Iannarino

MAY 24, 2024

Unlock the secrets to winning more B2B sales deals by mastering the art of creating value and adopting a consultative approach.

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Consult B2B Sales 281

Search Engine Land

MAY 24, 2024

Google looks stupid right now. And AI Overviews are to blame. Google’s AI Overviews have given incorrect, misleading and even dangerous answers. The fact that Google includes a disclaimer at the bottom of every answer (“Generative AI is experimental”) should be no excuse. What’s happening. Google’s AI-generated answers have gained a lot negative mainstream media coverage as people have been sharing numerous examples of AI Overview fails on social media.

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Represent Trust Launch Product 131

Martech

MAY 24, 2024

I live in Texas, where the highway speed limits are more like minimums than maximums. Our interstates could pass for the Indianapolis 500 (AKA the “Idiot 500” here in Dallas). I contribute to this fast-moving culture because if you obey the law, you’ll get run over. The other day, I was cruising down the highway at traffic speed (at least 20 MPH over the posted limit), and I got pulled over.

Cross-sell 131

Cross-sell Promote Represent Technology 131

Sales Pop!

MAY 24, 2024

Diversification as an investment strategy handily predates modern markets and possibly even written history. After all, if, say, a prehistoric village wanted to ensure a consistent food supply, it probably wouldn’t have pinned everything on just one food source. A village that had crops, domestic animals, and wild game as food would have been more resilient compared to one that relied on just one of these resources.

Real Estate 130

Real Estate Healthcare Territory Government 130

Speaker: Jesse Hunter and Brynn Chadwick

Today’s buyers expect more than generic outreach–they want relevant, personalized interactions that address their specific needs. For sales teams managing hundreds or thousands of prospects, however, delivering this level of personalization without automation is nearly impossible. The key is integrating AI in a way that enhances customer engagement rather than making it feel robotic.

Sales

SaaStr

MAY 24, 2024

So the #2 topic in SaaS today is probably profitability and efficiency. #1 is AI. But profitability is a close second. And the message to founders is confusing. Yes, everyone has to be at least 2x as efficient as 2021, maybe more so. But … that’s not enough. You still have to grow. So what’s the trade-off? I pulled up 3 recent examples from the SaaStr 5 Interesting Learning series, and interestingly, all 3 are at ~$2.5B ARR: SMB leader HubSpot Enterprise vertical SaaS lea

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Growth Price Closing 120

Martech

MAY 24, 2024

B2C marketing deals with consumer purchases, which means B2C marketers are targeting individuals or small groups of people who make purchase decisions. High-end consumer purchases, like automobiles and home improvement projects, will bear some resemblance to a B2B engagement because of their cost. But generally speaking, a couple considering a B2C purchase will have an easier time coming to a decision than a business buying group with varied wants and needs in a B2B setting.

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B2C A/B testing Retail B2B 113

Martech

MAY 24, 2024

Salesforce launched a collection of new, generative AI-related products at Connections in Chicago this week. They included new Einstein Copilots for marketers and merchants and Einstein Personalization. To better understand, not only the potential impact of the new products, but the evolving Salesforce architecture, we sat down with Bobby Jania, CMO Marketing Cloud.

Trust 112

Trust Engineering Service Launch 112

Search Engine Land

MAY 24, 2024

SEO today is more complex and challenging than at any other point. Once upon a time, not too long ago, links were the most important thing in SEO. But is that still true? This article will examine the significance of link SEO today. It will include various perspectives within the industry, analyze empirical evidence and consider Google’s recent statements and updates on the role of links in their ranking algorithms.

Objectives and Key Results 112

Objectives and Key Results Trust Engineering Technique 112

The Advantexe Advisor

MAY 24, 2024

Advantexe is pleased to share with our Learning & Development colleagues our third in a series of thoughts and insights from the floor of the ATD International Conference and Exposition. Day 3 1) The Community of Learning and Development Sadly, it was the last day of the ATD Conference in New Orleans. What a great week to reconnect with clients and colleagues as well as meet exciting and new people who have the same interests in talent development.

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Meeting Clients Conversion 85

Search Engine Land

MAY 24, 2024

Google is testing a large blue visit button under some of the search results in the mobile search interface. The button says “visit” and takes you to the website listed in the search results. What it looks like. Here is a screenshot of this button, which Shameem Adhikarath shared with me on X : Why we care. If Google does roll this new visit button out, and that is a big if, this might drive a higher click-through rate to search result snippet in the search results.

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Click Through Rate 103

Advertiser: ZoomInfo

Incorporating generative AI (gen AI) into your sales process can speed up your wins through improved efficiency, personalized customer interactions, and better informed decision- making. Gen AI is a game changer for busy salespeople and can reduce time-consuming tasks, such as customer research, note-taking, and writing emails, and provide insightful data analysis and recommendations.

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Partners in Excellence

MAY 24, 2024

Preface: Jim Barnet and I met through LinkedIn. It’s, perhaps, one of those “unusual” LinkedIn relationships. When Jim reached out to connect, he didn’t start prospecting me. In fact he never has. But we leverage our LI relationship to share ideas, explore issues we each see happening in the markets. These are fascinating conversations, I learn so much from them.

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Sell Retail Up-sell Start-ups 77

Search Engine Land

MAY 24, 2024

I’ve learned through experience to be cautious when using the words “content” and “scale” close to each other in SEO because it’s usually coded-speak for creating content in large volumes, primarily for search engines. We’ve seen time and time again this approach ending in disaster when the search engines work out what is going on.

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Objectives and Key Results Territory Engineering Start-ups 88