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How ‘Human’ Should Your AI Agent Be? In Short, Not Very

Salesforce

One of the great things about AI agents is that you can easily converse with the technology as if it were a person. Thanks to natural language processing, the artificial intelligence (AI) agent understands, interprets, and generates human-sounding responses. This begs the question: How human-like should an agent be? In short, not very. While agents may seem lifelike, designing them to feel overly human may frustrate users and lead to misplaced (and ultimately, unmet) expectations.

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How to Successfully Bring AI Products to Market at Scale with GitHub’s CRO

SaaStr

GitHub, founded in 2008, is a leading platform for software development and version control that has made waves since 2018 with its AI Copilot. Microsoft acquired GitHub also in 2018 and it has since grown to over 100 million developers and more than 420 million repositories, including at least 28 million public repositories, making it the world’s largest source code host.

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How to Build Your Sales Playbook

RAIN Group

TL;DR? Download the complimentary guide and take it to read later. In today's competitive sales landscape, having a well-structured sales playbook can be the difference between good and great performance. Research underscores the critical importance of effective sales enablement including sales training, and, by extension, sales playbooks, in setting the stage for transforming your sales organization.

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Google reshapes in-store shopping with AI-powered comparisons

Martech

Google is introducing new shopping features that transform how consumers discover and compare products in-store and online. Key features : Google Lens now provides in-store product price comparisons. Google Maps enables local product inventory searches. Expanded buy now, pay later options. Expanded virtual card protections. Why we care. Google’s new shopping features, powered by AI and integrated across platforms like Lens and Maps, offer more touch points for influencing purchasing decisions.

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AI in Marketing & Sales: Today’s Tools, Tomorrow’s Potential

Speaker: Kevin Burke

AI is reshaping marketing and sales, empowering professionals to work smarter, faster, and more effectively. This webinar will provide a practical introduction to AI, focusing on its current applications, transformative potential, and strategies for successful implementation in your organization. Using real-world examples and actionable insights, we’ll examine how businesses are leveraging AI to increase efficiency, enhance personalization, and drive measurable results.

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Jason Jordan’s Pipeline Management Training Takes You Back to Basics – In The Best Way

Membrain

I recently attended a training with Jason Jordan (co-author of Cracking the Sales Management Code ), his Pipeline Management Training. I was happy to experience training that takes us back to what really matters. While a great deal has changed in this industry over the past decade, the foundations that underpin good sales practice have not.

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Move Fast (But Don’t) Break Things — Innovating Securely with Sandboxes 

Salesforce

AI innovation without the right guardrails can spiral out of control. And the last thing you want is to make development mistakes that have serious real-world impacts. Imagine you’re building Agentforce that will provide 24/7 support to your customers. This AI agent would help you automate routine inquiries, deliver instant responses to customer questions, and offer support at any time — as long as it’s been properly tested and vetted.

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8 Tips to Keep Your Identity Safe This Holiday Season

Salesforce

Cyber Week sales are expected to reach $311 billion worldwide leading into the holiday season. While big sales promotions like Black Friday and Cyber Monday are great for taking advantage of deals, especially online, the unfortunate reality is that cyber crime also peaks this time of year. In fact, a 2024 study conducted by anti-virus software Norton, showed that 48% of people have been scammed while holiday shopping online.

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How to use AI and automation to organize your content marketing

Martech

In the fast-paced world of marketing, it’s easy to get distracted by the newest technology trends. However, amidst the excitement, we don’t want to overlook the marketing fundamentals that form the backbone of our efforts, such as organizing all our marketing assets, understanding our audience and staying on brand. This tutorial will walk you through creating a flexible and budget-friendly marketing organization system using Airtable, enhanced with AI features.

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Revisiting the Power of the DuPont Chain of Profitability

The Advantexe Advisor

This week takes me to one of our long-term clients in the defense industry. Now that the US election is over and the new administration is formulating, we are in a different place from a geopolitical perspective. This week, our client focuses on some good old-fashioned back-to-basic financial acumen learning through a customized business simulation.

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How marketing data can make your performance review go from stress to success

Martech

It’s performance review season again. This is meant to be a time of introspection and improvement, but for many, it’s also a time of high anxiety and stress. Data-driven marketers can minimize those negative feelings by approaching their reviews the way they approach their campaigns. Here are my top three tips to make this season positive and productive.

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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. Gen AI is a game changer for busy salespeople and can reduce time-consuming tasks, such as customer research, note-taking, and writing emails, and provide insightful data analysis and recommendations.

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Streamlining Go-to-Market Execution: Project Management Tools for B2B Marketing Teams

Heinz Marketing

By Sarah Threet , Marketing Consultant at Heinz Marketing In B2B marketing, effective go-to-market (GTM) orchestration can be the difference between a successful launch and a missed opportunity. Achieving alignment across teams, meeting tight deadlines, and juggling numerous deliverables without the proper tools can feel like trying to conduct an orchestra without a conductor.

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Nimble CRM Tips & Updates – November 15, 2024

Adaptive Business Services

I’m going to apologize ahead of time because … this is going to be very long, very boring, and perhaps a bit overwhelming. Still, it’s something that we probably should address. Email Address Issues Leading to Bounces We continue learning the ins and outs of email sequencing and I have had one or two clients who have, unfortunately, seen abnormally high bounce rates.

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How the CEO of 1-800-GOT-JUNK? Used the Same Formula to Start Multiple Companies

Hubspot

Brian Scudamore is a man who believes in human connection before technology, so it’s no wonder he founded a company that has a heavy dose of both. In 1989, he founded 1-800-GOT-JUNK? as a way to cover college tuition. Since then, the company has turned into a trash-hauling juggernaut with over 200 locations across three countries that brought in $600M in revenue in 2022 — but it wasn't always smooth sailing for Scudamore.