A Sales Guy

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

The Numbers Game , like Moneyball for baseball, turns the conventional wisdom on what’s required to win in Soccer on its head. Weak link suggests that a team is only as good as it’s weakest players. Weak link suggests that a team is only as good as it’s weakest players. Think Moneyball for soccer.

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Salesforce

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

As the future of work is an ever-changing landscape, my team at Salesforce wondered what if we designed internal, team-building experiences with the same thoughtfulness we design experiences for customers? I am a leader on the Design Operations (Design Ops) team at Salesforce. Learn more.

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Search Engine Land

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

This article will discuss what to keep in mind when creating ChatGPT prompts for SEO and share an extensive list of SEO-focused prompts to use in your day-to-day work. ChatGPT wasn’t designed to be an SEO tool, so while you can create prompts for things like keyword research, clustering, link building, etc.

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ConversionXL

MARCH 31, 2021

In this article, I’ll outline how to create an agency content strategy that fuels your business development efforts and generates the optimal kind of organic traffic. When starting out, many agencies blog about topics directly related to their offering. Mining your clients for pain-points, success, and topic ideas.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 16, 2022

You only have to look at top brands to see this in action: Apple’s sleekness, Coca-Cola’s playfulness, Disney’s magic. In the coach’s playbook, every player knows their role and what they must do to make the play work. This helps players achieve objectives consistently, even when team members change.

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Hubspot

JUNE 28, 2021

As a small business, you might not have the budget to hire a designer, bring in a development team, or pay for a suite of design tools for your new site. As a small business, you might not have the budget to hire a designer, bring in a development team, or pay for a suite of design tools for your new site. Bennett Tea.

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ConversionXL

JULY 28, 2020

The bins encouraged smokers to vote for the best football player with their cigarette butts. Nudges powerful influences in our daily lives; they help people save money, recycle, and even eat better—without requiring massive changes. What are nudges? So how do we use nudges for marketing? What is nudge marketing?

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ConversionXL

JUNE 30, 2019

But what if it’s you who is making a mistake, while your competitors are off to the races? You won’t know until you figure out what your competitors are up to. From start to finish, this post will show you how to conduct a competitive analysis the right way. What is competitive analysis? How do we stand out?

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Lead Fuze

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Now picture having an intelligent assistant that can sift through all those books and deliver only the most relevant insights right into your hands – that’s generative AI for you! What does generative AI mean for websites and SEO? How to use generative AI to improve SEO ? Writing Assistant can elevate your SEO game.

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Salesforce

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Add too many and it’s tough to focus on any of the flavors (we’ll leave the pineapple debate for another day). What you’ll learn: What is sales compensation? What are sales compensation plans? What are sales compensation plans? What is the purpose of a sales compensation plan?

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Lead Fuze

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

Ever wondered what it takes to navigate the fast-paced world of artificial intelligence? Picture yourself as a Machine Learning Engineer or Data Scientist, manipulating complex data with mathematical precision while designing intelligent systems that learn on their own. What is the highest paid AI jobs? What can I work with AI?

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Even though the Austin weather had some surprises in store for us, the tremendous effort to organize CXL Live pulled off the event through a (literal) storm and frenzy. Even though the Austin weather had some surprises in store for us, the tremendous effort to organize CXL Live pulled off the event through a (literal) storm and frenzy.

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A Sales Guy

DECEMBER 21, 2012

If you haven’t download our 2013 Sales Planning Development Tool Kit you should, because you’re now officially in the cycle and it’s only going to get worse.) But even fewer, if any at all, will have a documented tracking process designed to ensure all the moving pieces are headed in the right direction.

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Partners in Excellence

JANUARY 7, 2018

We tend to think about organizational performance in terms of “bell curves” or some sort of distribution curve. The typical bell curve looks something like this: The performance of our people is on the X (horizontal) axis, the number of our people is on the Y (vertical) axis.

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A Sales Guy

OCTOBER 13, 2016

We all wanna get big. We all want to grow up and be the big girls or boys on the block, right? Growth is what it’s all about in the world of business, especially in SaaS and technology. I’m gonna start in a place you’re probably not expecting. I know what you’re thinking. Growth is the goal.

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Lead Fuze

DECEMBER 31, 2021

Sales training accounts for less than one-third of what you should be doing to enable sales. Sales training is typically designed to help reps get better at their skills, but its not necessarily focused on new skills or behaviors. Most sales training programs are not looking at the bigger picture of what is needed to be successful.

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Partners in Excellence

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Over the past several weeks, I’ve been writing articles related to designing our organizations for performance. It’s a simple concept, but too often, it seems we design for mediocrity. We can design everything we do for performance and not accept mediocrity as part of our culture.

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ConversionXL

JULY 3, 2020

How we got here. Google’s Public Search Liaison Danny Sullivan has openly pushed back against those who want subscription-only content flagged in search results: Our automated systems try to present the best information in relation to a search topic, as people expect us to do as a search engine. Try earning money.

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Heinz Marketing

MAY 2, 2022

We cover a wide range of topics, with a focus on sales development and inside sales priorities. We are at around 325 now, episodes of Sales Pipeline Radio over the last several years, and I’m happy to have you here. You can ask questions of our guests today. By Matt Heinz , President of Heinz Marketing.

