Anthony Cole Training
AUGUST 9, 2024
In selling, you should have various rules of engagement when it comes to cultivating a prospect. Across the country, most salespeople just chase prospects. They do not follow any rules of engagement. They fundamentally lack a process, a decision tree, if you will, for deciding yes or no in terms of determining if a prospect is truly a prospect for them.
Martech
AUGUST 6, 2024
Google’s loss in its federal antitrust case may mean huge changes for the company, web users and digital advertisers. It could result in a big hit to parent company Alphabet’s bottom line; more and better search choices for people; and lower-priced, more effective advertising. We won’t know until U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta hands down the penalties in a few months.
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Salesforce
AUGUST 6, 2024
Imagine a company where every decision, strategy, customer interaction, and rote task is augmented by AI. From predictive analytics uncovering market insights to intelligent automation streamlining operations, this AI enterprise is what a successful business should look like. Does this company exist? Not yet, but the building blocks for enabling it are already here.
Search Engine Land
AUGUST 5, 2024
Google Search Console is rolling out recommendations within Google Search Console for some users. Google said this is an experimental feature and gives you insights and recommendations to improve your site’s performance on Google Search. What are Search Console recommendations. Search Console recommendations is a “feature that provides websites with optimization opportunities and suggests actions they can take to improve their presence on Google Search,” Google wrote.
Advertiser: ZoomInfo
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.
Heinz Marketing
AUGUST 9, 2024
By Carly Bauer , Marketing Consultant at Heinz Marketing Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming the marketing landscape, offering businesses unprecedented opportunities for efficiency, personalization, and scalability. However, as powerful as AI is, the human touch remains irreplaceable in fostering genuine connections and building trust with customers.
Martech
AUGUST 6, 2024
Consumers expect brands to understand their unique needs and deliver what they want seamlessly. What consumers don’t know is that staying connected with those needs is an uphill battle for marketers, especially in an ever-evolving digital landscape. For years, this meant relying on third-party data, mainly cookies, as the backbone of brand connection strategies.
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Search Engine Land
AUGUST 5, 2024
Traffic to Google Search seems to have not fallen with the rise of new AI search engines and AI based search related features, including from OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Microsoft’s Copilot and other specialty search engines. New data from Datos’ clickstream panel, analyzed by Sonata Insights and covered in more detail by Rand Fishkin at Sparktoro shows Google may have grown 1.4% from May 2023 to May 2024. “In May of 2024, Google has slightly more desktop visits than they did in May of 2
Iannarino
AUGUST 7, 2024
Discover the covert strategies that are keeping you from reaching your B2B sales goals.
Martech
AUGUST 7, 2024
The ability to have the tools and information to make data-driven decisions is no longer a “nice to have” but a necessity. Teams relying on gut instincts and anecdotal evidence for planning are falling behind more sophisticated brands using predictive analytics and data insights. Data-driven marketing is the right approach for running campaigns. However, the challenge lies in changing current behaviors and decision-making processes to incorporate better information.
Salesforce
AUGUST 7, 2024
When a customer isn’t happy, businesses tend to scramble and try to turn things around. However, reactive marketing is like a Band-Aid. It might stop the immediate hurt or frustration, but it doesn’t fix the underlying problem. Eventually, the wound could be reopened. The way around this is to build customer loyalty with an “always on” marketing strategy.
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.
Search Engine Land
AUGUST 6, 2024
Google rolled out a new look for the trending now section on Google Trends. This new look fits more trending queries on the page and gives it all in a nice list view interface. What you see. This new trending now page shows you when the phrase began trending, the search volume, trend breakdowns and a chart. It also has nice filtering options across the top, to filter by country, timeframe, trending status, and relevance.
Iannarino
AUGUST 5, 2024
Discover the crucial mistakes that can cost you sales deals and learn how to avoid them to ensure you achieve your sales targets.
Martech
AUGUST 9, 2024
Google unveiled new features for Local Services Ads (LSA) this week. One automatically selects profile photos to display in advertisements, while the others give advertisers more control over their spending. Profile photos This update aims to increase ad engagement and potentially improve ad rankings for local service providers. How it works: Google will choose photos from advertisers’ LSA profiles based on their likelihood to boost engagement.
Hubspot
AUGUST 7, 2024
The secret's out: behind every “How do they do it all?” SaaS worker is a CRM platform holding their life together. If you're new to the world of CRMs, then prepare to have your world turned upside down. I distinctly remember the day I learned about CMRs: I was using a spreadsheet for my contact management, and I felt like other people maintained their networks better by sheer luck.
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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.
Search Engine Land
AUGUST 9, 2024
TikTok is set to integrate Amazon shopping directly into its platform, allowing users to make purchases without leaving the app. Why it matters. Advertisers having access to TikTok’s massive, highly engaged user base could be a game changer and reduced friction between discovery and purchase could boost conversion rates. How it works: Amazon product recommendations will appear in users’ “For You” feeds.
