Mon.Jul 01, 2024

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EU says Meta ad model violates Digital Markets Act

Martech

European Union regulators today said Facebook’s parent Meta violated its Digital Markets Act with its “pay or consent” ad model and may face massive fines. In this model, users must either pay to use Meta’s platforms ad-free or consent to their data being processed for personalized advertising. A statement released today said the model does not allow users to exercise their “right to freely consent” to the combination of their personal data.

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The Top 11 Reasons You're Struggling to Increase Sales (and How to Overcome Them)

Iannarino

Discover the key obstacles holding you back from achieving your sales goals and learn actionable strategies to overcome them.

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The “Problem Focused” ICP

Partners in Excellence

“We” tend to be very sloppy in our definition and focus on our Ideal Customer Profile. Yet it is probably the single most important thing to producing results. We tend to define the functions that may be the purchasers/users of our solutions. “We sell IT solutions to CIOs and their teams.” “We sell sales/marketing solutions, to CROs and their teams.” “We sell financial solutions to CFOs and their teams.” But every IT exec, CRO, CFO probably donR

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5 Tips for Successful Upmarket Expansion with Thoropass CRO and Head of Demand Gen

SaaStr

When is the right time to move upmarket, and how will you do it well? It sounds great to be able to sell to more people and sell bigger deals, but are you ready? Thoropass CRO Bryan Caplin and Head of Demand Generation Jenna Keegan share when you should move upmarket and 5 tips for how to move upmarket successfully. When Should You Move Upmarket? First, you need to know if there’s an opportunity to move upmarket.

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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 failsafe approach to building strategic nurture paths

Martech

With intense pressure on marketing teams, capturing and retaining user attention is more competitive than ever. Many B2B marketers focus on generating leads for sales, but the real goal is to create strategic nurture paths that guide potential customers through discovery, trust-building and self-driven conversion. While there are many ways to build a powerful nurturing campaign, everything we’ll unpack here is simply based on what makes the most sense when you put yourself in the end user’

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Dear SaaStr: If You Want to Buy Shares from a Founder That Has Left the Company, What Price Do You Use?

SaaStr

Dear SaaStr: If you have old founders who left the company and kept their shares, on what valuation you buy their shares? Generally speaking, there are two paradigms: Buy them out at Common Stock price (which is what they in fact own), based on the lastest option pricing. 409a; or Buty them out at the Preferred Stock price (what VCs have, or will, buy the stock at), or some discount thereto (often 10%-25%) Depending on timing, the difference, or “spread”, can be material.

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Prompt injection added to Bing Webmaster Guidelines

Search Engine Land

Microsoft added a new guideline to its Bing Webmaster Guidelines named “prompt injection.” Its goal is to cover the abuse and attack of language models by websites and webpages. Prompt injection guideline. The new guideline was posted at the bottom of the current Bing Webmaster Guidelines. It reads: Prompt injection: Do not add content on your webpages which attempts to perform prompt injection attacks on language models used by Bing.

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Data Loss Prevention (DLP): Types, Tips, and More

G2

Regardless of your industry, the data your business holds needs protection. This is especially the case as companies move more toward remote workforces and rely on cloud infrastructures to share information.

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Google expands Audience Signal Targeting to App campaigns

Search Engine Land

Google quietly expanded availability of Audience Signal Targeting for App campaigns, a feature previously only available for Performance Max campaigns. While Google hasn’t made an official announcement, advertisers are reporting the ability to use Audience Signal Targeting in their App campaigns. Why it matters. This update gives advertisers more control over their App campaign targeting, potentially improving campaign efficiency and performance.

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Virtual Digital Assets: How to Create With Them The Latest Technology

G2

Virtual digital assets (VDAs) operate on blockchain technology without intermediaries like banks or other financial institutions. They minimize transaction costs and offer creatives new ways to monetize their work.

