Mon.Sep 23, 2024

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3 ways to optimize your marketing automation beyond technology

Martech

Memo To : Marketing directors, VPs, SVPs and CMOs Re : Recommendations to optimize your automated marketing campaigns Your investment in technology to support marketing automation was smart. Automated campaigns increase relevance for your target audience and boost the productivity of your marketing team, which together should improve your bottom-line performance.

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Understanding the Difference Between Transactional and Relational Salespeople

Iannarino

In today's competitive marketplace, building strong customer relationships isn't just beneficial—it’s essential for sustained success.

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Mail still holds appeal for younger generation

Martech

Sixty-five percent of consumers still send letters and packages with nearly half (48%) of Gen Z sending mail one to two times per month. That’s according to new research from online postage and shipping vendor Stamps.com. Why we care. Not only does mail still exist (it’s that stuff in your mailbox) but direct mail continues to play a role in marketing.

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Google Ads adds Video Enhancement for Performance Max

Search Engine Land

Google Ads is rolling out a new Video Enhancement feature for Performance Max (PMax) campaigns. This feature aims to improve video ad performance through automated adjustments. Why we care. The feature is designed to optimize video creatives, but you may not want to give Google this level of control. So, depending on many caveats, it may be worth testing.

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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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Role of a marketing technology manager: Best of the MarTechBot

Martech

Best of the MarTechBot showcases the MarTechBot’s responses to prompts submitted by readers. See more about how marketers are using MarTechBot here. The language model is based on content from MarTech embedded on top of ChatGPT. The editors of MarTech selected this response for its usefulness and have supplemented it with additional relevant content.

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Google Search Ads 360 (SA360) starter guide

Search Engine Land

Since its rebranding in 2018, Google Search Ads 360 has continued to be a powerful tool for PPC advertisers. However, many marketers still struggle to understand its full potential. This confusion often leads businesses, agencies and corporations to miss the benefits of integrating it into their marketing strategies. This article will address some of the most common questions about Google Search Ads 360 and help clarify how it can enhance your marketing efforts.

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Toast: We Made Our Sales Reps Close More, And Shrunk Their Territories. It Worked.

SaaStr

So Toast is one of the most iconic B2B leaders out there. We’ve all used Toast 10s or 100s of times by now. But while the brand and market penetration is strong, the business model is challenging. It still loses money on the hardware, and the payments side is fairly low margin (28% or less). The software license is high margin, but it’s only 20% of the total revenue.

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The best deployment model for martech genAI

Martech

Many companies are struggling to prepare their organizations for generative AI. As they navigate this process, they typically choose from one of three models: the centralized, decentralized or open approach. But which one is best? Our data reveals that leading companies across industries aren’t struggling. They’ve embraced innovation and embedded it into their everyday operations.

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Dear SaaStr: Who Should I Fire, Someone Who Underperforms, or Someone Who Has Questionable Ethics?

SaaStr

Dear SaaStr: Who Should I Fire, Someone Who Underperforms, or Has Questionable Ethics? I would fire both. An underperforming rep that gets a pass just lowers the bar for everyone, unfortunately. No matter how nice they are. If it’s OK for Bob to always hit 30% of quota … then you just won’t have enough pressure and urgency on your sales team. You can’t have that.

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26 Influencer Marketing Statistics Showing Latest Trends

G2

Explore these influencer marketing statistics to uncover the latest market trends and adjust your strategies. Use them to drive maximum return on investment from campaigns.

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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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Salespeople, Prepare Yourself for the First Wave of AI-Enabled (and AI-Empowered) Customers

Salesfolks

The first wave of AI-empowered customers is rolling in, and it’s going to shake things up. Embrace the new tools at your disposal, adapt to the informed customer, and focus on delivering value that no algorithm can replicate. Stay ahead of the curve, and this AI revolution might just be the best thing that ever happened to your sales career.

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51 Reddit Statistics to Analyze The Internet’s Front Page

G2

Explore these statistics to understand Reddit’s growth and how you can benefit from it. Learn more about content types that work well on the platform.

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How to plan a website to maximize SEO success

Search Engine Land

Many redesigned websites fail to improve SEO , often damaging existing rankings and creating challenges for SEO teams trying to recover lost traffic. This can severely affect business visibility, lead generation and sales. I have been handed many a brand new website and asked to “SEO it” when untold damage has been done and significant time and effort must be spent just to get traffic levels back where they were before the redesign.

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6 advanced (yet missing) Meta Ads KPIs to track success

Search Engine Land

Meta Ads provides a solid foundation of basic metrics like ROAS and conversion rate, but savvy marketers know that true optimization lies in the details. Are your clicks translating into quality visits? Is your audience reach expanding or stagnating? These questions demand more nuanced data. Below are six advanced key performance indicators (KPIs) that Meta Ads doesn’t readily offer out of the box but which can dramatically elevate your paid social strategy. 1.

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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.