Iannarino
DECEMBER 21, 2023
There are some who believe that B2B buying and selling have not changed over the last two decades. An unwillingness to face these changes head-on has caused sales organizations to continue using the legacy approach. The legacy approach has lost its effectiveness, and buyers complain about what they describe as a poor sales experience.
Anthony Cole Training
DECEMBER 21, 2023
I am enjoying reading the book Selling to the C-Suite by Nicholas A.C. Read and Stephen J. Bistritz. The book is an excellent summary of how selling to C-Suite executives is so dramatically different from selling in the lower levels of a company. As always, I hope you have developed the habit of reading as it allows you to share fellowship with great minds.
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Partners in Excellence
DECEMBER 19, 2023
As sellers, we always talk about the importance of our “Unique Value Proposition.” For decades, we have thought about our value proposition in the context of our products/solutions. And we focused on our differentiation to determine our uniqueness. We would go through endless detail about the unique and differentiated capabilities of our products and solutions.
Martech
DECEMBER 18, 2023
This is the second of two articles exploring data silos in marketing. Part one can be found here. Every company has issues with siloed data. Many companies know this but continue to use systems that provide information to various parts of the organization. This is where organizations face their most significant obstacle — lack of leadership with vision.
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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.
Iannarino
DECEMBER 20, 2023
Most salespeople read books that promise personal or professional development. It's crucial to work on increasing your potential and continually leveling up. There's no better investment than the one you make in yourself, as you are the source of your results. You may have shelves of books that have helped you develop in some important way.
Search Engine Land
DECEMBER 21, 2023
The prevalence of mass-produced, AI-generated content is making it harder for Google to detect spam. AI-generated content has also made judging what is quality content difficult for Google. However, indications are that Google is improving its ability to identify low-quality AI content algorithmically. Spammy AI content all over the web You don’t need to be in SEO to know generative AI content has been finding its way into Google search results over the last 12 months.
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Martech
DECEMBER 21, 2023
Registration launch day for my client’s global conference is just a few days away. The team has been in overdrive for the past two months, with workstreams gearing up for branding, sponsorships, sales and partner incentives, session selection, keynote planning. The pace is frantic, so you can already guess how much time we’ve spent on post-event marketing.
Iannarino
DECEMBER 22, 2023
There are people who talk about sales as if salespeople still sell like they would have in the 1970s and 80s. Those who believe salespeople are generally pushy, self-oriented, and have no real concern other than winning a deal have never experienced a true hard sale, nor will they have experienced the manipulation and pressure strategies that are long forgotten.
Search Engine Land
DECEMBER 18, 2023
SEO can be complicated – in many cases, overcomplicated. It’s easy to get lost in the SEO rabbit hole, spending significant time with minimal results. This article will help you cut through the noise and focus on the four key pillars of SEO that will help you improve visibility in 2024 and beyond. The four pillars of SEO The four key areas of SEO that site owners need to consider are: Technical SEO : How well your content can be crawled and indexed.
SaaStr
DECEMBER 21, 2023
So there were barely any SaaS IPOs in 2022 or 2023. The last big SaaS IPO of the Boom Era was Hashicorp in December 2021, and after that, multiples fell off a cliff. There were basically no significant SaaS IPOs for almost 2 years, until Klaviyo (+ Instacast + ARM) all tried to reopen the market in September 2023. After that, crickets again and no IPOs for the rest of the year.
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.
Heinz Marketing
DECEMBER 21, 2023
By Sarah Threet , Marketing Consultant at Heinz Marketing If you are trying to get off the ground with a new product or program but you have very few resources to develop new content for a fully fleshed marketing campaign, using a content taxonomy is a great strategic way to optimize what you have and make more with less in the short term. What is a Content Taxonomy?
Iannarino
DECEMBER 18, 2023
Success in B2B sales requires an increasing amount of business acumen. One reason a salesperson beats their competitors is because they look, sound, and feel like a business advisor.
Search Engine Land
DECEMBER 16, 2023
Google’s local search ranking algorithm has recently been updated to strengthen its “openness” signal for non-navigational queries. Danny Sullivan, Google’s Search Liaison, said, “we’ve long used “openness” as part of our local ranking systems, and it recently became a stronger signal for non-navigational queries.” What changed.
Salesforce
DECEMBER 19, 2023
Generative artificial intelligence might be the only thing that’s had a bigger year than Taylor Swift. What can you say about a technology that, in under a year, captured the world’s imagination, became the #1 tech spending priority , spawned countless news articles, drew the attention of the White House, and was featured on “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver,” “60 Minutes,” “Saturday Night Live,” and “South Park”?
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!
Martech
DECEMBER 18, 2023
Artificial intelligence is rapidly transforming marketing operations. Leading customer relationship management (CRM) and other marketing platforms are integrating sophisticated AI capabilities that promise to assist with key functions like gauging customer sentiment, training employees, making product recommendations, enriching data and even auto-generating targeted campaigns.
Iannarino
DECEMBER 16, 2023
Maximizing Earnings in B2B Sales: Beyond Friends' Success Stories Many people who want to make more money try their hand at B2B sales. Often, the person has a friend or a neighbor who is doing well and making more money, and they believe that if that person is succeeding, they will too. For sure, some of these people succeed, but many more fail to make the money they expected by taking on a new role.
