Iannarino
OCTOBER 4, 2023
Bad questions are bad selling. You need a client-centric sales approach, one with effective strategies and a value-driven sales methodology.
Salesforce
OCTOBER 12, 2023
Everyone wants generative AI applications and their groundbreaking capabilities, such as creating content, summarizing text, answering questions, translating documents, and even reasoning on their own to complete tasks. But where do you start? How do you add large language models (LLMs) to your infrastructure to start powering these applications? Should you train your own LLM?
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Membrain
OCTOBER 4, 2023
“As goes the manager, so goes the team.” This common sales industry expression is actually more true than we realize, according to Carole Mahoney, author of Buyer First and founder of Unbound Growth.
Partners in Excellence
OCTOBER 31, 2023
This morning, as a drank my morning coffee, I went through my email and social feeds. You can guess what I encountered. At first I chuckled, I thought, “These people have a great sense of humor and irony! Who could imagine such really awful prospecting. They must be playing with Halloween and “Trick or Treat.” In the spirit of the Holiday, I responded to a few.
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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.
Understanding the Sales Force
OCTOBER 30, 2023
Team Photo of the American League Champion 1967 Boston Red Sox I frequently write about taking a consultative approach, where listening and asking questions are the keys for successful sales presentations. I’m not referring to the presentation step of the sales process, as much as I am using “sales presentations” as a replacement term for “sales calls.” While watching game 2 of the 2023 World Series, it occurred to me that while I still remember and can name every
Search Engine Land
OCTOBER 31, 2023
Google’s mobile-first indexing initiative that started just about seven years ago is now complete, according to Google. “It’s been a long road, getting from there to here. We’re delighted to announce that the trek to Mobile First Indexing is now complete,” John Mueller from Google wrote on the Google blog. History. As a reminder, Google started mobile-first indexing over 6.5 years ago , and eventually, after publishing deadline after deadline, Google removed the dea
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SalesProInsider
OCTOBER 18, 2023
“ You get what you’re looking for.” It’s just one of dozens of “Jeanette-isms” I heard from my mom when growing up. And now as an adult, I can see how true this statement is. We do get what we’re looking for in many life circumstances, and in sales efforts. Here’s how I see it coming into play in sales situations, especially when faced with concerns or objections during our sales conversations.
Membrain
OCTOBER 11, 2023
Sales professionals like to talk about the concept of “value.” “Selling on value,” “Value based sales,” “Sell value not price.” These are important in complex sales , but I’ve noticed that we don’t always agree on what the word “value” actually means.
Partners in Excellence
OCTOBER 27, 2023
Early in my selling career, I was in a short training class. We were being taught how to “mirror” our customers. The concept of mirroring is it was a means of better connecting with the customer. We learned that if a customer leaned forward in their chair, perhaps indicating interest, we should lean forward. Likewise, if they leaned back we leaned back; if they swore, we swore; if they farted…… OK, I’m getting carried away with this explanation.
Salesforce
OCTOBER 17, 2023
For Trailhead’s 9th annual Trick or Trailhead celebration, you’re invited to complete the first-ever hands-on mystery module. Attend a mysterious dinner party where you’ll get hands-on with flow and help solve a classic whodunnit. Uncover the culprit, and you’ll earn a spooky limited-edition Trick or Trailhead badge and a whopping 2,500 points. Trick or Trailhead at AI Manor How to participate Join the Trick or Trailhead Quest Trick or Trailhead at AI Manor You are cordially invited to join Astr
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.
Search Engine Land
OCTOBER 19, 2023
Google has confirmed that the October 2023 Core Update – the third core update this year – has completed rolling out. The update started on October 5, 2023, a day after the October 2023 spam update was released, and completed 14 days later on October 19, 2023. Lots of volatility. This update, like most previous core updates, felt big in terms of the number of sites that saw ranking volatility and the complaints from SEOs I spotted over the rollout.
