Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

The rapid rise of generative AI has become the most captivating trend in the tech industry today. Prompted by predictions of massive economic impact and the disruption of multiple industries, professionals in many fields are assessing how this new breed of AI tools will complement and complicate their working lives.

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Understanding the Sales Force

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

I began debunking sales articles when the first ones predicting the death of selling appeared circa 2008. Later, articles predicting the end of selling became both more prolific and more specific including the certain death of: Solution Selling Cold Calling Consultative Selling Sales Process SPIN Selling and more. They average only 1.5

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SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

In thinking about growth imperatives for 2024, leading chief revenue officers (CROs) have been looking into ways to harness artificial intelligence (AI) for sales productivity, empowering sales teams to accelerate deal cycles, and assessing sales talent to enable personalized coaching.

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Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

There’s a growing appetite for artificial intelligence (AI) in business, and for good reason — after years of promise, new AI applications are reshaping how industries operate, from the inside out. That positions data leaders at the heart of this global transformation, ushering in the next era of AI-ready data. The good news?

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Nutshell

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) has been the talk of the town this year for its potential to transform entire industries. One way to harness the power of artificial intelligence is by implementing AI productivity tools. AI promotes productivity by analyzing data, generating new ideas, and saving time through automation.

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Smooth Sale

MARCH 20, 2024

However, the Internet of Things drives growth, productivity, and adaptation more than communication protocols. Everything around us collects data, from our phones to AI-powered appliances. AI brings us closer than we have ever been to rapid, accurate, and data-driven results. Prompt engineering is a new career born from AI.

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Hubspot Sales

DECEMBER 5, 2023

As we enter the age of AI, one thing is for sure - the relationship between sales pros and their prospects will never be the same. When I surveyed 1,477 global sales professionals to determine the top trends and challenges that teams were facing , one key finding became apparent.

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Allego

JANUARY 30, 2024

If you’re involved in sales training , you know creating a training program is a multi-step and multi-person effort. For sales training to be effective, you must: Identify Specific Needs: This involves understanding the unique aspects of your product or service, the target market, and the skills or knowledge gaps within the sales team.

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Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Demand for generative AI has reached a fever pitch in business — and like a lot of tech trends, the early waves of excitement are starting to collide with bottom-line reality. For teams that need to build GenAI into their workflows today, the answer is clear: high-quality B2B data must be the backbone of your AI initiatives.

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Allego

APRIL 18, 2024

Just a short while ago, AI was all the buzz as the next big thing. Well, it’s no longer just a promise—AI is actively reshaping the way we manage our day-to-day tasks and how we conduct business, particularly in sales. To help you, I dug deeper to see how sales teams can use AI.

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SalesFuel

APRIL 16, 2024

As a sales manager, you may feel this pressure more than other department heads. You can increase team productivity by personalizing coaching and improving efficiency in sales team processes. They may have recognized that their reps face bigger challenges in guiding leads through the B2B sales funnel.

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BuzzBoard

JANUARY 23, 2024

Artificial intelligence (AI) coming to the forefront has stirred both intrigue and worry. There’s a persistent fear that AI might replace the human workforce, including sales teams, rendering them redundant. AI, with its ability to process vast amounts of data and perform complex tasks, is a powerful sales tool, no doubt.

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Crunchbase

APRIL 12, 2024

Far from its fictional representations, though, it actually has practical, useful and beneficial day-to-day applications in sales. Sales teams are already seeing AI streamline workflows, coach reps, optimize prospecting strategies and more. What is AI in sales?

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BuzzBoard

DECEMBER 13, 2023

We have already discussed in our last post how managing a large sales team creates hurdles at tracking performance, analyzing sales data, providing personalized coaching, etc. Because AI empowers leaders to maximize human strengths rather than getting dragged into metric minutiae. But what’s next? Practical examples follow.

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Allego

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Advancements in AI have some people concerned. After using the generative AI tool for more than a year, though, I am a lot less worried. That’s because gen AI tools still need humans to create quality content. Gen AI tools are another tool in my toolbox, much like Google Search or my MacBook. I understand that.

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Nutshell

MAY 11, 2023

It seems everywhere you turn these days, you hear something about artificial intelligence (AI)—how it’s disrupting industries, helping people be more efficient, and sometimes causing controversies. You might be wondering, can you use AI for sales? How can sales teams use AI? And if you can, should you?

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Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Welcome to "The Pipeline" — a weekly column from HubSpot, featuring actionable advice and insight from real sales leaders. AI and the pandemic threw a wrench in the typical sales funnel that companies have now realized is too outdated to consistently bring in the profits they want to see. Clients aren’t buying like they used to.

