Wed.Feb 07, 2024

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A List of Open-Ended Questions for Your Discovery

Iannarino

One of the recurring complaints I hear from sales leaders and sales managers is that their sales teams don't ask open-ended questions. Open-ended questions are necessary to acquire all kinds of information that will make it easier to sell to the client and their stakeholders. Some part of the reticence to ask these questions may come from the fear that there may be a lack of business acumen to address the response to the question.

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Product page SEO: A complete guide

Search Engine Land

Optimizing product detail pages (PDPs) is crucial for ecommerce websites. Well-optimized product pages can increase organic traffic, boost conversions, and grow revenue. This comprehensive guide covers key elements of effective product page optimization, including: Structuring clear, descriptive product page URLs. Optimizing image file names, alt text, and schema.

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Why integrations will be critical to AI in 2024

Martech

Almost every business today has access to similar AI tools, but outcomes are going to differ significantly based on how they apply the technology. Results depend not just on the AI you’re using, but how you integrate it into your existing tech stack, processes, and strategy. AI is incredibly good at gathering and analyzing huge volumes of customer data.

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Google investigating ‘brutal’ Local Service Ads tactic destroying leads for businesses

Search Engine Land

Google is investigating a devastating Local Service Ads (LSA) tactic that could “nuke competitors out of existence.” When more than one LSA is linked to a Google Business Profile (GBP), the ad becomes invisible, killing off all leads. Alarmingly, competitors can use this loophole to intentionally create an LSA linked to your GBP without your knowledge, preventing your ad from reaching consumers.

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Dont Let AI Pass You By: The New Era of Personalized Sales Coaching & Development

Speaker: Brendan Sweeney, VP of Sales & Devyn Blume, Sr. Account Executive

Are you curious about how artificial intelligence is reshaping sales coaching, learning, and development? Join Brendan Sweeney and Devyn Blume of Allego for an engaging new webinar exploring AI's transformative role in sales coaching and performance improvement! Brendan and Devyn will share actionable insights and strategies for integrating AI into coaching and development - ensuring personalized, effective, and scalable training!

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How agile marketing teams can work with AI

Martech

I remember when the web was brand new, unknown and scary to many people. The company I worked for was extremely traditional and vowed never to have a website or allow employees to use email. Well, that was in 1996, and as you can imagine, a few years later, they could no longer fight it because the world had changed. It seems like AI is causing that next paradigm shift.

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Microsoft Copilot updates: New design, image editing tools and video highlights

Search Engine Land

Microsoft Copilot announced a trio of updates to its platform, including: A new homepage design. New inline editing of AI-generated images with Microsoft Designer integration. New video highlights in Edge. Why we care. Microsoft’s updated Copilot homepage is designed to make navigation smoother, though it might take a bit of getting used to. Meanwhile, the new in-platform image editing features eliminate the need for another program, saving you time and possibly expense.

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SEO and UX: Finding the strategic balance for optimal outcomes

Search Engine Land

The relationship between SEO and user experience (UX) is an important consideration in your digital strategy. On one hand, SEO is crucial for getting a website to gain visibility on search engines. On the other hand, neglecting user experience could undermine success even with good SEO. The key is finding the right balance between optimizing for search engines and providing a smooth user journey.

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Greg Kihlstrom: Spotlight on the expert

Martech

Our “Spotlight on the expert” series digs deeper into the stories of our expert contributors. This interview has been edited for clarity and length. Greg Kihlstrom is a best-selling author, speaker, entrepreneur and valued contributor to MarTech. His curiosity about music promotion and connecting with other bands led him quickly to the early days of the web and digital experience.

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An Introduction to Using AI in Sales Prospecting

RAIN Group

Unless you’ve been on an extended media break, you’re aware that artificial Intelligence (AI) is making a splash across all industries of business. I’ve seen this as a practitioner. I work closely with client organizations and collaborate with senior executives, and I’ve been getting a lot of questions lately about AI. What’s RAIN Group’s position on AI?

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5 Interesting Learnings from Atlassian at $4 Billion+ in ARR

SaaStr

So Atlassian has cruised past $4 Billion in ARR, still growing a steady 21% in a very efficient fashion. It’s raining cash, with 27% free-cash flow margins. The markets like this combination. Even with a few bumps, Atlassian is still trading at a $55 Billion market cap, so over 12x ARR. That’s twice the average of 6x ARR for public SaaS companies.

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Increase Revenue With Better, Faster Sales Onboarding

Quotas need to be hit. Revenue goals need to be met. This reality makes shortening sales onboarding time a top priority. Organizations with a standard onboarding process boost employee retention by 58% and increase productivity by 50%. Unfortunately, many companies struggle with inefficient processes that lead to high turnover and missed revenue opportunities.

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Digitization vs. Amazon: Why Digitization Alone Can’t Counter the Amazon Effect

Spiro Technologies

Before Amazon, buying something online was unimaginable. Amazon changed the game by offering 2-day delivery and forcing retailers to adapt. You can't beat Amazon by copying their tactics. You need to offer something different.

