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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The post argues that a B2B website’s primary purpose is lead capture and qualification, and that excessive content, complex navigation, slow performance, and inconsistent messaging create friction that disqualifies prospects. It highlights how over‑growth leads to cognitive overload, poor page speed, misaligned CTAs, and intimidating forms, while emphasizing the need for streamlined navigation, clear messaging, appropriate CTAs, short forms, and proper metadata/structured data. The author, Douglas Karr, advises a disciplined pruning approach—removing outdated or redundant elements—to keep the site fast, focused, and buyer‑centric, thereby improving conversion rates.
Most creative testing fails because there's no strategy behind the test. What are you trying to learn? • Which hook performs best? • Which visual holds attention? • Which CTA drives conversion? Every question asked brings you closer to the clarity that you need.
Everyone in AI feels the same tension right now, but this piece finally names it clearly. The tech is real. The progress is real. The spending is real. The business models aren't. Not yet. This is the best breakdown I've seen of why...

Douglas Karr warns that SaaS platforms that price by contact count silently penalize businesses by billing for unconfirmed, bounced, inactive, or duplicate records that add no value. He illustrates the issue with his own email platform experience and extends it...

Francisco Partners announced this week they're taking JAMF private for $2.2 billion at $13.05 per share. The headlines trumpet a "50% premium" to recent trading prices. The press releases talk about "strategic flexibility" and "accelerating growth." But here's what the...
Why are you on LinkedIn? The ultimate scoreboard isn't likes, it's business. But my guest Neal Schaffer suggest that visibility still matters if you want to win. - More engagement boosts your content in the LinkedIn feed - High-like posts create...

The post explains that most digital location data—especially IP‑based geolocation used by analytics, ads, and CRM tools—is fundamentally inaccurate, often placing users miles or even states away from their true positions. It outlines how different connection types (mobile GPS, cell...
I know 'memory' is a big deal in AI — what I don't know is how >much< of it you really need to have a great AI experience. The more I learn about how our own AI Agents work, the more...
If you're planning to pitch yourself to speak at industry events next year (or appear on more podcasts): I'm running a Pitch Challenge the 1st week of Dec to work with a small group on their pitches. You'll learn to develop,...

The post explains Google’s Core Web Vitals—Largest Contentful Paint, First Input Delay, and Cumulative Layout Shift—and the broader Page Experience signals that now affect search rankings. It highlights how these metrics are measured via PageSpeed Insights and Search Console, and...
You can't personalize your way out of a targeting problem. Focus on finding evidence of the problem, then just ask them if that evidence means they are struggling with X problem. This is called a PQS, pain qualified segment, and it will...
Nobody Cares About Your Perfect Website (And That's Exactly Why You Should Care Less Too) Your prospective buyers don't care how pretty your website is. They don't care about your gorgeous brochure, your profile banner, or the thousands you spent on checkout...

SaaStr CEO Jason Lemkin and Chief AI Officer Amelia Lerutte review their six‑month rollout of AI-driven SDRs, expanding from a single AI agent to about 20 across sales, marketing, support, and operations. They detail the tools used—Artisan, Qualified, and Salesforce...
59% of Brands Face This Crisis, Are You Ready? Discover the rapid response system and Stakeholder Communication Matrix that helped turn a potential PR disaster into a trust-building opportunity. From recognizing issues instantly to tailoring messages for different audiences, this video breaks...
Great marketing is not about who arrives. It's about who stays. So many people are focused on the wrong thing thanks to the influence of mass-market brands first, now social media algorithms. The entire job of the marketer is to: 1. Earn trust 2....

R Systems International Ltd. has been elevated to UiPath’s Diamond Partner tier and named a UiPath Agentic Automation Fast Track Partner, underscoring its deep expertise in AI‑driven automation. The Fast Track designation grants R Systems early access and training on...
Sales and Marketing fail when the conversation stops. Communication is the bridge that moves revenue and too often that bridge is closed. What is one practice your teams use to keep the bridge open? Why the gap exists • Marketing sends reports and waits...
Ever feel like you've been set up with an agency by a soulless algorithm? One that knows nothing about your brand, your goals, or your team? On Monday's episode of On Brand, Toby Wilkinson, co-founder of ASK US FOR IDEAS, explains...

Shama Hyder warns that personalization is no longer a differentiator but a baseline expectation, and its success now hinges on back‑office infrastructure rather than front‑end tech. She highlights that 45% of CRM data is inaccurate and manual routing delays real‑time...

Google is the only company in the world building AI vertically. They used the same move to dominate the internet. Their AI playbook explained👇
Google is the only company in the world building AI vertically. They used the same move to dominate the internet. Their AI playbook explained Everyone's busy debating model benchmarks, GPU shortages, and who shipped the newest AI app. But that's not where the real...

Infobip is expanding its Voice platform in North America to accelerate adoption of its Branded Calling ID (BCID) service, partnering with major U.S. telecom carriers and leveraging its recent acquisition of Peerless Network, which gives it coverage of 98% of...
A DTC brand I advise ramped CTV spend hard in Q1. It should've been a scalable channel, but the results were hazy, expensive, and nearly impossible to interpret. • Attribution was all over the place • CPMs looked great, but sales didn't move •...
Pixar Animation Studios went public 30 years ago next week and Duarte, Inc. made the decks! Last night at the Computer History Museum, the team that led that IPO told the story of the wild ride. Sometimes I forget what...

