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5 Signs Your Company has a Toxic Sales Culture

Iannarino

When people are quietly quitting, working from home, and avoiding the office, it's important to make sure your culture isn't the root cause. Most sales cultures are okay, some are exceptional, and others are toxic. There is a saying attributed to the great management consultant Peter Drucker (even though there is no evidence he said it): "Culture eats strategy for breakfast.

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Selling Finance Products – 5 x Effective Tips

The 5% Institute

Selling finance products can sometimes feel a bit harder than selling other product types. Generally, when selling finance products, you’re selling the invisible; an intangible outcome products and results that’ll benefit them financially. Compared to that of a physical product – people can see, hear or feel what they’re buying. That’s why when selling finance products, you need to have a slightly different format and process to close more consistently.

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The Factor That Will Make or Break Your Sales Initiative - and How To Get It Right

Force Management

This blog is part of our Mission Critical Success Series, where we dive into the strategies leaders are using to execute on mission critical sales objectives during times of economic change. Each week, we will cover a different essential area of sales effectiveness. Check our blog next week for the newest installment, or subscribe for updates straight to your inbox.

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Why and How to Conduct a Competitive Content Analysis

Heinz Marketing

By Michelle Voznyuk , Senior Marketing Consultant at Heinz Marketing. For years, B2B organizations have focused on developing content to support their demand generation efforts. But more recently, buyers have changed the way they consume information and interact with businesses. Today, buyers no longer wait for organizations to reach out to them to make decisions.

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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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The 5 Stages of Grief After Losing a Deal

Spiro Technologies

Sales is filled with the highest highs and the lowest lows. There’s nothing better than finally closing a deal that’s taken months of your life to push over the finish line, and nothing worse than missing your quota by a hair, forcing you to question whether you should even be in sales to begin with. But there’s one low that somehow feels worse than most of the others: losing a deal that you were sure would close.

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Why Segmentation is Key for SaaS Email Marketing

Predictable Revenue

Jane Portman joins the Predictable Revenue podcast to discuss why segmentation is key for email marketing and how to properly segment outbound sales campaigns. The post Why Segmentation is Key for SaaS Email Marketing appeared first on Predictable Revenue.

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The Role of Artificial Intelligence in Business Transformation

Sales Pop!

In the last decade, there have been considerable advancements in business technology. Moreover, both small and large businesses recognize the role of technology in helping them achieve their goals. Many business technologies have emerged in recent years, but few are as progressive and disruptive as artificial intelligence (AI). But what is AI all about?

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Inflation Isn’t Going Away, but You Can Still Keep Your Wireless and Telecom Customers Happy

Salesforce

With all the wireless and telecom options out there, communications service providers know that staying competitive means giving customers a reason to stay loyal. Throw inflationary price hikes into the mix, and that makes customer retention even more critical. Yes, inflation is still having an impact on the communications industry, and those price increases could cost customers.

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Uber ads are coming, and they’re already raising privacy concerns

Search Engine Land

Ubers’ new journey ads will be shown in the Uber app at least three times during the riders’ journey. The new feature will let brands place ads using data drawn from riders’ travel history and their precise geographic destinations, according to Uber. In an example from The Wall Street Journal, if a user books an Uber to a specific retailer, cinema or airport, for example, a company could buy ads centered on that location.

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Gartner: Business Software Spend Still Forecast to Rise 11.3% to $880 Billion in 2023

SaaStr

So are we in some sort of downturn — or aren’t we? One thing that is clear is that public SaaS and Cloud stock prices are way down. But is spending? I’m not so sure. In my own portfolio , more of my investments had a record month in October than a rough month. Still, I see almost all the ones that are struggling blame “the economy”, rather than themselves.

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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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3 Exercises to Hone Your Team’s Consultative Selling Skills

criteria for success

As a sales manager, how do you improve your team’s performance? Increase commissions? Set up internal competitions? Address poor performance? These tactics may improve salesperson productivity if they’re already doing the right things, but selling requires deliberate practice. If you want to make a real difference in sales performance, the key for many salespeople is coaching.

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Webinar: 5 ways to improve content strategy in 2023 by Cynthia Ramsaran

Search Engine Land

Digital content creation and management have never been more complicated. These workflows now need to accommodate remote workers and resources, worldwide offices, and security and privacy concerns, not to mention the growing need for content and creative teams to produce more content in less time. So how are the most successful content and creative teams currently executing production and managing workflows?

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100+ questions you must ask when developing a website

Martech

As a long-time web marketer (since 1998 — that’s like 160 internet years!), I’m a bit of a stickler for things that impact my online marketing efforts. Aside from actual on-page optimization and linking efforts, there is nothing that impacts a site’s performance more than the development and design. In fact, a site with excellent on-page optimization and strong linking will always suffer under a poorly coded site architecture and/or design.

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Google My Ad Center updates give users more, expanded controls

Search Engine Land

Google’s My Ad Center today will start rolling out to users, globally, to provide control over the kinds of ads they see across Google on Search, YouTube and Discover. New features and controls. The new My Ad Center controls will also allow you to block sensitive ads and learn more about the information used to personalize your ad experience. More controls for activities used to personalize ads.

