Hon, the co-founder and CEO of Sales Doc, we delved into the strategies and mindset shifts that can help you achieve this.

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NIS2 Directive Compliance: Simplifying Security with Password Management

G2

Cyber threats are becoming more frequent and sophisticated, and it is imperative to take proactive measures to safeguard against them. Organizations should invest heavily in robust digital security measures, especially for services and infrastructure that are critical to the public.

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Google and Yahoo’s New Email Authentication Policies for 2024

Sales Nexus

Yahoo and Google are launching new protocols for email authentication that will be strictly implemented in 2024.

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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.

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25 GTM Leaders on What’s Working and Career Learnings

Sales Hacker

We’ve got something special for you: a compilation of what is working and career learnings from some of the best go-to-market leaders out there. Building in a silo is not only lonely; it’s slower. Insight and perspective from others helps expedite progress. That’s exactly what we aim to do by sharing insight through GTMnow from some of the best operators: help you build and grow faster and better, level up, and get wherever you want to go.

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3 ways to retain marketing talent — and why it’s important to do so

Martech

The ongoing layoffs in some industries offers a confusing picture of the labor market. Marketing teams are also facing budget pressure as companies cut down expenses. It could be easy to think that focusing on retaining talent is not as important under these conditions but that’s the wrong way of looking at it. The retention of talent is always important, especially during tough economic times.

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