Sat.Sep 21, 2024 - Fri.Sep 27, 2024

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Why public relations is thriving in today’s global marketing mix

Martech

This article was co-authored with Ronen Shnidman , Head of Content at okoora. With digital marketing and social media taking center stage, it’s easy to assume traditional public relations (PR) is outdated. However, PR is thriving in today’s marketing landscape. Around the world, PR remains invaluable for shaping perceptions, building credibility and connecting brands with their audiences.

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15 AI tools you should use for SEO

Search Engine Land

AI can significantly streamline SEO tasks, freeing time to focus on high-impact strategies. However, with new AI tools constantly emerging, it can be overwhelming to know which ones truly enhance productivity and which may complicate things. From generating unique images to optimizing content, AI platforms like Grok, ChatGPT and Midjourney offer endless possibilities.

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AI Tasks and Tools for SDR Success

Heinz Marketing

By Sarah Threet , Marketing Consultant at Heinz Marketing In a fast-paced sales environment, Sales Development Representatives (SDRs) face the constant challenge of balancing high-volume outreach with personalized engagement. As competition for buyer attention intensifies, SDRs are under pressure to work smarter – not harder; this is where AI-powered tools come into play.

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Understanding the Difference Between Transactional and Relational Salespeople

Iannarino

In today's competitive marketplace, building strong customer relationships isn't just beneficial—it’s essential for sustained success.

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State of AI in Sales & Marketing 2025

AI adoption is reshaping sales and marketing. But is it delivering real results? We surveyed 1,000+ GTM professionals to find out. The data is clear: AI users report 47% higher productivity and an average of 12 hours saved per week. But leaders say mainstream AI tools still fall short on accuracy and business impact. Download the full report today to see how AI is being used — and where go-to-market professionals think there are gaps and opportunities.

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Why AI’s agents and commodification are good news for marketers

Martech

This year’s Dreamforce and Inbound user conferences were all about AI agents. “When we look back at this event years from now, you’re going to remember it as the year of AI agents,” said HubSpot co-founder and CTO Dharmesh Shah. “The only thing we’re going to do at Salesforce is AgentForce,” said CEO Marc Benioff. (So long Customer 360 and Data Cloud, hope you enjoyed your time in the spotlight.

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TikTok Search Ads Campaign launch in U.S.

Search Engine Land

TikTok is taking a direct shot at Google with the launch of TikTok Search Ads Campaign in the U.S. Advertisers can now target users on its search results page. Previously, ads on TikTok’s search page were more generic. But now brands can tailor their ads to align with specific search behaviors. Why it matters. TikTok has a growing role as a search engine for younger users – 57% of users use the app’s search function, according to internal TikTok data.

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Hold Your Sales Team Accountable: Proven Strategies for Sales Leaders and Managers

Iannarino

Accountability is the backbone of a successful sales team—without it, even the best talent can fall short of their potential.

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How to balance ROAS, brand safety and suitability in social media advertising

Martech

As marketers face growing pressure to get the most value from their ad budgets, return on ad spend (ROAS) has become a go-to performance metric. ROAS measures how much revenue is earned for every dollar spent on advertising, providing a simple way to evaluate campaign effectiveness. While ROAS is a good indicator of short-term profitability, it shouldn’t be the only metric for social media strategies.

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Google’s Ads Data Hub: What you need to know

Search Engine Land

The Google Ads landscape continues to evolve, with a growing emphasis on data usage that complies with strict privacy guidelines. To support advertisers navigating this environment, Google introduced a robust toolset designed to advance their AI-driven marketing strategies. A key part of this transformation is Ads Data Hub (ADH), a platform built on Google Cloud.

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7 Steps to Improve Your Outbound Sales Strategy

Anthony Cole Training

Most of the companies and salespeople we work with must do outbound lead generation and relationship building, and many do not have the luxury of filling their sales pipeline with inbound leads. Like most things, if you have a plan and stick to it, outbound selling will be more effective.