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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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The evolution of the marketing technologist: How martech roles have changed during the last 7 years

Martech

Seven years ago, marketing technologist roles were, arguably, in their infancy. At the risk of being nostalgic, it was a simpler time for our industry: the martech landscape was comprised of a mere 1,000 solutions and nobody had even heard of Cambridge Analytica. Adobe hadn’t bought Magento or Marketo and LinkedIn hadn’t yet joined the Microsoft family.

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Recession Proofing: Your Company is as Strong as Its Weakest Link

The Advantexe Advisor

The whispers of a coming recession have turned into shouts just as the leaves have accelerated their fall from the trees. Before we know it, the 4 th quarter, and the year, will be over and we will be facing much uncertainty as we enter 2023. Many business leaders and experts are predicting a significant recession hitting us soon and it seems inevitable that there will be a downturn in the economy.

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Thanks to Capacity, ChurnZero, Justworks, Strike Graph, and Vouris for Sponsoring SaaStr Annual 2023!

SaaStr

SaaStr events couldn’t happen without our partners, and we wanted to give a special shout-out to some of our newest sponsors for SaaStr Annual 2023. At the 9th ever SaaStr Annual, ~200 of the best and hottest companies on earth will go BIG as partners/sponsors. Join these incredible companies to experience all the value of SaaStr! Capacity is an AI-powered support automation platform that connects your entire tech stack to answer questions, automate repetitive support tasks, and assemble

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Make it. Move it. Sell it. — Episode #10

Spiro Technologies

Transcript. Adam Honig: Hello and welcome to Make it. Move it. Sell it. On this podcast, I talk with company leaders about how they’re modernizing the business of making, moving, selling products, and of course, having fun along the way. I’m your host, Adam Honig, the CEO of Spiro.ai. We make amazing AI software for companies in the supply chain, but we are not talking about that today.

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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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What Covid-19 Taught Us About Business Insurance

Sales Pop!

COVID-19 sent the entire globe reeling, and the uncertainty brought a lot of stress. Many avoid dwelling on memories of shelter-in-place orders because of all the emotions such thoughts stir up. There is so much valuable information we can learn from the height of the pandemic, though. Many industries demonstrated they were learning as they went through the immediate aftermath of COVID-19.

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The Perfect Home Office.

SalesBlog!

Working from home is awesome! The flexibility of setting your own schedule, saving time and money with no commute is incredible. My home office promotes efficiency in my non-traditional work environment. So what does that actually mean? Consider the following tips to help define a perfect home office for your new business. Desk size and where it will be located.

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“This Is What We Do….”

Partners in Excellence

We all recognize this, “This is what we do… ,” or some variation of this appears in the first or second sentence of every prospecting message we get. The rest of the message goes on to explain more of what the sender’s company does. Perhaps they talk more about products/services. Maybe they brag about their premier customer list.

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Adam Honig Named Among Top 44 US CEOs in Direct Selling Space by CEO (Boardroom Media)

Spiro Technologies

The post Adam Honig Named Among Top 44 US CEOs in Direct Selling Space by CEO (Boardroom Media) appeared first on Spiro.

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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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Google penalties, manual actions and notifications: A complete guide

Search Engine Land

Google reserves the right to apply manual actions, better known as penalties, to websites it finds in violation of its Search Essentials (previously known as Google’s Webmaster Guidelines). The specific reasons and scope of manual actions can be manifold, and the actual impact may range from barely noticeable to utterly disastrous for a website’s presence in organic Google Search results.

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Oracle launches industry-specific AI models for its Unity CDP

Martech

Oracle has announced the availability of 15 industry-specific AI models within the Oracle Unity CDP. These models will support customer data activation for brands in the automotive, CPG, communications, financial services, healthcare, high-tech, and utilities industries. The AI models will process data to surface insights and next-step recommendations specific to the needs of those industries.

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How do you hire a marketing technologist?

Martech

Martech is an emerging discipline that constitutes the intersection of traditional marketing fundamentals and bleeding-edge technologies. How do companies find and recruit people that sit within this intersection? How do you recruit marketing technologists when the ideal candidates might not even think to identify themselves in that rubric? Dig deeper: The evolution of the marketing technologist: How martech roles have changed during the last 7 years.

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What is the metaverse and how can we get there?

Martech

Marketers are making inroads in virtual worlds, but there is still a long way to go before reaching the metaverse, according to two experts who spoke at The MarTech Conference. That’s why it’s on the to-do list for so many companies, but as a long-term play. In our flash survey , over three quarters of marketers were planning some kind of metaverse activation, but for 28.7%, this was coming six or more years down the road.

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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.

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Manifesto for the makers of the metaverse

Martech

We all have a part to play in the making of the metaverse. In its purest form, the metaverse will be a virtual playground of interconnected digital worlds where we can connect, work, play, build and live. How our digital lives are shaped in the future hinges on the decisions we are making right now, at this moment. We all need to pay close attention to the assumptions, beliefs, judgments and biases we hold when we consider our digital selves and the digital lives of others.