Sat.Sep 14, 2024 - Fri.Sep 20, 2024

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How marketers can go beyond random acts of AI and why they should

Martech

I’ve just returned from MAICON 2024, one of the best, if not the best, conferences focused on AI and marketing. MAICON didn’t disappoint: I’m full of ideas to help our clients improve their marketing by applying AI. At the same time, it became evident to me that many organizations are far from being able to maximize AI’s impact on marketing. Let me explain.

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What is Marketing Cloud Advanced Edition?

Salesforce

Small businesses have always had to do more with less. Fewer employees, tighter budgets? Check. Sky-high expectations and stiff competition? Also, check. Earlier this year, Salesforce launched the Marketing Cloud Growth Edition , a version of our product that is designed with the challenges and goals of small businesses in mind. At Dreamforce 2024, we took another step forward with the launch of Marketing Cloud Advanced Edition, which will be available in November 2024.

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4 initiatives to combat AI-driven SEO traffic losses

Search Engine Land

There seems to be a consensus in SEO that AI Overviews ( AIO ) and other AI-driven content will reduce traffic to external websites. Even Google is open about AIO’s goal of keeping users on the SERP longer, which means more time with Google and less time with your business. No matter how good your SEO strategy is, you’re likely heading toward (or already experiencing) erosion of traffic beyond your control.

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How to Acquire Large Clients: Strategies for Winning Major Accounts and Boosting Sales Results

Iannarino

Unlock the secrets to acquiring large clients and transforming your sales performance.

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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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Where AI falls short in high-stakes B2B industries

Martech

Somebody in B2B needs to hear this today: AI isn’t a one-size-fits-all solution. A new core skill every marketer needs to develop moving forward is the ability to discern where AI enhances our efforts and where human expertise remains irreplaceable. Significant gaps exist in AI’s capabilities, particularly in industries where human expertise is essential to achieving meaningful outcomes.

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Recognizing the Right Moment: When to Partner with a Marketing Agency

Heinz Marketing

By Carly Bauer , Marketing Consultant at Heinz Marketing Staying ahead and achieving business success requires more than just a superior product or service. Effective marketing is the linchpin that connects businesses with their target audience, drives growth, and sustains competitive advantage. However, many B2B companies grapple with the decision of whether to manage marketing efforts in-house or collaborate with an external marketing agency.

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Essential Qualities of Highly Effective Leaders for Building Successful Teams

Iannarino

Discover the 10 key leadership qualities that differentiate average leaders from highly effective ones and learn how to inspire your team toward greater success.

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What to do when your vendor has a data breach

Martech

One of your vendors will suffer a data breach. It is a when, not an if. They may have already, but not yet know it. Because marketing handles so much customer data, it’s essential to know what to do when a breach happens. There will be a breach in 2023, 61% of companies reported a third-party breach , according to a study by Prevalent, a third-party risk management provider.

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Using ChatGPT for marketing Mixed Methods Analysis

Heinz Marketing

By Tom Swanson, Engagement Manager at Heinz Marketing Marketers love quantifying things, but what about the qualitative data? Things got a lot easier to analyze when GenAI came onto the scene. I will show you how to use ChatGPT to build some data visualizations, conduct deeper analysis in qualitative data and connect that to quantitative. Happy analysis!

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Google brings negative keyword exclusions to Performance Max

Search Engine Land

Google will launch campaign-level negative keywords in Performance Max (PMax) later this year. This will help brands better fine-tune ad targeting on Search. In addition, Demand Gen campaigns are getting omnichannel bidding and increased flexibility. Why we care. It’s finally here! Instead of having to go through a form or ask your Google account manager, you will have more control over negative keyword exclusions and how your ads appear, ensuring better alignment with brand and audience p

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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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How You Are Perceived

Iannarino

One of the biggest mistakes that salespeople make is leading with their product. To understand why, you need to be aware of the four levels of value.

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5 ways to use project management data to increase marketing ROI

Martech

Project management data offers more than just operational oversight. It has valuable insights that can help optimize marketing campaigns, boosting return on investment (ROI). Here’s how this data can improve campaign planning, resource management, real-time optimization and post-campaign analysis. How project management data improves marketing ROI Here are three key ways project management data boosts marketing ROI.

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Four Pros and Three Cons of Usage-Based Pricing (and How to Know If It’s Right for You)

Salesforce

It’s easy to get caught up in what to charge. But how you charge for your products and services is just as important. With usage-based pricing, you actually do get exactly what you pay for. How do you know if it’s the right business model for your company? Let’s explore how and why companies turn to this model. What you’ll learn: What is usage-based pricing?

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The ultimate guide to HTTP status codes for SEO

Search Engine Land

404, 301, 500… No, these aren’t just random digits. They indicate how your website performs and how search engines like Google view and rank your website. Below, I’ll break down the most common HTTP status codes for SEO , including which status codes are crucial, why they matter and how to stay on top of them. In this article: Understanding HTTP status codes.

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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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Why You Shouldn’t Hate Mondays

Iannarino

If you're the kind of person who hates Mondays , I've done some math for you. The average life expectancy in the United States is about 78-years-old, meaning you have 4,056 weeks to be alive in total. That's it, 4,056. And if you're reading this post, you have less than 4,056 because you're not a newborn. Let's look at the math and see what you've got left.

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How to make the jump from product-market fit to platform-market fit

Martech

Jason, director of product marketing at a global cybersecurity company, celebrates a big win. His product ranks as the third-fastest growing in the company. But there’s a problem — the company operates in silos, treating all products as separate cost centers. Vanessa, his no-nonsense VP, demands change. “We need a scalable platform. Get this right, and we’re set for success.” Jason’s mission is clear: Lead the company through the final stage of go-to-market maturity, platform-m

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The Execution-Driven SKO: Lessons from our Conversation with Tim Caito

Force Management

This week, we hosted a webinar with Force Management Senior Partner Tim Caito. Tim is our resident expert on sales negotiation and has years of experience planning and leading sales kickoffs. He joined us to share his do's and don'ts when it comes to planning a sales kickoff that drives measurable results on company strategic goals and revenue objectives.

