Wed.Aug 31, 2022

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Filling the Pipeline

Iannarino

Your path to revenue growth begins with your ability to fill your pipeline. Without a full pipeline, growth isn't likely. It's easy to believe that generating more opportunities is the best strategy, which is why some sales leaders require 300 percent of goal. However, the comfort of looking at more opportunities than you need often produces a false confidence.

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Prepare For Economic Change: Use Your SKO To Invest In Your Salespeople

Force Management

Your sales kickoff is a crucial tool for maximizing your sales team's potential. As the economy shifts, leaders are looking to increase efficiency in critical areas to hit their revenue goals.

Sales 125
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Is Your CRM Built for Technology Experts or Sales Experts?

Membrain

When choosing a CRM , companies often focus on what the CRM can do, how much it will cost , and whether it will integrate with their environment.

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5 Interesting Learnings from Cloudflare at ~ $1 Billion in ARR

SaaStr

So Cloudflare is that quiet Cloud leader that just keeps … killing it. We last checked in on them at $500m in ARR, growing 50%. Today, they are at just about $1B in ARR … and growing even faster at 54% year-over-year than they were at $500m in ARR! Wow. And while everyone has taken a hit in public market valuations, Cloudflare has outperformed.

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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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How bad data can spoil good personalization

Martech

In the space of three days recently, I received three individual emails that showed me brands are beginning to take the concept of “helpful marketing” seriously. That’s good news because I believe helpful marketing is the future of email marketing. But each email had a personalization failure that shows this transition from promotional to customer-focused email marketing still has a long way to go.

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You Can Build Customer Trust With Values-Based Marketing – Here’s How

Salesforce

Trust is the connective tissue between a brand and its customers. Marketers play a special role in building trusted relationships because we are in many ways the face and voice of the brand. Everything we say – and do – as marketers is an opportunity to build or destroy trust. That’s why values-based marketing is important. Values-based marketing is more crucial than ever as we near Year Three of the pandemic.

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New Taboola feature fights fake news on social media

Martech

Today, native advertising and discovery platform Taboola announced a new product feature aimed at fighting misinformation shared on TikTok and other social media. The update to Taboola News gives recommendations for reliable news sources via publishing partners, as well as working directly with device manufacturers like Samsung. Read next: TikTok is setting the ground rules for social media.

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Baseball That Puts Fans First! Banana Ball from The Savannah Bananas

David Meerman Scott

The Savannah Bananas baseball team absolutely puts fans first. So much so that my friend, the Banana’s owner Jesse Cole , just announced that his team will leave the Coastal Plain League to exclusively play its own version of baseball called “Banana Ball”.

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What will have the biggest impact on consumer holiday shopping?

Martech

It’s not just you, the holiday shopping season is getting longer — particularly this year. Inflation means the longer you wait the more expensive things get and that is top of mind for U.S. consumers right now. To understand what else is on their mind and how it may impact their buying, we put together a statistical overview. Read next: No matter the time of year, there’s a holiday you should be planning a campaign for.

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Insurance for the Risks of Running a Business

Sales Pop!

Insurance is one of the basic building blocks of a successful business. And deciding if your company needs a basic business policy, a comprehensive business policy, or commercial auto insurance is up to you and your risks. No one knows the investment risk of time and assets required better than you as a business owner. Ideally, your commitment to building your business will result in steady growth free from catastrophe.

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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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Take Extra Care of Loyalty Members During Uncertain Economic Times

Concentrix Catalyst

It’s not rocket science, and they’ll reward you for it. Just when brands thought they’d survived the pandemic and global supply chain shortages, two and half years later, customers and […]. The post Take Extra Care of Loyalty Members During Uncertain Economic Times appeared first on Concentrix Catalyst.

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Sales Enablement, Upping The Game….

Partners in Excellence

Again, this is one of those posts where I have to issue a disclaimer upfront. This may be my own ignorance of programs leading sales enablement organizations are implementing. It’s driven by an observation about discussions I hear among sales enablement folks and observations from perusing my feeds. Something I seldom see in sales enablement training and development programs are things that help sellers better understand the worlds of their customers.

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Creating A Successful Digital Marketing Plan For Restaurants

ClickFunnels

The post Creating A Successful Digital Marketing Plan For Restaurants appeared first on ClickFunnels. Digital marketing can be a great way to get people to come to your restaurant. However, most restaurants are approaching it haphazardly, without any clear strategy behind their digital marketing efforts. That is a waste of time, energy, and money. You can’t afford to flail around hoping that something works!

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Great Field Service is Agile and Efficient — These Tips Can Help You Get There

Salesforce

If field service agility isn’t currently a priority for your business, it should be. It can boost efficiency, cut costs, improve the employee experience, and grow customer loyalty. On the flip side, a lack of agility can wreck the reputation your company has worked so hard to build and frustrate your frontline service team. Field service agility is what gives your company the ability to quickly adapt to business, customer, or environment changes.

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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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How video SEO can boost your overall digital marketing strategy

Martech

When we talk about creating a video strategy, people usually see it as getting found on YouTube. And for good reason – billions of users access the platform every single month. And then comes an inevitable argument: “I don’t think my product or service is a good fit for YouTube.”. Yet, creating and marketing videos goes far beyond YouTube findability.

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You Need Just One Hour To Kickstart a Trust Action Plan

Salesforce

With trust in government and the media gradually eroding , business leaders have a vacuum to fill. For the first time in decades, the global business community has an opportunity to lead through unstable times. But record turnover — 88% of executives report higher than normal turnover , according to PwC — suggests there may be more work to be done to build trust in the workplace.

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Scaling From $10M to $100M ARR: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly with Showpad Co-Founder Pieterjan Bouten (Pod 586 + Video)

SaaStr

The $100 million in Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR) mark is a magnificent milestone for companies that indicates sustainable business growth. While every startup is eager to hit this mark quickly, it’s a process that takes time. Scalability is about capability, so businesses need to understand whether they have the capacity to grow and whether their infrastructure and team can accommodate growth.

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One Bank Set Out To Close the Racial Wealth Gap — Here’s What Happened

Salesforce

OneUnited is a 50-year old Black-owned bank with one mission: to close the racial wealth gap. It designs banking practices with its community in mind — recognizing the impact systemic inequalities and the traumatic history of racism has had on Black wealth. In the U.S., banks have played an integral role reinforcing racial segregation and blocking the potential for the economic advancement of Black communities.

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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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Infographic: 10 Key Roles of the Best Sales Managers

RAIN Group

How much control do sales managers have over the performance of their teams? More than you might think. A RAIN Group Center for Sales Research study found that Elite and Top-Performing Sales Organizations prioritize sales coaching significantly more than other organizations, and they have more skilled and motivating sales managers.