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Microsoft Recall: Everything IT can get wrong about AI in a single feature

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Behind all this we can easily imagine members of the Redmond contingent brainstorming what they might do with AI and, infected with optimism bias and infused with escalating enthusiasm, doing it. So if a business manager wants to look at an employee’s Recall data … awkward! How did this happen? You might as well because you know they’ll ask.

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6 Common B2B Sales Problems and How to Avoid Them

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There are so many factors that can stand in the way of exceptional B2B sales performance—poor leadership, lack of organization, no sales process—the list goes on. Today, we explore some of the more common sales problems—problems you might not even know you’re facing. Did you know that sales reps spend 64.3%

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6 Data-Driven Marketing Strategies That Are Revolutionizing Sales

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The sales profession is responding to major changes brought by big data. The big data revolution is making the sales industry more efficient and effective than ever. In 2019, Forbes contributor Louis Columbus wrote a great article on the ways that big data is changing the sales and marketing profession.

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Disrupting the enterprise: How AI is redefining people, process, and productivity

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But our days are so frequently filled with “shallow work” – going from one task to the next, one email to the next, and so on – that there’s minimal time to engage in deep work, where we have the freedom to flex our creative muscles, brainstorm, and ideate. AI changes the game. But esynergy faced a few challenges.

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8 Simple Steps to Prep Your Webinar Funnel for Sales

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Are you thinking about increasing sales with a webinar? A webinar funnel works a lot like a sales funnel or marketing funnel. Now, as people get comfortable with the idea of running a sales webinar, we’ll likely see a continued uptick in these sales presentations. How Do I Create a Sales Webinar? Ask for the Sale.

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6 Common B2B Sales Problems and How to Avoid Them

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There are so many factors that can stand in the way of exceptional B2B sales performance—poor leadership, lack of organization, no sales process—the list goes on. Today, we explore some of the more common sales problems—problems you might not even know you’re facing. Did you know that sales reps spend 64.3%

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Can Your Marketing Team Increase Sales Productivity?

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It’s no secret, sales and marketing teams don’t always work well together. In fact, research shows that 53% of sales professionals are unhappy with the support they get from marketing ( source ). Consider these statistics ( source ): Only 8% of companies have strong alignment between sales and marketing.

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