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How to use podcasts for natural link building

Search Engine Land

Backlinks are still essential in SEO today, but there’s a stronger focus on their quality and strategic placement. The approach to acquiring links now mixes traditional methods with new strategies, resulting in a more natural online presence. One example of this blended technique is podcast link building , which moves away from the typical transactional nature of link buying and fosters a natural link attraction through engaging and value-driven podcast content.

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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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Your Sales Potential in a Meritocratic Environment

Iannarino

If you're in sales you're part of a meritocracy. What that means is that you're going to succeed or fail based on your abilities, your attributes, your work ethic, and your traits. Those are the things that are going to determine whether you go up or down in a stacked ranking.

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How to build fast, effective feedback loops in an AI-driven world

Martech

According to the experience management company Qualtrics, 63% of customers believe companies need to get better at listening to their feedback. This aligns with my experience as both a customer and a marketer. As a customer, I’m regularly bombarded with requests to “rate my experience” or “provide my feedback.” But as a marketer, I see how rarely this feedback is integrated in a cross-functional way.

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What Is Customer 360?

Salesforce

Product-centric businesses make a habit of telling customers what they can’t do, what’s not possible. “No, you can’t collect your online purchase from the store – that would slow distribution”. “Sorry, we can’t transfer that credit, there’s not a back-end process for us to track it”. Outstanding customer experience (CX)? Hardly. Today, 80% of customers say the experience a company provides is as important as its product or services.

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A guide to creating social media videos (for search and beyond)

Search Engine Land

Many brands and content creators struggle to stand out and engage audiences effectively on social media platforms today. With the rise of video content and the increasing importance of social search, those who fail to adapt risk becoming invisible in the crowded social media space. Traditional content strategies are no longer enough to capture attention and drive engagement.

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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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Improving Win Rates! Posted on September, 2024

Partners in Excellence

Win rates are critical to driving performance and achieving our goals. Win rates are critical to our understanding of our pipelines. We leverage them to help us understand whether we are working a sufficient volume high quality opportunities to achieve our goals. The higher our win rates, the more we shift the pipeline numbers in our favor. As a simple example, today, we settle for 15-20% win rates.

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Retail media networks evolve with new in-store measurement standards and omnichannel strategies

Martech

Left to right: David Cohen, CEO IAB, Kaisy O’Reilly, SVP, CMO, Stuart Weitzman and Jacquelyn Baker, Global CEO Omnicom Commerce Group discuss RMNs at IAB’s Connected Commerce Summit: Retail Reimagined in New York. Photo: Chris Wood. Retail media networks (RMNs) are getting new in-store definitions and standards to help reach customers where they are, and where they shop.

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There Probably Is No Downturn in SaaS. It’s Time To Stop Waiting For It To End.

SaaStr

So the past 24 months have been such an odd time in SaaS and Cloud. Some parts of it are on fire, fueled by unprecedented AI spend. Other parts, more connected to the end-consumer economy, are seeing strong growth, from Shopify to Toast to Canva. And the parts that sell “classic” B2B2B into tech are often struggling the most. Many have seen NRR plunge well below 100%, net new customer count slow to close to zero, and growth fall to the teens or lower.

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Google Business Profile: 6 frequently asked questions

Search Engine Land

Over the years, Google Business Profile has become much more complex. After years of helping on the Google Business Profile Help Forum, I’ve answered hundreds and hundreds of questions from business owners who have had questions about GBP. Below are some questions that are frequently asked by users just like you. 1. Can random people really make changes to my Google Business Profile listing?

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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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Do Your People Look Forward To Meeting With You?

Partners in Excellence

If you are a manager, sit down, swallow hard, ask yourself this question: “Do your people actually look forward to meeting with you?” Perhaps ask yourself, “Do you look forward to meeting with your manager?” Alternatively, “Do they look forward to taking you on a customer call?” If you and your people are like 70% of the sellers I meet, the answer to this question is usually an eyeroll.

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CTV viewership rebounds to near pandemic-era levels

Martech

This year, viewers are watching more CTV in longer sessions. Viewership now approaches pandemic-era levels after pulling back in recent years, according to a new study, “The CTV Trends Report 2024,” released by Wurl, an AppLovin company. Average daily hours of CTV viewing are up 5% year over year, according to the study, which draws on Wurl’s insights from more than 4,000 channels and 1 billion monthly viewing hours through its CTV marketing platform.

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5 Of The Top SaaStr Podcasts of the Year: Yext/Roam CEO, Brex CRO, Owner’s CRO, AI Pricing, and The Top 10 Mistakes Founders Are Making

SaaStr

Trevor Lee, founder CEO at Myko, put together his list of his favorite SaaStr podcasts of the year , and they really are some of the best ones. I’m all in on these Top 5. Listen / watch them to really learn. If you want to catch up, these are 5 great ones: #1. 9 Easy Sales Concepts People Get Wrong with Sam Blond A classic. You’re probably making these mistakes.

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Mastering Performance Max using scripts

Search Engine Land

Quick question: What exactly does Performance Max maximize? I’ll let you go first. You: “Performance Max maximized my profits.” Me: “No.” You: “Ah, I see. I am tracking revenue, not profit. So Performance Max maximizes my revenue” Me: “Nope.” You: “Uhh, OK, then it must be conversions Me: “No, again.” You: “What? What else is there? Clicks then?” Me: “No, no, no!

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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.