August, 2010

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First Things First - #4 Sales Solution for Successful Selling

Anthony Cole Training

HOME ABOUT US SOLUTIONS INTEGRATED LEARNING CLIENT RESULTS FREE RESOURCES SHOPPING CONTACT US SALES BREW SALES FORCE ONE SELLING FOR LIFE. Does Your Team Need a Wake Up Call? Tony Cole can tailor a workshop or keynote that will help your team discover the spark of extraordinary motivation and success. Why Arent Your Salespeople Selling? Fix Your Problem Now.

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Social Media Calendar

Closing Bigger

'There are many aspects to success in social media. Having a solid goal, knowing your core target market and of course monitoring social media conversations and your brand. Producing great content and engaging community are also vital. All of this has to be grounded in a solid implementation plan in order to work over the long term. A goal, great content, and community engagement are not enough to succeed using social media as a marketer, sales person or entrepreneur.

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23 Awesome SEO Blogs Everyone Should Read

Hubspot

Search engine marketing is constantly changing. Like social media and other aspects of online marketing, search engines are working to deliver better results for their users. To do this, they are focusing on new areas like localization and social search. As a marketer, it is important to keep up with all of this news, so here is our reading list of search engine optimization (SEO) blogs that will help make you a better marketer. 1.

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Don't Thwart Your Lead Generation Efforts—Ask the Next Best Question

Pointclear

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Smart Tools & Strong Teams: A People-First Approach to AI in Sales

Speaker: Matt Sunshine, CEO at The Center for Sales Strategy

AI isn’t replacing salespeople—it’s empowering them. The most forward-thinking sales organizations are using AI to enhance human performance rather than eliminate it. From coaching and messaging to prospecting and pipeline accountability, artificial intelligence is giving managers and SDRs the new tools they need to work smarter, sell better, and close more.

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A Personal ?Hard Work and Focus Pays Off? Story ? Score More Sales

Score More Sales

Sales Tips and Strategies to Grow Revenues. Blog. About. Consulting. Training. Press. Speaking. A Personal “Hard Work and Focus Pays Off” Story. by Lori Richardson on August 19, 2010. This post isn’t as much about sales and growing business as it is about life. In a world where people cheat and try to take short cuts to success, at the expense of others – I think it’s good to hear about people who just plain work hard, helping others along the way.

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Emails and Voice Mails that Get Your Prospect's Attention

Sales Gravy

Last week I spoke at the first Los Angeles chapter meeting of the AA-ISP (American Association of Inside Sales Professionals), and it was great.

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The Customer Owns Your Brand

Closing Bigger

'I saw this great example of how a customer owns your brand in social media. While some Realtors may blog and tweet the links, or others build Facebook page shrines in their likeness, Jack Bernard has been branded by his customers online. You obviously want both, but this creative list as to why he’s the best Realtor in the world is a great example of how a raving fan can use their social influence to promote your business.

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Who should guest host HubSpot TV?

Hubspot

We've had a fun filled 2 years on HubSpot TV , but for the next couple weeks my co-host Karen Rubin is away. So I need someone to help me out as a guest co-host on September 3 or 10. Don't know what HubSpot TV is? We're broadcasting live really soon (4pm EDT) so watch the live show. I posted a message on Twitter looking for volunteers and suggestions for a guest host, and I got a ton of them.

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There's Gold In Them Thar Databases!

Pointclear

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The Facebook Event for Marketers You Need to Know About.

Score More Sales

Sales Tips and Strategies to Grow Revenues. Blog. About. Consulting. Training. Press. Speaking. The Facebook Event for Marketers You Need to Know About. by Lori Richardson on August 2, 2010. I’m happy to share information about an upcoming Facebook Marketing event that will be online with many fantastic speakers. My friend Mike Stelzner and a whole slew of experts are going to offer strategies to help you grow your Facebook business presence.

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How to Coach Reps on Overcoming Sales Objections with Confidence

Speaker: Brendan Sweeney, VP of Global Sales and David Phelan, Account Manager

In a world where buyers are more informed and objections are more nuanced, confidence isn't optional—it’s a competitive advantage. In high-stakes conversations, knowing how to handle pushback can make or break the deal. Join industry experts Brendan Sweeney and David Phelan for a behind-the-scenes look at how teams are transforming sales coaching with real-time feedback, objection-handling role plays, and pre-call preparation that actually sticks.

