Tue.Sep 20, 2022

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5 Characteristics of a Great Sales Team

Iannarino

A salesperson walks into a prospective client's office alone. They engage in a conversation with a contact or several contacts. At the end of the conversation, the salesperson walks out of the client's office by themself. Because this is true for a large percentage of salespeople, we don't tend to think about sales teams. There are, however, great sales teams.

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3 things customers expect from marketers to prove that they’re human

Martech

Marketers are using more automation tools to improve workflow efficiency and scale campaigns. But they have to remember that they’re marketing to humans, and that customers expect a human touch. There are three main values that customers expect at every touchpoint, according to CEO and founder of B2B marketing consultancy Simple Strat, Ali Schwanke, who spoke at The MarTech Conference.

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Dear SaaStr: How Can I Make Sure My Board Doesn’t Fire Me?

SaaStr

Dear SaaStr: How Can I Make Sure My Board Doesn’t Fire Me? Founders are often guarded toward most VCs. Perhaps they should be. That’s a different, and longer conversation. And one thing founders tend to worry about is — can I be fired by my investors? First, it’s tough to be truly fired if you control the majority of the board, voting shares, et c.

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Why You (Probably) Shouldn’t Panic About a Recession

Sales Hacker

In May 2008, I graduated college — with 1.56 million of my peers — directly into the 2008 recession. The job market vanished overnight. My classmates moved back into their childhood bedrooms, fought for part-time jobs in retail and food service. All of us asking in dismay, What happened? By 2009, unemployment for ‘08 graduates was at 9% : The door to the real world had slammed shut just as we were about to walk through it.

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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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Celebrating 20 Years of Dreamforce: 5 Reasons to Join Dream Quest 2022!

Salesforce

Exciting Dreamforce ’22 announcements What is Dream Quest? 1. Power data like never before with Salesforce Customer Data Platform, powered by Genie 2. Accelerate efficiency and reliability with Salesforce automation 3. Discover how Slack and Salesforce powers the future of work 4. Make an impact on sustainability with Salesforce 5. Walk down memory lane with throwback Trailhead badges How to get started with Dream Quest.

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How to build your DAM foundation

Martech

Selecting a digital asset management (DAM) vendor and an implementation partner puts in place the foundation you’ll use to grow your DAM. You want that foundation to be as strong and as sturdy as possible. But what do you base your decisions on? How can you be confident you’re making the right selections for your business? There are a few key factors to keep in mind as you navigate the decision process.

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Marketers likely to return to in-person events in 2023

Martech

Marketers are looking forward to returning to in-person events in the first half, and especially the second half, of 2023. As far as the rest of 2022 goes, they are split down the middle. The Event Participation Index, which we last fielded at the end of 2021, asks our readers to rate their likelihood of returning to in-person events in the near and medium-future.

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How Salesforce Uses Marketing Cloud Genie To Deliver Customer Magic

Salesforce

Like most companies, Salesforce has data in many places. Our core data, such as accounts, contacts, leads and opportunities, lives within our customer relationship management ( CRM ) system. But customers interact with our brand in more ways than that. They respond to marketing campaigns, attend our events, learn new skills on Trailhead , watch content on Salesforce+ , and engage with our customer support teams.

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Financial concerns threaten the 2023 holiday shopping season

Martech

The economy has finally replaced COVID as the main source of anxiety for consumers as brands prepare for the holiday shopping season. In fact, financial concerns have surged more than 150% YoY, while concerns about COVID have declined from 52% to 16%. These financial concerns might actually be more pressing than fear of the virus, with those expecting to have a normal holiday shopping season dropping from 60% in 2022 to 49% this year.

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Behind the Creation of Genie the Rabbit — The Newest Salesforce Character

Salesforce

You want to earn your customers’ trust, now more than ever. But delivering out-of-this-world experiences, at scale, in real time, across your whole organization isn’t exactly easy. In short, you need customer magic. Enter Genie the Rabbit, the newest Salesforce character. Genie the Rabbit represents Genie the product , bringing real-time agility, speed, and near-infinite data to every customer interaction.

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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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Q4 Pipeline Tactics: How to Unstick Your Deals NOW

Sales Hacker

Everyone wants to have a Q4 (whether you’ve worked deals all year or started working a new territory last month). Picture this: last month, you had a great discovery call. Your champion ate up every word. Now, you haven’t heard from them in weeks. If you’re tired of refreshing your inbox, join Michael Grinberg to learn how you can unstick your Q4 deals NOW.

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Outsourcing Software Development with Dawei Li

criteria for success

Happy Tuesday, Let's Talk Sales listeners! This week's guest is Dawei Li. Dawei is the co-founder and Senior Outsourcing Strategist at Aloa , a software development outsourcing platform for startups, which he co-founded as a student at Vanderbilt. He’s spent his career working with startups on more than 50 software development projects. . Dawei is based in Nashville, Tennessee.

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What Is a Salesforce Developer?

Salesforce

How developers work in the world of Salesforce What does a developer do with Salesforce? Which skills does a developer need to work with Salesforce? What are the career prospects for a developer who works with Salesforce? Which credentials and certifications are relevant for the job? Embarking on your developer career journey. Salesforce helps more than 150,000 customers in every industry connect with their customers.

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The Best Social Media Channels for Prospecting, According to 500 Sales Professionals

Hubspot

With social media, you can prospect at your fingertips — and sidestep the awkwardness of a traditional cold call. Of course, you can't afford to spend hours on social media each day, so which channels are worth your time? The HubSpot Blog surveyed 500+ sales professionals to uncover the best social media channels for prospecting. Read on to learn more about social prospecting, and discover which social media channels are most effective.

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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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How to Make a Major Career Jump with Brandon Barton

Sales Hacker

In this episode of the Sales Hacker Podcast, we have Brandon Barton , CEO of Bite and a hospitality tech entrepreneur and expert. Join us for a fantastic conversation about how to make the jump into a technology career from a non-tech career. powered by Sounder. If you missed episode 217, check it out here: What it Takes to Lead 1,200-Person Company like ZoomInfo with Tim Strickland.

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How Provider Centricity Can Lead to Better Health Outcomes

Concentrix Catalyst

In our whitepaper, Loyalty in Healthcare: Creating Connected Membership, we discussed how in a time of increasing consumerism and industry disruption, both payers and providers need to create stronger relationships […]. The post How Provider Centricity Can Lead to Better Health Outcomes appeared first on Concentrix Catalyst.

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Business Startup Advice – Plan Like You’re Going to Fail.

SalesBlog!

I started a business with a forty thousand dollar loan from a friend of mine. The business meteorically grew to over one million in sales per month within a year. I had nothing to complain about, right? Except… I was rotating my inventory 4-6 times a month. Cash flow issues were the order of the day. I went through three “bookkeepers” and as many accounting programs.

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A Forecasting Tutorial

Partners in Excellence

It was surprising to see the reactions to my post, Pipeline, Tutorial. Mistakenly, I had assumed people understood the basics around pipeline management, how to use the pipeline as a tool for maximizing personal performance, and other things. They don’t, I got a lot of great feedback about the post. But it caused other requests, people started asking for posts on other “basics.” It’s interesting, we toss these concepts around quite a bit, assuming we have a common underst

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State of AI in Sales & Marketing 2025

AI adoption is reshaping sales and marketing. But is it delivering real results? We surveyed 1,000+ GTM professionals to find out. The data is clear: AI users report 47% higher productivity and an average of 12 hours saved per week. But leaders say mainstream AI tools still fall short on accuracy and business impact. Download the full report today to see how AI is being used — and where go-to-market professionals think there are gaps and opportunities.