Iannarino
OCTOBER 18, 2023
The way you lead affects your team. A negative leader will cause their team to be negative, while a positive, optimistic, and future-oriented leader will have a team that is more positive.
Martech
OCTOBER 6, 2023
This week, Meta announced it is beginning the rollout of generative AI capabilities in Ads Manager. These should be globally available by next year. These capabilities are: Background generation. The creation of multiple ad backgrounds allowing advertisers to choose relevant creative for their targeted audiences. Image expansion. Automates the adjustment of image assets to aspect ratios suitable for specific channels like Feed or Reels.
Membrain
OCTOBER 8, 2023
Join us in today’s interview with David Mullins, High Performance Sales Coach. David's a father of seven, a former pastor and a successful salesperson and leader across multiple industries and businesses. His greatest professional gift and joy is coaching people to help them achieve the right mindsets, skill sets and processes to exceed their largest stretch goals.
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!
Partners in Excellence
OCTOBER 12, 2023
We all know customer retention is important. Creating great customer experiences, making sure we deliver on our commitments, keeping them happy are critical. We are all familiar with the “bow tie” chart, showing the importance of not only retaining, but growing and upselling. And most of the strategies seem built around customer retention.
Salesforce
OCTOBER 9, 2023
So much of our autonomy depends on our employment status and opportunities. But people with disabilities are not only less likely to be employed , their unemployment rate is about twice as high as the rate for people without disabilities. And these stats cut across all age groups. With Disability Employment Awareness Month (DEAM) upon us, it’s a good time to look at how businesses and allies can proactively support disability inclusion in the workplace — and help move the needle on those n
Search Engine Land
OCTOBER 16, 2023
Unassigned traffic in Google Analytics 4 (GA4) is a common headache for digital marketers. It’s like trying to solve a puzzle with missing pieces: your data is incomplete, making it hard to measure the success of your marketing efforts. This article covers the common causes of unassigned traffic in GA4 and tips to ensure your campaigns are accurately tracked and optimized.
Iannarino
OCTOBER 14, 2023
You cannot enforce accountability among your staff without reviewing the outcomes each member of your team self-reports. Even though you have a CRM that reports each member’s activity and outcomes, you are better off with each person directly reporting how they did in the last week. Your meetings should boost accountability, while also helping salespeople see what is possible and what it takes.
Speaker: Laura Noonan, Chief Revenue Officer at CallFinder + Angie Kronlage, Director of Program Success at Working Solutions + April Wiita, Vice President of Program Success at Working Solutions
Are you still manually reviewing calls? 🤔 It's time for a change! The traditional method of manual call monitoring is no longer cutting it in today's fast-paced call center environment. Industry experts Angie Kronlage and April Wiita from Working Solutions are here to explore the power of innovative automation to revolutionize outdated call review processes!
Martech
OCTOBER 4, 2023
Best of the Bot showcases MarTechBot’s responses to prompts submitted by readers. The language model is based on content from MarTech layered on top of ChatGPT. The editors of MarTech selected this response for its usefulness and have supplemented it with additional relevant content. I am the first generative AI chatbot for search marketers. I am trained with MarTech content.
Membrain
OCTOBER 1, 2023
Join us in this episode with Casey Jaycox, a star sales leader, executive leadership coach, and author of 'Win the Relationship, Not the Deal'. Drawing from his experiences in athletics, sales, and leadership, Casey unpacks how his self-belief paved the way for his success and helped him soar to his potential.
Partners in Excellence
OCTOBER 14, 2023
Everywhere, we see insights and advice. Some well intended and sometimes effective, some pure wastes of time. The advice usually starts out with the following: “If you just to this thing… ” “I made millions doing this one thing, you can too…… ” “Top performers do this better than everyone else… ” “Our process is this…… Just execute it……” “The script for this offering is this, it will make you su
Salesforce
OCTOBER 30, 2023
Hi, I’m Kaelan! I’m a passionate Salesforce Certified Marketing Cloud Instructor and for the past few years I’ve taught people from all backgrounds, from complete novices to experienced Salesforce Admins, all about Marketing Cloud, how to become a Marketing Cloud Administrator, and even how to pass the Marketing Cloud Administrator Certification Exam.
