Tue.Aug 22, 2023

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If I Were Your Sales Manager

Iannarino

If you were my salesperson, I would tell you to start your week on Sunday by planning your schedule for the upcoming work week. This will prevent you from looking in your inbox for something to do so you can focus on the activities that will have the biggest impact on your sales performance.

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The Secret To Selling Success

Partners in Excellence

After rigorous research and discussion with many expert colleagues, I’ve discovered the universal secret to Selling Success. Before getting into, it’s important to understand the methodology underlying the research. I did a rigorous scan of the literature, mostly the articles and discussions in my feed in LinkedIn. I assessed likes, comments, reposts the articles by the experts produced.

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Dear SaaStr: As a CEO, Who is The Most Talented Founder You Have Ever Met?

SaaStr

Dear SaaStr: As a CEO, Who is The Most Talented Founder You Have Ever Met? A few of the most talented I’ve ever met. Ok, let me qualify this by saying earlier in my career. As part of SaaStr, I meet so many incredible founders from HubSpot to Monday to Slack and more that I can’t count those, for the most part. So I’m excluded the CEOs and founders, for the most part, that I’ve met though SaaStr itself as there are too many great ones.

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Google on ranking updates: Focus on big picture, not individual signals

Search Engine Land

The key to your SEO success is publishing authentic content and thinking about ranking in terms of concepts, rather than individual signals. That’s according to Googlers Martin Splitt, John Mueller and Danny Sullivan in the latest Search Off the Record episode. The group discussed ranking updates and systems, content, the importance of user-centricity and more.

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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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Why you should always ask why: Strategy must lead tactics in marketing planning

Martech

Remember the COVID times? I’ll wait while you stop twitching. It was hellish for a while, but for marketers, it was also all about doing things, about reacting to swiftly changing events. Everything was rush-rush. We had to act fast out of necessity because there was no time to waste…or think. Everything was fluid and insane. Marketers certainly demonstrated their tenacity in navigating the unknown and getting things done.

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Google releases August 2023 broad core update

Search Engine Land

Google is now rolling out the August 2023 broad core update. This is the second broad core update of 2023; the previous core update was the March 2023 core update that started on March 15, 2023, and ended on March 28. It has been just over five months since Google’s last broad core update. The announcement. Google announced this on Twitter and updated its search updates page: “Released the August 2023 core update.

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Strategic Thinking: Why Campbells Bought Rao’s Sauce for $2.7 Billion

The Advantexe Advisor

Prior to the major announcement last week that Campbell’s was purchasing Rao’s pasta sauce, the company generated about $580 in top-line revenue which means their revenue-to-value ratio (the relationship between revenue generation and market value was 4.66 which is extremely high for a consumer-packaged food product. But then again, Rao’s is not just another pasta sauce.

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For ABM marketing, don’t get lost in technology

Martech

Account-based marketing (ABM) is a B2B strategy with evolving technology that helps marketers identify in-market prospects and craft digital experiences for buying groups and individual group members. The strategy and technology go hand-in-hand because ABM is intrinsically strategic. For this reason, marketing organizations should keep strategy as their top priority so they don’t get lost in the technology.

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The Context of Positioning: An “Obviously Awesome” Book Summary – Part 1

Heinz Marketing

By Sarah Threet , Marketing Consultant At Heinz Marketing, we value continuous learning and growth. We want to be the kind of consultants who are always on top of the latest trends so we can position ourselves as a strategic resource for our clients. Topically, the next book that we have been reading is a book on positioning, “Obviously Awesome: How to Nail Product Positioning so Customers Get It, Buy It, Love It” by April Dunford.

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How to map your selling process to the way your B2B customers buy: A case study

Martech

B2B buying has changed dramatically in the last decade, and marketers need to change with it. Let’s look at a company that figured out how to change their marketing to meet their buyers’ behavior and create a positioning that added greater value to their perception in the marketplace. How an industrial chemical pumps manufacturer modernized its go-to-market strategy Finish Thompson is a family-owned manufacturer of pumps for moving fluids — usually chemicals — founded in 1951 and based in Eerie,

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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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TikTok starts serving ads in its search results

Search Engine Land

TikTok is going to start serving ads in its search results. Brands will be able to target users specifically using the app’s search box to look up products by using a new feature on the TikTok Ads Manager program called the Search Ads Toggle. The tool is not a standalone product, but an extension of an advertiser’s TikTok video ad buy. It leverages existing In-Feed Ad creatives to display adverts alongside organic search results from related user queries.

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Inside the Sales Call with Chris Brewer

Predictable Revenue

Chris Brewer shares his pre-call preparation strategy, primarily for inbound lead generation, with insights adaptable to outbound leads. The post Inside the Sales Call with Chris Brewer appeared first on Predictable Revenue.