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ConversionXL

MAY 11, 2017

But what if it’s you who is making a mistake, while your competitors are off to the races? You won’t know until you figure out what your competitors are up to. What Is Competitive Analysis? You can’t beat CA if you want to answer certain types of questions, like: What makes my company unique? How do we stand out?

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Heinz Marketing

AUGUST 17, 2020

We cover a wide range of topics, with a focus on sales development and inside sales priorities. We talk about what it’s looked like the last few months as he’s worked with clients to create engaging events online. “…you have to do start with really good content.

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ConversionXL

DECEMBER 6, 2016

You know the major players, best practices, and you’ve likely tested your fair share of ideas. Our best instincts are often wrong. Our best instincts are often wrong. In fact, only one in seven tests are actually successful. So, what are evolutionary algorithms? To name just a pair: Testing simply takes time.

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Lead Fuze

JANUARY 9, 2024

What is sustainability? It’s a buzzword we hear all the time, but it packs a real punch for our future. This concept has grown to define how we live today and aim for tomorrow, blending care for the environment with social responsibility and economic savvy. What is sustainability and why it is important?

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 8, 2018

It all start with Acquisition. One of the biggest channels to do that is through organic search traffic. Here’s what I’ve learned. TLDR; SEO teams are part of a growth organization to drive additional (free) traffic & visibility in organic search to boost the business.

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The Lost Book of Sales

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

He showcases how, when combined, they become a profound and interwoven framework to organize our thoughts in the complex world around us. What I found very interesting about Charlie was that he too thinks that Freud, as the "father of psychoanalysis", is one of the biggest fools in history. Let’s jump right in.

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Hubspot

DECEMBER 22, 2020

If your SEO (search engine optimization) and PPC (pay per click) teams exist in complete silos, it's time to change that. Commonly held opposing viewpoints are: PPC is too complex, and SEO is too slow. For the record, I don't agree.). PPC is one of SEO's most powerful tools — and vice versa. Here are seven ways to thrive in both SEO and PPC.

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Lead Fuze

DECEMBER 5, 2023

In this journey together, we’ll unravel that bird-eye perspective on your business’s existing content and target audience needs. We’ll also delve into SEO factors crucial for effective analysis. we dive deep into the world of customer journey mapping. What are the best tools for content gap analysis?

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ConversionXL

MAY 27, 2022

In this article, you’ll learn about how a demand generation manager benefits an organization and which qualities they need to fuel your sales pipeline. What is a demand generation manager and why do they matter? They know what their problem is, what’s needed to solve it, and what the best options are.

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SalesLoft

JUNE 26, 2019

Not only does implementing ABM help to improve pipeline, but it also can also help to increase average deal size, decrease sales cycle length, and improve close rates. Shari Johnston, a partner at Winning By Design who specializes in account-based strategy, spoke about this at Rainmaker earlier this year.

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 18, 2022

One neglected its positioning by failing to target the biggest pain point, and the other failed to build a brand that its customers could trust above the other major players. And then it ensures that all of the organization’s efforts match that true north. As it turned out, their AI interview notetaker didn’t address a huge pain point.

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Martech

OCTOBER 23, 2023

As the trial is set to cover many Google search-related issues, we have organized the updates by topic to make the timeline easier to follow. Google is on trial for allegedly using underhand tactics to ensure it stays the world’s leading search engine. Google calls its competition ‘inferior’ (Sept.

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Hubspot

MAY 19, 2020

It's a process that's years behind the seamless B2C experiences we now expect. And when we look at high-value B2B deals — with longer sales cycles, more decision-makers, and stiffer competition — the experience seems decades behind the times. How do we explain this? All from my phone, and all with just a few clicks.

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Hubspot

JUNE 11, 2020

As a marketer and social media user, I was expecting that only a few people would regularly stop everything and devote time to watching streams on fast-paced online platforms. According to the data, 57% of those surveyed watch live video at least three times per week, while only seven percent said they never watch live video.

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Sales Hacker

APRIL 27, 2020

Let’s get to it, shall we? Sales Enablement Strategy: Always Start Here. Everything in business starts with strategy (or should!). Success depends on understanding your objectives, both for the organization and the people you support. Never forget that we’re in the “people business”! I hear you.

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Lead Fuze

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Imagine you’re a player in an intense chess match, but instead of just relying on your wits, there’s a secret weapon at your disposal – b2b ai. But what if we told you there’s more than meets the eye with b2b ai? Generative AI is used by 47% of B2B organizations to track content impact metrics.

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Lead Fuze

AUGUST 29, 2023

Whether you’re a startup or an established player, understanding how to grow a marketing agency is crucial for success in today’s competitive landscape. This staggering statistic underscores the importance of staying agile and innovative in our rapidly evolving digital world. How do I grow my advertising agency?

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ConversionXL

AUGUST 31, 2017

AB Tasty is a reasonably priced and simple to use tool that serves as a good starting point for companies just starting in conversion optimization. At this point in time, the field is flooded with solutions. Finding a proper A/B testing tool isn’t the problem anymore. Now, the problem is choosing the right one. Omniconvert. Optimizely.

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