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Avoid Complacency Derived from Familiarity

Sales Gravy

"The account has been lost over time and you just found out about it today. The promotion that Fox proposed was simply the dramatic conclusion in a multi-act play. We've got some changes to make in our approach.

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#2 Sales Solution for Successful Selling

Anthony Cole Training

HOME ABOUT US SOLUTIONS INTEGRATED LEARNING CLIENT RESULTS FREE RESOURCES SHOPPING CONTACT US SALES BREW SALES FORCE ONE SELLING FOR LIFE. Does Your Team Need a Wake Up Call? Tony Cole can tailor a workshop or keynote that will help your team discover the spark of extraordinary motivation and success. Why Arent Your Salespeople Selling? Fix Your Problem Now.

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What is different about Guerrilla Social Media Marketing?

Closing Bigger

'I have been asked by a number of people what the difference is between most brands and a brand that employs guerrilla social media strategies. Today I thought I would share an excerpt from my upcoming book that answers that question. An excerpt from “ Guerrilla Social Media Marketing ” by Shane Gibson and Jay Conrad Levinson: What is an authentic guerrilla brand?

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Google Launches Real-Time Search Homepage and New Tools

Hubspot

Search engines have been working at a rapid pace to improve their systems to handle and deliver results from social networks in real time. Today, the real-time search industry got a lot hotter. Google today turned on a new experiment feature that delivers search results on a keyword in real time. Google’s real-time search feature is currently in the process of being rolled out to everyone.

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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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Why Leads Are Like Potato Chips (and can be just as bad for you)

SBI

Doctors tell us to have a diet of nutritional foods that are low in calories. Instead, many of us (me included!) tend to eat foods that are filling but have little nutritional value (think potato chips). Then we wonder why we’re not hitting our goal of optimum health and weight. Potato chips are “empty calories”. That is, the calories we consume from potato chips provide minimum value.

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8 Steps for More Effective Closing - Sales Solution #10

Anthony Cole Training

HOME ABOUT US SOLUTIONS INTEGRATED LEARNING CLIENT RESULTS FREE RESOURCES SHOPPING CONTACT US SALES BREW SALES FORCE ONE SELLING FOR LIFE. Does Your Team Need a Wake Up Call? Tony Cole can tailor a workshop or keynote that will help your team discover the spark of extraordinary motivation and success. Why Arent Your Salespeople Selling? Fix Your Problem Now.

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Best Sales Questions to Close More Sales

Anthony Cole Training

HOME ABOUT US SOLUTIONS INTEGRATED LEARNING CLIENT RESULTS FREE RESOURCES SHOPPING CONTACT US SALES BREW SALES FORCE ONE SELLING FOR LIFE. Does Your Team Need a Wake Up Call? Tony Cole can tailor a workshop or keynote that will help your team discover the spark of extraordinary motivation and success. Why Arent Your Salespeople Selling? Fix Your Problem Now.

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The March Of Twitter: Analysis of How And Where Twitter Spread

Hubspot

This is a guest post by Pete Warden , the founder of OpenHeatMap , a free and easy way to turn your spreadsheet into a map. Nine months after the creation of the service in March 2006, Twitter only had a few thousand users. A year later there were an estimated 150,000 people using the service. How did Twitter get those vital initial users? To answer that question I created a visual history of Twitter's growth, feeding data from Dharmesh Shah ( developer of TwitterGrader.com ) into OpenHeatMap to

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Breaking The Commerce Bottleneck: Your SAP Exit Plan Starts Now

Speaker: Jason Cottrell and Gireesh Sahukar

Retailers know the clock is ticking–legacy SAP Commerce support ends in 2026. Legacy platforms are becoming a liability burdened by complexity, rigidity, and mounting operational costs. But modernization isn’t just about swapping out systems, it’s about preparing for a future shaped by real-time interactions, AI powered buying assistants, and flexible commerce architecture.

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5 Items to Delete From Your Website Today

Hubspot

Our blog along with many others are full of advice and instructions of things to add to your website. These often include: start a blog, monitor social media, or optimize your site for search engines. While all of these things are important, today I would like you to do something completely different: think about things you should stop doing. When we add ideas and actions, websites become more complicated.

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Facebook Places Launches, Allows Businesses To “Check In”

Hubspot

Facebook has delivered a major blow to not Foursquare and other location-based social networks, but to Google and Yelp. The social network has announced the launch of a major new feature: Facebook Places. We have talked many times about the adoption and marketing implications of location-based social networks on this blog in the past. However, this trend just got a lot more interesting for marketers.

