This site uses cookies to improve your experience. To help us insure we adhere to various privacy regulations, please select your country/region of residence. If you do not select a country, we will assume you are from the United States. Select your Cookie Settings or view our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.
Cookie Settings
Cookies and similar technologies are used on this website for proper function of the website, for tracking performance analytics and for marketing purposes. We and some of our third-party providers may use cookie data for various purposes. Please review the cookie settings below and choose your preference.
Used for the proper function of the website
Used for monitoring website traffic and interactions
Cookie Settings
Cookies and similar technologies are used on this website for proper function of the website, for tracking performance analytics and for marketing purposes. We and some of our third-party providers may use cookie data for various purposes. Please review the cookie settings below and choose your preference.
Strictly Necessary: Used for the proper function of the website
Performance/Analytics: Used for monitoring website traffic and interactions
Business or sales acumen is the ability to connect with prospects and clients on a deeper level by understanding their unique problems, anticipating their needs, and leveraging knowledge of their business and industry to recommend the best possible solution — regardless of whether or not it results in a closed deal.
So Emergence Capital put together a great report here on B2B startups, “Beyond Benchmarks 2024” , with a ton of great data across 664 software startups. One piece I loved is how 2023 growth rates compared to 2022 for Top Quartile Software Startups. Now to be clear, and I know this is a bit brutal — “Top Quartile” isn’t in general enough to get funded by VCs.
The product demo is an important part of any sales process, but they can also be a tricky stage to navigate while maintaining a value selling approach. We often advocate for sellers to move away from the 'features and functions' conversation in favor of discussing business problems and solutions. The demo is a time to discuss both. That can be a difficult balance to strike, especially when selling complex technical solutions.
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
What you’ll learn What is dynamic email content? First- and zero-party data is more important than ever Popular types of dynamic email content Dynamic email content can be done simply How to give email subscribers what they want Customers don’t want to feel like just another number to your brand. Going with a generic “ batch and blast ” email marketing strategy is sure to land you in the customer’s filters — or worse, having them unsubscribe.
Today, visual creative technology company unveiled Canva Enterprise, a new offering for large enterprises, along with a number of other tools for businesses, including tailored Work Kits, native adtech apps and new AI capabilities. The announcements came at the company’s first international Canva Create event, held in Los Angeles. The tools are part of a dedicated effort to serve teams across large organizations, helping them produce visual assets and simplifying creative work.
“Doubling Down” is a new series where we hear from top B2B SaaS investors on their most recent activities and takes on the current market. We had a great one last time with Andrew Steele, Partner at Activant Capital. Check that out here. This week we’re focusing on Karl Alomar, Managing Partner at M13! #1. What’s your most recent disclosed investment?
“Doubling Down” is a new series where we hear from top B2B SaaS investors on their most recent activities and takes on the current market. We had a great one last time with Andrew Steele, Partner at Activant Capital. Check that out here. This week we’re focusing on Karl Alomar, Managing Partner at M13! #1. What’s your most recent disclosed investment?
This week, WPP announced a new initiative making Anthropic’s Claude AI model family available across its agency network. The Claude models — including Opus, Sonnet and Haiku — are integrated in WPP Open, the intelligent marketing operating system used by 114,000 marketers throughout WPP’s agencies. WPP uses Amazon Bedrock, an AWS managed service, for the Claude integration.
Dear SaaStr: A big customer payed for a year but doesn’t use the product. Should I just mark them as churned? No. Instead, what you should try to do is renew them, especially in the enterprise. I’ve had many customers, especially big old customers, get excited, plan and buy … and then for internal reasons, deployment got pushed out. Many of them never used the product at all in Year 1.
Most marketers today understand that marketing is a science driven by data. Yes, creativity and innovation matter, but relying on a spark of genius at the start of each campaign is not a strategy. The insight data provides about audiences can be the spark that kindles the flame of creativity. Data really matters. The best marketing teams use data effectively to improve their campaigns, but it’s not easy.
Google has upgraded its Google Analytics, GA4, real time reports to show users in last 5 minutes. It previously showed users in last 30 minutes and now it shows both users in last 5 minutes and users in last 30 minutes. The old Universal Analytics tool showed real-time metrics based on the last 5 minutes, and now GA4 does it too. What it looks like.
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.
Struggling with rambling podcast episodes? Learn the types and how to write a podcast script that hooks your listeners. Free template and tips included.
