Tue.Jul 23, 2024

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Why Investing in Quality Sales Reps Is Crucial for Your Business Success

Iannarino

In the high-stakes world of sales, the decision between cost-cutting and quality hiring can make or break your business.

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Email deliverability: What you need to know

Martech

Deliverability may not be the most interesting part of email marketing, but it is the most important. It doesn’t matter how good your creatives or offers are if they never get to the email inbox. Getting to the inbox is getting tougher. Earlier this year, Google and Yahoo started enforcing new requirements for bulk email senders. Fortunately, the requirements help reputable email marketers by making best practices mandatory.

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Could AI eventually make SEO obsolete?

Search Engine Land

The short answer is, “no.” Perhaps a more relevant question is: Could AI render human SEO analysis and actions redundant? In other words, will AI eventually replace your job? Early analysis suggests that AI still falls short, particularly in technical SEO analysis. While this study primarily used basic prompts, some users report better results with more detailed prompt crafting.

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How to protect your brand from AI dupes

Martech

Brands today face a new and formidable threat: AI-powered dupes. These sophisticated copycats are eroding consumer trust, diluting brand identities and damaging bottom lines. The cost? The sale of counterfeit products is a $2 trillion criminal enterprise that impacts virtually every industry, according to the National Crime Prevention Council (NCPC).

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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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Preoccupation/Self-Absorption

Partners in Excellence

We are constantly preoccupied. We have “to-do” lists filling our heads. We endless tasks and project that have to get done. Others have expectations on us. Whether it’s our managers, people we work with, customers, our families. Sometimes, we create it ourselves. I’ve lost track of the number of times I’ve been so preoccupied with something that I’ve lost track of time, I’ve been late to meetings, I’ve missed other things that are important.

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Transform Your Sales Strategy With Predictive Sales AI Technology

Veloxy

The Predictive AI Market is estimated to reach $108.0 billion by 2033. This remarkable growth underscores the critical role of AI in driving innovation and efficiency across industries. As businesses strive to stay competitive, investing in predictive AI solutions is essential for enhanced decision-making and operational efficiency. When your sales team is stuck with an overflowing pipeline of non-converting opportunities, you know how crucial it is to prioritize the right leads.

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Digital marketing primer: Understanding strategies and measuring success

Search Engine Land

Today, every business invests in digital marketing. Whether small or large, businesses either have an in-house team or outsource their digital marketing efforts to a third-party agency. Digital marketing is a broad term that encompasses many services. Although the term “digital marketing” is self-explanatory, there’s more to it than meets the eye.

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3 ways to avoid stock content misuse in your DAM

Martech

As marketers who rely on creative collaborators to produce amazing adverts, timely text and vibrant visuals, we all use stock content. A good stock photo can capture your brand’s message, reducing the need for lengthy descriptions and allowing space for prominent “Buy now” buttons, especially when lead generation pressure is high. The content you license is created by people who have spent years honing their craft to build portfolios to catch your eyes.

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A 5-Step Roadmap for Incoming CROs with SalesLoft CRO Mark Niemiec

SaaStr

The world is a different place than it was ten years ago. As an incoming or current CRO or sales leader, you have a whole lot of variables to account for. At this week’s Workshop Wednesday , held every Wednesday at 10 a.m. PST, Salesloft CRO Mark Niemiec shares a 5-step playbook for how to deal with market conditions and execute on your vision successfully.

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Advertisers react to Google keeping cookies on Chrome

Search Engine Land

After years of back and forth between Google and regulatory bodies, the news finally came in yesterday that Google is scrapping plans to kill third-party cookies in Chrome. Unsurprisingly, advertisers had something to say about that. Emotions ranged from lack of surprise to relief. Many see it as good news for advertisers, while some have mixed feelings.

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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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Don’t Fall into a SaaS “Doom Loop”

SaaStr

So I caught up by email with a VP of Sales who told me he wasn’t coming to SaaStr Annual this year for the first time. I asked why — what could we do better? Was it us? He said it wasn’t that. It was that his startup “was just growing 15%-20% now, so I’m slowing things down. I’m not going to travel much anymore.” This is a tough one. Does Slow Growth = Slow Effort?

