Wed.Jan 17, 2024

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Navigating Client Relations: Why Saying No Can Be a Strategic Move in Sales

Iannarino

Discover the power of turning down the wrong clients to build a successful and integrity-driven sales career.

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What Is a Customer Service Star? Find Out What Top Trailblazers Told Us

Salesforce

When you’re a customer Service Star, staying ahead of the curve isn’t just an advantage — it’s an absolute necessity. You get the pivotal role technology plays in shaping the future of customer service. And you understand the need for building community with others who know what it’s like to walk in your shoes. If you’re looking for new ways to connect with your peers, the Salesforce Service Trailblazer Community is a great place to start.

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Alternatives to third-party cookies: The state of play

Martech

“I’m actually shocked because I really just thought they were going to be regulated away, but yes, they started out with 32 million folks, so it’s happening.” Tara DeZao, product marketing director for adtech and martech at Pega, was reacting to the news that Google had finally begun phasing out third-party cookies. After multiple delays.

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Google Ads lays off hundreds of staff amid support crisis

Search Engine Land

Google will lay off approximately 1,000 employees from its advertising sales team this year. Why we care. Advertisers told Search Engine Land last week that they are already struggling to solve issues impacting their Google Ads accounts as they can’t get hold of their reps. The reduction in staff could exacerbate the situation, further complicating problem resolution for marketers.

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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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5 secrets of streamlining marketing workflows

Martech

Marketing today involves complex workflows and processes, matrixed stakeholders and a mandate to execute at the speed of culture. Here, I’ve distilled five secrets from the world’s most agile and effective marketing teams on how they simplify, standardize and collaborate to deliver better work more efficiently. Spoiler alert: It turns out that it’s some of our old familiar marketing operations friends — alignment, communication, governance, automation and the right partnerships. 1.

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Insurers: Beyond Transactions, What’s Your People Policy?

Salesforce

The insurance industry is filled with potential, but companies remain stuck in old ways, leaving customers unhappy and disconnected. One in three customers switched providers last year, due to unsatisfactory insurance customer experiences. At Salesforce, we ask, “What do people truly want when they interact with their insurance company?” Extensive research shows that customers, both new and old, want more than just coverage and affordability.

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The 6 Buyer Personas (and How to Sell to Them)

RAIN Group

Every buyer has personal preferences for how they like to buy. There are multiple buying styles and preferences to consider, but the number isn't infinite. It’s six.

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Google updates data privacy policies for targeted ads in the EU

Search Engine Land

Google is toughening its data privacy policies for targeted ads in Europe to comply with the Digital Markets Act (DMA). Brands and advertisers will begin to notice the changes, such as additional consent banners and a new Data Portability API, as they are rolled out in the coming weeks. Why we care. Tougher data privacy policies might affect Google’s capacity to deliver personalized ads and content.

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Salesforce experts share tips for ensuring a smooth implementation

Martech

Marketing technology is a big investment for businesses. If an implementation goes off the rails, the costs go up even higher. To ensure a smooth implementation, organizations have to communicate the value of the new technology and present a clear roadmap to everybody involved. This process continues throughout the implementation and pays off after the kickoff.

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AI-enhanced YouTube marketing: Insights from 3 case studies

Search Engine Land

YouTube marketing is growing increasingly sophisticated with the application of artificial intelligence (AI). Brands and marketers are finding new ways to use AI tools to improve the impact of their YouTube campaigns. This article examines three case studies from Egypt, Saudi Arabia and India, showcasing successful examples of AI-enhanced YouTube marketing.

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

Speaker: Jay Allardyce, Deepak Vittal, and Terrence Sheflin

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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GTM 77: Building a Top-Down Sales Strategy While Maintaining a Bottoms-Up Approach with Leena Joshi

Sales Hacker

Leena Joshi is Co-Founder & CEO of CloseFactor , a GTM strategy and execution platform that helps enterprise tech hone in on the exact right prospective customers and accelerates their conversion by helping your sales and marketing teams be contextually relevant to them. She has led GTM teams at high scale B2B companies such as Splunk, VMware, Redis and has a unique perspective on the convergence of sales and marketing into an efficient, high performing GTM organization.

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Google shows off Circle to Search and new AI-multisearch experience

Search Engine Land

Google launched new search features, including Circle to Search and a new AI-powered multisearch experience within Google. Google is “introducing two major updates that bring this vision closer to reality,” with these new features, Google said. Circle to Search Circle to Search is a new way to search for anything on your Android phone without switching apps.

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How Enterprise Companies are Buying AI (or Not) with ContextualAI, Anthropic, Glean, and Unusual Ventures

SaaStr

At Saastr Annual, we hosted an Enterprise panel of AI leaders to share their experience and knowledge to help others understand how big companies think about and leverage AI. Sure – the rise of ChatGPT has gone mainstream for consumers and smaller companies, but what about the big guys? While the first generation of Generative AI is great, it’s not quite ready to solve Enterprise problems.

