AI in Sales: Where Automation Helps and Where It Backfires

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Sales adopted AI faster than most functions because the work is repetitive at the top of the funnel and high value at the bottom. The interesting question is where the line between those two sits.

Threads here cover lead research and enrichment, scoring and prioritisation, outbound personalisation at volume, CRM data hygiene and automatic entry, call recording and analysis, and follow up sequencing. Members compare tools on whether they reduce admin or just relocate it.

The harder discussions are about diminishing returns. Personalisation that is obviously generated performs worse than no personalisation, and the point where volume stops helping arrives sooner than most tools imply. Members here have run that experiment and reported the numbers, which is more useful than any vendor benchmark.

Deliverability and compliance come up regularly and are worth reading before you scale anything. See Marketing for top of funnel and AI in Business for the operational view.

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