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You Are Not Really Doing Discovery

Iannarino

The main outcome of discovery for most salespeople is to identify the client's problem and its impact. The reason the salesperson needs a problem is that in absence of a problem, there is no need for their "solution," a word designed to inflate a product or a service into something both the salesperson and their prospective client believes to be greater.

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3 Keys to Motivation and Continued Sales Success

Anthony Cole Training

Research shows that money is NOT the primary motivator for success in sales, ESPECIALLY with today's younger generations. Here are 3 Keys to help sales managers and top producers bust the myth that “enough is enough” to continue to see great sales success.

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Why Your Clients Think with Their Feelings and What to Do About It

SalesProInsider

What factor do you think is most important when your prospects make decisions—emotions or facts? Well, the research is clear. When all considerations are similar, not equal but similar, emotions win out as the most important criteria for making a decision. This may be a surprise as many people insist that they make decisions based on facts. Yet the reality is that this factor leading the way is subconscious for most people.

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Don’t Hire a VP of Sales Everybody Loves

SaaStr

So this is a seemingly simple post, and one with a title that is purposefully a bit binary. Yes, sometimes it’s OK to hire a VP of Sales that everyone loves. But not usually. At least 9 times out of 10, if everyone on the team loves a VP of Sales, it’s the wrong hire. And this especially matters because I often see CEOs picking between 2 final VP of Sales candidates.

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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 unveils a simpler way for European users to reject cookies

Search Engine Land

After being fined by France, Google unveils Reject All or Accept All buttons for Google search and YouTube visitors. Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.

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Infosys acquires oddity to boost metaverse and digital experience capabilities

Martech

Global digital services consultancy Infosys on Thursday announced it will acquire German-based consulting agency oddity. Why? In addition to expanding the reach of Infosys’s client base in Europe and northeast Asia, oddity also strengthens consulting expertise in digital experience (DX) and e-commerce, helping companies to transform their digital footprints and update their retail channels.

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Getting the right people to support your CDP implementation

Martech

A lot of research and planning goes into selecting the right CDP. But once you’ve decided on a CDP to implement, you have to know who else is going to help steer the ship, according to Amanda Cardona, owner of ALC Renaissance Consulting, who spoke at our spring MarTech event. Broadly speaking, you will look to the vendor’s CDP implementation team, internal stakeholders and, if necessarily, an external consultant.

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How To Create a Great Voice and Tone for Your Brand

Salesforce

If you’re a marketer, you’re probably wondering: How do I sound more human with my voice and tone? How do I step into my audience’s shoes the way the best brands do it? You know, like how your paper towel brand shares a recipe for Halloween cupcakes. Or a major credit card company discusses the importance of hiring refugees. Or the lovely way your chapstick maker shares sustainable living tips.

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Ahrefs has raised $1.5 million for Ukraine

Search Engine Land

Donations from members of the SEO community have gone to help Ukrainian charities. Most of these provide humanitarian help for civilians. Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.

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Ecopreneurs Are Using Technology to Reforest the Andes Mountains — One Tree at a Time

Salesforce

SOMEWHERE NEAR PATACANCHA, PERU — It’s hard to tell where the clouds begin and end on this mountainside, 15,000 feet high in the Andes and miles from the nearest town. There’s no cell service. No internet. But there’s no time for that anyway when you’re trying to keep up with a hundred Quechuans sprinting up a cliff, bags of tree saplings tied to their backs.

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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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Top 8 Questions to Quickly Evaluate a Fractional CMO

Heinz Marketing

By Alan Gonsenhauser , Principal & Founder. CMO Interim: nThrive + Linus Health; CMO Executive Advisor nThrive + Precisely. When private equity and venture portfolio companies require significant assistance building their marketing organization and infrastructure, where do they start? Do they have the time and resources to hire a full-time Chief Marketing Officer (CMO)?

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Have You Heard? Your Banking Customers Want Better Service

Salesforce

Forty-one percent of U.S. retail banking customers are classified as digital-only and 59% of customers say their standards for customer service have gone up. Consumers have pivoted quickly from traditional channels to new digital and self-service solutions. These new avenues show banks can be agile and provide customers with the digital engagement they are used to from companies like Amazon or Uber.

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Universal Analytics real time latency issues won’t be fully fixed, says Google

Search Engine Land

Google says either wait it out or switch to GA4. Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.

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New SaaStr Annual Speakers!! CMO Sprig, CROs Pendo & Calendly, CEOs Finmark & CloudTrucks

SaaStr

We’re continuing to gear up for the 2022 SaaStr Annual in the SF Bay Area, Sept 13-15! Each week we’ll be adding more incredible speakers. This week, new speakers include: Elizabeth Walton Egan | CMO | Sprig. Jennifer Brannigan | CRO | Pendo. Kate Ahlering | CRO | Calendly. Rami Essaid | Co-Founder & CEO | Finmark/Distil Networks. Tobenna Arodiogbu | Co-Founder & CEO | CloudTrucks.

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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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TikTok’s In-Feed Ads get more visual with Interactive Add-Ons

Search Engine Land

A handful of new interactive elements will help advertisers get more creative with In-Feed Ads. Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.

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What Good Looks Like: How Hybrid Work Has Changed Sales Enablement Forever

Sales Hacker

The world of sales enablement is evolving before our eyes. Hybrid work has increased the speed of change, and now—more than ever—sales leaders and enablement pros need the tools and guidance to keep their teams trained, connected, and effective. On May 10th, Sales Hacker will sit down with sales enablement expert Elay Cohen (CEO at SalesHood) for a masterclass on the new world of enablement, why it’s changing so quickly, and what you need to do to keep pace.

