Iannarino

MAY 21, 2024

Discover why manipulative sales tactics are failing and how trust-based strategies can transform your approach in 2024.

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Partners in Excellence

MAY 21, 2024

We, including me, have always focused much of our product development and GTM strategies around the concept of “Product-Market Fit.” Suddenly, I realized there is a much better way to look at this. The challenge with the concept of Product-Market fit is that it biases the way we look at things. As a result, it biases the solutions we create, the way we bring them and present them to market, and how we position ourselves in the markets.

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Martech

MAY 21, 2024

Today, Google introduced new creative tools and ad experiences at its annual Google Marketing Live event, held in New York. Here’s what marketers can expect to see at Google, either now or in the coming months. Search ad experience. Among the most inventive improvements to search is a new ad experience currently in testing and slated to become more widely available later in the year.

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Partners in Excellence

MAY 21, 2024

Preface : George Bronten and I have been friends for years. I first met him because I was intrigued by the capabilities of Membrain. It’s one of the most interesting technologies, I’ve seen. I think George and I recognized similar passions with technology, business and selling. Since that introductory meeting, we continue to have conversations about the state of our profession and its future.

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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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SaaStr

MAY 21, 2024

So G2 put out a survey and report on customer success recently that was an eye-opener: 67% of CS execs report having a sales quota 53% of CS execs now view their job as primarily a sales role Now some of this may be semantics. Business software companies have had “account managers” responsible for upsell since the earliest days. As customer success came into its own, it was often seen as distinct from account management, focused on customer retention and happiness and NPS and CSAT.

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Martech

MAY 21, 2024

It’s no secret that Caitlin Clark and a number of other young stars are having a huge impact on engagement with women’s basketball. Clark’s WNBA debut smashed records at ESPN, drawing over two million viewers. But did you know the Paris Olympics this year will be the first to feature an equal number of women and men athletes? Fifteen percent of adults who plan to watch the Olympics are aware of this.

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Martech

MAY 21, 2024

For years, marketers have chased delivering “the right message to the right audience at the right time and on the right channel.” Fortunately, today’s data and technology landscape, overlaid with media consumption behaviors, makes this kind of brand interaction more than a cliché. Hyper-precision targeting is a powerful, high-impact, low-waste approach to audience-first marketing that drives engagement, conversion rates and lifetime value.

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SaaStr

MAY 21, 2024

How do you build a culture of openness and collaboration as your company scales? Founder and CEO of Guru, Rick Nucci, and previously founder of Boomi, on track to IPO soon at $200m+ ARR, shares how to run all-hands meetings the right way. Guru is about a decade old and provides AI-driven search for companies where employees can ask questions and find knowledge to do their job.

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Martech

MAY 21, 2024

David Ogilvy famously said, “Give me the freedom of a tight brief.” The sentiment is that the best creative outcomes come when briefs are focused and specific, providing little room for interpretation. Born out of the ad agencies of the 1960s, creative briefs were a way for the account planner — the person closest to the client — to set creative strategy in motion.

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Search Engine Land

MAY 21, 2024

Unsurprisingly, AI took center stage during the various announcements made today at Google Marketing Live 2024. Updates also focused on creatives, data and giving the consumer what they want straight from the Search results. Now is the time to start paying closer attention to your impression levels. Here’s a recap of everything you need to know from Google Marketing Live, with links to our full coverage of each major announcement.

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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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Martech

MAY 21, 2024

The convergence of big data and artificial intelligence (AI) is setting the stage for revolutionary changes in how brands engage with consumers. Traditional marketing methods are struggling to keep pace with the heightened expectations of modern consumers and rapid technological advancements. Print, television, direct mail, telemarketing — these all have their place in brand marketing, but consumers of all ages, all incomes and all genders are now digital creatures.

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Closing Bigger

MAY 21, 2024

This is episode 2 of 3 for the “AI and EI for Business Success” series with Keynote AI Speaker and sales author Shane Gibson and Nick Usborne of Nickusborne.com and BeMoreHuman.ai. This podcast is formatted as a collaborative discussion where we delve into the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) and emotional intelligence (EI) in business.

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Sales Hacker

MAY 21, 2024

Daniel Zarick is the Co-Founder and CEO of Arrows, a collaborative customer onboarding tool built specifically for teams using HubSpot. With funding from Gradient Ventures, HubSpot Ventures, and GTMfund, Arrows. is well-positioned to become a major player in the HubSpot ecosystem. Discussed in this Episode: The benefits and challenges of going to market in a single platform ecosystem like HubSpot How to gain traction and build relationships with key stakeholders in a crowded partner ecosystem St

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Search Engine Land

MAY 21, 2024

Ads are coming to AI Overviews, Google announced today at Google Marketing Live 2024. What’s new. Google is testing the inclusion of Search and Shopping ads inside the AI Overviews boxes that can appear atop search results for complex queries. How it works. When an ad is deemed relevant to both the search query and the AI Overviews, it will surface within that overview in a “sponsored” section.

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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

MAY 21, 2024

For years, B2B marketing largely revolved around a performance marketing strategy focused on collecting MQLs and using marketing automation to nurture leads until they were ready to buy. At its best, this strategy was measurable. Using martech applications, marketers and their leadership could easily track leads, monitor conversions and predict pipeline.

