Sat.Jan 21, 2023 - Fri.Jan 27, 2023

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Efficiency Vs. Effectiveness and the Continuing Battle in B2B Sales

Iannarino

There is a battle being fought in B2B sales, fueled by disagreement on how sales organizations should improve their results. One side believes doing so is a matter of increasing efficiency , while the other side believes improvement comes from greater effectiveness.

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Hiring Your Next Sales Rep

Adaptive Business Services

I always tell people the same story … when I am considering referring you to one of my good clients … the deciding factor is generally based on my observed behaviors of you during our interactions. My theory is that, how you act with me will be the same way that you will act with my clients. What else do I have to go on? This same axiom will apply to interviewing new people for a sales position or, for that matter, for any position in your company.

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10 steps to target and connect with potential customers effectively

Martech

Every business needs new customers. Fortunately, some proven tactics work to consistently attract and convert customers like clockwork. You can use one or all of these tactics to fill your pipeline and grow your business no matter the time of year or the state of the economy. And the best part is, they don’t require a massive budget. Check out these 11 proven tactics you can use to generate more customers for your business. 1.

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New Year Check-in: 9 Questions for Sales Managers

criteria for success

It's hard to believe we're one month into the New Year! Here are 9 questions for sales managers to ask themselves (or for executives to ask their sales managers) as we forward in the new sales year. 1. Have we set the right goal for 2023? The beginning of the year is a great time for a quick gut check. You may have set your goal last month or last quarter.

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How to Improve Email Deliverability and Optimize Each Send

Learn how to optimize email deliverability and drive greater email ROI. What lands your email in the customer’s inbox? Understanding those factors, otherwise known as email deliverability, is critical to getting the most return on your campaign investments. But the “rules” around which factors land you in the spam folder aren’t always easy to keep up with.

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Uncovering 9 Closed Lost Reasons + Winning Sales Strategies

Iannarino

There is nothing worse than having to mark an opportunity record in your CRM as "closed lost." The second-worst prompt is "closed lost reason." The field in your CRM may have a drop-down menu, so you can easily document the reason you lost the deal. It stings a little to acknowledge that another salesperson won the client's business. It is proof your competitor did something different, something that gave them an edge in creating a preference.

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5 Key Takeaways from Celebrating 30 Years in Business

Anthony Cole Training

This year, we're celebrating a huge milestone- 30 Years of Anthony Cole Training Group. In 1993, Linda and Tony Cole decided to start their own training and development company. In this video, Tony shares 5 things that have helped us grow and serve others in these 30 years.

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Running Into the Same Objections Over And Over Again? Try this Tactic!

Cerebral Selling

In sales, customer objections are a fact of life. But running into the same objections time and time again can make selling feel more like Groundhog Day, especially when you know they’re coming! Maybe you have one of the more expensive solutions on the market and have to routinely defend your pricing. Perhaps you work for a boutique firm or startup and constantly deal with questions about your size, youth, or perceived lack of experience.

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How to Build an Actionable Weekly B2B Sales Report

Iannarino

As a sales manager, you need to report on the success of your sales team, and a weekly B2B sales report allows you to share information with your company and help the sales force learn about their own performance. Your CRM captures all kinds of information from activity to outcomes. Your weekly sales report, however, should do more than count activities and outcomes.

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The Art and Science of Complex Sales Podcast

Membrain

In the latest episode of the Art and Science of Complex Sales podcast, Paul Fuller sits down with sales expert Gretchen Gordon for a deep discussion of the complex world of B2B sales.

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Email Marketing For Doctors – Creating A Winning Campaign

ClickFunnels

The post Email Marketing For Doctors – Creating A Winning Campaign appeared first on ClickFunnels. Email marketing can be incredibly powerful when done right. In fact, when Litmus surveyed marketing professionals, 94% of them named email as one of their three most effective marketing channels. We would go as far as to say that it is the most effective marketing channel out there.

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Brick & Mortar Retail Relevance: How to Stay Ahead of the Curve

Speaker: Jay Black, Senior Account Executive

Let's set the record straight: in-store retail isn't dead - it's evolving! Faced with the digital age and the demands of omnichannel shopping, some retailers are thriving while others are struggling to adapt. Join Jay Black in this exclusive session as he explores the strategies that set successful stores apart, including: Crafting unique and unforgettable in-store experiences 🛍️ Mastering the art of retail demands 🛒 Navigating inventory challenges in today's climate 📦 an

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Top 3 priorities for your 2023 B2B marketing strategy

Martech

As we enter 2023, it’s time to look ahead and plan your digital marketing priorities for the rest of the year. Surely, it will be a year filled with innovation and creativity as technology brands worldwide strive to stay competitive in a rapidly changing landscape. Reaching buyers today is difficult. With the many platforms and apps, it can take time to understand where your audience spends time online.

