Wed.Mar 27, 2024

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Meditation on Friends and Relationships

Iannarino

Most people have more contacts and fewer friends. We know more people without knowing anything beyond what we see on social media. Some people may recognize your face on LinkedIn without you ever having met them in real life. Recently, I found an article suggesting that it takes 200 hours to make a friendship. The reason that feels like a lot of time is because there was a time when you would have racked up 200 hours in 20 days.

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Combative Conversations….

Partners in Excellence

Just got off a call with one of the best salespeople I’ve ever worked with. We were prepping for a very difficult customer meeting this afternoon. As we discussed the situation, he described the difficulties this customer had created in the past, he talked about how unreasonable they had been, how they weren’t meeting commitments they had made to him.

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How to make sure your data is AI-ready

Martech

Leading CRM platforms like Salesforce, Dynamics, Zoho and HubSpot are introducing new AI features for autonomous chats, automatic campaign launches, product suggestions and sentiment analysis. That’s great and exciting. But there’s one thing in the way: our data. Ultimately, all the technology in the world isn’t worth the investment if the data it relies on is poor.

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5 Interesting Learnings from HubSpot at $2.4 Billion in ARR

SaaStr

So we’ve probably covered HubSpot more than any other SaaS and Cloud leader on this 5 Interesting Learnings series, but there’s a good reason for it: First, HubSpot is a lot like most of us. It sells sales, marketing, support and more tools. And second, so many of us use HubSpot. The majority of the SaaStr community uses HubSpot! So it’s very … tangible.

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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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Maximizing your B2B spend: Is account-based marketing worth it?

Martech

In B2B marketing, the traditional approach of casting a wide net is increasingly being challenged by a more targeted and personalized strategy: account-based marketing (ABM). This method focuses on identifying and engaging with specific high-value accounts, treating each as its own distinct market. But is ABM the right approach for your business? This article explores the potential benefits and challenges of implementing an ABM strategy, along with key factors to consider when evaluating its sui

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AI Day is Streaming Live TODAY – Here’s how to tune in

SaaStr

Where SaaS Meets AI LIVE TODAY! SaaStr AI Day is starting soon and will be live streaming today! Use the links below at each session’s designated time to tune-in live and join the Zoom session room. Or you can also watch the livestreams on the SaaStr YouTube Channel. *All times are in PDT (Pacific Daylight Time) 8:30-9:15 AM PDT How to Navigate the Shift to Generative AI with PagerDuty’s CEO and SaaStr’s CEO Speakers: Jennifer Tejada, Chairperson and CEO, PagerDuty Jason Lemki

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Google Analytics real-time reporting bug confirmed

Search Engine Land

Google has confirmed an issue with the real-time analytics reports within Google Analytics, GA4. Many profiles show zero real-time traffic being reported since early this morning ; some are seeing a fraction of their normal real-time traffic being reported, and some are seeing normal traffic. Google working on a fix. Ginny Marvin, Google’s Ads Liaison, responded on X saying, “Thanks for flagging.

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10 ChatGPT prompts for digital marketers by Digital Marketing Depot

Martech

This guide offers a curated collection of prompts tailored to various marketing roles, from social media to SEO. Learn best practices for interacting with AI and discover how to effectively leverage tools like ChatGPT to boost productivity, creativity, and strategic thinking. Each prompt comes with a detailed explanation and practical example, making it easy to apply AI to your everyday marketing tasks and challenges.

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Dear SaaStr: How Can an Early Stage SaaS Startup Get its First 1-3 Pilot Fortune 500 Paying Customers?

SaaStr

Dear SaaStr: How Can an Early Stage SaaS Startup Get its First 1-3 Pilot Fortune 500 Paying Customers? It’s not magic. And it’s not a mystery. Even though it can seem like it, until you’ve done it yourself. There are basically two paths, and one predicate step The predicate step is your product has to do >one< reasonably important thing that is 10x better than the “enterprise”-proven solutions already out there.

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Google suspended 12.7 million ad accounts and blocked 5.5 billion ads in 2023

Search Engine Land

Google’s 2023 Ads Safety Report revealed that it blocked or removed 12.7 million advertiser accounts last year – nearly double the previous 12 months. Additionally, the search engine blocked or removed 5.5 billion ads for violating its policies – slightly up from the prior year. Why we care. Cracking down on fraudulent accounts is critical for brand safety and also helps to ensure a safer space for consumers so that they can confidently make online transactions.

