What's happening: AI and workflow automation promise up to 60% time savings for sales reps
The RevOps Roundup for week 9, 2026 highlights new strategies for scaling sales teams beyond ten reps, emphasizing Digital Sales Rooms and CRM‑linked automation. Flowla proposes five high‑impact workflows to standardize processes, while Outreach.io estimates AI can reclaim up to 60% of reps’ time by reducing administrative tasks.
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Vidico positions itself as a scalable, end‑to‑end video and design production partner for marketing, product, and sales teams. The company reports over 1,200 completed projects, 1.5 billion cumulative views, and a 4.9‑star rating from more than 100 verified reviews. Its service suite spans animation, live‑action, UI walkthroughs, short‑form social clips, and more, delivered through subscription or project‑based models. New clients receive a complimentary $2,500 Creative Intelligence Report to benchmark creative performance.
The phrase captures something teams feel long before they can describe it. Early stage work depends on a level of shared pressure that only forms when people experience the same uncertainty at the same time. The speed of communication inside...
AI made everyone a content creator… and everyone sound the same How do you win? Say something different. Something revelatory but true. You POV is your pitch
In this episode, Christopher S. Penn reflects on the MarketingProfs B2B Forum in Boston, highlighting how meticulous care—from venue design to fine dining—creates a welcoming, "home‑like" atmosphere that fosters genuine connection among B2B marketers. He notes that this nurturing environment transforms...
This year, I’ve given 50 talks. How about a LinkedIn AMA? I’ve been a speaker since 2015, some years purely paid, some years a blend like 2025. How can I help your speaker journey? What can I answer to help...
I didn't fully appreciate how good it would be to hit send on an email like this, and to see the spike in user activity that follows across such a wide variety of industries. As the year is coming to...

John Jantsch’s latest post argues that traditional campaign‑centric marketing is outdated for small businesses. He introduces the Marketing Operating System (MOS) as a unified framework that aligns strategy, execution, and measurement. The MOS turns ad‑hoc tactics into repeatable processes, leveraging...
So I’m starting to get emails from sales reps I’ve interacted with over the past months trying to get a deal done by year end. The problem? They added zero value. There’s really no reason to sign a contract for...
This does happen, but it’s almost unheard of for founders still running a company to make nothing in a material exit The acquirer wants the most consideration to go to the team, the least to the VCs A liquidation preference is hardly...
The article defines business authority as the earned credibility that influences decisions, opinions, and actions across multiple channels. It outlines six authority types—domain expertise, industry leadership, search, social, market, and operational—each with distinct metrics and growth tactics. The piece highlights...
Are you pitching an idea or giving a recommendation? Knowing the difference between these two is CRITICAL for getting buy-in: A pitch requires a degree more emotion. A recommendation requires a degree more logic. A pitch: - Persuades stakeholders to invest in a new idea/project -...
tomorrow I'm putting on a live event with Snapchat (and Snap advertisers) to talk all things Snap ads, Snap creator network, and what works to drive incremental reach on the channel. learn how the best performance marketers are leveraging Snap —...
The episode reveals that AI chat assistants are primarily used for short, task‑oriented cognitive workflows—writing, planning, analysis, learning—rather than for commercial searches or transactions. Dan Petrovic’s analysis of millions of conversational turns shows that most sessions are under 1,000 words,...
Just got some new data showing that YouTube gets ~2X more searches than ChatGPT gets prompt sessions, so... Maybe search marketers should put 2X as much energy into that? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (publishing hopefully next week)
We deployed 20+ AI agents & replaced our entire SDR team. 60K hyper-personalized emails. 70% open rates on ghosted leads. 15% of London ticket revenue from AI alone. The 5 things that actually work: 1⃣AI crushes the work humans refuse to do...

In this episode, Mika Yamamoto, Chief Customer and Marketing Officer at Freshworks, explains how AI has upended the traditional enterprise B2B buying journey, making research faster but the market noisier and trust harder to earn. She identifies a growing trust...

