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Maximize Your Sales Success: The Power of Reading, Writing, and Speaking in B2B Sales

Iannarino

Unlock the hidden advantages of reading, writing, and speaking to elevate your B2B sales game and stay ahead of your competitors.

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7 ways to boost customers’ emotional connection and loyalty with your brand

Martech

Loyalty. What’s emotion got to do with it? That emotional connection to a brand is extremely important to customer loyalty. It’s often been thought to be a key driver of loyalty. It goes beyond a product’s or service’s functional benefits and taps into customers’ feelings, values and identity. True loyalty is about more than transactional convenience or pricing considerations.

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AI for Small Business: How to Choose Your Tech Stack

Salesforce

Artificial intelligence (AI) has gone mainstream. It’s here. In fact, according to Salesforce’s Small Business Trends report , approximately nine in 10 small and medium-sized business (SMB) teams are using AI. 60% say they are currently using generative AI (GenAI) or plan to use it. And, 33% of sales teams expect to use it within two years. As a small business owner, are you ready for it?

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Content length, depth and SEO: Everything you need to know in 2025

Search Engine Land

Content creation is a beast and can be a minefield, especially in this AI-driven era, where many seek to “save time” by using AI to partially or fully write content, sometimes with little to no human oversight As guardians of the corpus of the web (it’s scary, but true in many ways), SEO professionals should seriously consider whether the content they’re publishing is valuable, useful, unique and actually answers the user’s question.

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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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Using Sales Enablement Tools and Technology to Add Value to Relationships

Anthony Cole Training

In order for salespeople to truly engage, build value, and develop long-lasting relationships, they must compliment their selling approach with sales enablement tools and technology. Listening with the intent to learn, asking questions that are not product-based, and understanding the nuances, trends, and challenges of a company and industry are required in today’s environment.

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Google’s cookie pivot leaves 88% of industry in uncertainty: IAB

Martech

Google’s pivot on deprecating third-party cookies has caused uncertainty in the digital advertising industry. Originally set for 2022, the plan faced multiple delays since its announcement in January 2020, leading to doubts about Google’s commitment. The move has sparked speculation about the future of privacy-focused advertising and the impact on businesses that have been preparing for a cookieless future.

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Business Decisions Require Research for Growth and Moving Forward

Sales Pop!

We all hear highly conflicting advice today, necessitating consideration of the pros and cons before making a serious decision. Each of us is unique; accordingly, no one answer works for everyone. Worse, the emphatic claims you hear may or may not prove accurate. Today’s two topics to exemplify the matter are investment strategies and politics, which undoubtedly apply to many sales and business growth encounters.

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Is Google using Chrome for mobile-first indexing and user signals?

Search Engine Land

Phase two of Google’s mobile-first indexing – rendering – is Chrome and has been since 2018, according to SEO expert Cindy Krum. In a newly released video presentation, Krum said: “What I believe is happening here is that Google failed to tell us at this time in 2018, when it launched, that what they were using for the second phase of indexing was not a bot, per se.

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Transforming agile marketing with generative AI

Martech

Let’s face it: the marketing world is already complicated. Agile marketing isn’t easy to implement or continuously manage, and the promise of helping teams prioritize work — and say no to some things — remains elusive. But now, marketing processes are shifting even more rapidly, with generative AI emerging as the top catalyst. How do you combine agile marketing and generative AI?

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Make Halloween Sales Less Trick and More Treat This Year

Salesforce

What’s the scariest thing about Halloween? Some retailers may be missing out on opportunities to rev up sales through the end of October. After some years of declining sales, retail’s Halloween season is now the industry’s second biggest retail holiday. A few years before the pandemic, Halloween spending was down in the U.S. from $9.1 billion in 2017 to $8 billion in 2020.

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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 Consultative Sales: Strategies to Win Large Enterprise Clients

Iannarino

Discover how shifting from traditional sales tactics to a consultative approach can help you win large, enterprise-level clients.

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Amazon Advertising guide: How to reach customers and sell more

Search Engine Land

Amazon Ads has become a powerful platform for businesses of all sizes, both on and off the Amazon marketplace. This article explores the various types of Amazon Ads, their features and how they can benefit different businesses. Whether you’re a small local business or a large brand, understanding Amazon’s advertising options can help you reach new customers and grow your business.

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2024 online holiday spending set for record year with $240 billion in sales

Martech

U.S. online holiday shoppers are expected to spend $240.8 billion in November and December this year, according to a forecast by Adobe. This represents a 8.4% increase over last year’s holiday season, significantly higher than last year’s 4.9% year-over-year growth. Why we care. This is good news for retailers with a solid digital marketing strategy.

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MarTech Moment: Clay

Heinz Marketing

By Win Salyards , Senior Marketing Consultant at Heinz Marketing In today’s digital landscape, data drives success. For marketing and sales professionals, leveraging the right data can differentiate between landing a sale or missing out. Clay is a powerful tool designed to streamline and supercharge how teams prospect, engage, and convert leads through intelligent data scraping, enrichment, and automation.

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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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Master the Hunter Mindset

Iannarino

In the competitive world of B2B sales, the difference between hunters and non-hunters can determine who wins the deal—and who gets left in the cold.

