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How customer-hero stories help you connect better

markempa

Mike: Well, it’s interesting because, I think today, it’s incredible how cloud technology is forcing companies to be more empathic in their sales and marketing. Do the math on that for most companies: it’s a lot of money. Let me explain. So, what do the 13% high achievers have that others don’t? Brian: It is.

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11 Blockchain Companies You Should Be Paying Attention To

Hubspot

Even though blockchain is arguably one of the most revolutionary emerging technologies right now, do you think you could name a blockchain company off the top of your head? With that in mind, read on to learn about the 11 blockchain companies you should be paying attention to today. But let’s say blockchain explodes in popularity soon.

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How Marketers Should Navigate Economic Uncertainty in 2023

B2B Marketing Directions

Don't Cut Marketing Spending The research by Analytic Partners found that 63% of brands that increased their investment in marketing after the "great financial crisis" of 2008 generated a positive ROI, and those that increased their media investments realized a 17% growth in incremental sales. The risk of a recession in the U.S.

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How I Discovered My Career Passion as a Sales Ops Leader

Salesforce Marketing Cloud

Just as a car’s dashboard tells you if you need to speed up or slow down, or if your engine is overheating, the Salesforce Platform makes sense of what’s happening inside a company. It was 2010, and I had been working for a software company in Singapore, where I was initially a solutions engineer and then a client renewal sales manager.

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4 Ways Technology Has Changed B2B Selling

Zoominfo

Between 2008 and 2014, use of cloud-based CRM jumped from 12% to 87% ( source ). Thanks to the internet, companies are far more connected to their prospects and customers. Yet, studies show that most companies only analyze roughly 12% of the data they have ( source ). Don’t let this happen to you! 2. The rise of big data.

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What Airbnb’s Advertising Gaffe Teaches Us About Sales

xiQ

Airbnb wildly miscalculated this week when they ran an ad campaign designed to shame the city of San Francisco for collecting the standard 14% hotel tax from the peer-to-peer vacation rental service. They are a young, disruptive company, a pioneer in the sharing economy. 6 THINGS AIRBNB GOT WRONG: 1. Airbnb took a risk.

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How Does 2023 Go Down in Selling History? Mereo Principals Share These Reflections

Mereo

JAY MITCHELL REMEMBERS INDECISIVE BUYERS AND HOPES FOR A 2024 RAMP-UP As trusted advisors to dozens of companies, we at Mereo get to see market and economic trends from not only individual companies but on a macro-level. This pattern is similar to what we saw in the 2008 / 2009 recession.