Fri.Sep 01, 2023

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Five Rules to Ensure a Second Meeting

Iannarino

Several companies with revenues measured in billions confessed that the size of their company makes it easy for their salespeople to acquire a first meeting , however, many of them cannot get a second meeting.

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Why CRM Adoption is Still Failing

Sales Pop!

If there’s a single aspect you’ll see about CRM promotion, it’s this: CRM vendors are constantly comparing the features and functionality of their offering versus others. Every one of them will assert that theirs is the best. What’s fascinating, though, is that despite these endless claims, CRM adoption rate is very low. In fact, per CSO Insights, less than 40 percent of CRM customers have end-user adoption rates above 90 percent.

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We Thrive Because We Are Cooperative

Partners in Excellence

I read a fascinating editorial by David Brooks, People Are More Generous Than You May Think. A line stood out, “Humanity hasn’t thrived all these centuries because we’re ruthlessly selfish; we’ve thrived because we’re really good at cooperation.” I had to re-read the article a few times, but it gradually sunk in. As I reflect on what we see happening in buying/selling, we see validation of this in virtually every interaction.

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4 Steps to Prepare Your Business for Natural Disasters

Sales Pop!

With the recent catastrophic wildfires in Hawaii, every small business should consider their risks and take steps to protect their business, including the lives of their employees. One of the most important precautionary steps covered below is to purchase business insurance that covers the risk of natural disaster destruction. A complete guide to business insurance can help you understand your risks and options.

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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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Increasing SERP visibility with structured data and schema testing

Search Engine Land

A steady decline in organic click-through rate has posed a real challenge for SEOs over the last few years. With organic ranking becoming increasingly competitive, the best way SEOs can continue to excel is to shift their focus to SERP features and rich results , according to Tanner Zoromski , SEO manager at Merkle, a customer experience management company.

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Marketing leaders, are you actually ready for AI?

Martech

It’s been a whirlwind nine months of AI hype — so much potential and fear. AI is here to stay, poised to transform how your company operates and engages with customers. As AI-based applications make their way into enterprise organizations, here’s how to ensure you are in a position to use them properly. A look at AI’s pros and cons Every day, I hear from colleagues about ways they’ve used generative AI to either speed up a process or create content.

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MarTech’s experts to follow: The lists so far

Martech

This is your list of lists: All of MarTech’s experts to follow (so far) in one place for easy access. Keep an eye out, as we will be adding to it. ABM To target and engage high-value accounts with personalized experiences you need to follow these ABM experts. AI and marketing The must-follows to keep up with the AI revolution sweeping marketing technology.

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The trifecta of keyword research strategy:  Volume, difficulty, intent

Search Engine Land

Search marketing is an ever-changing industry, but even amid the generative AI movement, one thing remains constant: keywords. Identifying the most valuable keywords for your business can make or break your visibility and online presence and put distance between you and your competition. But only when it’s appropriately harnessed. Learning to do strategic keyword research for SEO allows you to navigate the clutter and noise of search marketing, leading you to the treasure trove of targeted traff

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Boosting Your CLG Game: Why Your Website Matters

Heinz Marketing

By Maria Geokezas , Chief Operating Officer at Heinz Marketing When it comes to effective customer-led growth (CLG) strategies, most efforts focus on customer service and support. You know, the drill: be nice to your customers, sort out their issues quickly, and they stick around forever. They not only stick around but also spend more and refer business to you causing revenue to jump magically.

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How to structure people operations to scale SEO success

Search Engine Land

We often hear that SEO takes several months to a year to have an impact. But that’s not entirely true. Technically speaking, results are possible within days if you get content live and indexed quickly. But ironically, that’s often the part that gets stalled. Things just simply don’t go live – sometimes for months or even years. In the marketing era of “do more with less,” SEOs have more pressure than ever before to generate impact from the work they do.

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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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The Impact of "Quiet Cutting" on Business Acumen

The Advantexe Advisor

There is a new phenomenon sweeping the corporate landscape. Companies are reassigning workers to new roles and leaving it up to them to figure out what to do next. It works like this; one day, you get an email that your current job role has been eliminated, but you haven’t been fired. You have a new role, most likely a hybrid role of doing 100% of two other jobs that have been vacant or are important enough to shift resources toward.

