Iannarino

APRIL 4, 2024

In an era where 78 percent of buyers believe they have all the answers before they even speak to a salesperson, how do you turn the tide to not just gain their attention but to decisively influence their business requirements? The secret lies not in the hard sell, but in mastering the subtle art of information disparity. Dive into the world where sales becomes not just a transaction, but a transformation, reshaping buyer perceptions one insight at a time.

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SaaStr

APRIL 4, 2024

Dear SaaStr: I’m Being Recruited by a Startup That Just Raised $5m. How Do I Vet Them? First, there’s probably something there if they raised $5m. That’s never as easy at it sounds. It means the early traction looks good, or the team looks strong, or both. At least, usually. But of course that’s not everything in the early days especially.

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Search Engine Land

APRIL 4, 2024

There’s nothing like spotting a nose-dive in organic traffic to make an SEO’s heart skip a beat. The thought of digging in and finding the issues can feel downright overwhelming. The contributing factors behind SEO performance are numerous, interconnected and often complex. Where do you even start? After over 15 years of playing an SEO private investigator – in-house and as a consultant – I’m sharing 13 questions that have helped me close even the most curious cases.

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SaaStr

APRIL 4, 2024

The Top 8 SaaStr Tips to Building an Effective First Sales Team The most important tips and best practices for founders when building out their first sales team: Get sales experience yourself first Close the first 10-20 customers yourself to understand the sales process This will give you critical insights to effectively train and manage your first sales reps Structure compensation to incentivize early sales reps Consider letting new reps take home 50-100% of what they close in the first 1-3 mon

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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.

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Sales Hacker

APRIL 4, 2024

Now is a better time than ever for your sales team to align their goals, motivations, and strategies for the upcoming year (and beyond). And one of the best ways to do this? With a sales kickoff (SKO). As powerful as these meetings can be, they often lack direction or fall victim to several other SKO mistakes many organizations make. But with the guidance of David Nour, CEO of Nour Group , we will prepare you to have the most effective sales kickoffs.

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Martech

APRIL 4, 2024

Anybody can push the “send” button on an email campaign. But good email results depend on more than state-of-the-art technology, beautiful email designs or all the data you want. What’s missing? People with the kind of personality traits that set them up for success. I’ve worked with some exceptional email marketers over the years and they share 10 personality traits that have helped them excel.

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Martech

APRIL 4, 2024

Alphabet, Google’s parent, has been speaking to advisers about the possibility of making an offer to acquire HubSpot. HubSpot has a current market valuation of $32 billion. Alphabet has met with Morgan Stanley to discuss a possible deal, according to sources. No offer has yet been made and there is uncertainty as to whether it will happen. Ali Schwanke , a MarTech contributor and founder of the Simple Strat agency, said this could be an incredible boost for Boston-based Hubspot. “Wit

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Search Engine Land

APRIL 4, 2024

Google will soon recommend linking your Display & Video 360 advertisers to Google Analytics. Once it detects an unlinked DV360 advertiser, you may start receiving these recommendations similar to the notification displayed in the image below: Why? Linking the DV360 advertiser allows you to export Analytics audiences and conversions to DV360. Additionally, you can view campaign cost data and user engagement data in Analytics, enhancing campaign measurement capabilities.

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Martech

APRIL 4, 2024

AI is a great deal for the companies that use it. The technology helps them save money via automation and increases efficiencies. However, what about the bottom lines of the companies that create it? Is it a money-losing proposition for them? While the jury is still out on that question, as my very inexpensive Magic 8 Ball likes to say: “Outlook not so good.

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Search Engine Land

APRIL 4, 2024

PPCsurvey.com has just released a new State of PPC Global Report for 2024. It includes input from more than 1,100. PPC specialists from around the globe. The findings cover search marketers’ largest concerns, top priorities, spend data, automation insight and a wealth of information about the most pressing trends in paid search. Here’s a breakdown of some of the largest findings.

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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.

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Understanding the Sales Force

APRIL 4, 2024

Assessments Compared Data on Sales Excellence Coaching Salespeople MUST READ: Are Assessments as Evil as the Persona Movie Suggests? Correlation: Salespeople Strong in This Competency are 2125% More Likely to be Performers The Data: What Percentage of Salespeople are Really Coachable? Found! The Caliper vs OMG Comparison: Which Sales Candidate Assessment is More Predictive?

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Search Engine Land

APRIL 4, 2024

Google’s AI overviews are beginning to appear in search queries for a “small slice” of logged-in users in the UK. Google’s Search Generative Experience has been in testing as a Labs experiment in the U.S. since May 2023. SGE has never been available in the UK. Why we care. SGE, AI overviews – whatever you call it – could potentially change how people search and the amount of organic traffic your site gets from Google.