Iannarino
AUGUST 9, 2024
Struggling to hit sales targets despite leveraging the latest technology and remote work strategies? Regardless of all the fancy technologies and remote setups, you have been sold a bill of goods. Here's why your B2B sales efforts might be missing the mark.
Martech
AUGUST 7, 2024
Google is discontinuing its Smart Campaigns offering and integrating its features into Performance Max campaigns. Why we care. This shift impacts advertisers using Google’s simplified campaign management tool and signals a broader push towards AI-driven, cross-platform advertising solutions. The big picture. Performance Max represents Google’s next-generation approach to digital advertising, leveraging AI and machine learning to optimize ad performance across multiple platforms.
Hubspot
AUGUST 7, 2024
Early on in my position as head of business development at Lead Prosper, a SaaS company, I found myself on the receiving end of a software demo for an industry-leading company. After some initial discovery, the capable sales rep dove into the platform to give me a look at one of the functionalities I was most interested in. But during the live demo, disaster struck.
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.
Search Engine Land
AUGUST 5, 2024
PPC advertisers must take a strategic and nuanced approach to campaign management to stay ahead of the competition. At SMX Advanced, PPC experts Sarah Stemen and Christine Zirnheld , senior digital marketing manager at Cypress North, shared their top actionable recommendations to help you create better-targeted ads, manage ad spend effectively and run more successful ecommerce and B2B campaigns.
Iannarino
AUGUST 6, 2024
Discover the power of storytelling in sales and how it can revolutionize your client interactions and drive change.
Martech
AUGUST 8, 2024
Does your consumer product have AI? Do yourself a favor and don’t tell anyone. A study of 1,000 people found products described as having AI were consistently less popular than those that weren’t. “When AI is mentioned, it tends to lower emotional trust, which in turn decreases purchase intentions,” said lead author and Washington State University clinical assistant professor of marketing Mesut Cicek in a statement. “We found emotional trust plays a critical role in how consume
Sales Pop!
AUGUST 4, 2024
Creating a standout brand for a new business stops many in their tracks. Many people are unaware of the branding and marketing needed behind the scenes. Worse, they don’t realize the ridicule about to arrive upon being seen as crazy by those unfamiliar with how everything works. But make no mistake, it is the start of a standout brand! The lessons that new entrepreneurs learn are: From the start, it is vital to build a standout brand to differentiate oneself from the crowded playing field.
Advertiser: ZoomInfo
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!
Search Engine Land
AUGUST 5, 2024
A federal judge ruled that Google maintained an illegal monopoly in search and advertising markets, marking a significant victory for the Department of Justice. Why it matters. This is the first major decision in a wave of tech monopoly cases brought by the U.S. government in recent years, potentially setting a precedent for future rulings against other tech giants.
Iannarino
AUGUST 4, 2024
Discover how challenging stereotypes and promoting positive sales strategies can transform the sales industry for the better.
Martech
AUGUST 5, 2024
I recently experimented with Midjourney to generate an image of two hikers. One was wearing pilot-frame sunglasses, which I liked. A day or two later, I walked into a Costco and saw a pair of Hugo Boss sunglasses on a special display that looked like what I saw on the AI hikers. They were on sale for a great price. I tried them on, looked at myself in the mirror, and put them back to get what was on my shopping list.
Partners in Excellence
AUGUST 8, 2024
Continuing my series on applying Lean/Agile principles to our GTM strategies, I want to move on to the ideal of “Continuous Improvement.” In the original development of Lean/Agile principles in manufacturing, leaders recognized they could never rest on their laurels. The concept, “we are doing the best possible, we have to keep doing it, but we are doing enough, we don’t have to change,” was completely foreign to these leaders.
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.
Search Engine Land
AUGUST 7, 2024
A surprising 92% of SEOs and link builders believe their competitors are buying backlinks , according to a recent Editorial.Link survey of 113 industry experts. This stat highlights the ongoing debate in our community around the power and value of links. Are bought backlinks a shortcut to SEO success? Or are they a huge risk? Let’s dive into this topic and see if buying backlinks is a viable strategy in 2024.
Iannarino
AUGUST 3, 2024
Discover the proven strategies that helped me grow our business from $3 million to nearly $10 million in just two years.
Martech
AUGUST 5, 2024
A federal judge ruled that Google maintained an illegal monopoly in search and advertising markets, marking a significant victory for the Department of Justice. This is the first major decision in a wave of tech monopoly cases brought by the U.S. government in recent years, potentially setting a precedent for future rulings against other tech giants.
Partners in Excellence
AUGUST 7, 2024
Continuing my series on applying lean/agile manufacturing principles to selling, I was reminded by Charles Green and Dave Jackson about an important aspect of these principles that is never mentioned by those promoting lean/agile in our sales assembly lines. When you actually spend time on a manufacturing line, you see how problems are resolved on the assembly line.
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