Wed.Jul 27, 2022

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The Soft Skills of a Great Sales Leader

Iannarino

There are a lot of lists of attributes required of a great leader; most include things like vision, communication, and a strategic mind. There are far fewer lists of the soft skills that make for a great leader. The following soft skills would cause a team to recognize their leader as great.

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Only 11% of US businesses fully comply with CCPA privacy law

Martech

Only 11% of US businesses fully meet California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) requirements, according to a new study. This is actually higher than the 6% fully compliant with the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Read next: Federal data privacy bill could make life easier for marketers. The rest of the companies are either non-compliant (44%) or partially compliant (45%) with these privacy protection laws, according to research from CYTRIO , a data privacy compliance company.

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How to Implement Checklists to Supercharge Your Sales Team’s Effectiveness

Membrain

You won’t even go to the grocery store without it, yet you expect your high performing sales teams to do their best work without this tool. What is it? A checklist, of course.

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The Many Different Selling Roles and How They Differ - Part 1

Understanding the Sales Force

When you think about cars, you know there are coupes, sedans, crossovers, SUVs, and sports cars. You also know there are luxury cars, mid-range cars and economy cars. You also know there are fast cars and slow cars, flashy cars and vanilla cars, big cars and little cars, white cars, black cars and every color in between. But if you were to think about specific features that differentiate one car from another, you would have to really think about it, wouldn't you?

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How to Improve Email Deliverability and Optimize Each Send

Learn how to optimize email deliverability and drive greater email ROI. What lands your email in the customer’s inbox? Understanding those factors, otherwise known as email deliverability, is critical to getting the most return on your campaign investments. But the “rules” around which factors land you in the spam folder aren’t always easy to keep up with.

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Google again delays third-party cookie deprecation

Martech

Google has pushed back its self-imposed deadline of the end of 2023 for the deprecation of third-party cookies. It will now “begin” to phase them out in the second half of 2024. “The most consistent feedback we’ve received is the need for more time to evaluate and test the new Privacy Sandbox technologies before deprecating third-party cookies in Chrome,” wrote Anthony Chavez, VP of Google’s Privacy Sandbox in a blog post.

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5 Interesting Learnings from Microsoft at $200 Billion in ARR

SaaStr

So when we started SaaStr waaay back in 2012, I never would have thought of profiling Microsoft and its old fashioned desktop software. But fast forward to today, and Microsoft truly is a Cloud and SaaS company, with Azure and LinkedIn its fastest growing business units! Perhaps most importantly. Azure and other cloud services grew a record 40% and the total Microsoft Cloud grew to a $90 Billion run-rate.

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Using Cumulative Layering to Build Your LinkedIn Marketing

Sales Gravy

Are You Using LinkedIn's Marketing Power to the Fullest? I sat down with my good friend Daniel Disney, author of The Real Secret to Becoming a LinkedIn Selling Machine. He is a guru for using LinkedIn's marketing power, and as mentioned in Fanatical Prospecting, I believe that it is one of the greatest sales tools ever created - along with the car, Google, the internet, email, and the telephone.

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The myth of the single customer record

Martech

Sellers of Customer Data Platforms (CDP) promise their software will gather data from various applications, and assemble it into a single-source-of-truth “golden record” for each customer. It’s a lovely vision, but rarely achieved. And that’s perfectly okay. Most companies won’t achieve the goal of one record for each customer, but will find ways to cope with the limitations that prevent the creation of golden records.

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Your Commerce Team Can Do More With Less – Our Research Shows How

Salesforce

Businesses are dealing with a shifting economic climate, shrinking budgets, and directives to do more with less. It’s a less-than-ideal environment for commerce, where the most successful companies are constantly innovating and staying a step ahead. What is the state of commerce in 2022, and how can your business thrive amid all the financial turmoil?

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A Guaranteed Method Of Getting Customer Meetings!

Partners in Excellence

Everything I read, every conversation I have with sellers; the same issue arises. “How do we get customers to respond, how do we get meetings with customers?” I’ve been reflecting on this issue for some time. I’ve finally come up with the solution. It’s a slam dunk guarantee–ignore the gimmicks and tricks all the experts and guru’s offer.

