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Sales Automation

Combining Customer Relationship Management (CRM) with sales automation tools helps sales teams plan and monitor their sales activities and provides the necessary customer data throughout the entire selling process. Browse our news, analysis, and advice for sales professionals and managers looking take advantage of these time and labor saving strategies.

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How to Advance Self-Service with the Latest Generative AI Bots

Customer self-service is better today, but it takes effort to use it successfully.

The Best CRM Software, Solutions, and Innovators: The 2025 CRM Industry Awards

Our 24th annual awards recognize the vendors and innovators that shone the brightest in the past year.

The Best CRM Software and Solutions: The 2025 CRM Industry Leader Awards

Our top five picks in 11 categories point the way forward with the best products and capabilities hitting the market in customer service, marketing, and sales.

Six Top Innovating CRM Companies for 2025: The CRM Conversation Starters

These vendors kept the industry abuzz with products, services, and integrations that add up to innovation in sales, marketing, and customer service.

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Putting Revenue First: How B2B Marketers Can Lead with ROI

Stakeholders want to know if they're getting the most out of marketing spend. That's why more teams now say revenue is their main KPI.

As the Singularity Approaches, How Do Humans Stay Ahead of AI?

In CRM and marketing, the "mini-singularity" already happening is the automation of decision making. But marketers will still be held accountable for outcomes.

Redefining CRM: From Sales Platform to Customer Experience Powerhouse

To meet rising customer expectations, CRM systems need to play larger roles beyond just tracking sales or contacts, instead serving as intelligent, end-to-end, AI-driven engagement platforms.

The Psychology of Summer Marketing: Why Customers Buy Differently When the Sun Is Out

Summer triggers one-of-a-kind psychological and behavioral shifts that can directly impact how—and why—consumers make their purchases.

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Pickles, Profit, and a World Where Opportunity Can Be Manufactured

Content needs its own supply chain.

How CSOs Can Embrace AI and Hit Revenue Targets

Most sales organizations have yet to see significant improvements in seller performance from AI.

AI ‘Exponentials’ Will Rule the World

Highly effective tiny teams will be nimbler than the legacy behemoths.

How CRM Plus CX Platforms Are Shaping the Future of CX

These two tools are better together.

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