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5 Interesting Learnings from Klaviyo at $650,000,000+ in ARR

SaaStr

So we’re finally, almost back from the IPO Drout in SaaS. The last SaaS leader to IPO was HashiCorp back in Dec 2021. After that, the public markets began a precipitous decline — leading to an almost 2 year pause in SaaS IPO. But now we’re almost back. You may not have heard of Klaviyo until recently, if at all. But it’s the #1 break-out leader in the Shopify ecosystem, and the numbers are stunning: $650m+ in ARR Growing a stunning 56.5% at this scale (!!

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Out-Of-The Box Strategies For Targeting Your Ideal Qualified Prospects

Sales Gravy

If You Don't Take Action, You Won't Get Results In this episode of the Sales Gravy Podcast, Jeb Blount and David Newman, author of Do It! Marketing and Do It! Selling, discuss exactly how to connect and engage with decision makers and avoid the "middle management trap". One of the most effective approaches that salespeople can leverage to close bigger deals is using interviews as a sales strategy to gather intelligence, build relationships, and connect with high-level decision makers.

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The Top 10 SaaStr Posts on Hiring Your Very First Sales Reps

SaaStr

Ah, hiring those first 1 or 2 sales reps. So often, they are mis-hires. But when you get that Sales Magician — they really can be a game changer. If that’s you, hiring your first few sales reps, here are our Top 10 SaaStr Posts on Hiring Your First Few Sales Reps: #1. When You Hire Your First Sales Rep — Just Make Sure You Hire Two. A classic but updated post that now has become part of the SaaS playbook.

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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.

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10 Customer Success Metrics SaaS Businesses Should Track

G2

Tracking customer success metrics helps retain customers and improve their experience. Learn which metrics are vital to the growth of your SaaS business.

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Reddit launches AI keyword research tool

Martech

Reddit is rolling out Keyword Suggestions – a new feature to boost its ad targeting capabilities. Why we care. This functionality could save you time on keyword research, letting AI take on the heavy-duty work. Having easy access to a list of new targeting possibilities could also increase the reach and efficiency of campaigns. What is Keyword Suggestions.

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How to Train Your Sales Teams on Ethical AI Use [Expert Insights]

Hubspot

Train AI in sales, and you’ll join 81% of salespeople surveyed who agree that AI significantly reduces their manual tasks and data entry workload. But how do you do that ethically? There’s a lot to consider, including bias, data management, permissions, and more. Disregard ethics, and you may find unwanted consequences as severe as a lawsuit or damaged brand reputation.

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Enhance Business Outcomes Through Sales Enablement Maturity

Highspot

However, you can’t establish a sales enablement team today and expect to move the needle on business outcomes tomorrow. First, you need to set a strong foundation with a Strategic Enablement approach that helps you align your efforts to key business priorities so you can turn strategy into action. After establishing this foundation for success, you can more effectively mature your efforts over time.

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State of AI in Sales & Marketing 2025

AI adoption is reshaping sales and marketing. But is it delivering real results? We surveyed 1,000+ GTM professionals to find out. The data is clear: AI users report 47% higher productivity and an average of 12 hours saved per week. But leaders say mainstream AI tools still fall short on accuracy and business impact. Download the full report today to see how AI is being used — and where go-to-market professionals think there are gaps and opportunities.

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The ultimate guide to sales kickoffs

SalesHood

The Ultimate Guide To Sales Kickoffs includes strategies, themes, tips, and tactics. Learn more about how you can create the best SKO.

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Five Reasons You Should Attend OpsStars 2023

SalesLoft

Going to Dreamforce? Escape the crowds by joining us at the San Francisco Mint, venue of the eighth annual OpsStars Conference , an exceptional learning and networking event uniquely tailored to operations professionals and revenue team members. With LeanData and Salesloft as this year’s co-sponsors, the conference hosts 2,500 attendees with 25+ speakers sharing their knowledge and experience across 20+ sessions and workshops.

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What Is CPM and How to Use It to Generate More Leads 

Lead Fuze

CPM in Marketing: What It Is and How To Use This Tool To Generate More Leads In the digital world, brands “fight” for the attention of a large audience to get their services or goods promoted and make their brand outstanding. Here, they “fight” for impressions. The impression has become a unit of measure counted when an advertisement is viewed in an application or website (often among other emails in people’s inboxes).