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David Meerman Scott

APRIL 4, 2024

Artificial Intelligence tools like ChatGPT makes content creation super easy. However, garbage web content has quickly become a huge and growing problem. Let’s call it what it is: AI Pollution.

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Search Engine Land

APRIL 4, 2024

Delivering personalized content experiences is crucial for engaging customers and driving conversions. In this webinar, we’ll explore how to leverage the full capabilities of your Content Management System (CMS) to create hyper-personalized content that resonates with your audience across all touchpoints. Our expert panel will discuss the transformative role of AI in content strategy and how you can integrate it with your CMS for maximum impact.

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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

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Martech

APRIL 4, 2024

The March 2024 HubSpot updates include tools that will help your team leverage AI for better email marketing, along with better ways to visualize and understand your data. But that’s just the beginning. The latest release enhances team productivity with mobile access to custom objects and provides advanced insights into team HubSpot adoption. All told, the March 2024 update aims to make your interactions more insightful and your strategies more impactful.

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Sales Pop!

APRIL 4, 2024

Hey there! I’m John Golden, and in today’s post, I’m excited to share some gems from my chat with Nicolas Rion , a relationship guru from London. Nick’s wisdom on creating thriving connections is too good to keep to myself, so let’s dive in and discover the art of building successful relationships. Imagine growing up amidst the serene beauty of Burgundy, France.

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Predictable Revenue

APRIL 4, 2024

This time, we're diving into the nuanced world of startup sales compensation with Graham Collins, Head of Partnerships at QuotaPath. The post Crafting Sales Compensation Plans with Graham Collins appeared first on Predictable Revenue.

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Salesforce

APRIL 4, 2024

How can you find out if your customers are happy (or not) with your business? Ask them in a customer satisfaction survey. After all, insight about the customer experience is critical. You can’t measure customer satisfaction without it. Our research finds that 80% of customers say the experience a company provides is as important as its products and services A customer satisfaction survey helps you get candid feedback from your customers.

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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!

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Predictable Revenue

APRIL 4, 2024

Christina Brady from Luster.ai shares her expertise in enhancing communication in virtual teams and offers actionable solutions. The post Effective Communication at Work with Christina Brady appeared first on Predictable Revenue.

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Highspot

APRIL 4, 2024

This requires a commitment to innovation. As your team’s strategies evolve to enable the impossible and meet your goals, so should the technology you use to achieve them. Highspot Discover, our Spring Product Launch webcast, focuses on driving adaptability through Highspot’s roadmap for innovation. Through trends like generative AI, technology consolidation, and driving execution at scale, Highspot has designed product innovations that support your team’s goals at every phase of its evolution.

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G2

APRIL 4, 2024

In this article: TikTok's uncertain future could reshape brands’ digital footprints, consumer engagement strategies, and MarTech’s landscape The potential ban risks $24.2 billion in the U.S.

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Martech

APRIL 4, 2024

Today, B2B social media hub LinkedIn introduced LinkedIn CTV ads, allowing marketers to include ads on CTV platforms in their B2B campaigns. Advertisers can add CTV to their LinkedIn campaigns through a network of partners that includes Paramount, Roku and Samsung Ads. In addition to LinkedIn’s self-service Campaign Manager, the company also has a managed offering, LinkedIn Premiere via its partnership with NBCUniversal.

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Quotas need to be hit. Revenue goals need to be met. This reality makes shortening sales onboarding time a top priority. Organizations with a standard onboarding process boost employee retention by 58% and increase productivity by 50%. Unfortunately, many companies struggle with inefficient processes that lead to high turnover and missed revenue opportunities.

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Search Engine Land

APRIL 4, 2024

LinkedIn today introduced CTV ads, allowing marketers to include ads on CTV platforms in their B2B campaigns. Advertisers can add CTV to their LinkedIn campaigns through a network of partners including Paramount, Roku and Samsung Ads. In addition to LinkedIn’s self-service Campaign Manager, the company also has a managed offering, LinkedIn Premiere via its partnership with NBCUniversal.

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Search Engine Land

APRIL 4, 2024

Google is reportedly in talks about putting in an offer to acquire Hubspot. The search giant has allegedly been in discussions with Morgan Stanley about how much it should offer to buy the online marketing software company, which is said to be valued at $35 billion. However, no offer has yet been made. Why we care. Buying HubSpot would help Google expand its services in the growing CRM software market, enabling it to reach more enterprise customers with the budget to allocate to marketing and ad

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