Fri.Feb 24, 2023

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How to Build a B2B Sales Flywheel for Revenue Growth

Iannarino

A flywheel is a mechanical device used to smooth out energy in combustion engines. It's also a heavy wheel used to oppose and moderate the fluctuation of speed through its inertia. Jim Collins, the author of several books about how companies grow or decline, added a monograph called Turning the Flywheel to accompany his book Good to Great. The monograph explains why some companies build momentum and others don't.

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Does Anyone Want To Be a Unicorn Anymore?

SaaStr

So few things were more coveted than unicorn status from about ‘16-‘19. It was a sign you were one of the elite, and it made recruiting and so much more easier. Stewart Butterfield noted that how important it was for Slack at the time to become a unicorn — period. Then things changed from mid-2020 to early 2022. It seemed like everyone become a unicorns.

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The Importance of Finding Your Authentic Voice and Message in Business

Sales Pop!

As a business owner, it’s crucial to understand that you have to start with self-reflection. Discovery before you can market yourself effectively. In order to communicate effectively about your business, you must present yourself in a way that is perceived as like-kind by your audience. In order to achieve this, you must have a clearly articulated outcome that orientates the brain and provides a sense of understanding between you and your audience.

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HubSpot’s January 2023 releases: The manager’s guide

Martech

Creating goals based on any property and a beta for including marketing email analytics in the custom report builder highlight HubSpot’s January releases. Here’s a list of the latest HubSpot updates: Create custom goals based on any property Build custom reports using marketing email analytics (beta) Use HubSpot Subscriptions with free trial offers Add a terms of service link to HubSpot Payments Schedule meetings faster using calendar view Get a more complete view of customer inter

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Welcome to the Future of Hospitality: Smart Rooms Start Here

Speaker: Jady West, VP of Hospitality & Chris Bennett, Head of Sales & Engineering

The modern hotel room is no longer just a place to stay—it’s an experience to remember. Today’s guests expect seamless 5G connectivity, personalized comfort, and high-tech convenience. From AI-powered smart room controls to in-room entertainment and app-based services, technology is redefining hospitality from the inside out. In this new session featuring industry pros Jady West and Chris Bennett, we’ll explore how high-speed, high-bandwidth connectivity powers the innovations that are enabling

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The GA4 migration deadline is right around the corner

Search Engine Land

Google is sunsetting Universal Analytics (UA) on July 1st. Starting in March, Google will automatically create Google Analytics 4 (GA4) properties for any customer who does not set up a GA4 property with basic settings. If you do not opt-out of auto migration by February 28, 2023, Google will transition your UA account to GA4 without any custom strategy.

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Only 25% of marketers report having all the data needed for personalization

Martech

Only 25% of marketers say they have all the data they need to execute on their personalization strategy , according to a new report from marketing researchers Ascend2. Further, only 19% strongly agreed that their technology is up to the job. The data on data isn’t all bad. Some 49% of marketers agreed “somewhat” they had enough data for personalization efforts.

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An SEO’s guide to ChatGPT prompts

Search Engine Land

For weeks, marketers have been hearing about ChatGPT and its applications for content and SEO. Prompt engineer is even now a job: Wow – Anthropic (Google's latest $300M AI investment) is hiring a "Prompt Engineer" for $250k-$335k/yr + equity No CS degree required, just have "at least basic programming and QA skills" Wild times. pic.twitter.com/4i1sEWs5iZ — AI Breakfast (@AiBreakfast) February 14, 2023 I won’t pretend to know which SEO and digital marketing f

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Dear SaaStr: What Should a CEO Look For in Hiring a Fractional or Part-Time Chief Marketing Officer?

SaaStr

Dear SaaStr: What should a CEO look for in hiring a fractional or part-time Chief Marketing Officer? Someone that can own a number. There are tons of folks, especially in the Bay Area, who want to consult with you in a senior marketing role. Tons of them. What very few will do is own a number: Own a lead commit. Own growing your pipeline. Own a marketing budget against a revenue commit.

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Webinars: A complete guide with examples

Search Engine Land

Gathering online is a popular way to connect with a wider community that defies geography. That’s true whether you’re chatting in Slack with coworkers, tuning in for a live stream, or attending an online event or webinar. The pandemic accelerated the shift to online events. They’re still going strong and are more common now than ever.

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Unveiling the Data Behind Effective Scaling with ICONIQ Growth Partner Doug Pepper and Partner & Head of Analytics Christine Edmonds (Pod 637 + Video)

SaaStr

Over the last ten years, ICONIQ Growth has partnered with over 90 companies, seeing them grow through critical phases. The venture capital firm’s mission is to be “entrepreneurs backing entrepreneurs.” Doug Pepper, General Partner at ICONIQ Growth, has invested in software and SaaS companies for 22 years, from seed to growth stage. Christine Edmonds, Partner & Head of Analytics at ICONIQ Growth, joins Doug to share insights from the company’s latest growth and efficiency report.

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Automation, Evolved: Your New Playbook for Smarter Knowledge Work

Speaker: Frank Taliano

Documents are the backbone of enterprise operations, but they are also a common source of inefficiency. From buried insights to manual handoffs, document-based workflows can quietly stall decision-making and drain resources. For large, complex organizations, legacy systems and siloed processes create friction that AI is uniquely positioned to resolve.

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Ask–Don’t Guess–Don’t Assume….

Partners in Excellence

I’m a, sometimes, fan of Scott Osman’s posts. He just published a fascinating article, “ Ask Don’t Wonder” He makes the observation: “In too many situations, uncertainty was causes by trying to figure out what was going on rather than just asking the people who knew.” Our inability to do this, creates unnatural tension in ourselves and in those we work with.

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How to find prospects online: 6 channels to consider

PandaDoc

In order to develop an efficient sales process, every company must develop a sales prospecting strategy as a priority. In other words, it is about identifying potential customers and communicating systematically with them. The goal is to move from the status of a potential buyer to that of a customer by using different communication channels. Thus, successful commercial prospecting will allow your company to increase sales, revenue, and customer lifetime value.

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Episode 19: The Predictive Index and MVP Results Take a Scientific Approach to Talent Optimization and Retention

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, and 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’re not talking about that today.

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How to find prospects online: 6 channels to consider

PandaDoc

In order to develop an efficient sales process, every company must develop a sales prospecting strategy as a priority. In other words, it is about identifying potential customers and communicating systematically with them. The goal is to move from the status of a potential buyer to that of a customer by using different communication channels. Thus, successful commercial prospecting will allow your company to increase sales, revenue, and customer lifetime value.

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Get Higher-Quality B2B Leads That Convert!

B2B marketers face a number of challenges, including: continuously generating great leads converting leads to active sales prospects finding vendors that deliver real results Aggregage has proven content syndication, webinar, online advertising and intent signal marketing programs that deliver higher-quality leads. More than 700 companies have already benefited from our programs.

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This day in search marketing history: February 25

Search Engine Land

SEOs upset over Google dropping attribution in featured snippets In 2019, SEOs were not happy about a Google featured snippet format that didn’t immediately show the source of the content. For the Found on the web card, searchers had to click to expand the featured snippet and then scroll through various sources to see the publisher. Danny Sullivan, Google’s Search Liaison said Google’s support of the overall ecosystem (searchers, advertisers and publishers) is important. “We d

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