AI for Sales and Marketing: 10 Great Articles for Beginners
Get to grips quickly with AI in sales and marketing. We’ve put together a list of 10 rich sources of information and insight, providing a time-efficient way of understanding the AI landscape for anyone hungry to learn more.
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Why AI in Sales and Marketing?
The opportunity is transformational
Sales and Marketing is ripe for disruption by AI technologies:
- Many systems and repetitive tasks
- Need for personalisation at scale
- Lots and lots of rich data
Customers are hungry for AI
Half of brands and 58% of agencies do not think they currently have the marketing tools they need, but 40% expect their budget to increase this year, by an average of 10%. (WARC, Martech 2018 and Beyond)
86% of respondents to a recent study on the use of marketing AI in retail considered that AI would make their marketing more efficient; 79% believed that AI will help shift the role of marketing to more strategic work. (Forrester, 2017, Building Trust and Confidence: AI Marketing Readiness in Retail and eCommerce)
The market is heating up
CognitionX own analysis suggests there are over 1,000 companies globally in this space. CBInsights rates Commerce, Sales and Marketing among the top 9 hottest/most active areas for AI investment.
10 Great Articles, Podcasts and Videos for Beginners
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The State of AI in Marketing
46-page Report/Slide Deck
Andrew Van Aken, Ogilvy
November 2018
Artificial Intelligence For Marketers 2018: Finding Value Beyond The Hype
20-page Report
eMarketer
Sponsored by emarsys
October 2017
Marketing and Advertising Redefined in the Age of AI
39-minute Video
Recorded at CogX London June 2018
Hosted by Tracey Follows, Head of Strategy, WIRED Consulting, WIRED UK
Jessica Rusu, Senior Director EU Analytics & Research, eBay
Anastasia Leng, CEO and Founder, Picasso Labs
Ben Livshits, Chief Scientist, Brave Software
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Is there a place for CRMs in a CDP world?
Op-ed, Article
Barry Levine, Martech Today
October 2018
Marketing Technology Landscape Supergraphic (2018): Martech 5000 (actually 6,829)
Infographic + analysis
Scott Brinker, Chief Martec
April 2018
Sales Stack 2019: Sales Tools For Professional Sales
Comprehensive product list
Jakob Thusgaard, Yoursales
November 2018
Voice and Brands
49-minute Podcast
Voicebot Podcast with Rishad Tobaccowala, Publicis Chief Growth Officer
October 2018
Personalized Marketing with AI — 8 Current Applications
Overview Article
Ayn de Jesus, emerj
November 2018
A Machine Learning Primer
Simple technical overview of AI
Libby Kinsey, Medium
April 2016
(Hat Tip: Catherine Breslin)
The Future of Political Campaigning
57-page Report
Jamie Bartlett, Josh Smith, and Rose Acton, Demos
Commissioned by the Information Commissioner’s Office
July 2018
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