Revealing Hidden Flaws: Challenging Common B2B Sales Practices
Iannarino
DECEMBER 8, 2023
Remember that when many people do something one way, that is probably the average approach. To succeed, you need to be at least above average.
Iannarino
DECEMBER 8, 2023
Remember that when many people do something one way, that is probably the average approach. To succeed, you need to be at least above average.
Anthony Cole Training
DECEMBER 8, 2023
This is what it takes to be successful at building and achieving sales team excellence: You must love coaching and the game of selling. You must thrive on developing others to be the best versions of themselves. It must be about helping others gain the spotlight, success and financial rewards or a job well done. It requires sacrificing ego and the need to be right for the other person to discover their path, develop their skills and become the expert.
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Partners in Excellence
DECEMBER 8, 2023
Tamara Schenk and I have monthly conversations on all sorts of things. Today, while our agenda didn’t start with this, it ended up being the focus of our conversation. It’s the importance of “Adaptive Fluency.” To use street venacular, it’s rolling with the punches, yet still achieving your goals. Sadly, so much of the direction we seem to be going, in sales, marketing, leadership, seems to be taking us away from being adaptively fluent.
Martech
DECEMBER 8, 2023
In this two-part feature, Jade Bunke offers a step-by-step guide to building a successful brand. A brand is an organization’s most valuable asset. The art of capturing the hearts and minds of your customers starts with crafting a brand strategy that evokes emotions and behaviors that benefit your company. Brand is more than a collection of logos and colors — it’s the personification of your organization.
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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.
SaaStr
DECEMBER 8, 2023
One of the worst ways to deliver bad news to a truly high performer is via a S**t Sandwich. But I see it being used more and more these days by founders. What is it? Well, the classic s**t sandwich is first leading off with something nice or some good news, often droning on a bit too long. And then dropping in some tough news, then wrapping it up with a generic “good stuff” comment.
Martech
DECEMBER 8, 2023
Meta’s Threads now has its own version of hashtags. Meta calls this new feature “topic tags”, emphasizing its difference from hashtags by prioritizing community focus. Topic tags are now accessible to all users worldwide to enhance search functionality within the app. Why we care. While ads are not currently available on Threads they are coming soon), marketers can still engage with users and enhance brand awareness by creating profiles and generating organic traffic.
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Search Engine Land
DECEMBER 8, 2023
X is rolling out its ChatGPT rival, Grok, to Premium+ subscribers. Grok was developed by xAI, the artificial intelligence venture founded by Elon Musk in July 2023. It is available to users in the U.S. Availability in other countries is expected soon. Why we care. Generative AI is now a crucial tool for SEO and PPC marketers. Industry experts have so far given positive feedback regarding Grok, praising the chatbot for its superior intelligence and creativity compared to other models.
Salesforce
DECEMBER 8, 2023
Companies have so many ways to connect with customers now, but it’s still hard to beat a well-written, well-timed email. In our latest research, 93% of people surveyed said that email was their primary channel for engaging with companies. Competition for eyeballs and clicks are at a premium, so your email marketing strategy needs to constantly evolve to keep up.
Martech
DECEMBER 8, 2023
At the end of the summer, we published a generative AI use policy for our team and contributors to follow. Publicizing that we created a policy seemed unnecessary. There’s enough humble bragging on the internet. But since creating the policy, reputable publishers including Gannett ( here and here ) and Sports Illustrated were accused of using generative AI to create articles and publish them under phony bylines.
Sales Hacker
DECEMBER 8, 2023
The greatest technology does not always win. Rather, how you go-to-market is a significant determinant of success. Likewise, the new products you launch do not determine your success. Instead, how you launch them into the market is a huge factor in success. Today, we’re diving straight into the details with product marketing leaders. On the menu: less ‘obvious’ tactical tips on how these experts have aced the art of nailing a product launch – from pre-launch, to launch-day, to post-launch.
Speaker: Jay Allardyce, Deepak Vittal, Terrence Sheflin, and Mahyar Ghasemali
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.
Martech
DECEMBER 8, 2023
Our “Spotlight on the expert” series digs deeper into the stories of our expert contributors. This interview has been edited for clarity and length. “There was a movie by Woody Allen called ‘Zelig’ about a guy who showed up at all the important events in history but was never part of them. I kind of feel like that in the tech world.