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Google SpamBrain: AI-based spam prevention system launched in 2018

Search Engine Land

Google said it identified about six-times more spam in 2021 than in 2020. Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.

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What’s The Most Important Thing?

Partners in Excellence

Everyday, we get pummeled with LinkedIn Surveys asking us “What’s the most important thing…… ” Everyday, people doing “research” post surveys asking us to express our views. We’re given a few choices. They are on all sorts of things: Prospecting, doing deals, or something else… Where we prioritize our time… Focusing on the numbers or something else… Insight or pitching or something else… Which technology is most important, C

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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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Post Pandemic, People Are Eager For Experiences

David Meerman Scott

During the pandemic, fun experiences like an evening out or a visit to someplace new were either risky or impossible. Corporate events including conferences and client meetings were canceled. Now in-person experiences have come roaring back and organizations of all kinds are focused on this business opportunity.

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5 Ways to Stick to a Plan When You’re Selling

Spiro Technologies

You can read every sales book and take every training course in the world, yet it will always be true that a conversation with a prospect will never go exactly the way you expect it to go. That’s not to say that planning isn’t important. In fact, having a plan is a big reason some salespeople succeed where others fail. But the critical component isn’t just coming up with a good plan – it’s sticking to it when things get hairy.

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Salesloft s’allie à Dans l’Arène pour aider les commerciaux à booster leur vente

SalesLoft

Hier, les armes d’un commercial étaient un téléphone, un costard cravate et une mallette en cuir. . Aujourd’hui, le commercial 3.0 c’est : un macbook dernière génération, un micro calé sur la tête, et une myriade d’outils digitaux. Le métier de commercial est définitivement en pleine mutation : entre la tech et la data, les échanges en temps réel, voire l’intelligence artificielle. .

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How To Close Sales Deals Faster

The 5% Institute

In this article, you’ll learn how to close sales deals faster, by learning proven sales tips and techniques that you can start implementing straight away. These successful sales techniques are centred around consultative selling. This means that you’ll take a question based, and solution approach rather than purely presenting up front or using any old school and gimmicky techniques.

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2 Retail Sectors That Are Completely Changing the Game: FMCG & Q-Commerce

Speaker: Joe Heather, Deliverect GM (UK&I) & Noah Hayes, Deliverect GM (US&CA)

Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) and Quick Commerce (Q-commerce) are two vibrant sectors that have undergone significant transformations with the advancements in digital technology. With growing internet penetration and the proliferation of smartphones, consumers' purchasing habits have unsurprisingly evolved. They now demand quick, convenient, and seamless shopping experiences, which both FMCG and Q-commerce sectors strive to provide.

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How Inkbox steers customers through its huge online catalog of temporary tattoos

Martech

Product recommendations, either surfaced in real time online or populating re-targeting emails, are nothing new. But their often based on demographic information (such as age, gender and location) or generic responses to online behavior (she looked at socks, show her some other socks, the most popular socks, discounted socks). An example like Inkbox helps to indicate how Crossing Minds begins to differentiate itself from other recommendation engines.

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The SaaS Playbook for Moving Up-Market

Sales Hacker

SaaS companies tend to follow a typical path, and it almost always leads to moving up-market and enterprise sales. In the early days, most SaaS companies sell to other startups for a number of reasons. Startups are more willing to be early adopters of a new product. Startups are less demanding than a big company both from a services and product perspective.

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How marketers can build a data-driven stack

Martech

“We are all experiencing a massive explosion of data,” said Leslie Lorenz, head of North American retail industry at Snowflake, in her presentation at The MarTech Conference. It’s no surprise, then, that her brand is also “getting many [brand] requests that say they want to be data-driven.”. Most marketers would agree access to more customer data is a good thing for brands.

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The Car Insurance Agent’s Guide to Success

Sales Pop!

Car insurance agents get a bad rap in pop culture. Far too often, customers think you are trying to screw them over, convince them of buying something they aren’t interested in, or that you are forcing yourself and your business down their necks. Selling car insurance tips are an important way for new agents to build their confidence and understand what it takes to overcome the reputation that has preceded their career path.

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ABM Evolution: How Top Marketers Are Using Account-Based Strategies

In times of economic uncertainty, account-based strategies are essential. According to several business analysts and practitioners, ABM is a necessity for creating more predictable revenue. Research shows that nearly three-quarters of marketers (74%) already have the resources needed to build successful ABM programs.

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What agile marketing teams need from their leaders

Martech

The following is a selection from the e-book “MarTech’s agile marketing for leaders.” Please click the button below to download the full e-book. Download the ebook (no registration required). Agile marketing only succeeds when leaders like you are on board with the cultural and behavioral changes needed by everyone in the organization. And as a leader, your modeling of these behaviors is going to set the stage for what people feel they can do – especially if it’s vastly different from how they’v

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4 Ways To Prepare for the Government’s Zero Trust Architecture Mandate

Salesforce

Many traditional IT security strategies, such as VPNs and firewalls, became essential over the last few years due to the increase in remote work. These cybersecurity strategies create a perimeter around the network that enables authenticated users and devices to traverse the network and access resources with ease. However, relying solely on the perimeter approach is becoming less effective, less efficient, and more dangerous for organizations of all kinds.

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Good morning: Are you delivering the CX your customers want?

Martech

MarTech’s daily brief features daily insights, news, tips, and essential bits of wisdom for today’s digital marketing leader. If you would like to read this before the rest of the internet does, sign up here to get it delivered to your inbox daily. Good morning, Marketers. It’s a beautiful day, let’s play two. A recent survey found fewer than a third of U.S. consumers like having ads tailored to them.

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