check out this chart -- the majority of seed rounds go to startups in SF and NY (and really, mostly SF) (we'll be dropping a report on "the state of seed" from Carta tomorrow on our official substack) But it's data like...
"Don't wait until it's too late" / "Build it before you need it" - Alex Raymond on The Transaction . Alex has been focused on what he calls the growth department for years. Everyone knows you need it, but what...
Karat announced NextGen, a human‑led, AI‑enabled interview solution designed to assess engineers for the emerging human + AI development model. The platform blends live expert interviewers with an integrated AI assistant, letting candidates tackle multi‑file projects while interviewers probe reasoning and judgment....
Okay mom, here’s your moment. For everyone else - here’s what this really means. USA Today named me one of the “business leaders to follow” in 2026. It’s a nice headline, and yes, my mom is already sending it to...
Most consultants hide their shortcomings. Here’s mine: I ask too many questions. Like way too many. If you’ve ever worked with me, you know: “Why?” “Why now?” “What did the customer actually say?” “What were they feeling?” “What happened right...
PubMatic, Untapped Growth, and tvScientific have formed a partnership that gives independent agencies AI‑driven buying power and real‑time CTV measurement. The collaboration merges PubMatic’s AI‑powered supply‑chain infrastructure, Untapped Growth’s collective purchasing model, and tvScientific’s performance‑level analytics. Agencies can now access...
If you're still using 2024 marketing tactics, you're already falling behind. Search is fragmenting across Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, ChatGPT, and even browsers. AI is reshaping discovery, targeting, and the entire customer journey. And in this video, I breaks down the...
Not all clients are created equal. When a new offer comes in, your instinct is to say yes—because paid work is paid work, right? Wrong. Before you rush into anything, especially a longer fractional engagement that could make or break...
BrowserStack announced that its MCP Server is now listed in the AWS Marketplace, allowing AWS customers to discover, purchase, and deploy the AI‑enabled testing layer directly from the cloud catalog. The open‑source integration connects popular AI assistants such as GitHub Copilot,...
Kustomer introduced Data Explorer, an AI‑powered feature that lets CX leaders query their unified customer data using natural language. The tool instantly generates visualizations, narrative explanations and prescriptive actions such as staffing adjustments or routing changes. Built on Kustomer’s unified...
OnePlan unveiled its NextGen PPM solution to help enterprises migrate off Microsoft Project Online before its September 2026 retirement. The platform offers a structured, twelve‑week migration process powered by automation, expert guidance, and the OneConnect service, ensuring data fidelity and minimal...
Skyword announced the award of U.S. Patent No. 12,437,022 B1 for its Dynamic Generation of Work Requests technology, now embedded in the Accelerator360™ platform. The patented workflow uses AI to translate real‑time search insights into detailed, strategy‑driven content briefs and automatically pairs...
CGI has signed a contract with NATO’s Communications and Information Agency to deliver the HERMES secure mobile communications platform, partnering with secunet Security Networks. The solution blends CGI’s managed‑services expertise with secunet’s Secure Inter‑Network Architecture (SINA) hardware to provide classified‑level...
NiCE has launched a locally hosted CXone Mpower instance in South Africa, providing AI‑powered customer experience tools with full data residency. The platform runs on redundant data centers in Cape Town and Johannesburg, meeting strict regulatory requirements for financial and other...
Sprinklr has been named the winner of ADWEEK’s inaugural Tech Stack Award for Best Social Media Marketing Platform, highlighting its evolution from a pure‑play social‑media manager to an AI‑native unified CXM leader. The accolade, part of ADWEEK’s effort to spotlight...
I had an interesting conversation with our newly minted product leader, Scott P. , last night around KPIs for product marketing and product. I'd love your take. Product Marketing is the steward of the pipeline number associated with their product....
The episode explains how B2B marketers can integrate Connected TV (CTV) into Account‑Based Marketing (ABM) to offset rising costs on platforms like Google and LinkedIn. It outlines practical steps—identifying use cases across SaaS, professional services, manufacturing, and fintech; building targeted...
Doodle positions itself as a unified scheduling platform tailored for sales and marketing teams, aiming to eliminate the coordination bottlenecks that slow campaigns and deal cycles. By offering tools such as Group Polls, Booking Pages, and AI‑generated meeting descriptions, it...
Adform and RTL AdAlliance have announced a partnership to bring programmatic addressable TV (ATV) buying to European broadcasters, starting with Austria and later expanding across the continent. The collaboration combines Adform’s demand‑side platform with RTL AdAlliance’s reach of over 30 million households and...
Selector, the AI‑driven observability and network intelligence platform, is now listed on the Microsoft Azure Marketplace. The integration lets enterprises procure and deploy Selector through existing Azure billing and procurement channels, accelerating implementation. It brings AI‑powered correlation, root‑cause analysis, digital‑twin...
AI Solution UK unveiled two AI‑powered SEO products—AI SEO Master and an AI Keyword Research Tool—designed to modernize search optimization. Both tools use large language models, search‑intent analysis and Google‑aligned guidelines, and are priced on a pay‑as‑you‑go basis starting at...
Madison Logic announced a global rollout of its ABM Connected TV (CTV) and audio advertising channels, adding programmatic CTV and digital audio inventory across all major regions. The expansion leverages 3.4 billion cross‑device signals and the company’s proprietary intent data to...
OnviSource unveiled EngageHub™, an AI‑native platform that consolidates conversational AI, real‑time agent guidance, and collaborative workforce tools for contact centers. The suite includes ChatOrchestra™ for multi‑channel, context‑aware interactions, AgentAssist™ for next‑best‑action coaching, and AgentEngage™ for micro‑coaching and quality assurance. Built...
How to Do AI Outbound the Right Way in 2025 Outbound didn't die. Bad outbound did. AI hasn't made cold email easier. It's made standards higher. The teams winning today aren't blasting more emails… they're crafting more human ones. Here's the right way to...
Every product mistake has the same root. Nobody stopped to study how customers explain their world.
Google Cloud’s Gemini for Government has been chosen by the Department of War’s Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office as the inaugural enterprise AI on the GenAI.mil platform. The solution meets Impact Level 5 (IL5) and FedRAMP High standards, allowing secure,...
Branding is definitely a big deal in B2B, even moreso for optimizing visibility in AI searches. Great conversation here between two outstanding #B2Bmarketing minds, @leeodden and @RishiPDave .
Execution problems are often culture problems in disguise. If a team moves slowly, it is usually because people stop trusting the process, not because they lack skill.
BigID introduced Activity Explorer, a unified audit and investigation platform that aggregates activity logs from cloud services, SaaS applications, and on‑premises storage. The tool captures actions by human users, service accounts, and AI agents across environments such as AWS S3, SharePoint,...
You can learn more about what to build by studying how customers explain their own problems than by running another sprint.
Google updated its core updates documentation to say smaller core updates happen on an ongoing basis, so sites can improve without waiting for named updates. https://t.co/MD7IrswbMk via @MattGSouthern, @sejournal That explains why rankings often look like a yo-yo.🤔
If you listen closely enough, the market will outline your product for you. Most teams only start listening after it is too late.
Want to win in SaaS without having to ship another feature? Upgrade your quality almost instantly? Do true 24x7 support, real-time, for real, that's great It's like Magic No 4 hour ticket turn around No "go to our wiki" It's Magic .. because no one in...

Look at marketing's impact on messages. More than 50% of the people have deleted important messages because they thought they were "advertising". The key with messages, whether promotional or not, is to add as much value as possible so people don't delete...