Anthony Cole Training
APRIL 12, 2024
There have always been two certainties in life – death and taxes. But I have now become convinced that there is a third certainty if you are a salesperson and that is the slow and painful death of decision making.
Iannarino
APRIL 9, 2024
As your win rates increase, and your team’s ability to win deals also increases, you can add additional opportunities without the cost of the waste of using your team’s time and energy that produces only wasted opportunities.
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Partners in Excellence
APRIL 11, 2024
It’s crazy to think that we purposely design our organizations to fail. Who would think of that, particularly in selling? We are driven to succeed, to over achieve our goals. We constantly talk about winning. If this is true, why do we see year after year of declining performance and results? For example, we see percent of people achieving goals declining—today roughly 40% of sellers are achieving or exceeding quota?
Martech
APRIL 11, 2024
In our zeal to harness the tech part of martech, the ops part of MOps and the automation part of marketing automation, MOps professionals have failed to accomplish the most important part of the equation — marketing. B2B marketing is suffering from an effectiveness crisis, having chased efficiency gains for years. Effectiveness should be mastered and constantly invested in ahead of efficiency.
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.
Sales Pop!
APRIL 11, 2024
Client Satisfaction. It’s a goal we strive for in selling. Without it, of course, the chances of account expansion are highly unlikely. It can be an elusive target, though, given the typical focus in working to insure your products and services delivered to a client are the very best that they can be. Delivery excellence is critical but it’s simply one element of client satisfaction, albeit the one that receives the most attention.
Iannarino
APRIL 12, 2024
Discover how context locking can revolutionize your sales strategy and outperform the competition in the ever-evolving B2B landscape.
Technology Sales Today brings together the best content for technology sales professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Martech
APRIL 8, 2024
Email has come a long way from its early days as a blunt instrument for blasting information to a wide audience. Today, it’s more like a Swiss army knife, with a use case for almost every situation across the customer journey. From the moment someone first encounters your brand to the ongoing relationship that follows a purchase, email is the connective tissue that binds these interactions together — if you’re using it correctly.
Sales Pop!
APRIL 8, 2024
Chatting with John Golden from Sales POP! Online Sales Magazine and Pipeline CRM, alongside John Nieuwenburg , a seasoned business coach since 2004, I ventured into the world of small businesses. Our dialogue uncovered the real struggles and bright spots for small enterprises today. Time, team, and cash: the big three challenges small businesses can’t seem to shake.
Iannarino
APRIL 7, 2024
Discover how to elevate your B2B sales strategy and turn challenges into opportunities, ensuring clients see you as an irreplaceable asset, not just another commodity.
Partners in Excellence
APRIL 8, 2024
Preface : Shari Levitin is one of the most well know thought leaders and speakers in sales and marketing. Shari and I first met at a meeting of “sales thought leaders.” While all of us are fairly high energy people, Shari brought an energy level and passion beyond all of us–causing us to raise the level of our discussion. One can’t help getting energized, excited, and driven when Shari is part of the discussion.
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.
Martech
APRIL 11, 2024
“What marketing technologies should a (fill in the industry) company have in their martech stack?” That’s a question I’m asked regularly, likely because all companies are curious about their competitors. So I thought I’d use it to test Google Gemini, OpenAI ChatGPT and Perplexity AI. Gemini (formerly Bard) and ChatGPT returned similar content in a similar format to my query, “What marketing technologies should a luxury retailer have in their martech stack?
Sales Pop!
APRIL 6, 2024
Hey, everyone! I’m here to share some insights from a fascinating chat I had with Jones Loflin , an expert in the art of juggling life’s endless tasks. Our conversation, full of light-hearted moments and profound advice, ventured into the realm of time management and productivity in today’s whirlwind of distractions. Battling Distractions Head-On Jones and I dove into tackling distractions , the beasts of our modern, connected lives.
Iannarino
APRIL 11, 2024
Robin Dunbar is a British biological anthropologist, evolutionary psychologist, and a specialist in primate behavior. He is known for Dunbar’s number, a measurement of the cognitive limit to the number of individuals with whom any one person can maintain stable relationships. The number is 148, often rounded up to 150, but can vary from person to person, ranging from 100 to 250.
Partners in Excellence
APRIL 11, 2024
Preface : Jill Konrath is one of the most well respected author, speaker, teacher on all things selling. She’s written 4 masterpieces on selling. More importantly, at least to me, Jill is an important mentor to me. She has been a very willing coach, helping me think and execute at higher levels. Very few people care enough to say, “Dave, you can do so much better… ” Jill and I share a common dream, how to make a difference—in the people/companies we work with, in ou
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SaaStr
APRIL 8, 2024
So as growth decelerated rapidly for many in SaaS in 2022-2023, one of the first things cut was marketing. It’s not always ideal, but I get it. It’s a variable cost. Cut marketing, you’re often cutting future growth. But it’s a “simple” place to cut to at least stabilize the ship and survive to fight another day.
