Mon.Apr 22, 2024

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Overcoming the Fear of Leading Clients: Proven Strategies for Assertive Sales Leadership

Iannarino

The Challenges of Establishing Authority in Sales Workshops The group in the workshop I was conducting wasn’t quite ready for the two topics I was teaching. The first obstacle was the concept of being One-Up, and the corresponding need to be an expert and an authority. It took a little time to help them recognize how much more they knew about what they sold compared to what their clients knew about it.

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Paying Attention

Partners in Excellence

As trivial as it may seem, the ability to pay attention is one of the most important behaviors for success. But what does this really mean, particularly when we have so much competing for our attention, and when we invest so much in getting the attention of others? Too often, it seems we focus more on the mechanics of what we do. losing sight of our purpose or what our actions mean–to ourselves and others.

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7 steps to creating an audience-based B2B marketing plan

Martech

If you’re still taking a one-size-fits-all approach to your marketing campaigns, blasting the same messages across channels to a broad audience, you’re leaving revenue on the table. Today’s B2B buyers expect a personalized experience tailored to their specific needs, industry pain points and stage in the customer journey. Generic campaigns won’t cut it anymore.

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“Why I’m So Interested In Selling,” Jim Berryhill

Partners in Excellence

Preface : My first real experience of Jim Berryhill was in 2012. We were sitting in his lake house (North of Atlanta), with his business partner, John Porter and his son, Jake. It was in the very early days of Decisionlink, we were solving the problems of business value selling. They were just launching the company, I was advising them on the launch strategy.

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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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Legal risks loom for Firefly users after Adobe’s AI image tool training exposed

Martech

Adobe’s Firefly was designed to give enterprise users generative AI image tools they could trust. “A lot of our very big enterprise customers are very concerned about using generative AI without understanding how it was trained,” Adobe chief strategy officer Scott Belsky told TechCrunch last year. “They don’t see it as viable for commercial use in a similar way to using a stock image and making sure that if you’re going to use it in a campaign you better have the rights for it — and model releas

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Thinking of Stepping Down as Founder-CEO? You Just Might Be Asked Back

SaaStr

So this is the time of the year when founders step down. Often quietly. Folks recover a bit from the end-of-year push, reflect, and sometimes … decide it’s time to bring in someone new. A CEO to take things to the next level. Etc. And even more of us think about it. Heck, I’ve thought about it several times over the years. I always try to talk founders out it handing over the reigns.

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Google Chrome IP masking could radically impact search advertising

Search Engine Land

Google is developing a two-hop proxy to enhance privacy for Chrome users, which has three big implications for advertisers: For ad location targeting, you’ll only have the option to target regions designated by Google, which won’t be accurate. Because Google Chrome will use a proxy to connect to websites, it will mask users’ identities, meaning advertisers cannot distinguish between genuine and bot traffic.

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Webflow adds AI-driven personalization with Intellimize acquisition

Martech

Webflow, the developer of a visual content management system that gives marketing teams control over website content without the need for coding, acquired Intellimize, an AI-powered personalization and conversion rate optimization platform. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. According to a release from Webflow, the acquisition is a step toward the company’s vision of creating a Website Experience Platform (WXP).

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Dear SaaStr: How Do I Craft a Winning Investor Deck for an Early-Stage Startup?

SaaStr

Dear SaaStr: How Do I Craft a Winning Investor Deck for an Early-Stage Startup? Here’s my #1 piece of advice: Get it all down to One Slide. "How to Create a Compelling Investor Deck: The Power of the First Slide" pic.twitter.com/AyyS7lHATz — SaaStr (@saastr) March 22, 2024 With 6-7 points on that slide. Not more. Not using 6 point font.

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Build an Online Portfolio to Demonstrate Your Salesforce Skills

Salesforce

When a job opportunity knocks, it can be difficult to prove you’re the one to hire. A one-page resume and a carefully crafted cover letter are important, but they can only go so far to help you get noticed. But hey, you have tech skills. You’re learning Salesforce skills every day. It’s time to create your own website and showcase a your professional portfolio of projects, resume, demo videos, and much more.

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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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Meta AI adds Google Search results

Search Engine Land

Meta AI answers now may include Google Search results, making this the first AI assistant to include search results from both Google and Microsoft. That said, I’ve yet to find a query that triggered Google Search results. Meta AI launched with Microsoft Bing integrated in September. Why we care. Gartner predicted search traffic will fall due to the rise of AI chatbots, virtual agents and AI answer engines providing direct answers, as opposed to having to click on a website to find an answe

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Exposing the DIY Sales Organization

Understanding the Sales Force

During most of April, I’ve been frequenting a Smoothie Bar near the place we are staying and when I take my first sip each day, one thought occurs to me each time. “Why don’t the smoothies I make at home taste this good and why doesn’t the texture of my made-at-home smoothie compare?” I asked the owner and he said, “I use the same ingredients!

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How to fix a huge traffic drop after rebranding

Search Engine Land

Rebranding happens when companies grow or face big PR problems. As a marketer and SEO expert, you’ll deal with it due to acquisitions, executive decisions or investor demands. Regardless of the reason, traffic will drop when things go wrong. But don’t panic. Both branded and non-branded traffic can be recovered. It depends on the cause of the loss and what you do next.

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AI for Sales Podcast – the Exponential Selling Mindset

Closing Bigger

AI for Sales – The Power of an Exponential Mindset in Sales Organizations Most of my sales keynotes have been focused on AI over the past six months. There’s a huge interest in investing in AI sales tools but many organizations are missing the exponential sales mindset and organizational DNA required to truly benefit. A quick disclaimer: Parts of this sales podcast summary were written with the assistance of AI and then edited by me.

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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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Structure, consume, learn and retire: Google’s pattern of learning

Search Engine Land

Over the years, Google has seemingly established a pattern in how it interacts with the web. The search engine provides structured data formats and tools that allow us to supply information to Google. Think: meta tags, schema markup, the disavow tool and more. Google then consumes and learns from this structured data deployed across the web. Once sufficient learnings are extracted, Google then retires or de-emphasizes these structured data formats, making them less impactful or obsolete.

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Master Your Minutes: Tips to Optimize Efficiency in the Workplace

G2

G2's SVP of Product R&D Operations, Marty Duffy, shares productivity tips gleaned from his panel at G2 kickoff, where 4 G2 experts weighed in on leveling up productivity for career success.

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Airbnb dominates in search sentiment report

Search Engine Land

Airbnb is the leading advertiser in search sentiment, closely trailed by Viacom and Netflix, according to a new analysis of 100 top advertisers. Why we care. Looking at search sentiment can help marketers better understand how consumers feel about them in real-time and what contributes to brand loyalty and sustainability. AirBnB made a significant shift from search marketing to brand marketing.

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7 Ways Solar Design Software Can Skyrocket Your Solar Sales

G2

Solar design software is revolutionizing the way sales teams operate. These solutions assist in satisfying consumer needs for ecologically responsible solutions by simplifying system design and producing aesthetically pleasing fixes. This technology accelerates the adoption of solar energy and improves sales presentations and accuracy.

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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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Consumers want to buy from the ‘right brand’

Martech

No fewer than 70% of consumers say they want to buy from the “right brand,” according to “The Science of Loyalty,” a new report from Intuit Mailchimp, the email and marketing automation platform with a focus on the SMB market. This reflects “a desire for more conscious decision-making,” Intuit Mailchimp said in a release.