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Martech’s moment of truth: Why product excellence beats slick sales pitches

Martech

Redefining martech: From hype to authentic innovation Here’s the truth bomb: Success in martech isn’t about the pitch but the product. Innovation without usability is like a Ferrari without an engine — looks impressive but is ultimately useless. Marketing this then becomes a conversation, not a sales pitch.

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This day in search marketing history: February 10

Search Engine Land

Video: Chris Elwell, CEO behind Search Engine Land and SMX, talks business — and that time Sergey Brin skated on stage 2020: In this installment of Barry Schwartz’s vlog series, he also chatted with Elwell about how everything got started, working with Danny Sullivan and how he manages everything in this company.

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From Print to Digital: The History of Content Marketing

Lead Fuze

As search engines became a popular tool for marketers to reach their audience, the need for content that provided real value increased. The Power Shift By the mid-2000s, companies began recognizing the power shift from them to consumers who were now using search engines more than ever before. Let’s consider search engines first.

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Episode 37: Finding Passion in Manufacturing: The Concept of Ikigai

Spiro Technologies

I’ve also been really big in the education space; I’ve taught graduate school engineering. You go pick a manufacture or an engineering change orders come through. Lincoln Electric has been a fantastic partner of ours and has sponsored us way beyond anything I ever imagined. I appreciate all of that.

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Make it. Move it. Sell it. — Episode #7

Spiro Technologies

I have a very solid story here, it was really nice, it kind of came full circle about a year ago when we were pitching HASBRO for some business. Is it the product, is it actually the way that they’re using electrical conduit? Adam Honig: Yeah, so to your start, how did you get involved in all of this? .

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The 11 Best Smart Home Devices & Systems of 2018

Hubspot

Even though Google Assistant has less third-party integrations, it can often answer questions and complete commands Alexa can’t, thanks to Google’s major ownership of the search engine space. Char-Broil Digital Electric Smoker with SmartChef Technology. Best Grill: Char-Broil Digital Electric Smoker with SmartChef Technology.

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4 Sales Tips for Reaching Prospects by Phone

Score More Sales

Stop trying to purge all of your pitch in a 60 second voice mail. Example: A marketing executive prospect works for an electric utility. A client has a patented technology that helps electric utilities increase revenues in a revenue-flat period when some utilities ratings are actually being downgraded. That’s the “sale”.