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How to Improve Your Interpersonal Skills in Sales

Iannarino

Your success in sales requires you to engage with all types of people. Selling happens in conversations about change. Creating new opportunities for your prospective clients and helping them take advantage of those opportunities requires excellent interpersonal skills. These are the soft skills you need to succeed in sales and improve your sales performance.

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Moving on from search engine optimization to search optimization

Search Engine Land

In the early 2000s, web search was mostly limited to search engines and online directories available at the time. But we have come a long way since then. Optimizing for search remains important today. But users no longer solely rely on traditional search engines to look up information. I believe it’s time for SEO professionals to think beyond Google and search engines and start looking at search holistically.

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Why Now is a Great Time to Raise Seed Funding. Even If It’s Awful for Series A-E Rounds.

SaaStr

So now is simply a terrible time to be raising growth stage venture capital. With the BVP Cloud Index down 40%+ from a year ago , and many of the top Cloud leaders trading for as low as 5x ARR, it’s just hard to justify a later stage $300m-$400m valuation round these days, let alone a true unicorn round. We just did our latest Workshop Wednesday with Omers Growth, and they only did one growth investment last year.

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How to Stay Competitive in the Evolving State of Martech

Marketing technology is essential for B2B marketers to stay competitive in a rapidly changing digital landscape — and with 53% of marketers experiencing legacy technology issues and limitations, they’re researching innovations to expand and refine their technology stacks. To help practitioners keep up with the rapidly evolving martech landscape, this special report will discuss: How practitioners are integrating technologies and systems to encourage information-sharing between departments and pr

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3 email marketing shifts to make in 2023

Martech

Whew! We made it to 2023! As we closed in on the end of the year in December, the finish line seemed awfully far away. Many marketers told me they were busier than ever. I myself was fielding calls for strategy help, working on business deals and managing the chaos all the way to the eve of Christmas Eve, something that rarely happens in my 20-plus-year career.

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The Best Outbound Calling Strategy in 2023 (with examples)

Iannarino

Nobody likes rejection. It’s one of the reasons why almost two-thirds of sales reps report that cold calling is their least favorite part of their job.

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This day in search marketing history: January 25

Search Engine Land

Google defuses ‘miserable failure’ Google bomb In 2007, Google finally defused a “Google Bomb” that had returned U.S. President George W. Bush as its top organic result since December 2003 when searching for [miserable failure]. Originally, Google was of the belief that “We just reflect the opinion on the Web, for better or worse.” Eventually, however, Google came up with an algorithm change to deal with this and other Google bombing “pranks”: “People have asked abo

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How to Engage More Stakeholders and Win Better Deals

Membrain

There’s a long-standing myth that the most important thing salespeople need to do for any given opportunity is to reach “the decision maker.

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1st, 2nd, and 3rd Party Intent Data: Which Is Right for You?

How do 1st, 2nd, and 3rd party intent data compare? 1st, 2nd, and 3rd party data each have specific advantages and disadvantages. It comes down to four factors: accuracy, cost, control and quantity. This infographic explains the pros and cons of each and helps you understand which one is best for meeting your business objectives. Intent data can be a great way to fill your pipeline and close more deals.

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Why we care about compliance in marketing

Martech

Marketing laws and regulations are nothing new. Until relatively recently, marketing regulations rarely went beyond the realms of trademark, truth in advertising and similar areas of consumer protection. The 21st century changed much of that. Data got faster, cheaper and more voluminous. Search engines, social networks, tracking widgets and more have made it easy for even the most novice of two-bit marketing organizations to get the most direct form of customer insight — in the form of something

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Hiring Risks vs. Hiring Flags

SaaStr

During the Boom Times of late ’20-early ’22, we all often confused Taking Risks in hiring … with Just Plain Ignoring Flags. Great risks to take IMHE: Been a Director, but never VP. The best VPs of Sales I’ve hired were Directors of Sales before. Not ICs, not top reps. But folks that had built small teams themselves, and were ready to go to the next level.

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This day in search marketing history: January 28

Search Engine Land

Google begins experimenting with featured snippets in 2014, Google started answering complex questions at the top of its search results with detailed responses (or answers) taken from websites. Does that sound like featured snippets? It should. Because it was. We know from Google that featured snippets were introduced in January 2014. We don’t know the official date Google began testing it, but this was the day Search Engine Land first reported on the new search feature.