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Survey: User satisfaction with Google grows in 2024

Search Engine Land

Americans are more satisfied with Google Search than a year ago, according to the annual American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) Search and Social Media Study 2024. Why we care. Many search marketers and news publishers have complained about various aspects of Google Search becoming worse in recent years, especially over the past couple of years (for example, due to various algorithm updates and the arrival of AI Overviews ).

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Dear SaaStr: What’s The Best Move When You Talk to a Rude and Arrogant VC?

SaaStr

Dear SaaStr: What is the best move for a startup founder to make when he talks to a completely rude and arrogant potential investor? Look, I can’t stand this either. But … if you can … Get Over It. Smile, say Thank You, and Move On. VCs: Are a pretty ego-driven bunch, in part because they themselves are being judged as a number (their returns) , and in part because that’s the internal culture at many firms (my cos. are the best ones), in part because many are really smar

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Google offers enhanced conversions consultations

Search Engine Land

Google is rolling out a new notification in select Google Ads accounts, offering personalized support for implementing enhanced conversions. Why we care. Despite Google’s decision to stall removing cookies from Chrome , advertisers still need new ways to measure and optimize their campaigns. Enhanced conversions provide a privacy-focused solution to maintain accurate conversion tracking.

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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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Understanding the Principles of a Circular Economy

The Advantexe Advisor

One of the biggest projects we are working on in July is a new business simulation that helps companies implement their sustainability strategies. As I was designing the new curriculum, I came across a concept I wasn’t very familiar with: “The Circular Economy.” A circular economy is an economic system focused on eliminating waste and the continual use of resources.

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Yelp expands ad offerings for national brands and advertisers

Search Engine Land

Yelp is rolling out new features and updates aimed at multi-location businesses and national advertisers, the company announced today. Why it matters. Yelp is looking to attract more enterprise clients and expand its advertising capabilities beyond local businesses. Details. The new offerings include: Request a Quote for Brands: Allows national services businesses to receive and manage leads across multiple locations.

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GTM 104: Winning with Systems and Relationships in Sales Leadership with Ralph Barsi

Sales Hacker

Ralph Barsi is the VP of Sales at Kahua , a leading construction management platform. Prior to Kahua, Ralph held executive roles at Tray.io and ServiceNow. While at ServiceNow, he built and led a team of 230 people across the globe, during thecompany’s growth from from $1 billion to over $4 billion in revenue. Prior to ServiceNow, Ralph was the VP of Field Operations at Achievers (acquired by Blackhawk Network) and the Manager of Sales Development at InsideView (acquired by DemandBase).

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2024 organic website traffic benchmarks by Edna Chavira

Search Engine Land

Comparing your website’s organic search performance to the latest industry benchmarks is the best way to contextualize YTD organic search traffic data, adapt SEO and content strategies to maximize results, and set more informed KPIs. Join Steven van Vessum, Director of Organic Marketing at Conductor, and Shannon Vize, Sr. Content Marketing Manager at Conductor, as they share the latest organic search traffic benchmarks, trends, and insights for 2024 to help inform and improve your search strateg

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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.

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Email List Enrichment Free

Sales Nexus

Add phone numbers, titles, company info and even mobile phone numbers to any email list. Enrich your contacts with missing information. The post Email List Enrichment Free appeared first on SalesNexus.

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Sales pipeline vs. sales funnel: what’s the difference?

PandaDoc

Have you ever gotten trapped in a situation where you needed to explain elementary concepts, and when you tried to put them in simple terms — bam! — you hit a mental roadblock, realizing you didn’t get the essence of the “obvious?” When you’re speaking about your sales process and its steps with your sales team, which term do you use: “ Sales pipeline ” , or “ Sales funnel ” ?

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Enrich

Sales Nexus

The post Enrich appeared first on SalesNexus.

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