Iannarino

MARCH 4, 2024

There are people who still believe that the sales contest is between two companies and their solutions. The truth is that the contest is between the salespeople vying for the opportunity.

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Iannarino

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

In the chapter on Accountability, I wrote that you sell "outcomes," making the case that your prospective client isn't interested in your product or your service. Your clients would love to produce the outcome without buying your product or solution! Instead, they want to reach an outcome, one that would improve their results.

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Iannarino

AUGUST 2, 2023

Theodore Levitt, a marketing professor at Harvard Business School taught his students that people don’t buy drills; they buy quarter-inch holes. No one wants to buy a drill , they buy the outcome the drill provides them. Too many salespeople have been convinced that their solution is superior to that of their competition.

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Iannarino

OCTOBER 8, 2023

One way to prevent your clients from treating you as a commodity is to pursue a conversation that differs from your competitors’. When you look and sound like your rivals, you can expect your clients to believe you are no different.

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Iannarino

OCTOBER 20, 2023

One of the most effective sales strategies is information disparity, knowing what your prospective client doesn’t know. If your contact already knows everything you tell them, it is difficult to create value for them in the sales conversation. This is one reason why buyers refuse a second meeting with a salesperson.

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Search Engine Land

AUGUST 2, 2024

Building lasting relationships with SEO clients is essential for sustained business success. Retaining clients is far more cost-effective than continually acquiring new ones. However, many businesses overlook the importance of client retention. This stability fosters trust and allows for more comprehensive, strategic planning.

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Iannarino

MAY 2, 2024

Understand Client Needs : Beyond the surface, clients seek solutions, not just products. Understanding the strategic outcomes they desire allows you to address their genuine needs. Engage with Enterprise Clients : There was a time when my presence within a company prompted questions about my tenure as one of its employees.

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Sales Pop!

NOVEMBER 30, 2024

Potential territory realignments and new account assignments present both new and foregone opportunities as we proceed laser-focused on our pursuits and clients, those current and those likely to become ours on Jan. In terms of client base, what about your verticals? So you need to get busy with these: 1.

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Sales Pop!

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Sales teams can use this curated content to educate potential clients, offering genuine value and establishing thought leadership. Imagine your sales podcast could dynamically offer different versions of the same episode to distinct customer segments—for instance, content customized for potential clients in healthcare versus those in retail.

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Iannarino

JULY 10, 2022

Your company isn't going to be perceived as different when you and your competitors both try to convince a prospective client that your company is the best choice for the better results they need. Your sales force isn't likely to find any differences compelling enough to create a buyer’s preference for your company and your solution.

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Iannarino

APRIL 10, 2024

Discover the delicate balance of professional relationships and strategic client management through real-life business scenarios.

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Iannarino

JUNE 26, 2021

The Gist: In the past, salespeople had an advantage created by an information disparity: the salesperson had information unavailable to their client. We spend a lot of time helping our clients by teaching them how to produce the better decisions they need, closing the information disparity gap. What They Value. Their Industry.

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Iannarino

APRIL 24, 2025

Sales success hinges on delivering strategic outcomes, not just features & benefits. Learn how to elevate your sales conversations and become a trusted advisor to your clients.

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Iannarino

AUGUST 27, 2023

One salesperson wins a client’s business. All the other salespeople competing for the client lose the opportunity. In a contest that ends in winner-takes-all, it’s important to come out on top.

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Martech

JULY 10, 2024

Today, you would get no argument on the importance of building relationships with influencers across social platforms, as social media marketing ROI and KPIs have become well-established within strategic frameworks. Number of client engagements with PIA. time that I can spend on more meaningful client work).

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Martech

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

MAICON didn’t disappoint: I’m full of ideas to help our clients improve their marketing by applying AI. For those who have started, they are falling into the trap of using AI for isolated tasks without a strategic framework. Then use AI strategically to improve each step in your most important processes. Let me explain.

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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.

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Martech

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

This gives strategists the ability to actually strategize. Best of all, both you and your clients are confident that every campaign is on track and performing optimally. Best of all, both you and your clients are confident that every campaign is on track and performing optimally.

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Martech

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

The types of content that resonate with clients We analyzed client sales and marketing data from five industries and conducted primary research with buyers and sales representatives (SDR/BDR/AM/CSMs). Dig deeper: B2B content marketing: Driving success through strategic content creation Email: Business email address Sign me up!