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Defining Your Buyer and Customer Lifecycle Stages

Heinz Marketing

By Brittany Lieu , Marketing Consultant at Heinz Marketing What is a sales opportunity ? It’s not a lead and it’s more than just a prospect. By most definitions, an opportunity is a qualified prospect that has a high likelihood of becoming a customer. However, how or when that opportunity is created can be hard to universally define. To create the greatest clarity and consistency for not only your sales reps, but the marketing and customer success teams that bookend the sales process, it’s impe

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5 Inspiring B2B Marketing Campaigns to Take Yours to the Next Level

Your next big B2B marketing idea starts here. Get inspired with these five successful B2B marketing campaigns. Ready to generate more leads, interest, and revenue with your B2B marketing? In this comprehensive eBook, you’ll get: In-depth studies of five successful B2B marketing campaigns spanning a wide range of industries Key takeaways and lessons from each story to implement in your own strategy Resources to help your own B2B marketing thrive By submitting this form, you agree to have your con

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Why we care about search marketing

Martech

Search marketing is a very big deal. Consider: While Google doesn’t disclose exact figures, numbers are estimated to be anywhere from 3.5 billion to a truly staggering 8.5 billion per day. Any way you slice it, it amounts to millions of searches per minute , all day, every day. And a huge percentage of those users are researching products to buy, deciding whether to buy those products, looking for options from multiple sellers and so on.

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5 Interesting Learnings from ServiceNow at $7 Billion in ARR

SaaStr

So we took a look at ServiceNow a little ways back at $5B in ARR , but I thought it was worth another deep dive now for a very specific reason: Their very seasoned CEO has sees no real slowdown or downturn in their business. At $7 Billion in ARR, growing ~30% annually, quarter over quarter over quarter. “[We’re] not fighting those headwinds”: Given that customers sign 3+ year, $1m+ contracts, one wouldn’t expect any massive decline in revenue from any shorter-term macro

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How to build a winning SEO tool stack for 2023

Search Engine Land

SEO professionals can access many free and paid platforms, tools, and software. But if you and your competitors are all using the same tools, data, and approaches – how can you set yourself apart? At SMX Next, I shared the SEO tools that will make up my toolkit in 2023. If you missed the session, read on as I share some highlights. Before we dive in, it’s worth noting that true to the fast pace of SEO, there’s already been a change in how you might think of one of the tools – but we’ll get to th

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How to Navigate Marketing Budget Cuts in 2023

Heinz Marketing

By Cameron Katoozi , Marketing Consultant at Heinz Marketing 2023 is already hitting companies pretty hard – specifically bringing several challenges for B2B marketers, one of which is budget cuts. This can be a difficult challenge, as they are responsible for creating and executing marketing strategies that drive sales and revenue growth. As the economy continues to recover from the impact of the pandemic, many businesses are being forced to re-evaluate their marketing budgets and make difficul

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2 Retail Sectors That Are Completely Changing the Game: FMCG & Q-Commerce

Speaker: Joe Heather, Deliverect GM (UK&I) & Noah Hayes, Deliverect GM (US&CA)

Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) and Quick Commerce (Q-commerce) are two vibrant sectors that have undergone significant transformations with the advancements in digital technology. With growing internet penetration and the proliferation of smartphones, consumers' purchasing habits have unsurprisingly evolved. They now demand quick, convenient, and seamless shopping experiences, which both FMCG and Q-commerce sectors strive to provide.

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37 questions to ask call analytics vendors during the demo

Martech

It’s easy to see why call analytics platforms have become an essential martech tool. They let marketers collect, analyze and act upon the growing volume of data being captured from inbound calls to businesses. After you’ve determined if your company needs one , it’s time to select a vendor and schedule demos. It’s important to schedule them as close together as possible to help make relevant comparisons.

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Dear SaaStr: How Long is a Venture Round Supposed to Last?

SaaStr

Dear SaaStr: How Long is a Venture Round Supposed to Last? I think like many venture axioms, founders get often get bad advice here out of good solid rules. Until 2002, the rule was “18-24 months” Then, during the boom times, most VCs stopped caring how long the round would last. The next round seemed to come so fast and furious. And now in tougher times, so many folks have to stretch the round … often indefinitely.

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SMX Master Class Early Bird rates expire this Saturday!

Search Engine Land

Make 2023 the year you become a master of search marketing : Attend your choice of SMX Master Class online March 1-2, to learn actionable tactics that will help you drive more awareness, conversions, and sales. Early Bird rates expire this Saturday, January 28 … book now to save 20% off your Master Class! Choose from six essential search marketing topics: Advanced SEO training with Bruce Clay – $299 $249 Advanced Google Ads training with Brad Geddes – $299 $249 Technical

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Start With “Why”

Partners in Excellence

No, I’m not channeling my inner Simon Sinek, but “Why” initiates very powerful diagnostic processes. My feeds are filled with posts on failure. Response rates to any kind of outbound prospecting continues to plummet. Every metric is down—opens, click throughs, phone engagement, meetings, everything is in sharp decline. While, in aggregate, companies may be hitting their revenue targets, per capita seller performance is plummeting.

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ABM Evolution: How Top Marketers Are Using Account-Based Strategies

In times of economic uncertainty, account-based strategies are essential. According to several business analysts and practitioners, ABM is a necessity for creating more predictable revenue. Research shows that nearly three-quarters of marketers (74%) already have the resources needed to build successful ABM programs.