Demandbase launched its new targeting solution designed to use AI and intent data to more accurately target and engage buying committees within target accounts with their advertising.
Drift, a conversational marketing and sales platform, unveiled new products, partnerships and an acquisition at HYPERGROWTH 2018, the company’s annual event hosted in Boston. The announcements enable Drift customers to quickly engage with prospects by removing form fills from digital advertising and turning them into conversations.
Sigstr Pulse, a relationship marketing platform, is designed to use AI to analyze employee email and calendar patterns to provide insights into the quality of relationships and engagement within target accounts, locations or segments.
As buyers become more sophisticated and able to navigate their own buying journeys, the role of sales is drastically evolving to align with their needs. Combine that with technological innovation and sales teams face a number of challenges to cater to expectations. Unfortunately, new research from Salesforce has revealed that a majority of sales teams are lagging in terms of meeting these expectations. According to the third edition of the company’s State of Sales report, more than half of sales reps (57%) expect to miss their quotas in 2018.
The Pareto Principle, also known as the “80/20 rule,” is familiar throughout the business world. In sales, the formula is this: 20% of sales reps drive 80% of sales. The 80/20 rule applies across industries and national boundaries. It has persisted for generations, even though sales managers and business leaders try to move the needle on productivity using a variety of techniques.
There continues to be room for growth and education in the artificial intelligence (AI) space, according to new research from EverString and Heinz Marketing. The study, which surveyed roughly 300 marketing and sales professionals across multiple industries, shows that only 12% of respondents are “very confident” in their AI knowledge, while 55% said they are “somewhat confident.”
Mintigo, a customer engagement platform for sales and marketing, unveiled MintigoAI, a customer engagement platform powered by artificial intelligence.
Machine Analysis is an AI-powered engine from Brainshark that is designed to improve sales coaching by augmenting manager feedback to help salespeople improve their performance and results. The engine’s coaching capabilities are positioned to provide automated, rapid insights to ensure salespeople master critical messages before interacting with buyers.
InsideView’s latest release, Apex, is designed to help marketers plan and execute go-to-market strategies. The new product aims to combine data from a company’s system with external market data from InsideView. It can then use machine learning to discover and visualize market opportunities.
