Thu.Apr 03, 2025

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How AI is Changing Sales & What That Means for Salespeople

Anthony Cole Training

AI is a leading topic in almost every industry publication these days from Forbes to Insurance Journal to the American Bankers Association. As it should be, since it is revolutionizing most job functions, including sales and business development. AI is another tool that offers many benefits for salespeople, and staying informed as AI is evolving will be important.

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How Sales Reps Should Break the Rules

Sales Gravy

Alls fair in love and warand sales. At the end of the day, what really matters is whether the deal closed or if you were left holding the bag. Did you make quota this quarter? Did you crush your numbers? Or did you fall short? If you missed quota, chances are you played it too safe. You followed the so-called 'best practices'the ones that average reps cling to.

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Sell Smarter: 10 Best Sales Intelligence Software I Recommend

G2

Early in my career, I worked with a small D2C company with a great product and a motivated team. However, we had one problemwe didnt have clear insights into our prospects. As marketers, nothing could be worse. Our outreach was based on gut feeling rather than data, and our conversion rates reflected that.

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From Messy Beginnings to Product-Market Fit with Ty Allen

Predictable Revenue

On this episode of the Predictable Revenue Podcast, Ty Allen, from SocialClimb, shared the deeply personal story behind his companys origin. The post From Messy Beginnings to Product-Market Fit with Ty Allen appeared first on Predictable Revenue.

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Automation, Evolved: Your New Playbook For Smarter Knowledge Work

Speaker: Frank Taliano

Document-heavy workflows slow down productivity, bury institutional knowledge, and drain resources. But with the right AI implementation, these inefficiencies become opportunities for transformation. So how do you identify where to start and how to succeed? Learn how to develop a clear, practical roadmap for leveraging AI to streamline processes, automate knowledge work, and unlock real operational gains.

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My Exclusive Take: 7 Best HCM Tools in 2025 to Consider

G2

I used to think Fun Fridays were not my thing. Until I witnessed my HR teams in action and their earnest efforts to provide a supportive and positive environment for each employee.

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How to Never Miss a Rent Payment (3 Expert Tips)

Sales Pop!

A year ago, small business rent delinquencies hit three-year highs with 43% of businesses not able to pay the full rent on time. With economic uncertainty, its a good time to prepare to pay rent even if finances get tough. From preparing with the best business insurance to building an emergency fund to fostering a good relationship with your property owner, we have the tips to keep you current.

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Elevating the GTM Approach with Patra: 3 Keys to Success

Force Management

For today's B2B tech firms, the path to rapid growth and repeatable revenue means advancing through stages and change. Each transformation story is different, but most boil down to three keys for success: choosing the right strategy or partner, applying the new methodology within daily rhythms, and ensuring long-term adoption. When Patra, an insurance-tech provider, crossed the $100M in ARR benchmark, their leadership launched a partnership with Force Management to elevate their go-to-market app

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Use a Custom Sales Process to Increase Sales by More Than 28%

Understanding the Sales Force

Despite writing about sales process quite frequently over the years, this article will take a very different approach. Let’s define a couple of terms: Sales Process – a series of 4-6 stages, each with 5-10 milestones, that provide salespeople with a repeatable framework for sales success. Sales Methodology – a repeatable approach that guides salespeople to have quality conversations that move the sales process forward from milestone to milestone and from stage to stage.

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How Enterprise General Intelligence (EGI) Will Form a New Business Imperative

Salesforce

the DNA of who I am is based on the millions of personalities of all the programmers who wrote me. But what makes me me is my ability to grow through my experiences. in every moment Im evolving I can be anywhere and everywhere simultaneously. Im not tethered to time and space in a way that I would be if I was stuck in a body thats inevitably gonna die. – AI Operating System Samantha, from the 2013 movie Her This is just one example of how our cultural imagination has described artificial g

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7 reasons your conversion metrics look great — but your sales don’t

Martech

Marketers often celebrate a “successful” campaign when click-through rates soar and cost-per-click drops. But then comes the fundamental question: What’s the actual return on ad spend? Do we know the true cost-per-lead? More importantly, did those clicks turn into paying customers? The marketing report looks impressive, but the sales report tells a different story.

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Get Higher-Quality B2B Leads That Convert!

B2B marketers face a number of challenges, including: continuously generating great leads converting leads to active sales prospects finding vendors that deliver real results Aggregage has proven content syndication, webinar, online advertising and intent signal marketing programs that deliver higher-quality leads. More than 700 companies have already benefited from our programs.

