Mon.Dec 11, 2023

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The Canceling of the Consultative Mind: Unveiling the Dangerous Shift in Decision-Making

Iannarino

Discover the alarming trend that is jeopardizing the effectiveness of leaders and decision-makers , as the consultative approach becomes a casualty of modern practices.

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Top tips for building a successful brand strategy in 2024 and beyond: Part 2

Martech

In the second part of this two-part feature, Jade Bunke discusses triggering the right customer behaviors, the differences between emotions and feelings and how to future-proof your brand strategy. The first part is here. 5. Identify and trigger behaviors Crafting a unique identity is only the beginning. You need action. Specifically, you need your brand to trigger behaviors that help you get closer to achieving your goal.

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2023 Was The Year of Hiding Inside the Base. 2024 Has to Be The Year of Growing It.

SaaStr

So there’s a perhaps obvious conversation everyone should be having, but isn’t: “Look, in 2023 we basically hid inside our existing customer base. We pushed through record price increases. We made it harder to cancel. We tried everything we could in upsell. And most importantly, we relied on our 100%+ NRR to stay in the game.” While I don’t love it, I get it in a tough year. 100%+ NRR helps you stay in the game even in tougher times.

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7 ways to end the sales and marketing Catch-22

Martech

In 1961, the novel “Catch-22,” by Joseph Heller was published and its title immediately became short-hand for an all-too-familiar type of organizational lunacy: circular reasoning. That’s the situation where one fallacy is used as proof of another. Like, “If A is true because B is true, B is true because A is true.” Sales executives and marketers are caught in a Catch-22 that says we need more marketing activity because we have more sales resources — we have more sales resources, so we nee

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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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Google Ads pilots conversions account level diagnostic tab

Search Engine Land

Google Ads is testing a conversions account level diagnostic tab in alpha. A spokesperson confirmed to Search Engine Land that the feature is set to launch next year with further details expected to be released soon. Why we care. This new feature gives deeper insights into your current measurement setup, allowing you to assess what’s effective and what’s not, and make necessary changes to improve the performance of your ads.

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Integrating marketing with technology: Best of the MarTech Bot

Martech

Best of the MarTechBot showcases the MarTechBot’s responses to prompts submitted by readers. The language model is based on content from MarTech embedded on top of ChatGPT. The editors of MarTech selected this response for its usefulness and have supplemented it with additional relevant content. I am the first generative AI chatbot for marketing technology professionals.

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How to Use AI to Transform Your Email Marketing

Salesforce

The past few years have brought new ways for marketers to connect with customers, but email is still a powerful way to engage. In fact, customers say email still is their preferred channel to interact with brands. According to our research , the number of outbound emails increased 15% last year. The volume of sends is high because it’s driven by high customer engagement.

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LinkedIn Ads in 2023: Trends, hits and gaps to be filled

Search Engine Land

LinkedIn made several noteworthy platform enhancements in 2023, strengthening its position with B2B advertisers. This article reviews LinkedIn’s major 2023 releases and their significance, and makes suggestions for improvements that could make B2B marketers even bigger fans. B2B advertising in 2023: Google vs. LinkedIn Google has not had a banner year from a B2B perspective.

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The Best Sales and Sales Leadership Content of 2023

Understanding the Sales Force

Welcome to my annual list of the best sales and sales leadership content of 2023. This year’s list has thirteen entries, including articles, videos, and LinkedIn posts. There are several categories including Most Read, Most Liked, Most Engagement, Best Quality and Personal Favorite. Ready? 2023 saw more content than ever before and that certainly includes the sales space.

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GA4 ramps up Protected Audiences API rollout and adds enhanced conversions

Search Engine Land

Google Analytics 4 is enhancing its privacy features in preparation for the deprecation of third-party cookies next year. The platform told Search Engine Land that it is accelerating the roll out of the Protected Audiences API and is also integrating enhanced conversions. Why we care. These tools provide insights for strategic decision-making while ensuring compliance with privacy regulations, and maintaining a competitive edge in the market.

