Tue.Nov 12, 2024

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Mastering the Art of Sales Conversations: How to Create Value, Be Consultative, and Establish Expertise

Iannarino

In the competitive world of B2B sales, the difference between winning and losing a deal often hinges on the effectiveness of your sales conversation.

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When Deals Stall……

Partners in Excellence

When deals stall it’s a sign that something has to change! All of us have experienced stalled deals. It’s frustrating, we’re anxious for the customer to move forward in their buying process. We’re anxious to close the deal! Deals can stall for all sorts of reasons. Customers may lose their sense of urgency. Their attention may have been diverted to other priorities.

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Dear SaaStr: What Are the Most Important SaaS Metrics in the Early Days?

SaaStr

Dear SaaStr: What Are the Most Important SaaS Metrics in the Early Days? In the early days, there are probably only 5 metrics that really matter : ARR ARR Growth Rate Burn Rate True Customer Happiness. Probably, measured as NPS (more here: I Was Wrong. NPS is A Great Core Metric. | SaaStr ) And once you have at least a little revenue ($1m-$2m ARR or so), net revenue retention / churn.

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2025 GTM forecast: Key shifts redefining the future of go-to-market strategy

Martech

As businesses prepare for 2025, go-to-market (GTM) strategies are undergoing major shifts driven by new technology, evolving customer demands and increased executive scrutiny. In interviews with hundreds of CEOs and CFOs, many shared strong — and often blunt — opinions on what’s working, what’s failing and what needs to change. This forecast highlights the key trends, challenges and opportunities reshaping GTM strategies for the coming year.

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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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6 Strategies for Re-Engaging Unresponsive Prospects, According to Experts

Hubspot

Getting ghosted is an unfortunate fact of sales life nowadays. Every once in a while, the conversation with a prospect is going to die down and never pick back up — but you don't have to take those fizzle-outs lying down. There are some strategies you can leverage to give yourself a fighting chance at re-engaging a prospect who seems like a lost cause.

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The state of data collaboration: What’s next for marketers? by Lotame

Martech

Are digital marketers really prepared for a post-cookie world? According to Lotame’s latest report, fielded by Cint, The State of Data Collaboration: A Global Perspective , almost all (98%) are still struggling to fully harness their data, even as third-party cookies continue to vanish. This staggering percentage highlights a clear gap between the industry’s current state and its desired level of data readiness.

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SaaS Optimization: A Guide To Achieve Financial Growth

G2

Learn how SaaS optimization strategies can enable you to understand software adoption rates, right-size contracts and cut down on unnecessary IT spends.

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Please Do Not Play Without Permission

David Meerman Scott

In prime real estate at my local shopping mall, a Yamaha piano dealer is actively discouraging customers. On every piano is a sign reading: “ Please Do Not Play Without Permission ”.

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The Power of Consistent LinkedIn Content for Lead Generation: Why Consistency Matters

TaskDrive

Learn how consistent LinkedIn content can build trust, nurture leads, and drive engagement—with TaskDrive’s help to keep your brand top-of-mind. The post The Power of Consistent LinkedIn Content for Lead Generation: Why Consistency Matters appeared first on TaskDrive.

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Salesforce to Replace RSA Key Exchanges with TLS 1.3

Salesforce

IMPORTANT: Starting May 1, 2025, Salesforce will phase out RSA Key Exchanges for TLS connections. Salesforce is enhancing Transport Layer Security (TLS) measures for customers. Starting May 1, 2025 , Salesforce will no longer support RSA key exchanges for all incoming TLS connections. TLS 1.3 will become the preferred protocol for Salesforce, but TLS 1.2 will continue to be supported since it meets the requirement for Perfect Forward Secrecy (PFS).

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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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The Power of Consistent LinkedIn Content for Lead Generation: Why Consistency Matters

TaskDrive

Learn how consistent LinkedIn content can build trust, nurture leads, and drive engagement—with TaskDrive’s help to keep your brand top-of-mind. The post The Power of Consistent LinkedIn Content for Lead Generation: Why Consistency Matters appeared first on TaskDrive.

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Battery Ventures: Startups Are Actually Far More Overvalued Now Than in 2021

SaaStr

So Battery Ventures has a new detailed report on The Open Cloud you can dig into here. There’s a lot of great data in the report, but one analysis helped answered a question I’ve been wondering the past 12-18 months: Are start-up actually more overvalued today than at the peak of Cloud mania in 2021? The answer in my experience is actually Yes.

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Consumers are underwhelmed by AI experiences

Martech

Many consumers just aren’t that into AI-powered experiences. Only 29% believe that such experiences have met their expectations, according to a new study by marketing consultancy Lippincott. And 40% are skeptical about AI’s future role in improving their experiences with brands. Experience with AI. It’s not that consumers are out of the loop — 61% have tried AI-powered tools either as customers or in their professional lives, according to the study.

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6 Ways to Transform Your Business with AI with Google Cloud’s VP & GM of Applied AI

SaaStr

A lot of SaaS companies have been experimenting with generative AI and LLMs over the last 12-18 months. And increasingly they’re asking, how are companies doing this in production at scale? Are they seeing the kind of ROI that we all feel could be there? As the leader of the Applied AI team at Google Cloud, Duncan Lennox sets out to answer these questions and shares six ways businesses are currently transforming their businesses at scale and with real ROI.

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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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Why your marketing team needs training, not just tech, in the age of AI

Martech

Automation, machine learning and analytics are taking center stage as AI reshapes the business landscape. But in the rush to adopt the latest tools, one thing is often overlooked — the people. For any AI-driven initiative to succeed, employees must be ready to work with new tools, adapt to fresh methods and embrace different ways of thinking. For CMOs, this is a call to action.

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GIFT-Eval: A Benchmark for General Time Series Forecasting Model Evaluation

Salesforce

TL;DR: Time series forecasting is becoming increasingly important across various domains, thus having high-quality, diverse benchmarks are crucial for fair evaluation across model families. Such benchmarks also help identify model strengths and limitations, driving progressive advancements in the field. GIFT-Eval is a new comprehensive benchmark designed for evaluating general time series forecasting models, particularly foundation models.

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Customer Value Proposition: How to Create One that Works in 6 Steps

Salesforce

A strong customer value proposition (CVP) is often the key to winning over potential buyers. But it’s more than a catchy tagline or jingle that gets stuck in their head. A CVP is a clear, concise statement that explains why they should choose your product or service. While every company needs a CVP, it can take time to get yours just right. It must show prospects that you really understand their pain points — and how your solution can solve them — all in a single statement.