Fri.Jan 05, 2024

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Exploring the Impact of Long-Form Content versus Short Form Media in the Digital Era

Iannarino

Unveiling the depth and value of long-form content in a world captivated by TikTok and Instagram.

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Are Your Salespeople ATMs?

Anthony Cole Training

Bank ATMs (Automatic Teller Machines) have been around for a while.According to Investopedia, Barclays Bank of London in 1967 was the first to have an ATM in use. I remember using my first ATM – Jeanie Machine – in Cincinnati in 1979. But the ‘ATMs’ I’m referring to have been around, well a long, long, long time.

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94% of Google SGE links are different from organic search results, study finds

Search Engine Land

The AI-generated answers in Google’s Search Generative Experience (SGE) do not match any links from the top 10 Google organic search results 93.8% of the time. That’s according to a new Authoritas analysis, which focused primarily on commercial keywords. Why we care. Google SGE is expected to reduce organic traffic significantly to websites for many keywords because searchers will be able to get the answer directly in Google’s AI-generated answer.

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The opportunities for AI in digital asset management

Martech

Like any transformative technological change in our history, the growing importance and availability of artificial intelligence (AI) will affect the people, processes, technologies and data powering our business operations. Its potential is unlimited. This is both exciting and concerning. It forces us to think about the potential in terms of actual processes right across the marketing function.

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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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From Zero to Hero: How to Dominate Outbound SaaS Sales with Rippling and Founders Fund on CRO Confidential

SaaStr

In the latest episode of CRO Confidential, host Sam Blond, partner at Founders Fund and former CRO at Brex, sits down with Ashley Kelly, VP of Global Sales Development at Rippling. For context – Ashley had previously helped Sam scale Brex’s outbound sales from $2M to over $300M in ARR as Senior Director of SDR. Together they discuss: Scaling outbound sales and SDRS (sales development representatives) from 0 to $100M and beyond How to hire the right outbound sales team The SDR interv

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2024 Predictions: Retail media networks

Martech

In recent years, many retailers have built out retail media networks (RMNs) to attract advertisers and improve customer experience with favorite brands and products. Access to the wealth of first-party data that many retailers have is hard for advertisers to pass up. But RMNs need to mature. This maturation took some big steps last year and will continue in 2024 as advertisers will test and integrate RMNs into their media strategy.

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4 steps to turn a prospect into a loyal customer

Martech

In my last article, I explained four things you must do to win a prospect’s trust before you ever mention your product or service. Now, we will look at the four next steps that will help you convert them into a sale and how to grow the relationship once you’ve done that. 1. Filter Having proven your value to the customer(s), you now deepen the relationship with engaged prospects.

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6 AI Hacks for Inside Sales Reps [+Easy Steps]

Hubspot

As a small business owner myself, harnessing AI for inside salespeople has been rattling around in my mind since the launch of ChatGPT. It’s been pretty exciting to see the creativity that people all over the world are bringing to AI to improve their processes, create new services, and make being in business more fun and profitable. So here we are — a little over a year after OpenAI changed the landscape of what can be sped up or fully automated for anyone using the internet.

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TikTok ‘planning to rival Amazon with major U.S. expansion’

Search Engine Land

TikTok is reportedly planning to rival Amazon by growing its U.S. ecommerce business, TikTok Shop, tenfold to $17.5 billion this year. Why we care. TikTok Shop is a prime opportunity for brands as 83% of users make purchase decisions on the platform. If TikTok is planning a major expansion, marketers will benefit from being able to showcase their products to a larger engaged audience in the States, maximizing ROI.

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How to Win Over Software Buyers Who Are Actually In-Market

G2

For demand-gen marketers like myself, we know that finding and reaching in-market buyers can feel like searching for a needle in a haystack. And that’s not too far off from what’s happening — considering that just 5% of your ideal customer profile (ICP) is in-market at any given time.

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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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Machines Will Speak to Us in Our Own Language, and Other AI Predictions

Salesforce

What will generative AI mean to small companies in 2024? Will employers address the AI skills gap with any real urgency? What’s the one thing that could doom AI initiatives? We asked artificial intelligence (AI) leaders from Salesforce and beyond to tell us what they see in store for generative AI in 2024. Here are their AI predictions. For corporate boards, AI will become the top tech priority “As regulations become more focused on topics like liability and copyright for AI, the technology will

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Customer Onboarding Made Easy: How Emails Help Build Lasting Relationships

G2

Imagine walking into your favorite neighborhood coffee shop. You take in the aroma of your perfect blend as you are l greeted by a barista who not only knows your name, but remembers your usual order. With a smile, you are invited to enjoy a delicious pastry with a cup of your favorite brew.

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Navigating the Leadership Landscape

Sales Pop!

I’m over the moon to share some golden nuggets from my recent podcast featuring the brilliant Dr. Keith McNally , a leadership coach, author, and US ambassador for Be Happy for Nothing. Our conversation was a deep dive into his impactful book, “Walking the Path: A Leader’s Journey,” which seamlessly weaves together a fable, leadership insights, and interactive journaling.

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What Is Inbound Sales? Strategies and Best Practices

Salesforce

As a sales executive, I was disheartened to hear that nearly seven out of 10 sales professionals say their jobs are harder now, according to the State of Sales report. Yet nearly the same number of sales leaders admit their teams are taking fewer risks to change their situation. If your organization is facing the same challenges, consider a different approach: inbound sales.

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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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Pushing Sales Productivity: A Sales Enablement Strategy That Does More With Less

Highspot

Right now, companies can’t afford a misaligned or underperforming sales team. No matter your industry, you feel the economic pressure to do more with fewer resources. This is our reality and, given the premium value private and public markets are placing on profitability and efficient growth, our “new normal” is likely to continue for some time. So, sales productivity is now paramount – success requires maximizing sales outcomes with the least amount of wasted resources, including time and effor

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Reliable & Powerful Hard Disk Data Recovery Expert for Windows PC

The Digital Technology

Is it feasible to retrieve data from a hard drive that has been wiped or lost? Yes, professional hard drive or hard disk data recovery software can recover lost or destroyed files.

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SaaStr + 20VC: Why 2024 Will Be Better, But Only So Much, For SaaS. And A Few Worries.

SaaStr

So Harry Stebbings and I got back together for the first 20VC of 2024! Will IPO windows open in 2024? Will Stripe and Databricks go public? Did Figma kill the M&A market in 2024? Will LPs allocate to new venture managers? Will many venture firms slowly die? This is the ultimate show with Jason M. Lemkin , Founder SaaStr on what the f happens in 2024 with many predictions… 1.

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How Much ‘Sales’ Should be in Product-Led Sales

Sales Hacker

Happy New Year! 2024, we’re officially here. This feels like the year that many companies have now realized that sales-led and product-led aren’t exclusive; they’re more of a spectrum. There is room for combinations in different parts of your GTM motion. The challenge comes down to knowing when and how much. When and how much product exposure is needed for people understand what you do… When and how much human interaction to add value… To help with this, I’m sharing insight on factors to

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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!