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12 Amazing SEO Infographics

Hubspot

Search engine optimization (SEO) is an industry and practice in constant flux. As search engines continue to work toward improving the results returned for their users, marketers must continue to optimize websites and create relevant content to build relevancy and authority. Check out these awesome infographics for some visual instruction and information about SEO: 1.

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The ABCs of Off-Page SEO Tactics

Hubspot

The following is a guest post by Tina Rawlins. Rawlins is a Digital Marketing Specialist for ymarketing , who manages SEO and Inbound Marketing campaigns for ecommerce and lead generation clients, and a provider on the HubSpot Service Marketplace for On-Page SEO and Off-Page SEO services. You can follow her on Twitter at @googlegirl or read her blog.

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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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3 Ways Facebook's Pending Page Changes Affect Marketers

Hubspot

Facebook recently announced that it would be making updates to profiles and pages and that these changes would take effect on Monday, August 23. According to Facebook, these updates are designed to "simplify navigation for users, reduce complexity for developers and enable [Facebook] to build the next generation of tools for growing your business with Facebook.".

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11 Simple Ways B2B Companies Can Be More Social Today

Hubspot

When making the transition from traditional to online and social media marketing, B2B companies will need to make major and minor changes to their marketing strategy and tactics. While the major changes are important, sometimes it can feel like the company is not making any progress in becoming more “social.” So while, as a marketing department, you are making major changes like CRM integrations, lead collection systems, etc., consider making some of these simple changes as well to b

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30 Awesome B2B Social Media Resources

Hubspot

Marketers are currently in a state of transition. As social media and online marketing are integrated with traditional marketing channels, marketing teams need to learn more about the nuts and bolts of B2B social media. This list is designed to help marketers fill in the gap as well as provide resources for those in all phases of the B2B social media adoption process.

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How to Use Web Analytics to Become a Better Marketer

Hubspot

Strategic marketers are continually collecting data and web analytics on their website, but what do they do with all this information? As a marketer, data gathered online can be a valuable tool for improving strategies, adjusting budgets and other enhancements. 5 Ways To Leverage Web Analytics to Become a Better Marketer. 1) Measure Offline Data – All offline marketing campaigns should be tracked and measured as well as online campaigns.

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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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Social Media Marketing Lessons From Justin Bieber

Hubspot

As of July, 2010, 16 year-old Justin Bieber is the most searched for celebrity on the internet and has the most viewed youtube video in history. His debut album, My World , was the highest grossing debut by any artist in 2009 and he is the first artist in history to have seven songs from his debut album reach the “Billboard Hot 100.” At this point you’re probably asking yourself: “Who is this kid and how did he do it?

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Visualizing How a Link Spreads Through the Twitterverse

Hubspot

A few months ago, I did some research into visualizing how a story spreads across the Twitterverse and how that spread could be visualized. Using a combination of the Twitter API, the TweetMeme API and the Processing visualization library, I was able to graph the spread of a handful of popular links. In the TweetMaps below the circles represent each user who ReTweeted the link, they're bigger or smaller based on the number of followers they have.

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The 4 Hottest Social Media Marketing Trends Explained

Hubspot

With new applications launching daily and “experts” promoting the next big thing in social media marketing, it is a fast changing and confusing industry for marketers. It doesn’t need to be complicated, but it is important for marketers to think about the larger communication trends that these applications belong to and then decide if the trends are relevant enough to test in their marketing strategy.

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He Tweeted, She Tweeted: Men vs. Women On Twitter [Infographic]

Hubspot

One evening last week, I conjured up a reasonably clever way to make a pretty good guess as to the gender of a Twitter user. At first, I thought, “This will only take a couple of hours to hack together” Famous last words. As is often the case with these sorts of things, one thing led to another, and I found myself up at 4am to get the code done.

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New Research-Backed Strategies to Empower Managers as Culture & Engagement Leaders

Speaker: Beth Sunshine, SVP, Up Your Culture

When culture isn’t consistently lived out across the organization, engagement suffers—and it often starts with a disconnect at the top. In this session, Beth Sunshine, SVP of Up Your Culture at The Center for Sales Strategy, will reveal how HR and executive leaders can close the gap between vision and execution by equipping frontline and mid-level managers to become culture carriers.