Advantexe is pleased to share with our Learning & Development colleagues our thoughts and insights from the floor of the ATD International Exposition and Conference. Each day we will share three megatrends and provide some insights and observations. Day 2 1) Understanding the inherent bias of AI @tarynfoye , Advantexe’s Director of Business Leadership Solutions attended an informative session on the interesting and potentially harmful impacts of the current way AI talent development solution
TikTok unveiled a suite of new AI and automation tools for advertisers at its TikTok World event, aiming to make it easier for brands to create effective ads at scale on the viral video platform. The big picture. TikTok is leaning into AI and automated ad tech as it looks to cement itself as more than just a media platform, but as a key “business partner” driving sales and ROI for brands.
Once upon a time in a Silicon Valley, not so far away, a fascinating new business model was developed. It was a model focused on getting software in the hands of end users much more quickly and easily. Rather than waiting for IT to implement new solutions, this software was hosted in the clouds. It enabled users to immediately have access to software solutions.
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.
Google began adding AI Overviews (AIO) to the U.S. search results on May 14. While vaguely mentioning that links in AIO get higher click-through rates (CTRs), Google has remained evasive when directly asked about this. When discussing this important topic with my clients, we talk about two things: AI Overviews provide a fundamentally different user experience, so thinking about CTR in the traditional way may be misleading or make you overlook potential opportunities.
TaskDrive CEO Tim Cakir, known for his fun and one-of-a-kind webinars, is back in a not-to-be missed session. In this specific webinar, attendees witnessed the live creation of a Custom GPT model. Check out the highlights of this webinar: What is GPT? Generative Pre-trained Transformer (GPT) is a multimodal large language model. They learn via: […] The post How to Build Your Custom GPT: Step by Step appeared first on TaskDrive.
With over 60% of all website traffic originating from organic search and 91.5% of clicks going to first-page results, businesses that neglect SEO are missing out on valuable opportunities to attract, engage, and convert their target audience. But as search engines continue to evolve and competition intensifies, achieving SEO success has become more complex than ever.
Having spent more than a decade working with tools like HubSpot, I’ve seen how powerful these platforms can be for marketing and sales growth. But the launch of HubSpot’s Content Hub in April 2024 brings some new things to the forefront. This new platform component packs a lot of opportunity into one area — in theory, it makes creating and managing content easier.
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.
The Ton has long observed the struggle between SEO and CRO, two bitter competitors. Deliberately competing for dominance in the packed ballrooms of the internet, there was friction. One side was SEO, which was an expert at drawing attention and attracting large numbers of visitors. CRO stood on the opposite side. It had a delicate way of turning even the briefest glances into fidelity.
You can either have broad or deep subject matter expertise. The choice is yours. If you’re in the early or middle stage of your career, then this is the perfect time to decide whether you want to go broad or deep. Here’s how to think about this choice and decide what’s best for your search marketing career. The T-shaped marketer I base my approach on the “T-shaped marketer” model: an expert in one area (vertical bar) with broader knowledge across related disciplines
Starting at around 1:30am ET, Bing Search and the sites Microsoft Bing powers, have been experiencing global and widespread outages. This leads to many Bing Searches failing, and then third-party services that rely on Bing Search, such as Copilot for web and mobile, Copilot in Windows, ChatGPT internet search, DuckDuckGo and Ecosia, also failing. Downdetector.
Search engines that incorporate AI-generated results have the potential to make it easier for people to discover products and services, according to a new survey from Botify, shared exclusively with Search Engine Land. Why we care. Search marketers tend to look at search much differently than everyday Google Search users. So it’s interesting to see what consumers know and think about AI-powered search.
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.
Amazon recently launched a new automated ad product called Performance+. Using a black box approach, it employs machine learning to optimize campaigns based on predicted conversion rates. The big picture. Performance+ marks Amazon’s entry into the AI-driven ad automation space, pioneered by Google and Meta. This puts Amazon in direct competition with these internet giants for ad budgets.
We organize all of the trending information in your field so you don't have to. Join 26,000+ users and stay up to date on the latest articles your peers are reading.
You know about us, now we want to get to know you!
Let's personalize your content
Let's get even more personalized
We recognize your account from another site in our network, please click 'Send Email' below to continue with verifying your account and setting a password.
Let's personalize your content