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fromTNW | Investors-Funding

Op-Ed: SaaS is not dead. You are just being sold the funeral

AI will not replace human creativity and traditional software is not dead despite prevailing narratives.

Startup companies

Solidroad raises $25M Series A to automate customer support quality assurance with AI

Solidroad raised $25 million to automate customer support quality assurance using AI, reviewing 100% of interactions compared to the industry standard of 1-3%.

AI's next act: how Salesforce is turning efficiency gains into revenue | Fortune

AI is beginning to show measurable results in cost reduction and revenue impact, but few companies have achieved significant outcomes yet.

fromThe Drum

In ctrl or out of touch? The ninth P of marketing revealed

AI is reshaping customer journeys, creating a trust gap between marketers and consumers regarding data usage for personalization.

Brand-Trained Agents Can Give Marketers A Fuller View Of Their Customers | AdExchanger

Envive helps brands optimize their presence in LLMs by developing brand-specific agents and analyzing customer data.

How To Win Clients As AI Replaces Traditional Search

AI-driven visibility requires a focus on relevance, necessitating a shift in content strategy and outreach for business development leaders.

Silicon Valley

fromTNW | Opinion

fromTNW | Investors-Funding

Op-Ed: SaaS is not dead. You are just being sold the funeral

AI will not replace human creativity and traditional software is not dead despite prevailing narratives.

Startup companies

Solidroad raises $25M Series A to automate customer support quality assurance with AI

Solidroad raised $25 million to automate customer support quality assurance using AI, reviewing 100% of interactions compared to the industry standard of 1-3%.

AI's next act: how Salesforce is turning efficiency gains into revenue | Fortune

AI is beginning to show measurable results in cost reduction and revenue impact, but few companies have achieved significant outcomes yet.

fromThe Drum

In ctrl or out of touch? The ninth P of marketing revealed

AI is reshaping customer journeys, creating a trust gap between marketers and consumers regarding data usage for personalization.

Brand-Trained Agents Can Give Marketers A Fuller View Of Their Customers | AdExchanger

Envive helps brands optimize their presence in LLMs by developing brand-specific agents and analyzing customer data.

How To Win Clients As AI Replaces Traditional Search

AI-driven visibility requires a focus on relevance, necessitating a shift in content strategy and outreach for business development leaders.

more#ai

fromTNW | Offers

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8 best supplier management software platforms for 2026

Effective supplier management is crucial for business success, especially in a volatile environment with increasing third-party risks.

#hubspot

Remote teams

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What $5k/Month Buys in a HubSpot Retainer for Manufacturers

A $5,000 monthly HubSpot consultant retainer covers 20 to 33 hours of focused work in one core area, not full-service management.

fromQuartz

Can HubSpot's Complete Digital Marketing System Boost Its Profits?

HubSpot provides a comprehensive marketing platform that enhances customer engagement through inbound marketing, automation, and AI-driven solutions.

Remote teams

18 hours ago

What $5k/Month Buys in a HubSpot Retainer for Manufacturers

A $5,000 monthly HubSpot consultant retainer covers 20 to 33 hours of focused work in one core area, not full-service management.

fromQuartz

Can HubSpot's Complete Digital Marketing System Boost Its Profits?

HubSpot provides a comprehensive marketing platform that enhances customer engagement through inbound marketing, automation, and AI-driven solutions.

Marketing investment is a capital allocation decision | MarTech

Marketing spend should be treated as a capital allocation decision to optimize contribution profit and revenue growth.

from24/7 Wall St.

12 hours ago

This Is When ServiceNow Proves It Can Survive the SaaS-Pocalypse

ServiceNow's Q1 2026 results will reveal if stock decline is due to fundamental issues or overreaction to AI fears.

fromwww.businessinsider.com

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5 Mistakes That Are Quietly Destroying Your AI Visibility

Generative engine optimization relies on traditional trust signals, yet teams often make mistakes by treating it as a separate discipline from SEO.

Startup companies

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I built an AI tool to mimic my work. It's helped create passive income from my solo business.

AI tools can help solopreneurs expand their impact and create passive income without needing a team.

Online Community Development

fromNonprofit Tech for Good

12 hours ago

Want Long-Term Success? Invest in These 3 Things.