Search Engine Land
APRIL 9, 2024
The world’s biggest advertising group announced a major collaboration with Google that will see it utilize Gemini AI to help produce its ads, including: Ad narration. Voiceover script generation. Product image creation. The landmark partnership with WPP means that Google’s robots could potentially end up creating ads for some of the biggest brands in the world, such as the Coca-Cola Company, L’Oréal and Nestlé.
Iannarino
APRIL 8, 2024
Discover the key attributes that separate dream clients from nightmares in the sales world, and transform your client portfolio today.
Partners in Excellence
APRIL 8, 2024
Every quarter there is the inevitable rush to close deals, to hit our numbers. Yet there are so many challenges and barriers. The global economy/turmoil and continued layoffs/reductions, and shuffling of priorities–both within our customers, markets, and within our own organizations. The simultaneous promise/threat of AI, “Will it help me be more efficient or will it make me unnecessary?
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.
SaaStr
APRIL 7, 2024
So just a little while back, Lenny Rachintsky had me on his hyper-popular podcast to talk about scaling sales, from the perspective of a founder who hasn’t really done sales. It ended up being super popular, and a fresh take on a lot of topic we talk about a lot on SaaStr. I still regularly get emails about it, and the full deep dive is above.
Search Engine Land
APRIL 10, 2024
Meta advertisers claim the cost of running campaigns across it platforms has surged due to ongoing issues with its algorithm. Brands report that sales and return-on-ad-spend have both plummeted, while cost-per-click and cost per 1,000 impressions are up by a factor of three in recent months – with no explanation from Meta as to why. Why we care. If the reported ongoing algorithm issues continue to impact ad performance, marketers will need to take action to reduce costs by exploring rival platfo
Iannarino
APRIL 10, 2024
Discover the delicate balance of professional relationships and strategic client management through real-life business scenarios.
Partners in Excellence
APRIL 10, 2024
Any reader who was trained as an engineer or anyone with experience in assembling machines (or Ikea furniture) will recognize the Tolerance Stack Up Error. But, too often, I see the equivalent of this problem in our GTM strategies and execution efforts. For those of you scratching your heads, let me describe the tolerance tack up error. When we are designing a machine, we specify the dimensions and performance characteristics of each part in the assembly.
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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!
SaaStr
APRIL 11, 2024
So it may surprise some of you to learn that it’s not >that< hard to raise venture capital after a rough patch. In fact, it’s pretty common. VCs know the vast majority of startups have a tougher time or two. But … but … VCs need some proof you are back to growth. They need at least 3 months of continuous, strong growth.
Sales Hacker
APRIL 9, 2024
Daniel Ruiz has spent his career driving growth at high-velocity startups, serving as an early employee at multiple YC companies before co-founding Synch. As CEO, he has successfully raised funding from top investors like Haystack and Jack Altman in a challenging market. With Synch, Daniel is on a mission to streamline the go-to-market tech stack, helping revenue teams spend less time on sales ops and more time actually selling.
Iannarino
APRIL 6, 2024
If you are a salesperson, you must do the work to be an expert and an authority in your industry, using your experience to guide your client to the better results they need.
Martech
APRIL 9, 2024
Effective search is the foundation of a successful digital asset management (DAM) system. However, search relies on the power of metadata. Metadata unlocks your digital content’s true potential, enabling efficient search, improved findability and trusted content governance. This article explores the essential role of metadata in driving successful DAM practices.
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.
SaaStr
APRIL 10, 2024
So I’ve been doing SaaS long enough to remember when Dropbox was a super hot SaaS startup. Fast forward to today, it’s settled into a very mature leader, with slow growth but impressive efficiency … at a stunning $2.4 Billion in ARR. Operating Margins are a wildly impressive 33%, but revenue growth has slowed to a very mature 6%, and paid customer count actually dropped last quarter.
Search Engine Land
APRIL 10, 2024
Google’s product data specification requirements guarantee that all product data submitted to the Merchant Center is formatted correctly to optimize success for both Shopping ads and organic Shopping listings. Each year, the search giant updates these specifications in a bid to try and improve shopping on its platform. The updates for 2024 have now been announced – and below is a summary of all the changes you should be aware of.
Salesforce
APRIL 9, 2024
Way back in 1914, engineer and data visualization pioneer Willard Brinton observed that while companies went to considerable effort to analyze and catalog their information, most failed to draw useful conclusions from it. “Known facts cannot be marshaled and presented in such [a] manner as to be effective,” he wrote more than 100 years ago. Yes, that’s how long companies have struggled to make sense of and extract value from what’s now called big data — datasets so large they can only be analyze
Martech
APRIL 12, 2024
The current business environment — increasingly omnichannel but with a heavy reliance on digital — requires successful marketers to capture, analyze and leverage data to deliver timely personalized interactions across every customer touchpoint. At a time when uncertainty about everything from war to global warming to economics dominates the headlines, the customer data platform is increasingly seen as one of the musthave elements of the martech stack.
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