Search Engine Land
DECEMBER 8, 2023
Having the right tools is crucial for agencies navigating the dynamic PPC landscape. In this article, I will provide an in-depth look at the top 10 tools that have been indispensable in the growth of my agency. These tools have streamlined our processes and have been instrumental in driving successful digital marketing campaigns. 1. Google Product Suite The Google product suite covers many products, but we use Slides, Sheets and Docs the most.
G2
DECEMBER 8, 2023
Marketing leaders are increasingly being asked to do more with less, and the scrutiny on marketing impact has never been higher. Therefore, driving marketing efficiency is a must-do for 2024.
Search Engine Land
DECEMBER 8, 2023
Meta’s Threads now has its own version of hashtags. Meta calls this new feature “topic tags”, emphasizing its difference from hashtags by prioritizing community focus. Topic tags are now accessible to all users worldwide to enhance search functionality within the app. Why we care. While ads are not currently available on Threads (though they are coming soon), marketers can still engage with users and enhance brand awareness by creating profiles and generating organic traffic.
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Every marketer knows how important it is to prove their efforts drive sales opportunities, but that’s easier said than done. When problems like sales and marketing misalignment, lack of data, and wasted efforts persist, marketers can’t measure, prove, or increase their impact on revenue at a time when demonstrating marketing value is critical. Using analyst and expert data, this guide to marketing impact and content attribution explains: How B2B buyers use content The most common types of conten
Heinz Marketing
DECEMBER 8, 2023
By Maria Geokezas , Chief Operating Officer at Heinz Marketing If this year has taught us anything, it’s that the world is speeding up. Projects that used to take hours can now be completed in a few minutes with the right tools. As you can imagine, this shift has had a major impact on the marketing landscape. And expectations around quickly launching new programs or adjusting existing campaigns.
Search Engine Land
DECEMBER 8, 2023
Bidding on branded and competitor keywords in PPC can help protect your brand and steal competitors’ traffic, but should you do it? This article will look at when there is a case for and against using them. What types of brand and competitor keywords are there? Brand and competitor keywords have four variations: Your own business brand. Your competitor’s business brand.
Sales Pop!
DECEMBER 8, 2023
Strategies for Business Growth Success Business growth success depends upon embracing the mindset of ‘never give up’ no matter the conversation (s) behind our backs. Often, when adversity rears its ugly head, many will hide in the crowded playing field or give up. Focus and mindset are the primary factors involved in strategies for business growth success.
Search Engine Land
DECEMBER 8, 2023
Reports that enable users to evaluate the traffic-driving and conversion effectiveness of campaigns implemented in Google Search Ads 360, Campaign Manager 360, and Display & Video 360 are now available in Google Analytics 4. Search Ads 360 is a search management platform. It supports campaigns on Google Ads, Microsoft Advertising, Baidu, and Yahoo Japan.
Speaker: Brendan Sweeney, VP of Sales & Devyn Blume, Sr. Account Executive
Are you curious about how artificial intelligence is reshaping sales coaching, learning, and development? Join Brendan Sweeney and Devyn Blume of Allego for an engaging new webinar exploring AI's transformative role in sales coaching and performance improvement! Brendan and Devyn will share actionable insights and strategies for integrating AI into coaching and development - ensuring personalized, effective, and scalable training!
SalesLoft
DECEMBER 8, 2023
Everyday, the alarm bells are loudly ringing regarding the current state of outbound Sales. “Outbound is dead.” “It takes 10x as many emails to get a reply as it did 3 years ago.” “How I used AI to increase my cold email volume 20x.” “Will Google’s email restrictions kill outbound?” These are just a couple of headlines I clipped from a quick scroll through my LinkedIn feed right now.
SaaStr
DECEMBER 8, 2023
Hear the latest insights on AI from leading investor and SaaStr fan-fave, Tomasz Tunguz of Theory Ventures. At SaaStr Annual , he was joined by Jordan Tigani, Founder and CEO of Mother Duck Maggie Hott, GTM at OpenAI , and Sharon Zhou, Co-Founder and CEO of Lamini to discuss the new architecture for building Software-as-a-Service applications with data and machine learning at their core.
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