Wed.Jun 12, 2024

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How To Make More Money in B2B Sales

Iannarino

You want to make more money in your role in B2B sales. Maybe you are motivated by money, or maybe you want to provide more for your family. Whatever the reason, you need to be careful about the advice you take when it comes to accomplishing your financial goals. Here are a number of things that sound good but may harm your ability to make more money.

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5 Interesting Learnings from Salesforce at $36 Billion in ARR

SaaStr

So this past quarter was a big one for Salesforce. For the first time ever, it projected next year, growth would fall to the single digits, to as low as 7%. The markets reacted strongly, driving down the stock as much as 20%. Salesforce is a more profitable, leaner entity than it was a few years back. It’s reacted to activist shareholder pressure, and changes in the market.

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The State of Martech: G2 Data Reveals Latest Martech Trends

G2

Discover the latest marketing technology trends for 2024, from automation to AI adoption, based on the latest G2’s exclusive state of MarTech report.

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Want a “Hot” Job in SaaS? Great. Just Understand You’re Signing up For Triple Triple Double Double

SaaStr

So there’s one clear source of unhappiness in SaaS hiring. Folks want to join “hot” startups, at least some do. But do they know what they are signing up for? The 2021 Boom was an odd time. Hot startups were the easier jobs. 1000+ Unicorns were born, flooded with capital, sales efficiency didn’t matter, and buyers were buying SaaS products at a rate we hadn’t seen before.

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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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What Pega GenAI tools might mean for marketers

Martech

This week, CRM and BPM software company Pega announced new generative AI capabilities, including enhancements to its new product, Blueprint, and to its AI assistant or copilot Knowledge Buddy. Before understanding what value these products might deliver for marketing or the CX organization in general, it’s worth taking a closer look at what they are and how they work.

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GTM 98: Going From IC to CRO at GitHub and Building a High-Performing Revenue Growth Engine with Elizabeth Pemmerl

Sales Hacker

Elizabeth Pemmerl currently serves as GitHub’s Chief Revenue Officer, where she oversees all facets of the company’s go-to-market strategy and customer engagement, including sales, support, and operations. She joined GitHub in 2015 after a career in the public sector, and has since held leadership roles in nearly all aspects of GitHub’s enterprise business.

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Dear SaaStr: Do Shares Get “Forward Vested in an Acquisition?

SaaStr

Dear SaaStr: Do Shares Get “Forward Vested in an Acquisition? Stock vesting is accelerated very rarely in an acquistion. In 95%+ of cases, the acquirer wants folks to keep vesting just as before — or more so. Even where the option agreements or bylaws or other legal documents require it, acquirers often require those agreements be amended, in whole or in part.

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Apple doubles down on AI despite signs of an industry slowdown

Martech

This week Apple announced it was (finally) going all in on AI, adding a suite of generative AI capabilities to all its operating systems. While not unexpected, Apple’s AI push is an interesting development for two reasons. First, there are signs that some businesses are slowing AI investment because of the cost and a high rate of AI implementation failure.

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Google’s auto-pause for idle keywords: overreach or overdue?

Search Engine Land

A short while after Google announced it would pause low-activity keywords , the Optmyzr team ran a study and got reactions from paid search experts to figure out how marketers may be affected, what shifts (if any) it would cause in advertiser management styles and what risks come with this update. The big picture. Google’s plans to automatically pause long-idle ad keywords have sparked debate among marketers – some see it as overreach, while others say it’s overdue account maintenanc

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How and Why to Clearly Define the Sales Role In Your Organization

Membrain

I think it’s strange that the sales role inside a company is often poorly defined and that the skills and abilities necessary to succeed in that role are rarely formalized. It’s a symptom, in my mind, of the fact that the sales profession is not really treated as a profession.

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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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Beware of anti-SEO studies that misguide your marketing strategy

Search Engine Land

In March 2024, SparkToro and Datos published a study revealing insights about “where users spent time vs. where traffic referrals originate.” It has been seen by over 250,000 people since being released. SparkToro Founder Rand Fishkin later wrote a clarifying article concluding that you should never focus on SEO , stating: “The only reasonable move is to invest in the sources of influence to which your audience pays attention: social accounts they follow, YouTube channels they

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Strategic Thoughts: When Innovators Outsource Innovation

The Advantexe Advisor

The business world is buzzing today with news that Apple has entered into a partnership with OpenAi to integrate OpenAi’s AI technologies into Apple’s core products. As one writer put it, “Siri is going to get really smart really quickly.” Developing innovation internally or paying for it through investments and M&A externally has become one of the most popular learning points in Advantexe’s simulation-centric Business Acumen learning programs.

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10 search marketing takeaways from digital marketing leader Aaron Levy at SMX Advanced

Search Engine Land

SMX Advanced Day 2 kicked off with Aaron Levy reminding us about the complex nature of search marketing and the need to focus on customers in our strategy. Here are some highlights of his keynote talk, which included a look back at what the search marketing industry has been through, how the new wave of AI change is nothing new and his bet on the fact that search isn’t going away anytime soon. 1.

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Differentiation – The Secret Sauce of Selling

Adaptive Business Services

If you are in sales, you know that it’s crowded out there. So many competitors. Selling has also become more complex and this is largely due to changes in buyer behaviors. Since time began, salespeople have been viewed by many buyers as a necessary evil. Now, with the internet, they are self -educating in an attempt to bypass salespeople altogether.

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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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What Are Convertible Bonds? Definition, Types, Pros and Cons

G2

Convertible bond is a kind of debt security that yields interest but can be converted into predetermined number of shares. Learn its types, pros and cons.

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What Is Social Selling, and How Does It Work?

Salesforce

At the core, buying and selling are social activities. Think about how much you depend on your digital neighbors — checking your social networks and online reviews — before you commit to buying something important. Even if it’s not a major purchase, other people’s opinions and experiences consciously and unconsciously factor into your buying decisions.

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