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Search Engine Land

MAY 21, 2024

For ecommerce SEO, shop category pages have been a key focus. But that could change. The presence of Google Shopping in the form of Product Grids and as part of AI Overviews is increasing rapidly. This puts Google Shopping as the focus of ecommerce SEO. Google’s semantic database behind shopping is the Google Shopping Graph, so it’s time you consider shopping graph optimization.

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Sales Hacker

MAY 21, 2024

If you’re not evolving your go-to-market strategy with the latest in content marketing, you risk being left behind. Whether you’re fine-tuning your current approach or overhauling your strategy, understanding the future of content marketing is essential – where we are now and where are we going. Join industry leaders Udi Ledergor, Jon Miller, and Pete Lorenco to stay up to date on the landscape of content marketing and how we’re evolving.

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Search Engine Land

MAY 21, 2024

Google introduced new AI-powered tools to help advertisers rapidly produce high-quality Performance Max creative assets at scale for campaigns across marketing channels. This was one of several announcements today at Google Marketing Live 2024. What’s new. Upgrades to the Performance Max platform include: Generative AI capabilities to accelerate creative production speeds by up to 5x.

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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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G2

MAY 21, 2024

Palmer Houchins shares his perspective on key martech trends highlighted in the latest Martech Map from Chief Martech’s Scott Brinker & MartechTribe’s Frans Riemersma, which is powered in part by G2 data.

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Search Engine Land

MAY 21, 2024

Google has fully rolled out its Ads Data Manager tool to help advertisers easily centralize and activate their first-party data for more effective AI-powered campaigns. What’s new. Ads Data Manager allows businesses to bring together disparate first-party data sources (e.g., conversions, email lists, surveys) into a single unified analytics hub.

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G2

MAY 21, 2024

Global expansion is crucial for scaling businesses, and HR tech takes your global expansion strategy to the next level. Learn how HR tools help.

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Search Engine Land

MAY 21, 2024

Google is experimenting with a new ad experience on Search that aims to guide consumers through complicated buying decisions using AI assistance. The big picture. The test explores how Google’s AI capabilities could enhance ads to provide more tailored advice and recommendations based on a user’s specific needs and context. Why we care. With this update advertisers will be getting a higher converting clicka to their site.

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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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G2

MAY 21, 2024

Looking for the best calendar app in 2024? Explore the top 10 calendar tools that help you declutter your schedule and stay productive throughout the year.

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Search Engine Land

MAY 21, 2024

Google is rolling out upgrades to Google Lens and Circle to Search, adding more links, knowledge panel information and even the new AI Overviews to the search results generated by Lens and Circle to Search. “We’ve been expanding the type of results you can get with Lens & Circle to Search,” Rajan Patel, the VP of Engineering at Google announced.

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Predictable Revenue

MAY 21, 2024

Collin and Fred shared how an unusual path involving his battle with Lyme disease made him a better sales leader. The post The Power of Authenticity in Sales with Fred Diamond appeared first on Predictable Revenue.

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Search Engine Land

MAY 21, 2024

WordPress version 6.5 now supports including the lastmod element within sitemaps files, which can help search engines understand which pieces of content are new or updated. This can help improve crawl efficiency for search engine crawlers and reduce server load on your website. Lastmod. Lastmod is an element that you can add to your sitemap file that should represent the last time that URL was modified.

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Speaker: Evelyn Chou

Choosing the right business intelligence (BI) platform can feel like navigating a maze of features, promises, and technical jargon. With so many options available, how can you ensure you’re making the right decision for your organization’s unique needs? 🤔 This webinar brings together expert insights to break down the complexities of BI solution vetting.

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Sales Pop!

MAY 21, 2024

Having a mobile sales force is crucial. These hard-working individuals constantly travel, meeting clients and closing deals. However, staying productive on the go presents unique challenges. This is where cloud computing proves invaluable, enabling seamless access to essential tools and data from anywhere. Let’s explore how embracing the cloud can revolutionize your mobile sales operations.

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Search Engine Land

MAY 21, 2024

More options are available for visually immersive ad formats to drive consumer demand and conversions across its YouTube, Discover and Gmail properties, Google announced today at Google Marketing Live 2024. Driving the news. Key updates include: Expansion of Demand Gen video ad campaigns to reach up to 3 billion users monthly across YouTube, Discover and Gmail inboxes.

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Sales Pop!

MAY 21, 2024

In the modern business landscape, technology underpins almost every operation and process, from communication and data management to customer service and beyond. As organizations increasingly rely on technology for their daily operations, the role of IT support specialists becomes critical. These professionals ensure that all technological systems function smoothly and effectively, supporting the organization’s overall performance and productivity.

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Search Engine Land

MAY 21, 2024

The convergence of big data and artificial intelligence (AI) is setting the stage for revolutionary changes in how brands engage with consumers. Traditional marketing methods are struggling to keep pace with the heightened expectations of modern consumers and rapid technological advancements. Print, television, direct mail, telemarketing — these all have their place in brand marketing, but consumers of all ages, all incomes and all genders are now digital creatures.

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Are your sellers unsure about using AI in their day-to-day workflows? Or are they eager to try but uncertain where to start? They might be asking: Which tasks are best suited for AI? How will using AI affect my relationship with my customers? With so many tools available, which ones are the most useful to me? To help answer these and other common questions about using AI during the sales cycle, we surveyed B2B sellers who were early adopters to get their insight and advice about how to use gen A

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