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Why you should prep your holiday SEO campaigns now and how

Search Engine Land

Black Friday, Cyber Monday, Christmas, Boxing Day, and all the other holiday shopping days are not too far away. Really. Black Friday is just over 90 days away as of this writing. If you have a client or business dependent on the seasonal end-of-year holidays for revenue, there are a few reasons why you should already be actively preparing your SEO campaigns for the holiday season: It can take eight weeks (or more) to index a page , if it gets indexed at all.

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Exploring the Exciting Future Scope of Java Programming

The Digital Technology

The future scope of Java is bright. If you’re a developer, you know that Java is one of the most popular and widely used programming languages. But will it stay relevant in the coming years?

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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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Bing Chat data may never come to Bing Webmaster Tools

Search Engine Land

Microsoft told us that we should expect Bing Chat data in Bing Webmaster Tools by May 2023 , well, we are now a few months after that deadline and we still do not have any Bing Chat data in Bing Webmaster Tools. In fact, Bing has been talking about this feature since February and guess what, now Bing has gone silent about it. What Microsoft is saying now.

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Overcoming Sales Reluctance – A Detailed Guide

The 5% Institute

In the fast-paced world of sales, where success hinges on effective communication and persuasion, the phenomenon of “sales reluctance” can be a significant hurdle to overcome. Sales reluctance refers to the hesitancy or resistance that sales professionals often face when reaching out to potential clients or customers. This article delves into the reasons behind sales reluctance and provides actionable strategies to overcome it, empowering salespeople to build stronger connections and

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5 ways to improve PPC lead quality

Search Engine Land

Online leads are not all equal. The quality of those leads ultimately matters in driving meaningful business outcomes. Focusing on high-quality leads in your PPC campaigns increases your return on investment for your marketing dollars. Additionally, improving lead quality allows salespeople to focus on more promising opportunities, streamline their sales process, and cultivate a loyal customer base.

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Mastering the Sales Cycle: Definition, Stages, and Tips [+Infographic]

RAIN Group

No two deals are ever quite the same, but every seller needs the same set of core skills to win sales. From the first outreach to closing a deal, each of these skills is necessary to move the sales cycle forward.

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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.

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Google Search app could soon introduce a new Notes feature

Search Engine Land

Google appears to be working on a new experimental feature that would let users respond to links in search results via text, images and stickers, 9to5Google reported. Why we care. There is already a lot of competition for attention in Google’s search results. If this search feature graduates from Labs, there will be even more competition in the SERPs, which could impact your organic search traffic.

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5 Top Things to Remember When Starting a Company

SaaStr

It took us 2 years just to figure out our ultimate business model. What you think you do on day 1 may look very different by day 365. [link] — Aaron Levie (@levie) September 11, 2020 My Top 5 Things to Remember When Starting a Company:: #1. Fixing the Founding Team is Very, Very Painful. Take the time to get it right. I was unstoppable when I had aligned, great co-founders.

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The 5 degrees of link relevance

Search Engine Land

SEO is easy enough, in theory. The strategies are obvious if you’ve been around the block. What’s hard about SEO is the actual execution and implementation. The consistency. On a daily basis. Nowhere is this more obvious than link building. This article will explain why. You’ll also learn how to use the “5 degrees of link relevance” framework to craft the best theoretical strategy and the best path to consistently build high-quality, relevant links over the long run.

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GTM 57: The Real/Raw Version of Selling a Start-Up with Eli Rubel

Sales Hacker

Eli Rubel is the CEO of MatterMade and NoBoringDesign , and has served as a Marketing advisor for companies like Dropbox, Loom, Productboard, Calm, and many others. Prior to MatterMade & NoBoringDesign, Eli was the founding CEO of Glider.com which he led through a successful acquisition to FPX. What you will learn The importance of leveraging Demand Efficiency for your business Being aware of the bad actors that exist in business Extreme diligence on contract work should not be overl

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The Intersection of AI and Sales: Personalization Without Compromise

Speaker: Jesse Hunter and Brynn Chadwick

Today’s buyers expect more than generic outreach–they want relevant, personalized interactions that address their specific needs. For sales teams managing hundreds or thousands of prospects, however, delivering this level of personalization without automation is nearly impossible. The key is integrating AI in a way that enhances customer engagement rather than making it feel robotic.

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From Professional Athlete to CEO with Dre Baldwin

Sell Or Die

In this Sell or Die episode we dive in with ex-professional athlete and current CEO Dre Baldwin. Dre is the CEO and Founder of Work On Your Game Inc. He has given 4 TEDx Talks and has successfully authored 33 books. Dre had a 9-year professional basketball career, playing in 8 countries. Dre’s framework is the "roadmap in reverse" for professional mindset, strategy, systems and accountability.

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