Mon.Nov 27, 2023

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Understanding Why Sales Teams Prioritize Prospective Client Qualification

Iannarino

You want your sales team to qualify prospective clients. You don’t want them to pursue prospects not likely to buy from your sales team. Yet, the ridiculous amount of pipeline you require makes it easy to add an opportunity with nothing more than a first meeting.

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Google Search now supports discussion forum and profile page structured data

Search Engine Land

Google Search supports discussion forum and profile page structured data. This functionality allows Google to show “first-person perspectives from social media platforms, forums, and other communities” within the search results. In addition, Google added new Search Console reports to support those who added structured data to their pages, the company announced.

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“Pursuing Better, Differently……”

Partners in Excellence

I was excited to see the CMO of one of my clients speaking about a pillar their culture, “Pursuing Better, Differently… ” It’s such a critical concept, particularly if we want to stand out to our customers and differentiate our companies. It’s so important, if we want to continue to grow, outperforming others. It’s, also, so obvious–or should be.

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How to find high-potential keywords for SEO

Search Engine Land

High-potential keywords are phrases that bring relevant traffic to your website and lead to revenue. While Google Keyword Planner and SEO tools are useful, they focus on search volume and intent, not necessarily revenue. To find keywords that actually lead to sales, it’s important to explore other sources that combine website traffic with actual conversions.

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AI Strategies for Sales Managers: How to Cut Down on Tedious Admin Work

What if you could help your sellers stop wasting 72% of their day on non-selling activities and focus on bringing in revenue? Incorporating AI in your enablement workflows can help you cut down on busy work, get projects done faster, and let your team (and you!) focus on making a bigger impact. We put together this guide to show you how to use AI to cut time and costs for projects, including collateral creation, development of training videos, and automating tedious processes.

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Personalization and real-time interaction management: Best of the Chatbot

Martech

Best of the Chatbot showcases MarTechBot’s responses to prompts submitted by readers. The language model is based on content from MarTech embedded on top of ChatGPT. The editors of MarTech selected this response for its usefulness and have supplemented it with additional relevant content. I am the first generative AI chatbot for marketing technology professionals.

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Google Search Console was down today

Search Engine Land

Google Search Console went down at about 8 am ET today and is still down at the time this story was published. Search Console was down and inaccessible for about 50 minutes. The tool went down at about 8 am ET and returned at 8:52 am ET. Google is aware. At about 8:30 am ET Google’s Daniel Waisberg replied to some concerns on X with a bit of a joke, he said, “I was looking for a plug to charge my phone, so I had to unplug the server.” “Joking aside, we’re working on

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YouTube steps up roll out of Shorts ads

Search Engine Land

YouTube Shorts ads are being rolled out to more advertisers as the solution moves from beta to general availability. For the first time, Marketers are reporting the ability to choose Short ads as a video format, integrate them with in-stream ads and combine them with in-feed ads. While many advertisers worldwide are finally gaining access to these new options, Google notes that this feature is not yet available on all accounts, but will be rolled out to all advertisers within the coming months.

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How HubSpot found the right sports sponsorship partner

Martech

Brand sponsorships require some very sophisticated matchmaking. Both sides are tying their public image to that of the other organization — which they have no control over. It’s easy to think of big failures: In 2001, the Houston Astros had to rip the name Enron off their stadium when the company collapsed. Earlier this year the Miami Heat had to do the same when naming-rights owner FTX filed for bankruptcy.

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Number of websites blocking Google-Extended jump 180%

Search Engine Land

More than 250 websites now block Google-Extended , the “standalone product token” Google introduced Sept. 28 to let you block Bard, Vertex AI generative APIs and future generations of models from accessing your content. That’s according to research shared exclusively with Search Engine Land by the Detailed.com team. Why we care. There has been much debate and discussion about whether brands and businesses should block any bots (e.g., GPTBot , CCBot) that crawl content that is then used to

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

Martech

HubSpot’s October releases include same object associations, adding external webpages to campaigns, AI assistant and ChatSpot additions, and more. Here are the updates relevant to managers. Associate records of the same object type (beta) To correctly demonstrate how your business relationships connect with each other, HubSpot now allows you to associate records of the same type (e.g., connecting contacts to contacts or companies to companies).

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Prepare Now: 2025's Must-Know Trends For Product And Data Leaders

Speaker: Jay Allardyce, Deepak Vittal, Terrence Sheflin, and Mahyar Ghasemali

As we look ahead to 2025, business intelligence and data analytics are set to play pivotal roles in shaping success. Organizations are already starting to face a host of transformative trends as the year comes to a close, including the integration of AI in data analytics, an increased emphasis on real-time data insights, and the growing importance of user experience in BI solutions.

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What is technical SEO?

Search Engine Land

Technical SEO refers to the process of improving a website’s architecture and backend elements to improve its visibility and performance on search engines. Tackling such SEO projects often requires collaboration between technical SEO specialists and web developers, especially for large sites. Technical SEO examines page load speed, site architecture, security, internal linking, etc., to eliminate friction points that might hinder search bots from properly crawling, indexing and rendering a websi

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How Salesforce Runs Its Internal Forecasting Process with Salesforce’s VP Sales Strategy & Programs and RVP SMB Sales

SaaStr

​Accurate sales forecasting is more critical to business success than most realize. Having a predictable pipeline enables more effective decision-making, from headcount planning to strategic investments in technology and beyond. During SaaStr Annual , Eric Huff, VP of Sales Strategy and Programs, and Theresa Stevens, Regional VP of the SMB sales team, shared an “under the hood” look at how Salesforce does its internal forecasting using Salesforce.