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How AI is advancing advertising and changing consumer engagement

Search Engine Land

Artificial intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing consumer engagement and transforming the landscape of search, according to James Murray of Microsoft Advertising, who spoke at SMX Advanced. Here are the key points he raised in his presentation, exploring the paradigm shift in search technology and its implications for advertisers and marketers. The expanded search box: A gateway to nuanced queries Murray highlighted a seemingly small but significant change in search: the expansion of the search b

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Why marketing benefits when it provides forecasted guidance

Martech

This is my inaugural column for MarTech, and it’s great to be here. From T-shaped marketer to translator of business languages For more than 30 years, I was a marketer and communicator in large companies and agencies. In my quest to be seen as significant, I became what HR teams call “T-shaped.” I gained more understanding about other functions and how the business worked.

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9 Common Social Selling Mistakes You Need to Avoid, According to Experts

Hubspot

A solid social selling strategy falls somewhere between “nice-to-have” and “need-to-have” in the modern sales landscape. Activities like prospect outreach, cultivating brand awareness, and online relationship building are all enhanced by social media — so having a solid presence on these platforms can really help your case. But navigating social selling isn‘t always straightforward.

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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 Future of AI in Sales: Why Human Relationships Will Triumph Over Artificial Intelligence

Iannarino

In a rapidly evolving sales landscape, the question remains: Will AI replace human relationships, or will human interaction continue to dominate?

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19 keyword mining tools and strategies for PPC campaign growth

Search Engine Land

Are you having trouble finding relevant keywords for your paid search campaigns? It’s time to move beyond only using the Google Keyword Planner and uncover fresh, relevant keywords. Traditional keyword research tools frequently lack depth, offering only limited insights into the complexities of user search behavior. As a result, PPC managers often struggle to uncover new keyword opportunities.

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How brands are handling the lack of transparency in major ad platforms

Martech

In recent years, tech giants like Meta, Google and Amazon tightened their grip on digital media while facing increased scrutiny from consumers and regulators. Beneath the headlines, a key shift is reshaping how brands interact with ad platforms: the growing tension between consolidation and transparency. How consolidation and transparency are redefining digital advertising Consolidation is growing due to several factors.

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Are Your Store Associates Ready for Holiday Shopping Season?

Salesforce

For years now, retailers have focused their retail holiday prep on crushing Cyber Week. After all, holiday shopping accounts for 19.3% of annual retail sales revenue. But while your digital sales strategy plays a critical role in your holiday shopping results, your in-store game must remain strong. There’s a reason we champion an omnichannel approach for retailers.

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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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Reviving Outbound B2B Sales: Mastering Traditional Strategies in the Digital Age

Iannarino

I want to tell you an old story that you need to know. For 14 years I've been writing a blog post every day, minus 13 days when I was in the Himalayas and I went to Mount Everest. When I started, I thought there was no possible way I would be able to write and post every day, but it turns out I have done both of those things.

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Microsoft is about to change how Copilot ads appear and trigger

Search Engine Land

Microsoft Advertising will soon change the way ads in Copilot appear to users, as well as how ads trigger. Advertisers are also about to get two new pilot features. New Copilot ad experience. Copilot ads will appear below Copilot’s (organic) answers in a feature Microsoft is calling “ad voice.” This will include text referencing the conversation within Copilot and acts as a transitionary message from the advertiser.

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It’s the age of AI agents: See how marketers can build one themselves

Martech

My two previous articles on personalized customer experiences focused on the need to embrace AI and the goal of AI that truly understands customer data. I’m going to continue to explore the framework I introduced in those articles here, moving to the lower-right quadrant: Agency. I’m not talking about AI’s impact on marketing and advertising agencies , though that’s a topic getting attention in many circles.

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4 Ways to Deal With Company Insolvency

Sales Pop!

Working through company insolvency has to be one of the most difficult tasks any business owner has to endure.The pressure mounts with rising debts and dwindling cash flow. However, insolvency could always be a turning point that brings your business re-evaluation, restructuring, and reinvigoration. Having the appropriate mechanism and approach is how you manage the crisis well, protect assets, and emerge stronger.

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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.

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Latest Podcasts: Leading Teams to Success

Force Management

Last month, the Revenue Builders Podcast shared stories from the sales world and beyond of leaders who built, coached and motivated elite teams. From Bowling Green University football coach Brian White to accomplished Human Resources expert Hollie Castro, these leaders have some wisdom to impart on building great relationships and coaching greatness out of the individual.

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Google AI Overview ads launch on mobile in U.S.

Search Engine Land

The long-awaited and much-anticipated Google AI Overview Ads are going live and will begin showing to mobile U.S. users, Google announced today. We first learned Google would start testing this new AI Overview ad format five months ago (it was one of the big announcements at Google Marketing Live 2024 in May). However, we’ve yet to see the ads in the wild between then and today (as far as I know).

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Hiring a content strategy development manager: Best of the MarTechBot

Martech

Best of the MarTechBot showcases the MarTechBot’s responses to prompts submitted by readers. See more about how marketers are using MarTechBot here. The language model is based on content from MarTech embedded on top of ChatGPT. The editors of MarTech selected this response for its usefulness and have supplemented it with additional relevant content.

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More Meetings Or Better Meetings?

Partners in Excellence

O Meetings are critical to achieving our performance goals! It is through these meeting, whether F2F, virtual, phone, that we engage our customers, helping them navigate their buying/problem solving process. So it stands to reason, that more meetings would drive higher levels of performance. To increase our attainment, we just need to conduct more meetings.

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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.