The executive leadership team of account-based marketing software firm Terminus says its acquisition of BrightFunnel will bring deeper analytics and multi-touch attribution to its combined base of B2B customers. Terminus, based in Atlanta, announced its purchase of San Francisco-based BrightFunnel — which makes a revenue intelligence suite among other offerings — on Wednesday. Financial terms of […]
The needs of senior executives in marketing and sales roles are driving investments of more than $1.02 billion in software-as-a-service startups across Canada, according to a study conducted by B2B accelerator L-Spark. “State of SaaS 2017” will be formally presented as part of SaaS North, the second annual event of its kind organized by L-Spark […]
If human language is the new user interface and messaging the predominant medium, businesses should start thinking about making better use of artificial intelligence and chatbot technologies, according to Zoom.ai. Speaking at the 2017 Data Marketing Toronto event earlier this week, Zoom.ai vice-president of business development Amanda Parker said the rise of Facebook Messenger, Kik […]
This is the story as I heard it: Meg Whitman, then the CEO of eBay, was being walked through the user experience design of an early version of its online auction service. In other words, she literally went through the process of trying to put an item up for bid, and saw how many steps […]
It was the kind of conversation about marketing with artificial intelligence that made SAS exec Monique Duquette tilt her head in confusion: a customer who said she wanted AI to tell her which campaigns were successful and which were not. “I asked, ‘Do you have reporting?’ (She said) ‘Yes.’ Well, then why do you need […]
Cisco is using market research from a survey of knowledge workers across 10 countries to demonstrate potential interest in having virtual assistants take over some of the most mundane administrative tasks in the enterprise: running meetings and conference calls. The networking giant this week released the data as a followup to the launch of Cisco […]
What is really a “must have technology” for your business? You need to be on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, and more. You must write blogs and post regularly. Your competition is using ABM, AI and SEO. Are you? The level of technology necessary to market a business today can be overwhelming… especially if you are […]
ZoomInfo is getting a jump on next week’s Dreamforce conference by launching a data-as-a-service suite that integrates its B2B database tools into Salesforce’s flagship customer relationship management system. The Waltham, Mass.-based company said its ZoomInfo Salesforce Suite would include access to more than 88 million professional e-mail addresses, 47 million direct-dial phone numbers and nearly […]
Thomson Reuters will be using the $100 million expansion of its Toronto Technology Centre to simplify and transform knowledge work in areas like legal research, contract review and e-discovery, according to its vice-president of research and development. In a keynote speech to a group of chief digital officers this week, Khalid Al-Kofahi said artificial intelligence (AI) […]
Companies that want to benefit from artificial intelligence should be looking at top-line value versus cost savings and how they can augment existing processes, according to the chief strategist of IBM’s Watson division. In his keynote speech at the Canadian Innovation Exchange (CIX) in Toronto Tuesday morning, Marc Teerlink predicted that in five years every major […]
2017 has proven to be a year of glittering advancements in the eCommerce scene. There is a direct correlation between these advancements and the needs of the predominant target markets of Gen X’ers and beyond. Being the driving force of the information age, coupled with their inherent need for instant gratification, AI, machine-learning, mobile, and […]
Is the rise of artificial intelligence profoundly changing what it means to work? AI is all around us, and its applications run from the mundane to the fantastic. But many are questioning the growing symbiosis between machines and humans. As machines begin to manage more of our professional lives, are we at risk of losing […]
Faster and cheaper computing power, coupled with improved quality of life around the world, should have every business thinking about how they could improve their importance by a factor of 10, according to X-Prize founder Peter Diamandis. Speaking at the first-ever SingularityU Canada Summit on Wednesday, the entrepreneur — whose X-Prize foundation helps fund breakthrough […]
I love me some Travis Wright, CMO/CTO at CCP Digital, especially when he keynotes (and blows my mind) at the MarTech Conference in Boston. Travis started by saying, “if you don’t use MarTech, you will get left behind,” and do what Wayne Gretzky says “go where the puck is headed.” With over 5,000 technologies just […]
Demandbase on Thursday added self-service capabilities and additional artificial intelligence tools to its account-based marketing platform, promising an easier way for companies to find the right people, set up and manage campaigns. Focused on targeting, engagement and conversion, the latest Demandbase ABM will include integrations from more than 50 other martech tools and streamline the […]
Artificial intelligence is being used by many companies to do a better job of marketing an selling products and services, but firms like Receptiviti.ai and Integrate.ai are suggesting the same technology could help firms better understand the emotional issues among their customers and even their own employees. Speaking in a panel discussion at the Elevate […]
Search engine optimization (SEO) managers and content marketers may be theoretically on the same team, but some of the products being launched at Content Marketing World 2017 in Cleveland this week are designed to ensure they’re on the same page. New York-based Conductor, for example, announced a new version of its SEO research platform that […]
Uberflip will be spending the rest of the year adding more artificial intelligence capabilities to its content management tools that automate recommendations, audience segmentation and rules around when content is shown. The Toronto-based company, which helps organizations set up blogs, microsites and other digital hubs, announced its product roadmap for AI at its user event, […]
Most B2B technology companies are trying to make their products smarter with artificial intelligence. Really Simple Systems just wants them to be easier. The company this week released Version 5 of its cloud-based customer relationship management (CRM) system. Aimed at small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), Version 5’s latest features include drag and drop customisation, a […]
DemandBase says marketers will soon be able to assess which B2B professionals are ready to make a purchase in a way that’s similar to studying keywords to know which topics will be popular in search engines. The San Francisco-based firm this week launched Real-Time Intent, an application that will work with its account-based marketing software […]
