Wed.Nov 27, 2024

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Holiday ecommerce start surpasses record-breaking forecast

Martech

Ecommerce holiday spending is higher than anticipated, according to Adobe Analytics. For the first 24 days of November, U.S. ecommerce sales were up 9.6% year-over-year. This exceeds the record-breaking 8.4% increase expected for the entire 2024 holiday shopping season. And all this spending — $77.4 billion thus far — comes before the biggest discounts take effect.

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You Have a New Sales Rep. Here's How to Win at Cold Calling Training

Hubspot

Let’s be honest up front. Cold calling is nobody’s favorite part of sales. In fact, LinkedIn data reports that a healthy majority of sellers (63%) say it’s the worst part of the job — and it’s not hard to see why. The same research indicates just 2% of cold calls result in a booked meeting, and other literature suggests that dismal figure might actually be on the optimistic side.

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Empathy in Sales Builds Long Term Success

Sales Nexus

Mastering the Art of Empathy in Sales: An Inside-Out Guide to Selling In the fast-paced world of sales, success often hinges on more than just hitting quotas and closing deals—it’s about forming genuine connections with your prospects. Today’s buyers are savvier than ever, seeking solutions that resonate with their specific needs and challenges. To meet these expectations, sales professionals need to shift their focus from merely selling products to fostering empathy and understanding.

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How to build AI strategies that prioritize people

Martech

AI continues to embed itself into the fabric of business. However, the conversation often neglects a key component in the shadows: people. Training people in prompt engineering and system integrations is not enough. Today’s “AI experts” are too focused on the technology and process sides of the “People, Process and Technology” paradigm.

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Smart Tools & Strong Teams: A People-First Approach to AI in Sales

Speaker: Matt Sunshine, CEO at The Center for Sales Strategy

AI isn’t replacing salespeople—it’s empowering them. The most forward-thinking sales organizations are using AI to enhance human performance rather than eliminate it. From coaching and messaging to prospecting and pipeline accountability, artificial intelligence is giving managers and SDRs the new tools they need to work smarter, sell better, and close more.

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Empathy in Sales Builds Long Term Success

Sales Nexus

Mastering the Art of Empathy in Sales: An Inside-Out Guide to Selling In the fast-paced world of sales, success often hinges on more than just hitting quotas and closing deals—it’s about forming genuine connections with your prospects. Today’s buyers are savvier than ever, seeking solutions that resonate with their specific needs and challenges. To meet these expectations, sales professionals need to shift their focus from merely selling products to fostering empathy and understanding.

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6 Tips to Make the Most of Small Business Saturday

Salesforce

All over the world, small businesses gear up to celebrate Small Business Saturday every year, a marketing initiative created by American Express to encourage holiday shopping. This annual event takes place after Thanksgiving, between Black Friday and Cyber Monday, encouraging consumers ‌to support almost 32 million independent businesses in the United States (U.S.) alone — helping small and medium-sized business (SMB) owners make a big impact.

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Say it Ain’t So! I’m Experimenting AI

Adaptive Business Services

I already have a number of books related to marketing. Now I’m reading them. I also have acquired more on this topic as well as on AI. I’m reading those as well. I have also joined a digital marketing mastermind group. I’m going all in! Today I just want to focus on AI and I am looking at this post as a salesperson as well as a budding digital marketer.

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Will big tech burst the AI bubble?

Martech

As artificial intelligence continues to reshape industries, a new battle is brewing between startups and tech giants. Companies like Perplexity are raising billions to challenge the dominance of Google, Microsoft, Apple and Meta. Still, the question remains: Will the AI wave create lasting winners, or is it a bubble waiting to burst? AI search wars: Perplexity vs.

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5 Interesting Learnings from Zoom at $4.7 Billion in ARR

SaaStr

So Zoom has entered its mature stage, but it’s also now rebooting itself. It’s dropped “Video” from its name as it has gone communications and AI-first: $4.7B ARR 3.6% Growth Overall Very, very profitable — generating almost $2B in free cash flow a year Growth is up just 3.6%, but Zoom has raised guidance — and the stock is up a strong 20% this year.

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Mastering the Art of Selling Commodities: Proven Strategies for Creating Value and Winning Clients

Iannarino

Selling a commodity may seem like a losing battle, but it’s actually your gateway to mastering the most critical skills in sales —making yourself indispensable in a crowded marketplace.

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How to Coach Reps on Overcoming Sales Objections with Confidence

Speaker: Brendan Sweeney, VP of Global Sales and David Phelan, Account Manager

In a world where buyers are more informed and objections are more nuanced, confidence isn't optional—it’s a competitive advantage. In high-stakes conversations, knowing how to handle pushback can make or break the deal. Join industry experts Brendan Sweeney and David Phelan for a behind-the-scenes look at how teams are transforming sales coaching with real-time feedback, objection-handling role plays, and pre-call preparation that actually sticks.

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Shift Your Perspective, Change Your Sales Landscape

Membrain

If you’ve been following me for long, you know I’m a student of systems thinking. I’ve been taking a training with Cabrera Labs , the think tank run by Drs. Derek and Laura Cabrera of Cornell University. As I’m going deeper with their systems thinking framework called DSRP , I can’t help but notice all the ways their model can help us sell better.

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5 Customer Marketing Strategies to Drive Long-term Growth

G2

Discover five impactful marketing strategies that can drive long-term growth by boosting loyalty, engagement, and brand advocacy in e-commerce.

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Empathy in Sales Builds Long Term Success

Sales Nexus

Empathy in sales builds trust, promotes understanding and creates long lasting beneficial relationships for customers and sales people.

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Staffing Industry Trends: Key Insights for Recruiter Success

G2

Challenging, unstable, disruptive – the words that describe the economic state of the staffing market this year. However, in business, one constant remains: change.

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New Research-Backed Strategies to Empower Managers as Culture & Engagement Leaders

Speaker: Beth Sunshine, SVP, Up Your Culture

When culture isn’t consistently lived out across the organization, engagement suffers—and it often starts with a disconnect at the top. In this session, Beth Sunshine, SVP of Up Your Culture at The Center for Sales Strategy, will reveal how HR and executive leaders can close the gap between vision and execution by equipping frontline and mid-level managers to become culture carriers.

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Hello world!

The Digital Technology

Welcome to WordPress. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start writing! The post Hello world! first appeared on thedigitaltechnology.com.

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A Guide to Pharma 4.0: Embracing Transformation in the Pharmaceutical Industry

G2

The pharmaceutical industry has undergone substantial changes in the past few years. Traditionally, pharmaceutical operations were conducted manually, which had several disadvantages, such as slowed processes, poor product quality, and patient safety.

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How You Can Harness Automation To Ensure Field Service Compliance

G2

As business demands grow and regulations tighten, keeping up with regulations isn’t just a box to check – it’s a constant, complex challenge.