March, 2025

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A New View for Evaluating Sales Effectiveness

Anthony Cole Training

What you cannot see can kill you. If you don't see the car to your right about to run a stop sign, you might be in trouble. If you cannot see a clogged artery, you might be in trouble. If you cannot see that your sales team is failing to execute the fundamentals of an effective sales approach, then surely that will kill your chances for sales effectiveness and consistent sales growth.

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The Powerful Linkage between DISC and Team Buying

Sales Pop!

We all know about team selling, dont we? Assembling your firms human assets to increase the chances of winning big deals is a survival skill in the major account world. But in engaging your selling team as effectively as possible, never neglect to focus on one of enterprise sellings top challenges team buying! To understand the concept in the major accounts arena, think first about small and medium-sized businesses.

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The New Rules of AI Startup Growth: 5 Key Lessons from Cohere, Together AI & Salesforce Ventures

SaaStr

The Traditional “Triple, Triple, Double, Double, Double” Rule is Dead for AI Startups If you’ve been in SaaS for a while, you know the classic growth rule of thumb: “Triple, Triple, Double, Double, Double.” It was the gold standard for B2B software companies scaling from $1M to $100M ARR. But here’s the thing – AI startups are breaking this model entirely.

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How to inflation-proof your marketing in 2025

Martech

Marketing budgets are doing two things right now tightening and transforming. With consumer spending power squeezed and C-suites scrutinizing every expense, businesses and the marketers who support them have come to a critical inflection point: adapt to inflation or watch your ROI evaporate. Simply cutting costs won’t cut it. As inflation stubbornly hovers at 3% and reports reveal consumers’ disposable income is up just 1.8% year over year the weakest pace since December 2022 busi

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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 connectivity, personalized comfort, and high-tech convenience. From AI-powered smart room controls to keyless entry, 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

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“We’re Doing Everything Right, But Nothing’s Working!”

Partners in Excellence

I was struck by this sentence in a LI post today, “We are doing everything right, but nothing’s working!” I see variants of this every day: We’re doing everything right, it’s not working as well… We’re doing exactly what made us successful in the past, it’s no longer working… We’re doing what everyone else is doing, and what we have always done, it’s not producing the same results… We’re doing everything we’ve al

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7 Brutal Truths About Being an Outside Sales Representative

Iannarino

So you're considering becoming an Outside Sales Representative ? That's gutsy! You must love a challenge. Perhaps you're an adrenaline addict. Perhaps you simply prefer a career where you don't have to pretend to be busy sitting at a desk for eight hours a day. Either way, congratulationsyou're about to leap into one of the most unpredictable, untamed, and rewarding careers on the planet!

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Integrating E-Learning Platforms Into Your Lead Generation Process

Sales Pop!

Having trouble with high-quality lead generation? This happens with many businesses. Many players can attract lots of visitors, but they have trouble converting them. The old tricks of lead generation – advertising, cold emailing, and generic content offer up unqualified leads that disappear after a quick interaction. And why is it so? Prospects think they should be offered something of value before they commit; they should be educated, not just sold.

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70% of Pipeline from Marketing Comes From Just 4 Things

SaaStr

So leading SaaS growth stage VC fund Insight Partners surveyed 100+ of its top later-stage B2B companies to see how they did marketing and demand gen and pipeline creation in particular. What they learned: Marketing drives 48% of pipeline across B2B companies. Sales drives 33%. And Partners and Channel 15%. An interesting break-down. Not a shocker but useful to see this across 100+ leading B2B scale-ups.

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Why marketing success requires failure (and how to handle it)

Martech

If you’ve been around the corporate world long enough, you might remember when “failing up” was the latest concept in corporate success. It describes the ability to rise above failure and move on, to share your experiences with others, understanding the point of failure, learning from it and moving on. Like most corporate cliches, it came and went.

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Q1 Sales Performance Gut Check

Sales Gravy

This is a very important Monday because this is the first Monday of the second quarter and its time for a major gut check and assessment of where you are against your number, coming out of Q1 and what you need to adjust and think about as we move into Q2. Start with setting aside a dedicated, focused time block of one to two hours for reviewing your: Q1 Results Current state of your pipeline 2025 goals & Personal business plan Evaluate Your Q1 Performance Against Your Sales Goals Begin with an h

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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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Mastering Chess Strategy and Sales Conversations: How Openings Win in Both Games

Iannarino

Discover how mastering strategic openings can elevate your sales game. Learn essential techniques to start strong and secure client trust from the very first meeting.