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New research study asks if Google Search is getting worse

Search Engine Land

A recently released research paper looked to see if Google Search, as well as Bing and DuckDuckGo, search quality has improved over the past year or so. The study looked at 7,392 unique search queries, generally in the product reviews category, where they scrapped the search results every two weeks between October 26th, 2022, and September 19th, 2023.

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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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Is “Winning by Volume” In Its Death Throes?

Membrain

At the end of last year, both Google and Yahoo announced new restrictions on any organization sending more than 5,000 emails a day through their networks. These rules go into effect February 1, 2024 and will have a major impact on how companies use email.

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Webinar: An SEO memorial service by Cynthia Ramsaran

Search Engine Land

Join a joyous celebration of life, honoring the long list of SEO tactics and concepts we lost this year. Remember fondly the beautiful time you shared with defunct ideas like link building, keyword cannibalization, search volume as a value indicator and even the most cherished of friends: the funnel. Make peace with their loss as you embrace a new paradigm for organic content: Pillar-based marketing.

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5 Interesting Learnings from SmartSheet at $1 Billion in ARR

SaaStr

So there’s a quiet leader in the work management space that’s quietly … blowing the doors off. Everyone knows Atlassian, Asana, Notion, probably Monday. But Smartsheet? You should know them. They’re at $1 Billion in ARR now, growing an impressive 23%. That’s behind Monday, but growing faster than Asana or Atlassian. 5 Interesting Learnings: #1.

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Google to change European search results to show comparison sites

Search Engine Land

Google search results in Europe may start to look a little different in the coming weeks in order for Google to comply with a new regulation called the Digital Markets Act (DMA), the company announced. This means that Google will show more comparison sites within its search results for European users and that some of the vertical search units, like Google Flights, will no longer show up in the main search results.

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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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AI-powered features to look for in customer data platforms

Martech

At a time when uncertainty about everything from war to global warming to economics dominates the headlines, the customer data platform is increasingly seen as one of the must-have elements of the martech stack. Meanwhile, the boom in artificial intelligence and machine learning is driving vendors to enhance the capabilities of these platforms, making the value proposition even more attractive.

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Setting PPC goals: How to tailor KPIs and metrics for each funnel stage

Search Engine Land

When working with a new PPC client, I help them establish goals aligned with their business objectives. Surprisingly, many lack clearly defined campaign goals beyond boosting traffic or conversions. Let’s explore a framework for setting effective key performance indicators (KPIs) and metrics aligned to your business goals for each funnel stage. PPC KPIs and metrics: How do they differ?

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Precision Differentiates the Successful Business

Sales Pop!

The goal for most is to achieve success in the distant future. Some glorify the process, believing it will be easy and short-term, while others quickly change their minds upon realizing quick and easy does not exist. No matter the industry, the details one needs to embrace, combine, and create a comprehensive output are almost beyond imagination. Accordingly, precision differentiates a successful business.

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Returning to My Roots … Networking

Adaptive Business Services

Well now. I didn’t see this one coming. I recently turned 70 and took a bit of time before that “testing” retirement. I hated it. So now I find myself strangely energized and my creative juices are overflowing. A bit of history. I have always been an effective networker. In the past, I have owned and operated three professional networking groups as a for-profit business.

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Increase Revenue With Better, Faster Sales Onboarding

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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What Is Digital Sales? Tips, Strategies, and Tools

Salesforce

The sales environment is overwhelmingly digital. McKinsey & Company found that 80% of B2B buyers want self-serve digital options. It’s a similar story in B2C circles, where up to 70% of deals are closed online, depending on the industry. With this in mind, you’ll have a better chance of reaching your customers by upskilling with digital sales.

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How Do Buyers Prefer to Interact With Sales Reps? [New Data]

Hubspot

Confession time: I've been in the market for a new car for months now, but the thought of stepping onto a car lot and negotiating prices with a car salesperson is about as exciting as getting a root canal. Luckily for me, the Internet exists, and I can do quite a bit of research on my own. I can pinpoint the exact value of my current car, compare prices, and find the right car for me.

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Our Salesperson Training Course

The 5% Institute

In the dynamic landscape of sales, staying ahead requires more than just persuasive pitches and product knowledge. It demands a continuous commitment to learning and adapting to new market trends. That’s where our Salesperson Training Course comes into play, revolutionizing the way sales teams hone their skills and achieve unparalleled success.

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What's Your Returning Customer Rate and How to Improve It?

G2

Learn how to identify returning customers and how to retain them and maximize your ROI.

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Business Intelligence 101: How To Make The Best Solution Decision For Your Organization

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.