Wed.Jan 15, 2025

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The Art of Perseverance: How to Overcome Challenges and Achieve Success

Iannarino

Success is within your graspif you can master the art of perseverance and avoid the common pitfalls of giving up.

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Why Data Masking is Key to a Privacy-First Approach

Salesforce

How do you protect sensitive information while driving innovation? In a digital world full of growing regulations, privacy-conscious customers, and constant data breach threats, the challenge is real. Yet, data-driven insights and innovation are non-negotiable for success. This is where data masking shines. It secures sensitive information, like addresses or account numbers, while empowering seamless development and testing.

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Is BANT a Sales Process or a Man-Made Disaster?

Understanding the Sales Force

Do you ever circle back, repurpose slide decks and proposals, become nostalgic, rewatch movies or TV series? When my son was small, he loved watching the same movies and shows over and over again. We watched The Lion King with him around one hundred times and Brother Bear another fifty times. When he got older, we watched Christmas Vacation, Home Alone, Elf, School of Rock, and Grown Ups every year.

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How Manufacturers Can Use AI Agents to Improve Ecommerce

Salesforce

For manufacturers, ecommerce comes with added complexity. Highly technical product details, bulk reorders, and pre-negotiated pricing and entitlements have historically made it difficult to provide cohesive, consumer-like ecommerce experiences for B2B buyers. With Agentforce , its a lot easier to manage all the operational aspects and moving parts of B2B ecommerce.

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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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What Do Politics and Sales Have In Common? We Agree the Problems are Urgent, but We Can’t Agree on What They Are

Membrain

Politics is big in the news this month as the US prepares to inaugurate a new president, and the world waits to see what happens next. But whatever happens, one thing is for sure: We arent going to solve all of the worlds problems. Not today, not this month, and probably not in the next ten years. Maybe never.

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25 Ways to Maximize Your Sales Enablement Budget in 2025

RAIN Group

Sales enablement leaders are under more pressure than ever. Youre tasked with boosting seller performance, driving revenue growth, and delivering measurable resultsall while working with tight budgets and limited resources. In 2025, doing more with less isnt just a goal; its a survival strategy. But heres the good news: constraints breed creativity.

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How to apply your lead scoring strategy in HubSpot and Monday.com

Martech

In my previous article for MarTech, I offered advice for marketers looking to revamp their lead scoring strategy for 2025. In that article, I identified five best practices for ensuring an impactful and adaptable lead scoring model. Lets quickly review them before we dive into the martech itself. Incorporate engagement data for real-time insights. Engagement data is critical to understanding a prospects interest and readiness to purchase.

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What is UX? A Deep Dive into UX Design Best Practices

G2

Curious about what is UX? Learn the fundamentals and discover UX principles to help create customer-centric designs that drive satisfaction and engagement.

UX 59
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10 Ways Sales is Different in Vertical SaaS with Mangomint’s VP of Sales

SaaStr

While some might dismiss sector-specific vertical SaaS software as ‘too small’ or ‘too niche’, companies like Veeva ($40B), Clio ($3B), Toast ($1.3B), and Slice ($1B) have proven there’s massive value in going deep rather than broad. Mangomint has quietly built an impressive vertical SaaS business in the spa and salon space, growing 100% year-over-year to approach $20M ARR with 110% NRR.

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I Tested G2's 7 Best Reference Managers for Easy Citations

G2

If youve ever faced the dreaded task of retracing your steps to find that one article you swore you saved, youre not alone. Ive been there more times than I care to admit.

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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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Your Clients Won’t Care How Much You Know Until They Know How Much You KARE

Sales Pop!

The often-utilized original quote is attributed to both Teddy Roosevelt and John Maxwell but whoever used it first, truer words could never be spoken. Its closely connected to what I often refer to as the four most important words in selling Its not about you. Understanding and internalizing these two maxims will go a long way in determining your success in selling and, truthfully, in life in general.

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Beyond Random Cold Calling: How to Boost Sales Using Buying Signals

G2

Random cold calling can often feel like fishing in the Dead Sea no bites and no wins. The problem is that it's ineffective and time-consuming. You might land a good lead after hours of cold calling, but generally, it leads to wasted time and effort.

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Do You Know Your Customers’ Personal Objectives?

Partners in Excellence

“Behind every business objective is the fulfillment of a personal objective.”* In our discovery process, if we conduct a discovery, we seek to understand the customers’ business objectives. “What problem are they solving, why is it important to solve it, what are the risks of solving/not solving it…… ” And we focus the presentation of our solutions in terms of how it addresses the business objectives.

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Don’t have the time to implement time-saving AI tools? Here’s what to do.

Martech

An overwhelming workload keeps marketers from learning or implementing AI tools that can cut that load down to size. That, in a nutshell, is the “marketing AI paradox.” How can marketers break this cycle? Heres a structured, actionable approach to overcome the paradox and take advantage of AI. Step 1: Eliminate low-value activities Most marketing teams have to handle tasks that add little or no business value.

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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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5 Interesting Learnings from Cloudflare at $1.7 Billion in ARR

SaaStr

So Cloud and SaaS have had a bit of a rollercoaster the past 4 years, from the boom times of 2020-2021, to the tougher times overall of 2023, to the AI boom of 2024+. But one thing has done well through all of it: security. We always need it, and the threats keep coming. And Cloudflare has been one of the biggest beneficiaries. It just keeps on going: $1.7B+ ARR 28% growth (!

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Social media and influencers: 2025 predictions

Martech

Social media platforms are portals to deep, meaningful engagement with customers. They are also the place where content creators and influencers cultivate passionate fan bases. For marketers looking to meet customers where they are , social media cant be overlooked. Here are some predictions about where brands can find opportunities and innovation in 2025 in order to gain an edge in the rapidly changing space.

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Sales POC: Experts Share the 5 Essential Steps for Success

Hubspot

If youre looking for a way to show off the value of your product or service to potential customers, proof of concept (POC) in sales is a real-world method with tried-and-true results. Although I wasnt well-versed in the subject going in, by talking to sales experts I discovered how POC can help you connect with customers, set yourself apart, and lock in that first sale.

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4 ways to correct bad data and improve your AI

Martech

As marketing analytics rapidly evolves into an AI-driven field, one major challenge threatens to derail progress: bad data. While AI excels at turning vast amounts of information into actionable insights, its effectiveness depends on well-planned and well-managed datasets. Bad data leads to poor predictions, bias, flawed insights and unintended outcomes.

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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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AI continues to aid marketers’ quest for authenticity: Report

Martech

Marketers fast adoption of AI is letting them try different strategies and focus more on authenticity, according to HubSpots new State of Marketing 2025 report. The report, based on a survey of 1,200 marketing leaders, predicts this will be a year of refining existing marketing trends. In addition to the increased integration of AI into workflows, 2025 will see B2B and B2C focusing more on Millenials and Gen Z, and brand-led marketing.

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