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B2B marketing can’t hide from change forever

Martech

At a time when technology is raining down and radically changing the business landscape, B2B marketing is hiding under an umbrella. We need to get wet and get in the game. We need to lean far out over the carousel horse and grab the ring. Here are foundational areas where our thinking, testing and effort can yield big dividends for us and the companies we serve.

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Top 10 Must-Read Books For Small Business Owners (2025)

Salesforce

Youve probably heard it a million times successful entrepreneurs talking about the books that changed their lives. They always swear by it, right? And while you might roll your eyes at yet another book recommendation, theres truth to it. A single great book can change how you think, run your small business, and make decisions. If theres one thing small and medium-sized business (SMB) owners can agree on, its that mistakes can be costly.

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Brand trust is the most valuable asset your company owns

Martech

Trust is the most powerful and valuable asset a company has. It directly influences customer loyalty, brand perception and overall business success. With trust, your customers don’t question whether you’ll deliver on your promises they simply expect you to. Brand trust and brand value depend on each other. Trust is the essential component of a brand’s value.

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Dear SaaStr: What Should I Do in a Sales Audit?

SaaStr

Dear SaaStr: What Should I Do in a Sales Audit? A sales audit should be comprehensive and focus on identifying strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities across your sales process. Heres what to include: Pipeline Health : Review the pipeline metricsdeal velocity, win rates, average deal size, and pipeline coverage. Are there enough opportunities at each stage to hit your targets?

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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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5 tips for marketers planning to evaluate B2B data vendors

Martech

There’s growing recognition that clean, enriched data is critical for targeting and automation in B2B sales and marketing. As a result, the landscape of B2B data vendors is extensive, with providers specializing in data collection and augmentation. As with any popular market, consolidation and investment in the B2B data space have been significant, with larger platforms acquiring data providers to enhance their offerings.

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Automating The Things We Weren't Doing Anyway. Posted on April, 2025

Partners in Excellence

So many sellers are enthralled with all the time saving things AI does for them. Things like updating CRM, other data entry, generating reports, doing research…… The lists go on. The argument is, “Look at all the time it’s saving!” But the problem is, too many people weren’t doing these things in the first place. CRM compliance has been a major issue for decades.

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Making the Sale IS NOT the Same Thing as Making a Customer

Adaptive Business Services

Disclaimer – I needed to write an article, and I wanted to write one on this topic, but I could just not get started. Please dont tell anyone, but I dont even like writing all that much. I have never done this before, but I had ChatGPT write this article for me. I did some editing, but honestly not that much! Then this question struck me. If my purpose is to educate is leveraging AI to do so really cheating?

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G2 Insights: The Love-Hate Reality of AI Video Generators

G2

AI video generators are having a moment. Tools like Synthesia , Veed , HeyGen , Canva , and Colossyan Creator are changing how teams create video. Anyone can generate a polished, avatar-led video in minutes no actors, studios, or editors needed. And the hype is justified as these tools deliver, for the most part. But a different narrative lies beneath the surface of glowing product pages and five-star reviews.

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5 Interesting Learnings from ServiceTitan at $840,000,000 in ARR

SaaStr

ServiceTitan, the operating system for the trades, continues to scale impressively, with $772M in FY25 revenue, $800m+ ARR and a clear path to $1B ARR. It’s the vertical SaaS rocketship: $840m ARR Still growing a stunning 29% (!) Just above non-GAAP break-even (3% non-GAAP margins) 110% NRR and 95% GRR $10.5B market cap (12x ARR) This is what a 12x ARR vertical B2B leader looks like today. 5 Interesting Learnings: 1.

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“How AI is Reshaping Sales Dev”: Webinar Recap

Heinz Marketing

by Sarah Threet , Marketing Consultant at Heinz Marketing We recently had the privilege to co-host a webinar with 6sense’s own Head of Sales Development Transformation, Ernest Owusu, during which our own President Matt Heinz of Heinz Marketing and Ernest explored the transformative role of artificial intelligence (AI) for sales and marketing alignment.

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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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Why Cheatsheets And Hacks Don’t Deliver

Membrain

My feeds in social media are filled with Cheatsheets, Hacks, Templatesall sorts of tools. They attract lots of interest, lots of requests. People are looking for anything they can do to help them do their jobs, to find the shortcuts or secrets to success. I look at them, most are pretty good, there are always interesting ideas and approaches.

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Decoding Buying Signals in Sales [+ Examples & What I Learned]

Hubspot

Ill never forget one of my first big sales meetings. I walked out feeling defeated, convinced Id blown it. The prospect had bombarded me with tough questions and objections, and the whole time I thought they were poking holes in my pitch because they werent interested. Later on, a mentor would point out that those grilling questions were actually a buying signal in disguise.

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xLAM Enters Its Next Era: The Evolution of Large Action Models

Salesforce

Introduction As AI agents become part of our everyday workflows, we expect them to handle tasks quickly, clearly, and thoroughly. But to do that, they need to fully understand what were asking and that often takes more than a single message. Take this simple ask: Can you cancel an order for customer Jane Doe? Seems easy enough, right? But for the AI agent to actually take action, it needs more context.

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2026 Will Be a World of PLG+AI. PLG plus AI Sales Reps. We Have No Choice.

SaaStr

So for many years, so many B2B founders wanted to be more PLG or add a PLG motion. What they really wanted though was to add a better self-serve product with a more viral element. PLG was a great way to describe the next evolution of self-serve + viral: HubSpot added self-serve, it worked great Atlassian added self-serve, it worked Canva and Figma and other B2B leaders perfected PLG motions For some, PLG was an expansion, adding new lower-end customers (HubSpot + Atlassian).

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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.