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Autonomous vs Assistive Agents: Which is Right for Your Small Business?

Salesforce

Spoiler alert: The answer is, you need both agents. 90% of SMB owners are already using AI to automate customer interactions. Technology is becoming more innovative with every passing day. One of the most exciting developments in technology is the rise of autonomous and assistive agents. Agents are running business operations smoothly with limited human oversight where tasks are executed flawlessly without lifting a finger.

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Is AI That Good, Or Are We That Bad?

Partners in Excellence

The answer to the question, “Is AI that good, or are we that bad,” is resounding YES! To both. Everyday, we see great applications of AI, particularly when coupled with outstanding human based thinking. At the same time, I see endless examples where AI isn’t doing anything better, it isn’t outthinking sellers, it’s simply outperforming sellers in fundamentals.

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A Founder’s Guide to Building and Scaling Marketing Channels: Lessons from Datadog’s CMO and First Marketing Hire

SaaStr

Alex Rosenblatt was the first marketing hire and Chief Marketing Officer at Datadog, all the way through IPO and beyond. He spent over eight years scaling their marketing from zero to supporting a multi-billion dollar public company. Prior to Datadog, Alex held leadership positions at several high-growth SaaS companies and has a proven track record of building marketing engines that deliver consistent, measurable growth.

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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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3 high-impact email automations you need to drive revenue

Martech

You open your email automation platform and instantly feel overwhelmed. Dozens of workflows stare back at you welcome series, abandoned carts, nurturing sequences, anniversary triggers the list goes on. But here’s a hard truth: most email automations are just noise. They drain your resources, confuse your audience and deliver little real value.

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How to Get New Sales Reps Cold Calling and Building Pipe Faster (Ask Jeb)

Sales Gravy

Gaius, who runs an insurance brokerage in Ohio wants to know how to get his new sales agents cold calling and building pipeline earlier in their training cycle, without making them feel overwhelmed and sabotaging their confidence. If youve ever hired a sales class or tried to ramp up new hires in an industry with complex products or strict guidelines, youll relate to Gaiuss dilemma.

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10 Rules for Successful Sales Training and Revenue Growth

Understanding the Sales Force

I believe that “24” was the best Television series I have ever watched. Although it ran from 2003-2010, long before streaming was a thing, no show was better situated for streaming and binge watching than “24.” My wife and I watched it for the first time a few years ago but we recently watched all eight seasons again. It was amazing to both of us that despite how much we loved “24” the first time we watched it, we didn’t remember any of it as we watched

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Create Your Dream Team with These 7 Agentforce Skills

Salesforce

Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming customer interactions, but success isnt just about technology its about the people behind it. Building a team well-versed in Agentforce skills ensures that your AI investments deliver real value. Heres how were doing it at Salesforce, and how you can too. Consider Your Use Case It all starts with understanding your Agentforce use case.

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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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Why Cheatsheets And Hacks Don’t Deliver

Partners in Excellence

My feeds in social media are filled with Cheatsheets, Hacks, Templates—all 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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How Windsurf / Codeium Built a Billion-Dollar AI Company and a Winning Sales Machine

SaaStr

5 Key Learnings from Scaling from 3 to 75 Go-To-Market Team Members in Less Than 12 Months The latest SaaStr CRO Confidential is out and Sam Blond did a great deep dive with Graham Mareno, VP of Worldwide Sales at Codeium. I really liked this one and wanted to write up a few more learnings. Codeium has emerged as one of the hottest AI startups, growing from 30 to 150 employees in just one year, with a valuation already exceeding $1 billion.

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AI can find your ideal customers, but only humans can build real relationships

Martech

AI personalization is everywhere, but it’s not everything. Only humans can provide the genuine interaction and empathy to build lasting customer relationships. While AI can help identify your ideal customers, you must go old school to nurture them. “AI is a magnificent tool,” said Kyle Tudor, head of sales at Perfection and Custom, at last fall’s MarTech Conference. “But your customers are still human.

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The President’s Club Vulnerability Paradigm (Money Monday)

Sales Gravy

No matter if you've had a great month, closed a big deal, or made it to the winner's circle at President's club, winning makes you more vulnerable to losing. A Winning Message for Sales Winners Last week I delivered a keynote at a large company's Presidents club event. It was fun! Great hotel. Tropical destination. People were upbeat and happy because they were celebrating success.