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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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7 Reasons Why “Hot Business Topic” Learning is Critical

The Advantexe Advisor

As the business world continues to evolve, and as access to more information becomes overwhelming to many employees, it is more important to business decision-making that all employees have the skills and tools they can get to absorb and deal with the “hot business topics” of the day. As part of our mission, the Advantexe team continues to research this concept and think about different solutions to offer our clients including the idea of a portfolio of “hot topic business simulations ” on a sub

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Google changes definition of ‘top ads’

Search Engine Land

Google updated its definition of top ads in its Help Center to better reflect how ads can appear in Google Search A spokesperson told Search Engine Land that this just a “definitional change” and that it would not affect how performance metrics are calculated. What are top ads? Top ads are ads that appear above the organic result, and also below organic results for certain queries.

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Why I Generally Don’t Do 3rd-Party Nimble CRM integrations

Adaptive Business Services

As a Nimble CRM Solution Partner, I am frequently asked by clients to assist them with integrating Nimble with one or more 3rd-party applications. The short answer is … sorry, but I probably cannot. The reasons for this are more detailed. With probably 100,000’s of business apps available on the web, the chances that I am familiar with your favorite application is probably close to zero.

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Exploring Meridian, Google’s new open-source marketing mix model

Search Engine Land

Meridian , Google’s new open-source Marketing Mix Model (MMM), has entered the rapidly evolving market for advanced marketing analytics and forecasting tools. This article explores Meridian’s key features, capabilities and limitations, comparing it with Meta’s MMM called Robyn. It delves into how Meridian leverages advanced techniques like hierarchical geo-level modeling, Bayesian methods and scenario analysis to offer actionable insights for cross-channel budget optimization

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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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Four Things Coaching is Not

Membrain

Most sales managers think they are coaching more than they actually are. And most salespeople feel less coached than their managers think they should. Meanwhile, most sales organizations struggle to gain traction on performance improvements.

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Maximizing your B2B spend: Is account-based marketing worth it?

Search Engine Land

In B2B marketing, the traditional approach of casting a wide net is increasingly being challenged by a more targeted and personalized strategy: account-based marketing (ABM). This method focuses on identifying and engaging with specific high-value accounts, treating each as its own distinct market. But is ABM the right approach for your business? This article explores the potential benefits and challenges of implementing an ABM strategy, along with key factors to consider when evaluating its sui

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Trellus.ai’s Journey to PMF

Predictable Revenue

The journey of Trellus, as shared by its founders Dom and Ajinkya on the Predictable Revenue podcast, hosted by Collin Stewart. The post Trellus.ai’s Journey to PMF appeared first on Predictable Revenue.

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10 ChatGPT prompts for digital marketers by Digital Marketing Depot

Search Engine Land

This guide offers a curated collection of prompts tailored to various marketing roles, from social media to SEO. Learn best practices for interacting with AI and discover how to effectively leverage tools like ChatGPT to boost productivity, creativity, and strategic thinking. Each prompt comes with a detailed explanation and practical example, making it easy to apply AI to your everyday marketing tasks and challenges.

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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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5 Spring Cleaning Tasks for Your Business

Sales Pop!

Spring is here, and it’s the perfect time to do some intense cleaning up for your business. When you pick things up and get organized, you’ll be on your way to increasing your sales and productivity. From updating your types of business insurance policies to physically cleaning your property, spring cleaning can encompass every aspect of your company and how it’s run. #1 – Update Your Insurance Policies Spring is a great time to reevaluate your insurance policy.

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Amazon ordered to publicly share details of ads it serves in the EU

Search Engine Land

Amazon must now share details about the ads it serves in the European Union through a public library. The retail giant is being forced to provide more transparency about its ad operations under the EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA) after losing an appeal in the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) for a temporary suspension. Why we care. The creation of an Amazon ads library will offer marketers valuable insights into how the retail giant showcases and profits from campaigns.

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True Confessions Aren’t Over…Embracing the Tough Stuff

SalesProInsider

Well, I thought the message about my meltdown in February, about the deadline for submitting Conversations That Sell for Financial Advisors , was my unveiling of personal insights and vulnerability. This week, after spending several days with many people at the Shift! Conference, I realized that “personal truth” was just the tip of the iceberg on my changes and learning in the past year.

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Adobe continues to roll out genAI capabilities across its platform

Martech

“When we think about the magic and value of AI, we know that it actually comes only from a seamless integration into the workflows that you, as customers, already know and love.” That was the message from Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen to his audience at the 2024 Adobe Summit as he announced the integration of Adobe Firefly Services (its flagship genAI offering) across Document Cloud, Creative Cloud and the applications with Experience Cloud, Adobe’s marketing and CX suite. “

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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.