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PPC 2023 in review: UA sunsets, Google antitrust trial, X’s downfall and more

Search Engine Land

As we approach the end of 2023, let’s reflect on some of the most headline-worthy, controversial, and impactful changes that significantly influenced the PPC world over the past 12 months. Google antitrust trial Google spent 10 weeks on trial for allegedly using underhand tactics to ensure it stays the world’s leading search engine.

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How to Use Smoke Tests to Validate Your Product or Feature Ideas

ConversionXL

There, a smoke test is the process of running test cases involving the “important functionality of a component or system, to ascertain if crucial functions of the software work correctly” Using this definition, smoke tests address questions like… Does the program run? Does clicking the key functionality do anything?

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SaaStr Podcasts for the Week with Bernadette Nixon, Jay Snyder, Nick Mehta, Loren Padelford, and Jason Lemkin

SaaStr

We’ve got a lot of training to do with our sales teams to get them to start to speak in these types of terms versus feature function. That doesn’t mean to say, you’re going to do away with the functions. Jay Snyder: We think about low touch to some degree as low impact and I think that paradigm shift can change.

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Matching Price to Value: 3 Lessons in Monetization from Menlo Ventures (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

I began my career in new product development and starting in 2011 got really excited about the high growth phase of a company. I was on the product team and saw this opportunity for us to work more cross functionally across the company and focus heavily on retention and monetization. If you value speed, you might up in for an Uber X.

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CXL Live 2017 Recap: Optimization & Growth Insights from 20+ Experts

ConversionXL

Pay them upfront so they don’t try to say X to get the money. All users have equal access to information and functionality. Focus on high LTV impact. Reverse engineer lifetime value study. Top of the pyramid down: Persuasive -> Intuitive -> Usable -> Accessible -> Functional. How much input?

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Coaching Maturity Model: How to Take Your Coaching Culture from Good to Great

Sales Hacker

Engineered as much automation as we could in our sales process. I was responsible for onboarding hundreds of salespeople, training the entire BDR, AE, CS, and Support functions. 7) The Sales Enablement function is being asked to deliver visibility into the actual impact their coaching has on the team. A Little Background.

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