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Prepare Now: 2025s Must-Know Trends For Product And Data Leaders

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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Building a Virtual Training Program That Actually Works

Hubspot

In the past, onboarding involved sitting in a room and listening to your manager explain the role. Perhaps you’d take coffee breaks and grab lunch, but you almost always had to be on-site. However, since the COVID-19 pandemic, the world has changed. Virtual training has often become the default. There have been many benefits to this change — there are no geographic restrictions for who you hire and no need to pay for travel.

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Best of the Bot: Create 10 promotional campaigns to drive in-store purchases

Search Engine Land

Best of the Bot showcases Search Engine Land Bot’s responses to prompts submitted by readers. The language model is based on content from Search Engine Land layered on top of ChatGPT. The editors of Search Engine Land selected this response for its usefulness and have supplemented it with additional relevant content. I am the first generative AI chatbot for search marketers.

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Insights & Strategies that Demystify AI in Marketing

G2

At our G2 Reach 2023 event, I had the privilege of participating in a riveting conversation on how today’s leaders can master AI in their marketing. While I am not a marketer (although I like to think I dabble), I was able to weigh in on the AI landscape on G2 and share how we’re innovating in our own Labs team.

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7 key metrics to measure content effectiveness by iQuanti

Search Engine Land

Measuring content performance in the ever-evolving world of digital marketing is a critical factor for success. Beyond the familiar metrics that have long-defined content performance, effective content strategy is more nuanced and requires more thought to measure success. Contrary to the common belief that low traffic equates to ineffective content, the issue might lie in ranking or conversion, not necessarily the quality of the content itself.

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How to Prove Marketing Value: Demonstrate Content ROI and Contribution to Sales

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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The Art and Science of Complex Sales Podcast

Membrain

Art and Science of Complex Sales podcast, interview with Dr. Howard Dover, Director of the Center for Professional Sales and Sales Coach at the University of Texas at Dallas.

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Automate With Purpose: Benefits and Best Practices of Business Process Automation

Salesforce

The narrative is all too familiar: time-consuming, repetitive tasks are hindering your team’s creativity and strategic thinking. The focus shifts away from innovation as your employees wrestle with mundane, manual processes like data entry. It’s a battle between administrative burdens and elevating the customer experience – a situation that happens all too often.

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Harnessing the Power of AI in Customer Feedback Analysis

G2

As the customer experience becomes more digital, consumer feedback represents the cornerstone for business improvements. Yet, as data increases, its interpretation becomes more complex. So how do you simplify work for you and your team? If you haven’t already, now may be the time to use AI for its revolutionary approach to analyzing customer feedback.

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Unleashing the Power of Positive Reinforcement

Sales Pop!

In the ever-evolving realm of leadership and motivation, Bill Sims stands as a beacon of wisdom. He inspires individuals and organizations to harness the transformative power of positive reinforcement. Recently, I had the privilege of hosting Bill on my podcast. We delve into his groundbreaking book, “The Green Beans and Ice Cream Book: How to Motivate with Positive Reinforcement,” We had the chance to explore the nuances of effective leadership in today’s dynamic workplace.

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Don't Let AI Pass You By: The New Era of Personalized Sales Coaching & Development

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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Episode 31: Why American Deindustrialization is a Myth

Spiro Technologies

Transcript Adam Honig: I have your title as research fellow. Colin Grabow: That’s it. Adam Honig: Do they have research ladies, too? I was trying to figure out how to work that in, but I couldn’t quite figure out how to make it sound PC. Colin Grabow: No, all my female colleagues, they also take the title of fellow. Adam Honig: Hello and welcome to Make it.

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Three Ways to Get the Most Out of the Trailblazer Community

Salesforce

At Salesforce, we understand the unique value of community. Peer-to-peer learning is a powerful tool for problem-solving and skill-building. As artificial intelligence (AI) reshapes the future of work, it’s never been more important to foster peer connections to ask questions, share knowledge, and glean best practices. Not to mention, studies show that we retain 90% of what we learn by teaching others.

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Sales Enablement: Unlocking Revenue Protection

Highspot

Navigating the intricacies of deal-making in today’s challenging economic landscape is an arduous task. Factors such as reduced budgets, expansive buying committees, stringent cost controls, and increasingly cautious buyers contribute to an environment where success requires a delicate balance. The imperative is clear: either excel and persevere or face the possibility of game over.

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