Iannarino

DECEMBER 11, 2022

There are several truths about sales that we rarely acknowledge. The first is that, in sales, the competition isn't between two or more companies competing for a client's business. Nor is it a contest between two or more competing "solutions." Sales success is individual , making the contest between competing salespeople. This is one reason why you should focus on your client's sales experience , something we call the sales conversation.

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Spiro Technologies

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Sales has a notoriously high turnover rate. Anyone who has ever worked on a sales floor knows that you meet plenty of people who will move on to another gig, or just leave sales entirely. Of course, turnover rates vary depending on the job and industry. But some companies are able to avoid many of the mistakes that drive salespeople away. So what are these mistakes that cause salespeople to quit?

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SaaStr

DECEMBER 11, 2022

So SaaStr polls aren’t perfect, but they do seem to capture the zeitgeist of things pretty well. One this week surprised me a bit. Only about half of you are actually adding to your sales team next year: Times certainly are strange these days. CIOs are scrutinizing budgets like never before. Salesforce has suspended forward guidance for 2023, saying it just doesn’t know how much it will grow.

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Iannarino

DECEMBER 12, 2022

A successful sales culture provides a strategic advantage that is often underestimated. A successful sales culture produces better results over time. To have a successful sales culture, a sales organization needs to do more than ensure things aren’t toxic. Sales leaders can cultivate a positive sales culture by ensuring the following 11 elements are in place.

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Anthony Cole Training

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Has thou been answering the un-asked question? Find out why you should never, ever answer the un-asked question in the final commandment of the 10 Commandments of Sales Success.

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Veloxy

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Click below to listen to the blog post. Veloxy strives for accessibility. Back in 2018, Salesforce discovered that sales reps were only spending 34% of their time selling (707 hours a year). Not surprisingly, only 42% of these sales reps expected to meet (not crush) quota. In that same report, Salesforce found that companies were planning to invest in sales technology and other initiatives that would help their reps spend more time on the activities that generate revenue.

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Iannarino

DECEMBER 10, 2022

For a long time, prospecting was limited to cold calling. Sales managers who couldn't help their team improve their sales effectiveness demanded more phone calls. The only time more activity is needed is when there is too little activity. Leaders who can improve their teams’ results have an advantage in creating opportunities.

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Understanding the Sales Force

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Each week we can read multiple lists of the top new movies and TV shows to stream at home. Lists of the Top SUV's, Sedans, and Coupes are also prevalent right now. And of course, as we move ever closer to the holidays, there are lists aplenty on the Top Gadgets, Luxury Items, Gifts for Her, Gifts for Him and Gifts for Kids to peruse. But it's also the time of year when I publish my list of the Top 10 Sales and Sales Leadership Articles of the year.

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Veloxy

DECEMBER 13, 2022

According to the latest research, there were 8.6 billion active mobile device subscriptions in 2021. This number will only have grown since mobile devices are integrated into every part of our society. This includes business sectors such as sales teams with employees using mobile devices on a daily basis to achieve goals and reach key revenue targets.

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Membrain

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Sales coaching is critical to increasing sales performance, just as much as coaching is critical to performance in any other area. If you want a high-performing sports team: Invest in coaching. If you want to be a high-performing athlete: Invest in coaching. If you want your sales team to beat the competition: Invest in coaching.

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Speaker: Jay Black, Senior Account Executive

Let's set the record straight: in-store retail isn't dead - it's evolving! Faced with the digital age and the demands of omnichannel shopping, some retailers are thriving while others are struggling to adapt. Join Jay Black in this exclusive session as he explores the strategies that set successful stores apart, including: Crafting unique and unforgettable in-store experiences 🛍️ Mastering the art of retail demands 🛒 Navigating inventory challenges in today's climate 📦 an

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Iannarino

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Forecasting is one of the more difficult tasks for sales leaders and sales managers. In times of uncertainty or instability, it can be even more challenging to predict the future. If you listen to companies report their results on CNBC, you will invariably hear large companies report that the economy has slowed deals. Add to this the 10 sales challenges we face, and forecasting is even more difficult.

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Search Engine Land

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Google has made significant changes to its Quality Rater Guidelines (QRG) for search. While Google updates this document several times per year, the latest version, updated today , came with notable changes to the structure of the document, with many new sections and tables added and a total of 11 new pages worth of content. . While there are dozens of important details about what changed, arguably the most important change was the introduction of the letter E to the start of the popular acronym

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David Meerman Scott

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Fifty years ago this week, the historic Apollo 17 mission sent humans to the moon for the last time (so far). It’s super cool that also this week, the Orion spacecraft of the Artemis I mission successfully returned to Earth after traveling to the Moon. Both missions, 50 years apart, were triumphs for NASA.

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Membrain

DECEMBER 11, 2022

Brad Bolino emailed me a link from a recent Wall Street Journal article titled, " Millennials are Changing What it Means to be Successful in Sales. ".

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Marketing technology is essential for B2B marketers to stay competitive in a rapidly changing digital landscape — and with 53% of marketers experiencing legacy technology issues and limitations, they’re researching innovations to expand and refine their technology stacks. To help practitioners keep up with the rapidly evolving martech landscape, this special report will discuss: How practitioners are integrating technologies and systems to encourage information-sharing between departments and pr

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Iannarino

DECEMBER 14, 2022

One reason marketers and salespeople have trouble communicating is because we speak different languages. For example, we fill a pipeline , while they have a funnel. We name things in a way that makes sense, like first meeting , discovery call , solution design , and so on. Marketers break their funnel up into ToFu (top of the funnel), MoFu (middle of the funnel), and BoFu (bottom of the funnel).

