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Goodbye digital transformation, hello AI-first business transformation

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Instead of seeing digital as a new paradigm for our business, we over-indexed on digitizing legacy models and processes and modernizing our existing organization. As a result, most businesses remain saddled with complexity, department silos, and old ways of doing things. The reality for most businesses was much less revolutionary.

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5 tips for better business value from gen AI

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Still, CIOs have reason to drive AI capabilities and employee adoption, as only 16% of companies are reinvention ready with fully modernized data foundations and end-to-end platform integration to support automation across most business processes, according to Accenture. These reinvention-ready organizations have 2.5

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5 top business use cases for AI agents

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AI agents are powered by the same AI systems as chatbots, but can take independent action, collaborate to achieve bigger objectives, and take over entire business workflows. The business benefit is that attorneys can get through the contracting process faster, respond to customers faster, and transact faster than anyone else.

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Meta creates ‘Business AI’ group led by ex-Salesforce AI CEO Clara Shih

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Meta has hired the former CEO of Salesforce AI, Clara Shih, to lead a new “Business AI” group. Shih is now a vice president at Meta and the head of a new business AI group, she said in a post there. Meta’s Llama models have over 600M downloads to date, and Meta AI has more than 500M monthly actives,” Shih said.

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16 Go-to-Market Plays for Your Entire Sales Funnel

Nurturing leads through your sales funnel is a daunting task for many business development teams, especially at the scale required to achieve lofty growth goals. That’s why we’ve gathered some of the best go-to-market plays from our own B2B sales and marketing pros and packaged them here for you.

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Cost, security, and flexibility: the business case for open source gen AI

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Llama helps with sales support, coding Deloittes Sarer recently worked with a data center technology company that was looking for gen AI to help transform both the front and back office. They had a series of use cases sales, marketing operations, field services, he says. Finally, theres the question of long-term sustainability.

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11 Essential Sales Enablement Statistics for 2021

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Sales enablement statistics are useful for a number of reasons. Maybe you’re building a business case for the formalization of a sales enablement strategy and looking for quantitative data that you can use to your advantage. Maybe you’re new to the discipline and trying to quickly learn as much as possible.

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The Impact of Direct Dials on Sales Productivity

Often, sales reps who fail to hit the phones hard are left wondering how they missed their quota. While dialing away at targeted prospects, it’s important for them to remember that not all sales outreach is created equal. How can you (and your sales team) benefit from this eBook?

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State of AI in Sales & Marketing 2025

AI adoption is reshaping sales and marketing. But leaders say mainstream AI tools still fall short on accuracy and business impact. But is it delivering real results? We surveyed 1,000+ GTM professionals to find out. The data is clear: AI users report 47% higher productivity and an average of 12 hours saved per week.

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5 Ways You Can Win Faster with Gen AI in Sales

Incorporating generative AI (gen AI) into your sales process can speed up your wins through improved efficiency, personalized customer interactions, and better informed decision- making.

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Marketing-Led COVID-19 Growth Strategies: 2022 and Beyond

Businesses are tasked with beating pre-pandemic numbers, making marketing more essential than ever before. This is your chance to create unprecedented brand awareness, bring in the best leads sales has ever seen, and play an instrumental role in generating new and existing business revenue. Define and agree on “qualified leads”.

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How to Overcome the Pain Points of Your CRM

The promise of a CRM ( customer relationship management ) led organizations to believe each could digitally transform its businesses through tracking touchpoints throughout the buyer’s journey. When used effectively, a CRM can be the lifeblood of your sales team – keeping everyone organized, efficient, and at peak productivity.

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The Power of Conversation Intelligence

This eBook will answer all your questions and more by providing a complete overview of Conversation Intelligence and its importance in Revenue organizations, delivering impact from your Sales Development Representatives all the way to the C-Suite. Conversation Intelligence defined and how it impacts your business. Ready to learn more?

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Marketing Operations Efficiency: The Essential Checklist

Today, the discipline is increasingly interwoven with other vital go-to-market motions — including sales and customer support — and is responsible for all business elements associated with marketing, including the tech stack. As marketing becomes more tech-driven, the role of marketing operations (MOps) is getting more complex.

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Why B2B Contact and Account Data Management Is Critical to Your ROI

Businesses are realizing that it isn’t just about the volume of data they have available; it’s about the accuracy of information. Given data’s direct impact on marketing campaigns, reporting, and sales follow-up, maintaining an accurate and consistent database is a top priority for B2B organizations.