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Mastering High-Volume, Low-CAC Marketing: Strategies from Gorgias, Vercel, and Hypergrowth

SaaStr

In today’s world, there’s a clear shift in what founders, boards, and investors are all after — scalable, low-CAC (customer-acquisition cost) growth strategies. In a panel, Guillaume Cabane (G) and Martin Gontovnikas (Gonto), co-founders of HyperGrowth Partners, Axelle Heems, Senior Director of Growth Operations at Gorgias, and Morgane Palomares, VP of Marketing at Vercel, share real-life examples of how demand generation, growth, and marketing strategies have been executed to scale beyond 2x A

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Here are 12 Sales Coaching Resources You Want to Bookmark

Membrain

It’s no secret that I’ve been pushing the importance of coaching over the past several months. With the upcoming launch of our Coaching Cockpit this year, it’s definitely been top of mind for me.

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The Impact of Impact in Your Sales Conversations

SalesProInsider

Impact. It’s the missing ingredient for many sales conversations and conversions. Impact is the consequence of what is going on with your prospective client, and the consequence of what will happen if they use your service and work with you. Why is impact important? Because without discussing impact, we’re missing the key motivator and the sense of urgency that will help that person make a confident decision and/or make a change.

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Building Your BI Strategy: How to Choose a Solution That Scales and Delivers

Speaker: Evelyn Chou

Choosing the right business intelligence (BI) platform can feel like navigating a maze of features, promises, and technical jargon. With so many options available, how can you ensure you’re making the right decision for your organization’s unique needs? 🤔 This webinar brings together expert insights to break down the complexities of BI solution vetting.

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IAB Tech Lab slams Google Privacy Sandbox

Martech

As currently consituted, Google Privacy Sandbox faces multiple challenges, said IAB Tech Lab in a new report. The report is a “fit gap analysis” designed to provide the industry with an understanding of how Google’s proposed solution will support the most basic and common use cases. The Privacy Sandbox is intended to offer an alternative method of executing targeted digital advertising once third-party cookies are fully deprecated on the Chrome browser.

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Can you teach business acumen skills in 30 minutes?

The Advantexe Advisor

Business is hard. Shareholder expectations border on the impossible. The next generation of employees has changed the paradigm of work. These are just three of an infinite number of challenges faced by today’s business leaders. But if there is one thing we all know to be a universal truth is that by building skills and developing talent you can solve every challenge that comes your way.

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Nimble CRM Tips & Updates – Februrary 2024 I

Adaptive Business Services

Happy February! Let’s get to it! First a few clarifications … Multi-value custom fields – You can actually use this feature on multiple field types! Here is an article and here is a video (click the image to go to YouTube) … Copy and Paste into the new compose window – Google Docs works far better than Word. FYI. Here is a video on the new compose window.

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How to Lock Your Digital Door: Data Privacy Best Practices in 2024

Salesforce

Data takes center stage in building trust. However, stories about data loss can steal the spotlight – and be reputation killers. Safeguarding against such risks requires a proactive approach: with strong data privacy, governance, and precaution. The outcome? Sensitive customer data stays private, and customers stay satisfied. It’s important to note that data privacy is different from data security.

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Using Generative AI in Sales: Pros, Cons, and Considerations According to Sellers

Are your sellers unsure about using AI in their day-to-day workflows? Or are they eager to try but uncertain where to start? They might be asking: Which tasks are best suited for AI? How will using AI affect my relationship with my customers? With so many tools available, which ones are the most useful to me? To help answer these and other common questions about using AI during the sales cycle, we surveyed B2B sellers who were early adopters to get their insight and advice about how to use gen A

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C Drive Full? Here are 5 Proven Fixes For a Full C Drive

G2

Stay calm when the computer warns you that the C drive is full with low disk space. Follow the tips and tutorials here, and you can efficiently get more free space to extend the c drive and improve computer performance.

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How to Use AI to Meet Your ESG Goals Faster

Salesforce

Reporting environmental, social, and governance (ESG) disclosures is vital, but it can be a tedious process, especially as global regulations ramp up. However, ESG practitioners can tap into generative artificial intelligence (AI) to streamline this operation. You can use generative AI for ESG processes like finding relevant data, building components of various reports, and adding required or voluntary disclosures.

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Value-based bidding: Why it’s key to boosting your Google Ads

Search Engine Land

More advertisers are exploring the potential of value-based bidding (VBB). But what exactly is this method and why does it matter? This article discusses what you need to know about value-based bidding, how it differs from “Maximize conversions,” and two approaches to implement VBB for your Google Ads account. We’ll also explore perspectives from the PPC community on this evolving strategy.

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What Is Cost Plus Pricing? How Do You Use It In Sales?

Salesforce

Figuring out the right way to price your products can be tricky. Whether you’re selling software or designer handbags, your pricing strategy has a big impact on your sales success. There are a lot of ways to go about it, but if you’re looking for simplicity, cost-plus pricing might be a good bet. Below, we’ll talk about what cost pricing is, how to use it effectively, and some of the biggest advantages — and potential drawbacks.

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How To Speak The Language Of Financial Success In Product Management

Speaker: Jamie Bernard

Success in product management goes beyond delivering great features - it’s about achieving measurable financial outcomes that resonate across the organization. By connecting your product’s journey with the company’s financial success, you’ll ensure that every feature, release, and innovation contributes to the bottom line, driving both customer satisfaction and business growth.

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Owned asset optimization: The key to connecting with financial consumers

Martech

Brands are accustomed to pointing their marketing megaphone at the audience and controlling the conversation even in the digital age. Now, it’s the consumer wielding the megaphone and their message is loud and clear: Stop interrupting and start listening. Consumer behavior tells you what information they’re looking for. The brands that pay attention and address those needs will build long-term trust.

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