Mon.Jan 27, 2025

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Excel for Strategic Planning: Pros and Cons

ClearPoint Strategy

Management has evolved. Your tools have not.

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The Sales Prospecting Paradox: How to Stand Out When AI Makes Everyone Sound Good

Hubspot Sales

AI is making everyone better at sales prospecting and that's exactly the problem. I get laughably bad sales prospecting emails every day. I mean really bad. But thats swiftly changing, with AI making it increasingly easy for just about anyone to craft polished, personalized messages at scale. But therein lies the paradox. AI is turning sales prospecting into a commodity.

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AI Case Study: Walk Before You Run to Unlock the Value of AI

Excelerate

If youre like usand many of our clientsyoure still cutting through the noise to determine how and where to expand the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in your teams workflow. One way to reduce risk or exposure is to run an AI pilot project to quickly test a tools functionality and learn about its real-world application to your business. Recently, we partnered with a team to take a custom-built AI tool from idea inception through implementation.

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Strategies to Become a Great Sales Leader

SBI Growth

As a sales manager, you may not consider yourself a sales leader. After all, strategic leadership issues fall within the purview of senior executives such as the Chief Revenue Officer. But ask your sales team to describe your leadership qualities and you may hear comments such as She knows how to communicate what she wants, He makes the right decisions at the right time, Shes very persuasive, or He works twice as hard as anybody else on the team.

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State of AI in Sales & Marketing 2025

AI adoption is reshaping sales and marketing. 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. But leaders say mainstream AI tools still fall short on accuracy and business impact. Download the full report today to see how AI is being used — and where go-to-market professionals think there are gaps and opportunities.