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The Intersection of AI and Sales: Personalization Without Compromise

Speaker: Jesse Hunter and Brynn Chadwick

Today’s buyers expect more than generic outreach–they want relevant, personalized interactions that address their specific needs. For sales teams managing hundreds or thousands of prospects, however, delivering this level of personalization without automation is nearly impossible. The key is integrating AI in a way that enhances customer engagement rather than making it feel robotic.

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How Lack of Research and Confidence Undermine Your Cold Calling Success

Iannarino

Are your cold calls falling flat because you're making simple mistakes?

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3 ways to optimize your marketing automation beyond technology

Martech

Memo To : Marketing directors, VPs, SVPs and CMOs Re : Recommendations to optimize your automated marketing campaigns Your investment in technology to support marketing automation was smart. Automated campaigns increase relevance for your target audience and boost the productivity of your marketing team, which together should improve your bottom-line performance.

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Google updates its spam policies document

Search Engine Land

Google has updated its spam policies documentation as part of a routine refresh while also adding more details around the site reputation abuse policy and expanding and clarifying other areas of its search spam policies and guidelines. Why the change. Google wrote , “We review and refresh our documentation periodically. This update is part of that process.” What is new.

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The “CEO Card……”

Partners in Excellence

I’ve been reading a number of articles about how win rates skyrocket when you get a very senior exec or founder involved in a sales opportunity. Sometimes opening a deal, sometimes in the final stages of a deal. These experts expound on how to get these exalted people involved in deals to drive executives involved in opening and closing deals for reps, all quoting increases in win rates (one cited a 408% increase which makes me wonder how bad the team really was!

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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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When to Disqualify a Potential Client in B2B Sales

Iannarino

Disqualification doesn’t happen often enough because salespeople have trouble recognizing how much we're connected to the idea of pain or dissatisfaction.

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Mail still holds appeal for younger generation

Martech

Sixty-five percent of consumers still send letters and packages with nearly half (48%) of Gen Z sending mail one to two times per month. That’s according to new research from online postage and shipping vendor Stamps.com. Why we care. Not only does mail still exist (it’s that stuff in your mailbox) but direct mail continues to play a role in marketing.

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Google Search completely kills the cache feature

Search Engine Land

Google has fully and completely killed off its cache operator. Google said it would do this after removing the cache link from the search result snippets back in January of this year but has not done until nine-months later. Maybe Google waited to completely disable the cache operator until after it added links to the Wayback Machine as an alternative, which it did about two weeks ago.

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Information Asymmetry….

Partners in Excellence

Information Asymmetry has been a powerful tool in buying/selling almost from when Eve convinced Adam to take a bite of an apple. Centuries ago, Francis Bacon said, “Knowledge is power.” We’ve always tended to wield that knowledge as a weapon, creating advantage to us. Information asymmetry occurs where one party has a disproportionate informational or material knowledge advantage over the other party.

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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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Navigating the Post-Literate Society: Insights and Strategies for the Digital Age

Iannarino

As an author of this daily sales blog and seven books, I think writing and reading are incredibly important to personal and professional development.

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If I could double your email revenue, would you listen to me?

Martech

Yes, I meant what I said in the headline. And I say that with confidence, not arrogance, after being in email marketing for 25 years and watching company after company, vertical after vertical, falling somewhere on the spectrum of email investment. On one end, companies invested significant time and money in email; on the other, they stumbled into it without that same investment.

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How to maximize PPC and SEO data with co-optimization audits

Search Engine Land

What if I told you that some of the best SEO insights don’t come from organic search data alone? When SEO data is viewed in isolation, it only explains what’s happening in the organic search channel. However, in reality, businesses relying on SEO are supported by multiple channels. Often, PPC and SEO are treated separately, which reduces efficiency and leads to missed opportunities.

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Control Disguised As Coaching

Partners in Excellence

Often, when I talk to managers, they tell me how much time they spend coaching. They tell me stories of meeting, weekly, with their people, doing reviews, pipeline discussions, activity discussions—-all sorts of “coaching meetings.” They say, “Dave, coaching is important and we are spending a lot of time coaching… ” I often ask, “How’s it working?