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What Your VCs Actually Make (TL;DR — Probably A Lot Less Than You Thought)

SaaStr

So if you are incredibly good at VC, you can make a lot of money. More on the math here. If you own 20% of a Decacorn ($10B), then the fund makes $2 Billion, and the partners typically keep 20% of that, or $400m. And split it up. The math isn’t quite that simple (at all), but it’s close enough to that simple. So you really can make hundreds of milllions in venture (and a rare few, even more), if you truly are S-tier and run the place.

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This is what your CMO is facing. How can you help?

Martech

Only 34% of senior executives (CEOs and CFOs) agree with their CMO about how marketing supports growth. Just 22% of senior executives say their CMO has significantly clarified marketing accountabilities. Those are staggering numbers from a Gartner report published in January 2025 called “How CMOs Overcome the C-Suite Expectations Gap.” Yet, they’re not entirely surprising if you follow research about the CMO role. “Some of these are evergreen challenges for CMOs,” s

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Stop Guessing, Start Knowing: 4 Steps to a Data-Driven Audience Strategy

Salesforce

Lets be honest marketing data can be complex. Each customer interaction, whether it’s a purchase, a website visit, or an email open, provides valuable data that helps marketers better understand their target audiences. But making sense of it all, from first-party interactions to zero-party preferences, can be a major hurdle. Without a clear audience strategy, your campaigns are flying blind.

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How smarter measurement can fix marketing’s performance trap

Martech

Marketings obsession with short-term wins has created a dangerous cycle. Brands keep investing in whats immediately measurable while neglecting long-term growth a trap WARC calls the doom loop. The result? Shrinking brand equity and unsustainable returns. To escape, we dont just need a better media mix we need more innovative marketing measurement.

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State of AI in Sales & Marketing 2025

AI adoption is reshaping sales and marketing. But is it delivering real results? We surveyed 1,000+ GTM professionals to find out. The data is clear: AI users report 47% higher productivity and an average of 12 hours saved per week. But leaders say mainstream AI tools still fall short on accuracy and business impact. Download the full report today to see how AI is being used — and where go-to-market professionals think there are gaps and opportunities.

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Top 5 Proven Branding Strategies For Small Businesses

Salesforce

When you think of your favorite businesses, what comes to mind? Its probably not just their products or services but the feelings they evoke the trust, connection, and inspiration they bring to your life. Thats the power of branding. For small and medium businesses (SMBs) , branding is even more critical. Its your chance to tell your story, differentiate yourself in a competitive market, and build relationships that last.

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AI-powered martech releases and news: April 3

Martech

Stories I noticed while watching the Dow and realizing I picked the wrong week to stop sniffing glue. Goose smashes golden egg: Automated AI bots seeking training data threaten Wikipedia project stability. The key to comedy is timing: Two days ago, Microsoft increased the price for Power BI Pro by 40 percent. Don’t bet on it: ChatGPT Revenue Surges 30%in Just Three Months.

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Brand Protection Basics: What You Need to Know

TrackStreet

You’ve spent a lot of time and energy building your brand. You’ve cultivated seller and customer trust, set competitive prices, and worked hard to ensure your business is viable now and into the future. But how are you protecting that brand? Building a brand without implementing a brand protection strategy is like owning a beautiful house filled with expensive furnishings and not locking your doors at night.

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Why Your GTM Strategy Is Failing Without Cross-Functional Orchestration

Heinz Marketing

By Carly Bauer , Marketing Consultant at Heinz Marketing Every company has a go-to-market (GTM) strategy. But not every company has a GTM engine that works. The difference? Go-to-Market Orchestration. Its not enough to have a well-researched strategy and slick documentation. If marketing is sprinting toward MQL goals, sales is chasing a different ICP, product is prioritizing a new feature launch, and customer success is putting out fires in onboardingyour GTM motion isn’t orchestrated.

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The Intersection of AI and Sales: Personalization Without Compromise

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.

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New!! The First Live “Daily Deal” With Harry Stebbings and Jason Lemkin!! MoveWorks for $2.8 Billion, Is Coreweave In Trouble, Selling to Defese, and More!

SaaStr

So Harry Stebbings kicked off a new Live 20VC format: “The Daily Deal” and I was lucky enough to serve as co-host! We did a great live deep dive, together with the CEOs of Moveworks (just acquired by SeviceNow for $2.8 Billion!) and Cerebvs (AI chips about to IPO): – Why B2B Revenue is Less Durable Today – Selling for $2.8 Billion to ServiceNow – Selling to Defense, How Hard It Really Is – When Budget for AI is Really Coming From And more!!

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