Fri.Aug 02, 2024

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Nature’s inspiration for transforming your marketing plan

Martech

Nature is a genius at adaptation. For over three billion years, organisms acclimated to the earth’s evolving environment with elegant strategies. The annual marketing plan’s reputation isn’t quite as respected. It’s an activity usually faced with dread. However, planning works better if marketers take a cue from how nature approaches change. “Oh, goodie!

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11 local SEO tools you should be using

Search Engine Land

I don’t exaggerate when I say I use many local SEO tools every day. From Chrome extensions to rank trackers to Google products, I rely on the data and insights these tools provide to help guide my clients’ SEO strategies. However, I would be lost without a few tools in particular. I want to share why I love them (or love to hate them), how I use them to build strategy and execute tactics and their limitations. 1.

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How additional information changes customer value assessments

Martech

How much is a random person worth to your business? The answer changes dramatically as you gather more information. Let’s explore how customer value assessments evolve with data, using examples from probability theory to illuminate the powerful impact of information on business decisions. Assessing value with limited information Imagine that I called you out of the blue.

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Discovering the Best Sales Books: Expert Recommendations and Insights

Iannarino

Unlock the secrets to finding the perfect sales book tailored to your needs with expert insights.

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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 connectivity, personalized comfort, and high-tech convenience. From AI-powered smart room controls to keyless entry, 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

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Customer journey maps: What you need to know

Martech

How well does your organization know how customers engage with your brand? Many of us think we know how it works, or more accurately, how we hope it works. But we’re rarely sure. The digital world did little to change this. Attribution and web traffic data aren’t foolproof. Consumers move between devices and online identities. And that makes a thorough understanding of where people come from and where they go online very difficult to understand.

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Google Ads introduces new surcharges for specific jurisdictions

Search Engine Land

Google is implementing jurisdiction-specific surcharges for ads served in certain countries, impacting advertisers globally. Why we care. These new fees, such as the Canada DST Fee, will increase advertising costs for businesses targeting audiences in affected jurisdictions, regardless of the advertiser’s location. By the numbers: 2.5% Canada DST Fee starting Oct. 1.

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How to build lasting relationships with SEO clients

Search Engine Land

Building lasting relationships with SEO clients is essential for sustained business success. Retaining clients is far more cost-effective than continually acquiring new ones. However, many businesses overlook the importance of client retention. It can be really difficult in an industry like SEO where the client isn’t easily able to physically see the work that has been carried out, they often don’t really understand SEO either, which can present an additional challenge.

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Thinking About “Sales Waste”

Partners in Excellence

It’s become the fashion to apply lean/agile manufacturing approaches to our selling and GTM strategies. There are some principles we can learn from manufacturing (just as there are some we can learn from design/development, procurement and other sectors). But after spending years working closely with manufacturing executives, going through “Black Belt,” lean, and agile training programs, I have serious reservations about the rigidity with which these principles are being applie

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Google Ads introduces new consent settings tab in Data Manager

Search Engine Land

Google Ads is rolling out a new data privacy feature, giving advertisers more control over user consent management. Why we care. As privacy concerns grow, and with cookies not going anywhere (for now at least) this update allows for more granular control over how personal data is handled in advertising campaigns, which aligns with Google’s plans to give users more control.

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Salesforce Ohana and Hawaiian Culture: Embracing Community

Salesforce

If you’ve been following Salesforce, you might have heard us refer to our “Salesforce community.” What is that and why is it important to us? If you’re looking for the one overarching concept that makes Salesforce a great place to work, you’d be hard-pressed to find a better answer than community. Marc Benioff and Hawai’i Salesforce Chair and CEO Marc Benioff has been a part of the Hawai’i community for 25 years, where he learned about the concept of ‘ Ohana.

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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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How Long Does It Take To IPO These Days?

SaaStr

So there haven’t been many IPOs since 2021 … but they are slowly coming back. Klaviyo, Rubrik and Onstream are the first 3 SaaS IPOs in years. That’s not many. But it’s enough to look at some data. And with that … how long does it take to IPO in SaaS, on average — for those that do? The answer: 10.4 Years And the last 3 IPOs?

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The Big Sales Meeting: How to Understand the Customer’s Business

The Advantexe Advisor

Earlier this week, I shared some ideas and insights about ways of preparing for the upcoming big sales meeting. That blog post generated lots of interest and many questions in my inbox. As a follow-up, and to present some additional ideas, I am pleased to share a specific application of an immersive simulation-centric meeting experience. What is a “Walk in the Mile in the Shoes of Your Customer” Business Simulation?

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Dear SaaStr: What Was The Worst Argument or Fight You’ve Had With a Cofounder?

SaaStr

Dear SaaStr: What Was The Worst Argument or Fight You’ve Had With a Cofounder? The biggest disagreement I had with a co-founder was ultimately unresolveable: The biggest difference between the various start-ups I’ve co-founded and worked at is when it was OK to fail: I do not believe it is OK to fail unless there was truly no other option. I do not believe you can quit until there isn’t an ounce of gas left in the tank.

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Driving Efficient Revenue Growth in the Age of AI

G2

For SaaS vendors, the pressure to drive efficient revenue growth has never been higher. Findings from our latest Buyer Behavior Report underscore the challenging environment facing sales and marketing teams today.

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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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Overcoming the PLG Trap: Lessons from Canva’s Head of Sales & Head of EMEA

SaaStr

What is the PLG trap, and why do companies fall for it? Canva Head of Sales and Success for EMEA, Jorge Bestard, and Head of Strategic Sales for EMEA, Daniela Nyarko, share Canva’s journey from PLG to Enterprise, strategies to navigate the PLG trap, and why it’s so attractive. Identifying the PLG Trap It’s fair to say that most organizations using the PLG playbook focus on B2C or end-user acquisition.

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Tap, Share, Connect: The World of NFC Business Cards

G2

Learn what NFC business cards are, how they work, and their benefits. Gain practical insights for making a memorable impression with every tap.

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What Is B2B Sales? A guide to selling to businesses

SalesHood

B2B sales requires planning, relationship management, and strategic negotiation to align with corporate objectives and procurement cycles.

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Retailers struggle to identify site visitors

Martech

Even established online retailers face significant competition from large discount marketplaces like Temu, Rakuten and, of course, Amazon. That makes it even more disturbing that they are only successfully identifying 15 to 27% of their site visitors, leaving up to 85% unknown. The statistics come from Bluecore’s “2024 Benchmark Report.” The problem here is illustrated by another statistic from the same source.

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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.