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Understanding the Psychology of Selling

Anthony Cole Training

All salespeople and their managers want to understand the psychology of selling and in fact, is it a highly searched phrase on google. Giving credit where credit is due, The Psychology of Selling is a well-regarded book by legendary sales professional Brian Tracy that should certainly be on every salesperson’s list of must-reads.

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Mastering the Sales Cycle: Beyond Cold Calling for B2B Success

Iannarino

Are you focusing too much on cold calls and neglecting the rest of the sales cycle that can make or break your deals?

Cold Call 257
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How wisdom makes AI more effective in marketing

Martech

Warren Buffett, a towering figure in the financial world, voiced his concerns about artificial intelligence during his annual meeting in May. He compared AI to the development of nuclear weapons: “We let a genie out of the bottle when we developed nuclear weapons. AI is somewhat similar — it’s part way out of the bottle.” This underscores the potential risks and benefits that AI presents to society.

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Was That A Good Use Of Time?

Partners in Excellence

Time is something that impacts everyone. There are only 24 hours in a day, 7 days a week. We have more demands on our time than we have the time to do those things. Some of those demands are things we inflict on ourselves. Some of those demands are the result of requests from others. However we choose to commit our time, we have to use it as well as we possibly can.

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AI in Marketing & Sales: Today’s Tools, Tomorrow’s Potential

Speaker: Kevin Burke

AI is reshaping marketing and sales, empowering professionals to work smarter, faster, and more effectively. This webinar will provide a practical introduction to AI, focusing on its current applications, transformative potential, and strategies for successful implementation in your organization. Using real-world examples and actionable insights, we’ll examine how businesses are leveraging AI to increase efficiency, enhance personalization, and drive measurable results.

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Boost SKO Impact: Why Early Sales Manager Training Matters

Force Management

We’ve been a part of making many sales kickoffs successful over the years. One early indicator of a SKO that drives the company’s core revenue objectives all year: front-line manager preparedness. Managers are a critical instrument to driving results after your sales kickoff, helping to reinforce new concepts and best practices throughout the year. Getting them onboarded early and preparing them to lead during and after your event can transform the outcome of your SKO.

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The Importance of Collaboration Between Sales and Marketing

Iannarino

Unlock the true potential of your sales force by leveraging marketing in innovative ways that go beyond lead generation.

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What Happens When We Stop Talking To Each Other?

Partners in Excellence

This morning, going through my social feeds, I happened on this pronouncement: “If any of my friends are supporting, [Insert the other party’s candidates], please unfriend me. You are entitled to your opinions, but I have no desire to engage with you… ” While this was the most pronounced articulation, I see too much of the same thing happening.

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The Cloud 100 is Hiring For 7,300 Roles. That’s Up From 4,400 Last Year.

SaaStr

So layoffs are still happening and it’s harder in many spaces in SaaS. But don’t let that be too big of an excuse for looking for your next role. Many, many folks in SaaS and Cloud are still growing like a weed. And because SaaS and Cloud overall is still growing a stunning +20% a year, that means tons of jobs are still being created. Even as the drive for more efficiency is leading to layoffs as well.

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Understanding the Power of Personal Branding in Sales

Iannarino

In today's competitive sales landscape, your personal brand could be the key to unlocking more opportunities.

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How employee experience drives customer satisfaction

Martech

The connection between employee experience (EX) and customer experience (CX) is well-documented, with both anecdotal evidence and statistical data supporting the correlation. Research indicates that positive EX leads to superior CX, which in turn drives revenue growth and customer satisfaction. This relationship is demonstrated in companies where engaged employees deliver exceptional service, resulting in improved customer relations and business success.

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5 Ways You Can Win Faster with Gen AI in Sales

Incorporating generative AI (gen AI) into your sales process can speed up your wins through improved efficiency, personalized customer interactions, and better informed decision- making. Gen AI is a game changer for busy salespeople and can reduce time-consuming tasks, such as customer research, note-taking, and writing emails, and provide insightful data analysis and recommendations.