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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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Google expands conversion tracking for Merchant Center

Search Engine Land

Google Merchant Center will soon track conversion events beyond those attributed to clicks on Shopping free listings, including conversions from Search web results and other sources. Why it matters. This change aims to provide merchants with more comprehensive performance data and optimize the Google shopping experience. Key details: The update will roll out in the coming months.

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Mind Body Unity with Ellen J. Langer

Sell Or Die

Ellen J. Langer is the author of eleven books, including the international bestseller Mindfulness, which has been translated into fifteen languages, and Counterclockwise: Mindful Health and the Power of Possibility. Most recently, she is the author of The Mindful Body: Thinking Our Way to Chronic Health. Langer is the recipient of, among other numerous awards and honors, a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Award for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology in the Public Interest from the American Psy

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Microsoft Advertising launches Property Center and expands Lodging Campaigns

Search Engine Land

Microsoft Advertising introduced Property Center, an evolution of Hotel Center, and made Lodging Campaigns globally available. Why they matter. These new features aim to help property owners and managers attract more customers and increase bookings with simplified campaign management and expanded reach. Key features: Property Center: A centralized hub for managing assets for Lodging Campaigns, including Hotel Price Ads and Property Promotion Ads.

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6 Things To Know About Getting Acquired

SaaStr

Getting acquired seems like the goal for most. Perhaps it is. No exit at all isn’t that fun for most of us. Liquidity matters, and is important, and is important to talk about. But getting acquired isn’t as simple as just signing some paperwork and getting some cash or shares. A few more existential thoughts and learnings: 1. The “quality”/brand of the acquirer is less important than we tend to think Selling is selling.

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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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Organic link building for sales landing pages by Citation Labs

Search Engine Land

Join Garrett French and James Wirth from Citation Labs to learn how to supplement your Digital PR efforts with white-hat, ROI-focused link-building campaigns that increase rankings for your sales landing pages. After this session, you’ll be able to: Plan, launch and track the impact of a sales page link building campaign Identify contextual, funnel-relevant topics Find, pitch and convert publishers Track and report the impact your links have Watch now!

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GDPR is a help, not a hindrance, to marketing

Martech

You’ve launched new social campaigns, optimized your website and established thought leadership opportunities. While these are crucial to running a successful business today, there is a critical fourth element that can’t be overlooked: Data privacy. Six years ago, the European Union set global standards for data privacy compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

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Search everywhere optimization: 7 platforms SEOs need to optimize for beyond Google

Search Engine Land

What’s the “new” SEO ? It’s “search everywhere optimization.” This means that, as organic search strategists, we must take more ownership to optimize beyond Google. Search is more fractured than ever, so people turn to places beyond Google to find what they need. My agency has access to a wealth of proprietary and client data and we’re seeing that, as search fractures, it’s tough to maintain and grow organic traffic.

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Organic link building for sales landing pages by Citation Labs

Martech

Join Garrett French and James Wirth from Citation Labs to learn how to supplement your Digital PR efforts with white-hat, ROI-focused link-building campaigns that increase rankings for your sales landing pages. After this session, you’ll be able to: Plan, launch and track the impact of a sales page link building campaign Identify contextual, funnel-relevant topics Find, pitch and convert publishers Track and report the impact your links have Watch now!

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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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Steve Ganem, Product Director of Google Analytics, on GA4

Search Engine Land

As we bid Google Universal Analytics (UA) its final adieu , we caught up with Product Director of Google Analytics, Steve Ganem, about its successor — Google Analytics 4 (GA4). We wanted to know how its meeting the needs of digital marketers, its privacy compliance, and what’s on the roadmap for enhancements. (The interview was edited for brevity and clarity.

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How to harness marketing data to support holistic business strategy

Search Engine Land

An effective business strategy must align development, promotion and sales with overall business goals to ensure sustainable growth and a successful market approach. Marketing often becomes isolated from broader strategies, leading to missed opportunities, inefficiencies and a lack of visibility into what works. Bridging this gap is essential to advance marketing strategies and use data to refine key business questions, set executive objectives and develop go-to-market plans.

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