KPI Partners announced the launch of a new office in Bengaluru, India, to expand its global delivery capabilities in data engineering, analytics, GenAI and digital transformation. The hub will recruit 450‑500 specialists over the next year, creating next‑gen Centers of...
This is Robert Koehler. We brought him on as a GTM Advisor for He was also a TOPO consultant. He is one of the best sales advisors on the market. This pic from Zach Dobson from the GTM AI Summit dinner...
Meaningful product differentiation is always a temporary thing as competitors inevitably catch up, but it's also what gives rise to brands and even categories in the first place. And, more importantly, it's also often a matter of pure semantic classification. The big...

In this episode, Oktopost VP of Marketing Adi Krysler explains why B2B marketers need a dedicated social media platform, highlighting Oktopost’s unified suite for publishing, employee advocacy, and social listening that ties social activity to revenue impact. She emphasizes the...
A financial services client just reported our multichannel campaign drove a 74% increase in calls. They are happy. We are happy. Do you want to be happy, too? Let's talk about how we can increase your ROI by adding some behavioral science tactics...
Think traditional search is dead? The data says otherwise. Generative AI search is still only 3.3% of all search activity according to EMARKETER. This is pretty much consistent with data Rand Fishkin has been sharing from SparkToro and Datos, A...

A new AccessiWay survey of 5,000 EU and UK consumers reveals that 61% abandon online purchases due to accessibility issues, representing over €50 billion in lost transactions annually. The study shows 85% encounter digital barriers, while accessible sites enjoy 23% more...
I'm asked constantly on my "strategy" for posting on this site OR how do I come up with topics. I never have a good answer, because the real answer is... I don't really have a strategy or a process. I...

Alex Hormozi grew from zero to 9 million followers in under 4 years. He's also well on his way to building a billion dollar business. These two things are related... But not just in the obvious way. -- Everyone wants to know Hormozi's content hack. He...
The Goat Agency argues that creator‑generated content is now central to marketing, citing Nielsen data that 92% of consumers trust user‑generated content over brand messaging and its own campaigns showing over 80% lift in conversions. It warns that platform fatigue—Meta...
How We Built Our B2B Content Marketing Machine — From 579K to 2.7M Impressions When I launched SaasRise in 2023, I was like most founders...juggling a hundred priorities, sending random newsletters when inspiration struck and wondering why outbound campaigns weren't landing. Then...

In this week’s SaasRise Mastermind recap, founders and growth leaders exchanged actionable insights on scaling smarter, optimizing renewals, and leveraging AI to enhance customer engagement and operational efficiency. Discussions centered on data management, sales performance, compensation frameworks, and sustainable business...
Influencer marketing is evolving from a brand‑centric activity to a core performance lever, as platforms like Meta and TikTok reward creator‑driven content. The Cirqle offers an end‑to‑end operating system that integrates with major social and e‑commerce platforms, providing AI‑powered creator...
SaasRise CEO & Founder Mastermind Recap — Week of Nov 16–20, 2025 This week on SaasRise, founders and growth leaders shared actionable strategies on scaling smarter, optimizing renewals and leveraging AI to improve engagement and operations. Over four sessions, members exchanged...

IDEMIA Public Security has been named a launch partner for Microsoft Entra Verified ID, following a successful pilot and announced at the Microsoft Ignite Conference in San Francisco. The partnership will integrate IDEMIA’s biometric liveness and document verification technology into...

Appian and Ignyte Group’s “Bring AI to Work(flow” solution won the HL7 AI Challenge and was named a Pioneer in Healthcare Innovation for its standards‑based AI platform that embeds machine‑learning and generative AI into clinical and operational workflows. The platform...
It has been almost three months since I became CEO of Crazy Egg. Last month we shipped Free Web Analytics. The month before that we shipped Free Website Surveys. Today we're shipping something we invented twenty years ago and rebuilt for the modern...

XPFlow unveiled Alfie, an AI‑driven assistant that automates affiliate discovery, outreach, and program management. The tool analyzes a brand’s website, maps competitor affiliate opportunities, and delivers five curated leads daily with personalized outreach drafts, all integrated into XPFlow’s affiliate platform....
OK, so it's past 2am (my usual bedtime), but I have something too exciting not to launch/share. It's not really quite ready (consider it "alpha"), but when it works, it's super cool. Here's the deal: I have a business-focused Image Generation...

I had the pleasure of presenting at #mpb2b this week. The topic? Our new thought leadership research with Ascend2 + @TopRank's framework for becoming a best answer brand. Original research + multi-channel content experiences for SEO, GEO, & humans! https://t.co/2aot41mGAB...

The article argues that traditional rule‑based marketing automation is reaching its limits in an environment flooded with real‑time customer signals across dozens of channels. It promotes adaptive automation—AI‑driven, self‑learning Martech ecosystems—as the next evolution, capable of continuously interpreting data, reallocating...

The episode explores how CMOs drive transformation by using pilots, quick wins, and clear roadmaps to make progress visible and sustain momentum. Chris Pieper discusses leveraging sales champions to pilot initiatives and prove pipeline impact, Putney Cloos outlines mapping "scrappy...

In this episode, Chris and John report live from the MarketingProfs B2B conference in Boston, highlighting the event’s key sessions and networking opportunities. They discuss the launch of Google Gemini 3, emphasizing its advanced AI capabilities and potential impact on...
"Most AI prototypes are toys, not tools." - Ravi Mehta This is an excellent step-by-step on how to build data-driven prototypes... Ravi talks about how most teams start with design first in their prototypes. But this typically leads to...
With the Semrush acquisition news, I thought it would be interesting to take a look at the SEO competitor cohort from a Share of Search perspective. What stuck out to me was how brand searches for the category leaders are down...
What a magical couple of days teaching MasterCraft Boat Company dealers how to create extraordinary connections with their customers. But let me tell you a powerful story how one man in the audience immediately applied what he learned to his...