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Brick & Mortar Retail Relevance: How to Stay Ahead of the Curve

Speaker: Jay Black, Senior Account Executive

Let's set the record straight: in-store retail isn't dead - it's evolving! Faced with the digital age and the demands of omnichannel shopping, some retailers are thriving while others are struggling to adapt. Join Jay Black in this exclusive session as he explores the strategies that set successful stores apart, including: Crafting unique and unforgettable in-store experiences 🛍️ Mastering the art of retail demands 🛒 Navigating inventory challenges in today's climate 📦 an

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25 Sales Enablement Stats to Prove Your Revenue Impact

Highspot

You know your work is essential to your sales organization’s success. But does your Chief Sales Officer understand your impact? Whether you’re trying to rally stakeholders around a new technology investment, expand your team’s headcount, or gain momentum behind a new initiative, the road to success is paved with hard data. To help you get started, we’re breaking down the 2022 State of Sales Enablement Report.

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Webinar: Unlock the power of TikTok for your social strategy

Martech

With 800 million active users worldwide, TikTok is influencing a whole new generation of social media users and consumers. This webinar will break down how content and influencers drive engagement and influence consumer behavior. Learn how to measure your competitive share of voice, engage consumers and drive revenue growth for your business. Register today for “ Unlock the Power of TikTok for Your Social Strategy ” presented by NetBase Quid.

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Doing Better Research for Marketers

Heinz Marketing

By Tom Swanson , Engagement Manager at Heinz Marketing. In this post, I go over some obvious and some not-so-obvious elements of great experiment design. Check it out for lessons learned from academia and how to apply them to marketing research. The post Doing Better Research for Marketers appeared first on Heinz Marketing.

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How to decide if you should get a marketing performance management platform

Martech

A marketing performance management (MPM) platform employs statistical modeling and machine learning to holistically evaluate the performance of a company’s marketing initiatives on bottom-line impact. It helps marketers allocate future spend and bring it in line with business goals. Read next: What is marketing performance management and how can it help you?

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5 Inspiring B2B Marketing Campaigns to Take Yours to the Next Level

Your next big B2B marketing idea starts here. Get inspired with these five successful B2B marketing campaigns. Ready to generate more leads, interest, and revenue with your B2B marketing? In this comprehensive eBook, you’ll get: In-depth studies of five successful B2B marketing campaigns spanning a wide range of industries Key takeaways and lessons from each story to implement in your own strategy Resources to help your own B2B marketing thrive By submitting this form, you agree to have your con

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The Invisible Salesperson

Adaptive Business Services

Well, they’re not exactly invisible. They’re there. You just don’t know that they are salespeople because … they exhibit few, if any, of your stereotypical salesy behaviors. I remember when I first got into B2B sales selling expensive office equipment. I was with a national company and I went through about 7 months of intensive traditional sales training.

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7 Secrets to a Successful SMB Go-To-Market Strategy with PayFit Co-Founder and CEO Firmin Zocchetto and Accel Partner Philippe Botteri (Pod 576 + Video)

SaaStr

If a SaaS business hopes to win over the SMB market successfully, it will need a precise GTM approach. At the SaaStr Europa 2022 event, Accel Partner Philippe Botteri interviewed PayFit CEO & Co-Founder Firmin Zocchetto to ask about his GTM strategy. . Founded in 2015, PayFit is a software company that empowers entrepreneurs and SMBs to digitize payroll and HR processes.

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How to Create a Quarterly Business Review Agenda, Plus Examples

Gong.io

Today’s high-performing revenue teams are those who are focused heavily on retention, not just new client acquisition. (It’s the whole reason they’re called revenue teams, and not sales teams, in the first place.). The thing is, they’re working in a constantly changing environment, with new data, goals, products, and budgets to work with each quarter.

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What Small Business Owners Need to Know About Expansion

Sales Pop!

When you are starting a business, you may work from your home and use your personal vehicle for work. But as you begin to grow, you’ll start to realize you may need more people to do the job. You’ll also probably notice your home doesn’t give you enough space. A growing business is a good problem, but more resources mean higher upfront costs. For example, you may need commercial property, and if you do, should you rent or buy?

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How to Stay Competitive in the Evolving State of Martech

Marketing technology is essential for B2B marketers to stay competitive in a rapidly changing digital landscape — and with 53% of marketers experiencing legacy technology issues and limitations, they’re researching innovations to expand and refine their technology stacks. To help practitioners keep up with the rapidly evolving martech landscape, this special report will discuss: How practitioners are integrating technologies and systems to encourage information-sharing between departments and pr

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The post-cookie path to personalized advertising

Martech

In the not-too-distant future, most of the signals we get from third-party cookies and devices will be all but gone. And while identity players are already in-market to fill the void, much of the focus is on overall audience addressability. While addressability is paramount, marketers are also looking for ways they can create personalized experiences without cookies.

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