Wed.Oct 09, 2024

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How to Improve Sales Conversations: Decision Enablement and Client-Centric Selling Strategies

Iannarino

Unlock the secret to closing more deals by focusing on decision-making over pitching your solution.

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Google blasts DOJ’s ‘radical’ proposed breakup plan

Martech

Google today pushed back on “radical and sweeping proposals” from the U.S. Department of Justice in its ongoing antitrust lawsuit over Google’s illegal search monopoly. These proposals are the latest developments in a lengthy and ongoing legal battle. Some of the suggestions are raising alarms about their potential impact beyond the scope of the case.

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7-Steps to Achieve Sales Team Excellence

Understanding the Sales Force

The Boston Red Sox had a mediocre team in 2024. They had too many left-handed hitters, not enough starting pitching, an undependable bullpen, and by far, the worst defense in the MLB. Sure, they won half their games, but they lost the other half – many of them games they should have won. Most sales teams win fewer than half their “games,” and while defense can’t be blamed, pitching can!

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A Brief History of the Art of Sales Coaching

Membrain

It is impossible to know when the first sales coaching conversation occurred. One can imagine a young apprentice blacksmith, a potter, or a weaver learning both the craft and the skills for selling their wares at a marketplace. Or perhaps it goes back further to a community leader coaching young people in how to negotiate the best trade for furs and salted meat in the next village over.

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AI in Marketing & Sales: Today’s Tools, Tomorrow’s Potential

Speaker: Kevin Burke

AI is reshaping marketing and sales, empowering professionals to work smarter, faster, and more effectively. This webinar will provide a practical introduction to AI, focusing on its current applications, transformative potential, and strategies for successful implementation in your organization. Using real-world examples and actionable insights, we’ll examine how businesses are leveraging AI to increase efficiency, enhance personalization, and drive measurable results.

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5 Interesting Learnings from Zscaler at $2.5 Billion in ARR

SaaStr

So Zscaler is a security juggernaut well known to everyone in the industry, but for whatever reasons, it doesn’t quite get as much attention outside of it. Wiz’s epic growth — and saying No to Google’s $22B offer — gets the attention. More obscure (but still important) vendors like Darktrace get attention due to their founder.

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Go inside the modern marketing data stack by Snowflake

Martech

Snowflake’s annual Modern Marketing Data Stack report highlights marketing and advertising trends and identifies which technologies are helping organizations like yours use their data to understand their customers and run campaigns that lift the bottom line. Join us for a free virtual event on Oct. 22, 2024, where we’ll unveil the 2025 report’s key findings.

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Top 15 HubSpot updates for September 2024 include an AI overhaul, big productivity gains

Martech

HubSpot released another huge wave of updates in September, including a ton of announcements at its annual Inbound conference. While the much-hyped new AI capabilities are going to be huge for most people, another big trend in September focused on bringing key information into a central place, reducing tool-switching, and helping teams make data-driven decisions faster.

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Dear SaaStr: How Many Options Should I Give to the First Non-Founder Employees?

SaaStr

Dear SaaStr: How Many Options Should I Give to the First Non-Founder Employees of they are making below market but non-zero salaries? Here’s the tough part. It’s really hard. What you should do is give them say 3x their forgone salary in stock — 3x to account for risk. So let’s say you hire a seasoned engineer in the Bay Area and her salary ‘should’ be $120k, but she works for you for $60k instead.

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How to align sales and marketing for revenue growth

Martech

You’ve launched a campaign, generated leads and now — nothing. The leads aren’t turning into sales. Sales says the leads aren’t good enough, marketing says sales didn’t follow up fast enough. Sound familiar? The real issue is your teams aren’t aligned. With no sign of competition letting up, this disconnect means missed opportunities. To drive real revenue growth, sales and marketing need to work together.

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[Infographic] 45 Tips to Master the Executive Sale

RAIN Group

Selling to senior executives demands more than a strong solution and value proposition. It requires a deep understanding of senior executives, business strategy, risk mitigation, industry trends, and much more—along with the ability to communicate effectively at the highest level. With 85% of sales leaders reporting challenges in dealing with multiple decision-makers, mastering executive sales has become crucial.

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5 Ways You Can Win Faster with Gen AI in Sales

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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Re-visiting the Skill of Working Across the Organization

The Advantexe Advisor

Business organizations and their talent development leaders are still dealing with the long-term impacts of the post-pandemic world where some people remain working remotely and others are back in the office five days a week. If you haven’t noticed, things are very different, and there are many leaders who will say that they are getting worse and not better.

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Zendesk saturates CX with AI and voice

Martech

Zendesk, the customer service and experience platform, announced initiatives that will infuse AI capabilities including agents and copilots across its platform, as well as a new voice agent able to converse with customers. The announcements came at the Zendesk AI Summit in New York City today. Combining AI and human agents. Zendesk will make AI agents available across all digital channels.

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Unlocking Synergy Between Sales and Accounting

Adaptive Business Services

Proper communication and teamwork are the cornerstones of an efficient working environment. Studies show that 73% of employees perform better when collaborating with their colleagues, and business leaders observe 30% higher productivity in collaborative work environments. This harmony can help an organization maintain a competitive advantage in a fast-paced business landscape.

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Symbiosis: Sales POP! and Pipeliner CRM

Sales Pop!

SalesPOP! and Pipeliner CRM have a strong, symbiotic connection that enhances both platforms: 1. SalesPOP! is a natural extension of Pipeliner CRM , offering complementary content while being able to stand on its own. 2. The podcast covers a wide range of topics related to sales, leadership, and business, which aligns with Pipeliner’s focus on sales management. 3.

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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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Your Blueprint for Comprehensive Vendor Risk Management

G2

Vendor risk management (VRM) is essential for organizations that outsource to external vendors. This guide teaches you how to craft an effective VRM program.

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What to Say to Your Underperforming Sales Rep

Topline Leadership

For years, I’ve been asking sales managers whether they have one or more chronic underperformers on their team. Hundreds and hundreds of managers have told me “yes.” Then I ask two more questions: First, “How long have you known about this?” The answers range from months to years! And now the most difficult question: “Why. Read full article The post What to Say to Your Underperforming Sales Rep appeared first on TopLine Leadership.

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5 Myths About Autonomous Agents

Salesforce

It’s understandable to be confused about new and revolutionary technologies like autonomous agents. Will they really deliver value? What can and can’t they do? Aren’t they just glorified bots? These are legitimate questions, and as with any new technology, there are some misconceptions floating around that might cloud your understanding of its potential.

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4 Reasons to Automate Your Sales Commission Process

Salesforce

The sales commission process plays an important role in motivating sales teams and therefore drives top line revenue growth — arguably the most important metric organizations track. But manually calculating commissions leaves room for human error, distrust, and unhappy sales reps, not to mention the limits it puts on a company’s ability to scale and grow.

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10 Ways to Leverage Buyer Signals and Drive Revenue

In today’s ultra-competitive markets, it’s no longer enough to wait for buyers to show obvious signs of interest. Instead, sales teams must be proactive, identifying and acting on nuanced buyer behaviors — often before prospects are fully ready to make a purchase. In this eBook from ZoomInfo & Sell Better, learn 10 actionable ways to use these buyer signals to transform your sales strategy and close deals faster.