Learning and community drive long-term success, shaping individuals into better leaders and fostering emotional connections in global teams.

8 hours ago

7 Steps to Turn Your SMS Program into a Storytelling Engine

SMS is one of the most underused answers to that problem. Texts get opened, they feel personal, and the barrier to respond is lower than almost any other channel. When you ask a question, people answer. And what comes back can become some of your most compelling content.

Fundraising

10 hours ago

7 Overlooked Ways to Cut Costs in Your Business Right Now

Most local utility companies provide energy audits for their small business customers. For example, my provider - PECO - offers customized reports and online tools to benchmark energy usage, incentives for better energy consumption, rebates for buying energy-efficient equipment and free energy assessments.

Healthcare

Online marketing

fromThedrum

18 hours ago

How to crush your Q4 Digital Marketing Strategy

Focus on immediate revenue opportunities during Q4, prioritizing customer engagement and user experience over long-term projects.

Email Marketing Calendar: How to Plan a Year of Campaigns

An email marketing calendar is essential for small businesses and nonprofits to engage subscribers effectively throughout 2026.

Deliverability

Email platform decisions require more than the latest innovation | MarTech

Three Ways to Segment Your Email List as a Small Business (Starting with Tags)

Segmentation enhances email marketing effectiveness by delivering relevant content to different subscriber groups based on their interests and behaviors.

How to Improve Your Email Open Rates as a Small Business

Open rates are crucial indicators of email marketing success, influenced by subject lines, timing, deliverability, file size, and list quality.

fromVerticalResponse

Email Marketing Calendar: How to Plan a Year of Campaigns

An email marketing calendar is essential for small businesses and nonprofits to engage subscribers effectively throughout 2026.

Email platform decisions require more than the latest innovation | MarTech

Innovation in email platforms requires careful evaluation to ensure alignment with business needs and future-proofing strategies.

Three Ways to Segment Your Email List as a Small Business (Starting with Tags)

Segmentation enhances email marketing effectiveness by delivering relevant content to different subscriber groups based on their interests and behaviors.

How to Improve Your Email Open Rates as a Small Business

Open rates are crucial indicators of email marketing success, influenced by subject lines, timing, deliverability, file size, and list quality.

impact.com appoints a raft of new Business Development Representatives as the technology company's client roster grows by more than 50%

impact.com expands its team in EMEA following a $150 million investment to enhance partnership automation technology.

Digital life

17 hours ago

Agencies Must Refresh Stale Media Mixes To Retain Relevance

Social media engagement is declining, particularly among Gen-Z and Millennials, signaling a shift in advertising strategies.

Salesforce wants to be the leader in ITSM

Salesforce's Agentforce IT Service aims to proactively resolve 80% of IT issues with a native AI solution, challenging the ITSM industry.

DevOps

fromInfoWorld

Salesforce launches Headless 360 to support agentfirst enterprise workflows

Salesforce's Headless 360 platform enables software agents to execute business processes directly through APIs, enhancing enterprise workflows without human interfaces.

fromTheregister

Salesforce debuts Headless 360 agentic platform

Salesforce's Headless 360 expands app-building tools beyond traditional developers, enabling API-driven interactions across various platforms.

Salesforce redesigns platform for agent-driven automation | MarTech

Salesforce launched Headless 360, an API-first system enabling AI agents to access data and workflows without a traditional user interface.

Salesforce merges AppExchange, Slack Marketplace and AgentExchange

Salesforce's new AgentExchange combines multiple marketplaces into one, enhancing the discovery and management of apps, agents, and integrations.

Salesforce wants to be the leader in ITSM

Salesforce's Agentforce IT Service aims to proactively resolve 80% of IT issues with a native AI solution, challenging the ITSM industry.

DevOps

fromInfoWorld

Salesforce launches Headless 360 to support agentfirst enterprise workflows

Salesforce's Headless 360 platform enables software agents to execute business processes directly through APIs, enhancing enterprise workflows without human interfaces.

fromTheregister

Salesforce debuts Headless 360 agentic platform

Salesforce's Headless 360 expands app-building tools beyond traditional developers, enabling API-driven interactions across various platforms.