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The Intersection of AI and Sales: Personalization Without Compromise

Speaker: Jesse Hunter and Brynn Chadwick

Today’s buyers expect more than generic outreach–they want relevant, personalized interactions that address their specific needs. For sales teams managing hundreds or thousands of prospects, however, delivering this level of personalization without automation is nearly impossible. The key is integrating AI in a way that enhances customer engagement rather than making it feel robotic.

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Personal Branding Services for Industry Domination

Iannarino

Want to stand out, attract clients, and become an industry authority? Learn how personal branding services can turn you into the go-to expert.

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Protect Your Salesforce Environment from Social Engineering Threats

Salesforce

Cybersecurity is a shared responsibility between a provider and their customers. While Salesforce builds enterprise-grade security into every part of our platform, customers play a vital role in protecting their dataespecially amid a recent rise in sophisticated social engineering and phishing attacks targeting Salesforce customers. Threat actors have been observed employing various social engineering tactics, including voice phishing (i.e., vishing), to impersonate members of an IT Support team

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Where Is The Customer?

Partners in Excellence

I speak with lots of leaders about their GTM strategies. My social channels are dominated by experts suggesting the GTM strategies. One of the things I’ve started doing is counting how many times they use the word, “Customer.” It’s surprising how seldom the word is used. When it is, it’s used in the context of the customer being the target of a set of strategies and activities.

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Building Product in the Age of AI with Plaid’s President and Brex’s President

SaaStr

The Top 10 Product Leadership Lessons from Plaid’s and Brex’s Presidents Product leaders often ask me what it takes to build successful products in the age of AI, especially in fintech where the stakes are incredibly high. At SaaStr Annual we recently had the chance to do a dive deep with Jen Taylor (President, Plaid) and Karan Nangia (President, Brex) on this exact topic.

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AI Strategies for Sales Managers: How to Cut Down on Tedious Admin Work

What if you could help your sellers stop wasting 72% of their day on non-selling activities and focus on bringing in revenue? Incorporating AI in your enablement workflows can help you cut down on busy work, get projects done faster, and let your team (and you!) focus on making a bigger impact. We put together this guide to show you how to use AI to cut time and costs for projects, including collateral creation, development of training videos, and automating tedious processes.

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The hard truth about what AI will do to GTM

Martech

By 2028, traditional B2B marketing and sales tactics from demand generation to outbound prospecting will be nearly unrecognizable or extinct. Buyers are rapidly adopting AI to bypass vendor-led processes, making GTM teams shift from persuasion-based strategies to proof-driven models. The time to adapt is now. Here’s what that means for your strategy and your career.

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How to Generate Better B2B Leads That Convert (Ask Jeb)

Sales Gravy

Wes from Flower Mound, Texas, has a familiar challenge: how to attract more qualified B2B leads and convert them before they slip away. Hes already tried a variety of channels, including inside sales, social media, and email, but is struggling to ramp up both volume and quality. Below are the key insights from our conversation, along with practical strategies to multiply your lead count and build a system that secures face-to-face meetings with the right buyers.

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Podcast - Sales Leadership, Playbooks, and Account Growth with Des McCluskey

Membrain

Join us as we explore the complexities of B2B sales with Des McCluskey , Managing Partner of Padeda and former Sales Director at Johnson & Johnson. Des shares practical insights on building effective sales playbooks, the critical role of first-line sales leaders, and navigating complex sales cycles. Drawing from experience in medical devices, professional services, and financial services, he provides actionable strategies on sales enablement, coaching, and account management that sales leade

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What is a CRM Manager? Complete Guide for Startups and SMBs

Salesforce

Building strong customer relationships is at the heart of every successful business. For startups and small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) , the challenge often lies in managing those relationships efficiently as the company grows. Enter the customer relationship management (CRM) manager a professional dedicated to ensuring your CRM strategy and tools work effectively to support your business goals.

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Maximizing Profit and Productivity: The New Era of AI-Powered Accounting

Speaker: Yohan Lobo and Dennis Street

In the accounting world, staying ahead means embracing the tools that allow you to work smarter, not harder. Outdated processes and disconnected systems can hold your organization back, but the right technologies can help you streamline operations, boost productivity, and improve client delivery. Dive into the strategies and innovations transforming accounting practices.