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Embracing Uncertainty As A Factor, Not A Flaw

Partners in Excellence

For at least my entire career in selling and business, we have sought to eliminate uncertainty. We seek to put in place processes and methodologies to increase our success. We embrace data to help us better understand, manage, and forecast performance. We leverage data to better target our customers and analyze their engagement with us. We leverage tools, technologies, AI to improve our abilities to achieve our goals.

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Prioritizing SEO strategies: Where to focus your efforts

Search Engine Land

The first half of 2024 in SEO land was never boring. Between algorithm leaks , a big core update , AI Overviews ( the debut , the blowback and the pullback ) and antitrust litigation hovering in the background, the headlines have created a whole lot of noise over the last few months. Forget the noise, though. What are the most important initiatives to tackle for the rest of the year?

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Adapting Sales Strategies to Industry Tailwinds and Headwinds

Iannarino

Over time, the industries you call on will have periods when they face headwinds that cause significant problems. During other periods, the same industry will experience tailwinds, which are beneficial trends and events that companies must take advantage of to be competitive. As a B2B salesperson, you need sales strategies to sell when an industry is facing headwinds or tailwinds.

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The small B2B marketing team’s guide to ABM

Martech

Reaching your B2B audience gets challenging each year as competition increases and digital trends evolve. New technologies and changing buyer behaviors demand that marketers stay adaptable and innovative. For small teams, account-based marketing ( ABM ) simplifies targeting and maximizes budget impact. The benefits of programmatic ABM for small B2B marketing teams ABM presents multiple benefits for small B2B marketing teams striving to optimize resources and drive engagement.

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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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Thinking Outside The “Box”

Partners in Excellence

Recently, I attended a conference. I sat with a group focused on GTM strategies and how they were structuring their strategies to drive growth. A few of the panelists started showing organization charts, discussing how they were restructuring their organizations to improve results. Each chart showed hierarchies of boxes, each with a functional name.

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Dear SaaStr: Does It Make Sense to Have Post-Sales Functions Report into Sales?

SaaStr

Dear SaaStr: Does It Make Sense to Have Post-Sales Functions Report into Sales? In theory — maybe. In theory, why not let sales “keep” the customer longer? They already know the customer, after all. But in practice — this doesn’t work that well. Even if having a CRO own post-sales and CS is becoming much more common these days. A “true” VP of Sales often wants nothing more to do with a customer after a deal closes.

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The Real Differences Between Politicians and B2B Salespeople: What Every Sales Professional Should Know

Iannarino

In the world of influence and decision-making, understanding the distinctions between politicians and B2B salespeople can elevate your strategy and results.

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iOS 18: Brace yourself for the new Apple Mail inbox

Martech

It’s iOS update season again, and email marketers need to get ready. The good news is that while iOS 18 is expected to be released in mid to late September, similar to previous years, the changes affecting Apple Mail aren’t available in beta yet. This likely means they won’t be part of the initial update. (Don’t take my word for it. Apple’s preview mentioned that the changes are “ coming later this year ,” which, to me, makes it more likely they’ll be released separately and at a later date.

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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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Reports: Perplexity ads to launch in Q4

Search Engine Land

AI search engine Perplexity is expected to launch ads in Q4 in “15 key categories.” Ad categories. Here are some categories where Perplexity ads will appear: Arts and entertainment. Finance. Food and beverage Health. Technology. Video ads. Advertisers will be able to run video ads on mobile (at the top of related questions) or desktop (on the side screen). “These ads will be accompanied by text that highlights their products,” Adweek reported.

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The 10 Rules of VC Fundraising — That Many Founders Just Miss

SaaStr

A few “rules” in raising venture capital that founders somehow … seem to constantly miss. Or get wrong: If your existing investors have a strong brand and aren’t positive on you, it can much harder to raise. At a minimum keep them in the loop. Don’t just ignore them after they write a check. The converse is also true. Your existing investors are often your best source of leads for the next round of funding.

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How Pipeline Coverage in Sales Can Prevent Missed Targets and Ensure Sustainable Growth

Iannarino

In B2B sales, having a robust pipeline coverage strategy is the difference between hitting your targets and scrambling to stay afloat.