Search Engine Land
DECEMBER 21, 2023
In 2023, we witnessed the rise of AI-powered search and significant evolution of the SERPs with the arrival of Google’s Search Generative Experience, as well as Bing Copilot (formerly Bing Chat). Google’s new AI model, Gemini , is its largest and most advanced, capable of understanding text, code, audio, images and video. We expect to see its full potential unleashed on Google Search in 2024.
Salesforce
DECEMBER 20, 2023
If you measured it today, how would your business score on AI transparency? Whether you’re using artificial intelligence (AI) to recommend products, develop drugs, or screen job applicants, you’re entrusting it with data without fully understanding how it makes decisions. How can you better understand the logic behind the AI black box , and do a better job of disclosing when — and how — AI is being used?
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
DECEMBER 21, 2023
Good news if you are running very late on dealing with holiday cards like I am. AI is here to help! Digital United has launched the free-to-use JingleBot HolidAI ( I see what you did there) Card Generator. You can personalize it yourself or let the AI surprise you! What could go wrong with that? Here’s my robotic dog wishing you a Happy Lunar New Year.
Iannarino
DECEMBER 19, 2023
Discover key strategies to not only win your dream clients but also to retain and grow their business effectively.
Search Engine Land
DECEMBER 19, 2023
Google’s Search Generative Experience (SGE) is now showing for 84% of search queries. SGE has three main variants: Opt-in (68% of the time) where users must request an AI-generated answer. Collapsed (16%) where a truncated AI-generated answer is shown. None (15%) where no SGE is triggered. Image credit: BrightEdge That’s according to new data released by enterprise SEO platform, BrightEdge, and its new experimental tool, BrightEdge Generative Parser.
Salesforce
DECEMBER 19, 2023
Comparison isn’t always the thief of joy. When’s the right time to hit ‘send’? What subject line should you use? Which image is best? These might seem like small choices, but they are things that email A/B testing can help you figure out. According to our State of the Connected Customer report, nearly two-thirds of customers expect companies to adapt to their changing needs and preferences.
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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
RAIN Group
DECEMBER 20, 2023
2023 has seen sellers and sales organizations adapting to longer sales cycles and more deals lost to no decision. More than ever, sellers were challenged to be resilient while maintaining a tight focus on value, building relationships, and being responsive to buyers’ changing needs. Sales managers had to be proactive in supporting and coaching their teams.
Iannarino
DECEMBER 17, 2023
You need to capture the client's interest and position yourself as someone with the knowledge and experience to lead them to the better results they need.
Search Engine Land
DECEMBER 20, 2023
Google is reportedly planning a major reshuffle of its 30,000-person ad sales unit. Sean Downey, who is in charge of ad sales to big customers in the Americas, announced plans to restructure the ad sales teams during a department-wide meeting last week, according to The Information. Downey did not comment on whether the reorganization would include layoffs during the meeting.
Martech
DECEMBER 19, 2023
One of the joys of living in a place where the winters tend to be long and dark is the time it allows for reading. Make a fire in the fireplace, pour yourself a drink and open a good book. I often do the bulk of my reading for the year between October and March because then it’s outside time (which isn’t to say you can’t read outside). We live in a time when we’re surrounded by marketing.
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.
SaaStr
DECEMBER 19, 2023
Dear SaaStr: What are the signs that an enterprise SaaS startup is ready to scale by hiring more sales people? In the early days, it’s simply that you have a few more leads than you can currently handle. For a higher-velocity, in-bound driven SaaS product, most sales reps will have trouble processing more than 50 or so truly qualified leads a month.
G2
DECEMBER 20, 2023
Learn how to tackle common citizen development challenges in your business. Discover solutions to issues like technical expertise, security concerns, integration complexity, and more. Empower your non-technical employees with the skills they need for successful citizen development.
Sales Hacker
DECEMBER 21, 2023
Over the past year at Stytch, we saw a meaningful acceleration in paid customers and revenue. Contracted $ARR quadrupled, win rates doubled, and ACV increased by 150%. Several leading indicators contributed here, including product maturity, a better understanding of our customers and competition, and better coordination across sales and marketing. Each helped, but one “secret” weapon accelerated revenue and customers at an outsized rate: our highly technical Solutions Engineering team.
Martech
DECEMBER 19, 2023
Leading U.S. marketing company Cox Media Group (CMG) has reportedly admitted to monitoring conversations for targeted advertising. Working with renowned brands like CBS, Fox News and ESPN, CMG has allegedly been promoting its ability to eavesdrop on consumers through microphones in smartphones, TVs and smart speakers. The agency has coined this capability “Active Listening” and has been actively pitching this service to advertisers, showcasing the feature on its website, reports 404.
Speaker: Brendan Sweeney, VP of Sales at Allego
Maximizing sales rep performance is no easy task. 📈 Traditional sales training methods focus heavily on the first few weeks in the sales role. Companies dedicate time, resources, and budget to onboarding new hires, only for them to forget what was learned in those first few weeks, lose motivation, and struggle to come to grips with their role.
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