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Martech

AUGUST 15, 2024

It’s a strategic powerhouse intersecting with every aspect of the business. Marketing provides content that educates and equips teams with key talking points to drive client conversations. Marketing, at its best, is the strategic intelligence fueling sales growth,” said Allen Richey, Chief Operating Officer at PacTech. “By

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Martech

JULY 30, 2024

Use project management metrics and data to draw out additional strategic insights. Consider how you drive quality to provide client satisfaction. Introducing specialist skills can enhance quality, bringing higher expertise to delight clients with innovation or unexpected ways. Speed : Cycle time and on-time delivery.

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Partners in Excellence

JANUARY 7, 2025

He started his discovery questions trying to identify the current platforms and technologies my client had in place. What should we be looking at to improve our people’s ability to better engage our strategic accounts, expanding our footprint within those accounts, and becoming more of a strategic partner to those accounts.

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ClickFunnels

MAY 13, 2025

5 Steps to Build a Strategic Sales Funnel 1. Your sales funnel is essential because it strategically creates a series of interactions with potential customers that will lead to results. Therefore, the stages of your sales funnel should keep their interest and strategically move them closer to making a purchase.

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Martech

MARCH 12, 2025

Investing in advanced analytics and strategic partnerships can help you identify which marketing initiatives deliver real ROI. Strategic financial partnerships can provide clarity if you’re struggling with limited financial visibility knowing which campaigns generate leads but not how they translate to actual profitability.

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Iannarino

OCTOBER 1, 2023

The upside of having data on your strategic clients is that you speed up your ability to contact them for a meeting. There are several things making it more challenging to acquire a first meeting , like the overwhelming volume of emails, voicemails, and other messages your contacts receive.

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Sales Pop!

MARCH 18, 2024

There are several strategic approaches that can help companies in the heavy-haul trucking sector operate more efficiently. In this blog post, we will explore five strategic approaches that heavy-haul trucking companies can implement to enhance efficiency in their operations. To enhance efficiency in heavy-haul trucking connections.

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Iannarino

AUGUST 5, 2021

The key to a good first impression is the ability to create value for your client. You’ve been pursuing your dream client for months and have finally convinced them to meet with you. Fail to impress your client, though, and that’s the last time you’ll end up on their calendar. An Outsourced Expert.

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Cerebral Selling

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

” until you get to a critical and strategic business problem Follow up with the next question, How do you know? For example, clients often come to me saying their reps are bad at deal negotiations. Help them strategize ways to gain buy-in from hesitant stakeholders. to highlight urgency.

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Heinz Marketing

AUGUST 1, 2024

We believe it’s essential to continuously explore and test new tools and technologies—including AI—to optimize our work and enhance the B2B marketing strategies we develop for our clients. By automating routine tasks and providing data-driven insights, AI allows our team to remain composed and focused on strategic decision-making.

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ClickFunnels

MAY 6, 2025

Sales Funnel Stages To reach that final sale, you’ll need to strategically guide the customer through multiple stages of the funnel. 10 Funnels That Drive Results Now that you understand the values and stages of a strategic sales funnel, let’s examine some of the top funnel types and explore how they work.

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Iannarino

MARCH 26, 2025

Discover how mastering strategic openings can elevate your sales game. Learn essential techniques to start strong and secure client trust from the very first meeting.

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Veloxy

JANUARY 7, 2025

Use a Consultative Selling Approach The consultative style selling approach could help you develop a stronger relationship with your clients. Spend time probing to find what your clients real pain points are. These technologies enable your sales reps to spend more time on strategic initiatives.

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Search Engine Land

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Many SEO professionals struggle to create technical audits that lead to meaningful improvements for their clients’ websites. Ineffective audits waste time and resources, leave critical issues unaddressed and can damage client relationships. Drawing from five years of experience conducting audits for prominent U.S.

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Search Engine Land

JULY 10, 2024

Although inbound link building gets all the press, it’s the correct use of internal linking that can really move a site algorithmically when done strategically. The linking may not be strategic. This is also why it’s important not to have a ton of JavaScript on the page to slow things down, especially pushed-out client-side.

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Martech

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

What if I told you the most powerful use of generative AI isn’t content creation, but rather, it’s strategic planning? By using AI strategically, we can move beyond basic demographic segmentation to uncover unique market opportunities that might otherwise be overlooked.

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Martech

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Use alt text strategically Alt text is essential for accessibility, but it can also be a tool to encourage image downloads. Optimize image dimensions for email clients Use images that fit the space allowed, ideally keeping the width at or below 680 px. Recommended supporting content could also be dynamic.

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Martech

MAY 23, 2025

Having led strategic marketing in multiple global B2Bs, I can tell you that this is a serious misconception and oversight, often perpetuated by the C-suite and stakeholders who fear not being seen as “serious.” Employees or clients should avoid reading a script, as it rarely works and often feels contrived instead of authentic.

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