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HubSpot experts share tips for successful CRM implementations

Martech

A new customer relationship management (CRM) platform is a big change for any organization, as well as for the people tasked with using the new system. HubSpot offers resources and personnel to help guide the process and provide support. Additionally, the HubSpot CRM is designed for a quick installation and fast time to value. Still, there are steps a business can take to ensure a smooth process and brace themselves for a new CRM.

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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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Google Ads removes Audience Recommendations

Search Engine Land

Google Ads officially eliminated the audience recommendations feature from the Insights tab, a move that removes automated suggestions for targeting specific audiences. Why we care. The removal of audience recommendations from Google Ads’ Insights tab forces advertisers to take a more hands-on approach to audience targeting. Impact on advertisers.

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5 Secrets to a 97% Employee Retention Rate Over 5 Years with Beefree’s CEO and People & Culture Director

SaaStr

What does it take to retain your people? Beefree has retained almost 97% of its employees over 5 years. Why do they stay? Massimo Arrigoni, CEO of Beefree, and Enrica Lipari, the People and Culture Director of Beefree’s parent company, Growens, share 5 secrets to a high employee retention rate. Let’s Start with Some Context Beefree passed $10M in ARR in 2022.

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GTM 108: From CPA to CRO – Lessons from a 25-Year Software Sales Career with Matt Breslin

Sales Hacker

As Upland’s Chief Revenue Officer, Matt Breslin oversees customer success, demand generation and communications, sales, revenue enablement, and revenue analysis, supporting our Shared Services Organization. Matt has 25 years of experience in the software industry, most recently leading a $700 million business at Infor. Prior to that, he held senior leadership positions at SAP and Oracle, driving incredible results across the board.

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How to identify high-churn personas in B2B and mitigate their risk

Martech

Last week, Adam Robinson, the CEO of Retention.com, published a LinkedIn post that’s become all too familiar over the last couple of years. You know the one. Retention.com had to let go of staff. In this case, it was 15 people, which is about 40% of the headcount. These posts are met with a wide range of emotions, which is understandable. I’m not bringing it up to judge Robinson on his turn at this unfortunate ritual.

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10 Ways to Leverage Buyer Signals and Drive Revenue

In today’s ultra-competitive markets, it’s no longer enough to wait for buyers to show obvious signs of interest. Instead, sales teams must be proactive, identifying and acting on nuanced buyer behaviors — often before prospects are fully ready to make a purchase. In this eBook from ZoomInfo & Sell Better, learn 10 actionable ways to use these buyer signals to transform your sales strategy and close deals faster.

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Evaluating 7 AI video generators while waiting for OpenAI’s Sora

Search Engine Land

A lot has changed over the past year while I’ve been waiting for “ the best AI video generators for creators and marketers ” to emerge. The list of leading contenders got scrambled six months ago when OpenAI announced Sora, “an AI model that can create realistic and imaginative scenes from text instructions,” on Feb. 15. Ten days later, I tried to check out Sora for myself.

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Mastering the Art of Customer-Focused Sales with Klaviyo’s VP of Sales, EMEA

SaaStr

Customer-facing sales is a critical area of SaaS that drives growth and revenue retention. Pia Heilmann, VP of Sales EMEA at Klaviyo, shares how to master the art of customer-facing sales in an increasingly competitive market. You need to understand and empathize with your customers, and this applies at all stages of the customer journey. To do that, you must: Align internally Understand your customer through data Maintain agility and adaptability We’re all consumers and like to be spoken to in

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Secure AI Improves Efficiency and Customer Trust

Salesforce

Organizations are quick to adopt artificial intelligence (AI) for their automation, decision-making, customer support, and growth strategy needs. However, increased AI workloads come with important security and privacy considerations. Businesses can benefit from AI in a secure way with the Einstein 1 Platform. Its built-in Einstein Trust Layer addresses security concerns by ensuring robust data security, privacy compliance, transparent AI operations, strict access controls, and comprehensive aud

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Ad engagement improves when kids and parents watch together

Martech

Over 90% of parents think brands that advertise alongside children’s and family content are more trustworthy than brands that advertise in other environments. That was the headline from a new study by Future Today, a provider of free ad-supported TV (FAST) channels such as HappyKids and iFood.tv. The trend of families watching streaming TV together was strengthened by the pandemic and persists today, the study said.

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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