Salesforce redesigns platform for agent-driven automation | MarTech

Salesforce launched Headless 360, an API-first system enabling AI agents to access data and workflows without a traditional user interface.

Salesforce merges AppExchange, Slack Marketplace and AgentExchange

Salesforce's new AgentExchange combines multiple marketplaces into one, enhancing the discovery and management of apps, agents, and integrations.

more#salesforce

Salesforce will adjust Slackbot limit for Business+ subscription

Parker Harris stated that they want everyone to be able to use Slackbot and that they don't want to lock it behind a gate. In its current form, it's only available to enterprise customers, who receive unlimited access to Slackbot.

London startup

Web frameworks

fromInfoQ

fromwww.businessinsider.com

Speed at Scale: Optimizing the Largest CX Platform Out There

Optimizing performance in customer experience platforms involves addressing challenges rather than focusing solely on the latest technologies.

Venture

Ramp is telling investors it is about to hit $1.4 billion in revenue a year, as the company prepares to go public

Ramp is projected to reach $1.4 billion in annual recurring revenue this quarter as it prepares for a potential IPO.

Media industry

fromDigiday

Media Briefing: The 'SaaS-pocalypse' is spreading to publishers

AI tools are enabling publishers to create custom software, shifting the conversation from buying to building software solutions.

Business

from24/7 Wall St.

ServiceNow vs Shopify: Which Is the Better Short Candidate Right Now?

Shopify presents a more compelling short thesis due to its high valuation and unreliable earnings quality compared to ServiceNow.

fromDigiday

1 hour ago

Ad Tech Briefing: The days of bloat are over, as efficiency drives ad tech's C-suite exodus

Independent ad tech players must adapt or risk failure amid increasing competition from LLMs and evolving market dynamics.

fromApp Developer Magazine

21 hours ago

The App Economy Is Thriving

The app economy significantly contributes to the U.S. economy, generating over $1 trillion annually and supporting 2.6 million jobs.

16 hours ago

The hidden ROI of AI: What leaders should actually measure | Fortune

Organizations face challenges in moving AI pilots to production, requiring governance and strategy for successful implementation.

Online marketing

fromThe Drum

Making retail media work harder with smarter data strategies

Retail media networks are growing, and effective data strategies are essential for maximizing value for retailers and brands.

Media Buying Briefing: As Q1 results from a few holdcos show, the market's not panicking, yet

Ad spending remains stable despite economic uncertainty, as marketers recognize the long-term risks of cutting budgets during downturns.

fromExchangewire

The Stack: Advertising's Next Phase - ExchangeWire.com

Advertising, streaming, and regulation are converging as platforms focus on monetization amid increasing scrutiny and evolving industry standards.

fromDigiday

Media Buying Briefing: As Q1 results from a few holdcos show, the market's not panicking, yet

Ad spending remains stable despite economic uncertainty, as marketers recognize the long-term risks of cutting budgets during downturns.

fromExchangewire

The Stack: Advertising's Next Phase - ExchangeWire.com

Advertising, streaming, and regulation are converging as platforms focus on monetization amid increasing scrutiny and evolving industry standards.

Keeping Bad Clients Is Costing You More Than You Think

Not all revenue is good revenue; some clients can drain resources and morale, making it essential to prioritize employee well-being over financial gain.

fromYcombinator

Digital life

Why your company will never scale (or maybe why it will) | Hacker News

User and competitor laziness are key to scaling a business beyond just a product.

fromBusiness Matters

Why Procurement Automation Is Really About Rules

Procurement platforms are evolving to enforce management rules and improve consistency, not just digitize transactions.

fromwww.socialmediatoday.com

Pinterest CPG promotions outperform benchmark ROIs

Pinterest Pin promotions significantly outperform standard social media benchmarks for ROI in CPG campaigns.

DevOps

fromDevOps.com

FinOps Isn't Slowing You Down - It's Fixing Your Pipeline - DevOps.com

Cost visibility should be integrated into DevOps workflows to manage cloud efficiency effectively.

16 hours ago

AI Consulting Explained: What Services Companies Actually Need (And What To Avoid)

AI consulting is rapidly growing, driven by enterprise AI adoption and the need for strategic transformation partnerships.