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Search Engine Land

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Google has updated its search quality raters guidelines for the second time in 2022, only four and a half months since its last update in July 2022. This revised document has some substantial changes to E-A-T, by adding an extra E to E-A-T for “experience.” The document is now about nine-pages longer, adding up to 176 pages up from 167 pages in the previous version.

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SaaStr

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Dear SaaStr: How Can You Tell iI Someone is Going To Be a Phenomenal CEO? Having now worked with a few dozen SaaS CEOs who are much better CEOs that I ever was, I think I can boil it down to 2 characteristics: They can see the future , and. They have the ability to recruit and build the teams to get there. The best founders, at least by the time they have 50–100 customers, can see at least several years into the future.

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Martech

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Marketers don’t have to be overwhelmed by technology if they stick to basic principles when assembling their marketing technology stack. These three steps will come in handy when navigating the complicated landscape of over 10,000 martech companies. Bad stack features to avoid. But first, what does a bad stack look like? “Number one, an ineffective martech stack is incomplete,” said Darrell Alfonso, global marketing operations for Amazon Web Services at The MarTech Conference. ”You don’t h

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Iannarino

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Every interaction you have with a prospect moves them closer or further away from a sale.

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Search Engine Land

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Just when you thought the Google Search updates were done for the year, Google has rolled out a December 2022 link spam update. This update will take about two weeks to roll out and is a global update. What Google said. Google wrote , “Our launch today, which we refer to as the December 2022 link spam update, will take about two weeks to fully roll out.

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SaaStr

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Cooley is one of the top law firms representing startups , and so they have data that no one else quite has. They know exactly what venture deals are priced at, exactly how many are happening, and exactly what is happening across 100s and 100s of leading startups. Other data sources are great, but law firms have a unique access to the exact, real data.

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criteria for success

DECEMBER 14, 2022

With an abundance of parties and events, the holiday season can seem like a great time for networking. It’s not always easy, though, to know how to network without seeming to be too focused on the work part of networking. After all, you don’t want to be the Grinch! Here are 8 tips to help you figure out how to network in the holiday season. How to Network During the Holidays. 1.

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Iannarino

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Sales is the heart of any successful organization. It's where the money comes from.

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Search Engine Land

DECEMBER 14, 2022

There’s a new report in town, and it’ll help you evaluate and optimize the effectiveness of your landing pages Google Analytics 4 (GA4). The new report will compare the following metrics: Average engagement time per session. Conversions. New users. Views. Total revenue. Why we care. You can find the Landing page report in the Engagement topic in the left navigation of your dashboard.

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Martech

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Nearly every marketing organization uses marketing automation platforms these days. However, just having a MAP isn’t enough. You have to understand how to use and extract value from it. That starts with optimizing the data intake process. Justin Sharaf, vice president of marketing operations at data intelligence company Collibra, shares four easy ways to do that.

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criteria for success

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Welcome back to Let's Talk Sales ! This week's guest is Carol Eversen! Carol is a Partner and CMO at Chief Outsiders , providing experienced project-based and fractional CMOs to growing companies. . Her specialty is as a business strategist focusing on growth and productivity in B2B Saas, technology, and service providers. . She built her career in a number of senior marketing leadership roles in large companies.

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Speaker: Joe Heather, Deliverect GM (UK&I) & Noah Hayes, Deliverect GM (US&CA)

Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) and Quick Commerce (Q-commerce) are two vibrant sectors that have undergone significant transformations with the advancements in digital technology. With growing internet penetration and the proliferation of smartphones, consumers' purchasing habits have unsurprisingly evolved. They now demand quick, convenient, and seamless shopping experiences, which both FMCG and Q-commerce sectors strive to provide.

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Salesforce

DECEMBER 12, 2022

During the five years I covered marketing technology as a Gartner research analyst, I never saw a category take off like the customer data platform (CDP). In 2016, the CDP shot up Gartner’s well-known Hype Cycle – which tracks buzz – more vigorously than anything in memory. By 2018, the most common question I got from clients was, “ What is a CDP, anyway?

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Search Engine Land

DECEMBER 12, 2022

It’s time to rethink SEO growth. Not every strategy needs to start with a blog post regurgitating the same information across the top Google results and end with an agency begging for links. In the era of Google Ads becoming more expensive and organic discoverability becoming less effective, companies need to differentiate themselves in SEO. We must push the envelope and create something that has yet to be seen online.

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Martech

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Companies worldwide face the realities of the “triple squeeze” — inflation, a shortage of talent and supply chain disruptions. The marketing organization is certainly not immune from their increasing pressure. In response to these economic headwinds, CFOs and CEOs prioritize investments focused on growth, which includes both digital technology (e.g., automation) and the workforce (e.g., training opportunities and other ways to retain talent).

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SaaStr

DECEMBER 14, 2022

So, things are brutal in the public markets, with multiples approaching all-time lows. But … we’re seeing those very low prices bring out the Private Equity firms. They are looking for bargains. The latest is Coupa. In fact, this one was such a bargain that a bidding war broke out between two of the mighty giants here, Vista and Thoma Bravo.

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Advertiser: ZoomInfo

In times of economic uncertainty, account-based strategies are essential. According to several business analysts and practitioners, ABM is a necessity for creating more predictable revenue. Research shows that nearly three-quarters of marketers (74%) already have the resources needed to build successful ABM programs.

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