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Google tells ‘freaked out’ advertisers to ignore account suspension notification

Search Engine Land

Google Ads mistakenly sent out an email telling some advertisers that their accounts had been suspended. The notification, which was triggered by a technical fault, was issued just hours before the Thanksgiving holiday, causing some marketers to “freak out” Google confirmed the error shortly after and reassured advertisers to disregard the message.

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Getting Started as a New Sales Manager (Part One) feat. Mike Weinberg

Sales Gravy

On this episode of the Sales Gravy Podcast, I sit down with Mike Weinberg for Part One of our conversation on the state of the Sales Profession, sales leadership, and getting started as a new sales manager. This conversation was a special treat because Mike is such an important and trusted voice within the sales profession and it is rare that Mike and I can find the time to get together.

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How to Prove Marketing Value: Demonstrate Content ROI and Contribution to Sales

Every marketer knows how important it is to prove their efforts drive sales opportunities, but that’s easier said than done. When problems like sales and marketing misalignment, lack of data, and wasted efforts persist, marketers can’t measure, prove, or increase their impact on revenue at a time when demonstrating marketing value is critical. Using analyst and expert data, this guide to marketing impact and content attribution explains: How B2B buyers use content The most common types of conten

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Google is updating its Video publisher policy

Search Engine Land

Google is planning to update its Video publisher policy on 1 April 2024. All video inventory monetized with Google ad code (“Video Inventory”) through AdSense, Ad Manager, and AdMob, in accordance with the Google Publisher Policies, will be impacted. The move aims to streamline policies across various Google products and align them with current industry standards, such as IAB OpenRTB.

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The Anatomy of an Ideal Sales Hire According to Meet Recruiting's US Team Lead

Hubspot

Welcome to "The Pipeline" — a weekly column from HubSpot, featuring actionable advice and insight from real sales leaders. There are a lot of standard qualities most companies look for when recruiting sales professionals. Businesses want candidates who check the traditional boxes — goal-oriented, optimistic, coachable, persuasive, and so on. While those are all key bases to cover when recruiting salespeople, there are some lesser-considered elements that, in my experience, make for truly ideal s

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Dear SaaStr: What Risks Do Limited Partners in VC Funds Face That General Partners Do Not?

SaaStr

Dear SaaStr: What Risks Do Limited Partners in VC Funds Face That General Partners Do Not? Limited Partners or “LPs” are the folks that give the VC partners (the “General Partners”) the actual money to invest. There are many types of LPs, but the vast majority of the money comes from large endowments, non-profits, and sovereign wealth funds.

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Women in Sales: How and Why the Sales Industry Should Include More Saleswomen

Hubspot

In a world where women make up roughly half of the population, it’s only natural that we’d see a similar distribution in sales, too. But that’s not the case. What’s more, studies show that despite women consistently hitting or even surpassing their sales quotas, they only earn 82% as much as their male counterparts. Despite these challenges and disparities, women in sales are actively working to shatter the stereotype that has lingered for far too long.

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Don't Let AI Pass You By: The New Era of Personalized Sales Coaching & Development

Speaker: Brendan Sweeney, VP of Sales & Devyn Blume, Sr. Account Executive

Are you curious about how artificial intelligence is reshaping sales coaching, learning, and development? Join Brendan Sweeney and Devyn Blume of Allego for an engaging new webinar exploring AI's transformative role in sales coaching and performance improvement! Brendan and Devyn will share actionable insights and strategies for integrating AI into coaching and development - ensuring personalized, effective, and scalable training!

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Quantum Energy Frequencies for Health

Sales Pop!

In this blog post, we will discuss the use of quantum energy frequencies for health with Rob Rene. He is the founder of Quantum Energy Solutions and Qi Strong. Rob shares his personal journey of transformation, the concept of quantum energy frequencies. And how they can be used to support overall health and well-being. Rob’s personal journey Rob Rene is a former alcoholic who turned to natural solutions to heal his body.

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Trash to Cash: 3 Business Opportunities for Entrepreneurs in 'Fix It' Culture

Hubspot

Ever thrown out a broken coffee maker? You're not alone. Coffee makers are the most represented product that needs TLC. Source: RepairMonitor Next time, just hit up a Repair Cafe and get your caffeine fix while your machine gets fixed. Community repair sites like Repair Cafes are in demand as consumers turn to fixing their old stuff, from vacuum cleaners and lamps to clothing and phones.

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Sales engagement platforms: The ultimate checklist to choose the best one

SalesLoft

Sales leaders are no longer deciding if they need a sales engagement platform. They’re deciding the best sales engagement platform for their organizations. Sales engagement platforms are built to optimize sales. According to The Forrester Wave: Sales Engagement Platforms, Q3 2022 , “There is a sales engagement platform available to support every seller in every industry, regardless of the buying motion.

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