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The GTM Intelligence Era: ZoomInfo 2025 Customer Impact Report

ZoomInfo customers aren’t just selling — they’re winning. Revenue teams using our Go-To-Market Intelligence platform grew pipeline by 32%, increased deal sizes by 40%, and booked 55% more meetings. Download this report to see what 11,000+ customers say about our Go-To-Market Intelligence platform and how it impacts their bottom line. The data speaks for itself!

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Psychology of Decision Making

Sales Pop!

The Psychology of Decision Making: How We Choose Every day, we make thousands of decisions that outline our lives-from smaller ones, such as what to eat for breakfast, to major life-changing ones, involving careers and relationships. But how often have you wondered about the psychological processes behind these choices? Let’s delve into this intriguing world of decision-making psychology and discuss a few key insights that may lead us to the best choice. 1.

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Overcoming workplace politics: A marketer’s guide to cross-functional partnerships

Martech

Trinh Tham (left), founder of Straatt Business Reimagined, discusses leadership with (from top) Marni Puente, SVP/CMO SAIC; Karen Feldman, VP marketing and communications at IBM Consulting and keynote host Drew Neisser, founder of CMO Huddles. How can marketers overcome office politics to build cross-organization relationships needed to do their jobs?

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5 ways to scale global search management

Search Engine Land

Relying solely on content and technical SEO is no longer enough to achieve sustainable success, especially for businesses operating in multiple markets. While these elements are crucial, they fail to fully account for the diverse factors influencing a website’s global performance. The complexities of managing SEO across different regions, languages and market conditions add layers of challenges, many of which fall outside the direct control of local SEO teams.

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Are You Interested In Your Customers?

Partners in Excellence

Pop Quiz! Clear your screens/devices, put down your pencils. This is a thought experiment. Now, here’s the question: I want to talk to you! I want to arrange a Zoom meeting to talk about what we do as a business. I want to talk about our offerings, our happy customers, and how great we are as a company? Can we arrange a 30 minute conversation to talk about these things?

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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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Navigating Sales Tax in Georgia: Your 2024 Guide for Atlanta Businesses

Sales Pop!

As businesses in Atlanta prepare for 2024, understanding the intricacies of sales tax in Georgia becomes crucial. Sales tax can be a complex area for many business owners, especially when trying to navigate the varying rates and regulations that exist at both the state and local levels. This guide will provide you with essential information regarding the sales tax rate in Georgia, how to collect it, your tax obligations, the filing process, and the exemptions available.

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QR code alternative introduces shoppable video ad tool

Martech

This week, technology company IRCODE introduced an image-scanning platform aiming to replace QR codes in video ads. The company uses a patented technology called Exact Match that lets app users scan physical displays like outdoor ads, and video and TV ads. After unveiling the technology, the company gave MarTech a peek at how the app works in an exclusive interview.

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Adopting vs. hacking Google Ads features: The great debate

Search Engine Land

From your account reps to the interface itself, Google gives you plenty of recommendations on managing your ad campaigns. But are all of those good? Should you ignore these recommendations and “hack” Google’s machine learning – or should you follow Google’s advice? Two Google Ads experts – Ben Kruger and Anthony Higman – had an interesting debate on this topic at SMX Advanced.

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The Revenue Playbook: Rippling’s Top 3 Growth Tactics at Scale with Rippling CRO Matt Plank and Former CRO at Brex Sam Blond 

SaaStr

At this year’s SaaStr Annual, Rippling’s CRO, Matt Plank, chats with Sam Blond, host of the SaaStr CRO Confidential and former CRO at Brex, about Rippling’s top 3 growth tactics, which have led to the Rippling becoming a $14B company with several hundred million of ARR. A few years ago, Matt was making cold calls from CEO Parker Conrad’s basement, and he’s helped bring Rippling to where it is today.

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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