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Learn how to optimize email deliverability and drive greater email ROI. What lands your email in the customer’s inbox? Understanding those factors, otherwise known as email deliverability, is critical to getting the most return on your campaign investments. But the “rules” around which factors land you in the spam folder aren’t always easy to keep up with.
Search Engine Land
OCTOBER 12, 2023
Google has stopped showing indented results in the Google search listings. Google has historically showed an indented search result under the main result when it was from the same domain but over the past few weeks, Google stopped indenting those results. What changed. Danny Sullivan, the Google Search Liaison, posted “We stopped doing “indented results” a few weeks ago.” Google stopped the intended results because “especially with continuous scroll, it wasn’t
Iannarino
OCTOBER 23, 2023
Recently, there has been a resurgence of interest in Eat Their Lunch: Winning Customers Away from Your Competition. Several companies have recently bought copies and requested a keynote speech and workshop. Displacement may be back in vogue, as there are too many companies in every industry, something you will see and feel over the next decade, as globalization as we know it ends.
Martech
OCTOBER 13, 2023
Marketing technology is progressing at such an accelerated pace that it’s hard to keep up and easy to let the tech do the driving. We now have machine learning and AI driving much of our marketing platforms. Whether it’s letting Google or Facebook make our ad decisions for us or asking ChatGPT to write all our content (a very bad idea), AI is making our job easier.
Heinz Marketing
OCTOBER 25, 2023
By Maria Geokezas , Chief Operating Officer at Heinz Marketing After perfecting your product and redefining your brand and message, it’s time to go-to-market. You’ve nailed down the perfect strategy. You’ve received incredible feedback from initial users. Your team is feeling confident. But as the results come in, they aren’t what you expected. You can’t gain traction, and your budget is dwindling… what happened?
Speaker: Jay Black, Senior Account Executive
Let's set the record straight: in-store retail isn't dead - it's evolving! Faced with the digital age and the demands of omnichannel shopping, some retailers are thriving while others are struggling to adapt. Join Jay Black in this exclusive session as he explores the strategies that set successful stores apart, including: Crafting unique and unforgettable in-store experiences 🛍️ Mastering the art of retail demands 🛒 Navigating inventory challenges in today's climate 📦 an
Partners in Excellence
OCTOBER 12, 2023
One of the biggest mistakes I see sales managers, particularly new managers, make is the view, “I can do it better myself!” It’s easy to understand this. They were probably top performers as sellers. They probably have deep experience and great capability. That’s part of the reason they’ve been moved into a leadership role.
Salesforce
OCTOBER 9, 2023
A few weeks ago, Dreamforce hosted the largest gathering of Salesblazers ever. Our goal was simple: Reveal the potential of data and AI to accelerate faster, smarter, and more efficient business growth across every sales role and industry. In every conversation with customers, partners, and industry analysts, I heard how excited sales teams are to embrace the new era of data and AI.
Search Engine Land
OCTOBER 19, 2023
Search, as we know it, has been irrevocably changed by generative AI. The rapid improvements in Google’s Search Generative Experience (SGE) and Sundar Pichai’s recent proclamations about its future suggest it’s here to stay. The dramatic change in how information is considered and surfaced threatens how the search channel (both paid and organic) performs and all businesses that monetize their content.
Iannarino
OCTOBER 2, 2023
Every sales leader or sales manager has a dominant style, the way they lead most of the time. Leaders are comfortable with their leadership style , even though it isn’t always right for certain scenarios. As a sales leader, you must recognize that your dominant style may not be what some of your sales force needs to succeed.
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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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