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Lead411

APRIL 11, 2024

doing for the B2B sales data world? Data is king in the ever-changing world of business-to-business (B2B) sales. Then along comes AI, a game-changer that is drastically altering the landscape of business-to-business sales data. What is A.I. Enhancements: 1. This, in turn, increases efficiency and closing rates.

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Allego

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

The artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot developed by OpenAI was released in December 2022 and racked up more than a million users in the first five days. Since then, rivals Google and Microsoft have poured billions (with a B) of dollars into generative AI tools, with mixed results. How many new AI tools are there?

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Nutshell

AUGUST 22, 2023

More than ever, the capabilities of artificial intelligence (AI) are a reality instead of the stuff of science fiction novels. From our personal lives to the way we run our companies, AI is becoming more available for a range of applications. Table of Contents How are CRMs using AI?

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Hubspot Sales

JUNE 13, 2023

85% of salespeople using AI/automation agree it makes their prospecting efforts more effective. As prospecting is an extremely critical step in the sales process , adopting AI to help with your processes is worth considering. Read on to learn more about using AI for sales prospecting and specific use cases for generative AI.

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Highspot

MARCH 26, 2024

Whether you’re launching a new product, implementing new sales strategies, or upskilling your team, sales training and coaching will always be of utmost importance. Oftentimes, sales managers won’t have the bandwidth to set up personalized training and coaching sessions for each rep on their team.

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Allego

JANUARY 10, 2024

The era of AI is upon us. And like technology before it, artificial intelligence (AI) has the power to make our lives easier and more productive. The new darling in this arena is generative AI (gen AI), and it is transforming how revenue enablement teams do their jobs and elevating their performance.

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Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 5, 2024

As a small business owner myself, harnessing AI for inside salespeople has been rattling around in my mind since the launch of ChatGPT. It’s been pretty exciting to see the creativity that people all over the world are bringing to AI to improve their processes, create new services, and make being in business more fun and profitable.

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Allego

JANUARY 11, 2024

Generative AI is advancing faster than any technology I’ve experienced. Perhaps only music-sharing site Napster created as much of a frenzy when it arrived on the scene in 1999 as gen AI tool ChatGPT did 23 years later. Like Napster revolutionized how we listen to music, generative AI has revolutionized how we work.

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Hubspot Sales

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

McKinsey Institute reports that one-fifth of sales functions could be automated with artificial intelligence (AI). Sales pros spend hours a day on manual and administrative tasks. Luckily, AI is paving the way to reduce or even eliminate the time you spend on routine sales tasks. How much time?

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Highspot

MARCH 13, 2024

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is reshaping sales, transitioning from a buzzword to a core component of how sales teams connect, predict, and work. AI can enhance every customer interaction and leverage predictive analytics to spot trends early. Why Do You Need AI in Sales? Why Do You Need AI in Sales?

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Allego

APRIL 16, 2024

Generative AI has changed the game in sales. Increasingly, sales teams use it to personalize content, enhance sales training , improve onboarding, conduct competitive analysis, streamline sales communication, and more. Not so fast, says AI expert Sam Richter. Not so fast, says AI expert Sam Richter.

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Partners in Excellence

APRIL 8, 2024

The simultaneous promise/threat of AI, “Will it help me be more efficient or will it make me unnecessary?” And other data showing 1000-1400 touches per opportunity (Thank goodness we can solve this with AI, easily hitting 1000s of touches a day…… tongue firmly planted in cheek.)

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BuzzBoard

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Sales operations have reached a pivotal crossroad in this age of technological marvels. The impact of generative AI is nothing short of revolutionary, ushering in a new era of efficiency, personalization, and data-driven decision-making. Therefore, you must probe deeper to interpret the GenAI-sales ops connection.

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Mindtickle

APRIL 2, 2024

While it’s still in its infancy, artificial intelligence already powers so many of our daily experiences – from getting product recommendations on Amazon to depositing a check via your mobile device to asking Siri to compose and send a message to a friend. AI is also transforming the world of business – especially for revenue teams.

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Mereo

JANUARY 24, 2024

As you likely have experienced since 2023, I have been a frustrated receiver of artificial intelligence (AI) bot messages regularly. As the technology continues to infiltrate our selling spaces and mature, I hope to see less of this broken structure and more of what AI can do well. They fail to Seek to Serve with AI.

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Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 30, 2023

But what changes will it bring to the sales industry? Will it be the end of salespeople, or will it become the secret weapon to help sales reps work more efficiently? HubSpot conducted research on the “State of AI,” with over 1,350+ specialists reporting on how AI affects their business. Let’s jump to the nitty-gritty.

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Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Of course, when we talk about the future of sales, it's less about the products we might sell (flying cars, anyone?) Here, I spoke to sales leaders at Bardeen.ai , Aircall , and HubSpot to get their top predictions for the future of sales. AI will level out the playing field. and more about how we'll sell them.

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