How Pricing Decisions Change When the CFO Is in the Room

CFO involvement in pricing enhances cost visibility, improves margins, and ensures alignment between finance and commercial teams.

fromGeeky Gadgets

Best Enterprise SEO Agencies Helping Tech Startups Scale in 2026

Tech startups in 2026 require advanced enterprise SEO strategies to thrive in an AI-driven search landscape.

Inconsistent Marketing Costs More Than You Think

Reliability and consistency are essential for building strong relationships and successful businesses.

Marketing

Marketing looks successful, but misses what matters | MarTech

Marketing has drifted from driving business growth to focusing on optics and internal validation, leading to a disconnect from revenue.

Online marketing

fromInc

Inconsistent Marketing Costs More Than You Think

Reliability and consistency are essential for building strong relationships and successful businesses.

Marketing looks successful, but misses what matters | MarTech

Marketing has drifted from driving business growth to focusing on optics and internal validation, leading to a disconnect from revenue.

Marketers are putting personalization first on the data activation wishlist

Personalization at scale is the top data activation investment priority at 38%, followed by real-time campaign optimization and audience segmentation.

#crm

The Main Street Tech Report: $5 CRM Software?

Saleoid offers a $5 CRM solution for small businesses, reflecting a trend towards affordable, simplified customer management tools.

How to Fix CRM Adoption Before It Kills Your Startup

CRM software amplifies existing operational dysfunction rather than fixing it, requiring proper processes and habits for effective use.

Marketing tech

ConvergeHub Replaces Sales Chaos with a Clear Pipeline

The Main Street Tech Report: $5 CRM Software?

Saleoid offers a $5 CRM solution for small businesses, reflecting a trend towards affordable, simplified customer management tools.

How to Fix CRM Adoption Before It Kills Your Startup

CRM software amplifies existing operational dysfunction rather than fixing it, requiring proper processes and habits for effective use.

Marketing tech

ConvergeHub Replaces Sales Chaos with a Clear Pipeline

more#crm

AI Won't Fix Your Broken Company Model - It Will Amplify It

AI adoption without shared standards leads to fragmented systems that hinder true transformation.

fromThedrum

Balancing brand and performance for long-term growth

Enjoy transforms businesses by creating impactful digital experiences through insights and a focus on both short-term and long-term strategies.

fromThedrum

Why are B2B brands forgetting their audience?

Audience segmentation is crucial for effective marketing and sales strategies in B2B growth.

Prompt For More Ads; Who Advertises The Advertisers? | AdExchanger

OpenAI's advertising efforts face challenges due to limited inventory despite strong engagement signals from ChatGPT ad pilots.

v | Fortune

Artificial intelligence threatens the traditional SaaS business model, leading to significant market vulnerabilities and increased competition.

Adobe rebrands Experience Cloud as 'CX Enterprise,' goes all-in on AI agents | MarTech

Adobe is launching CX Enterprise, an AI-first platform integrating creative and marketing capabilities, at Adobe Summit 2026.

What Start-Up Marketing Teaches L&D Teams About Measuring Training ROI

L&D teams must adopt marketing-style measurement metrics to effectively assess training impact on behavior and performance.

What Happens When The Attribution Cartel Meets Advertising's Halo Effect?

The proposed 'Attribution' standard risks increasing privacy issues and undermining ad effectiveness measurement.

in 1 month

Best workflow automation software: How to choose the right tool for your growth stage

Workflow automation tools enhance efficiency by automating repetitive tasks across systems, allowing teams to focus on strategic work.

17 hours ago

How Non-Gaming Marketers Are Rewriting The Rules Of User Acquisition

Mobile advertising is evolving as e-commerce and fintech target broader audiences beyond gaming, driven by cost-effective strategies on the open internet.

5 sales sequences that drive higher response rates

Sales sequences with targeted messaging and multiple touchpoints significantly increase response rates and help convert leads into booked meetings.

fromAol

5 sales sequences that drive higher response rates

Sales sequences with targeted messaging and multiple touchpoints significantly increase response rates and help convert leads into booked meetings.

fromAol

5 sales sequences that drive higher response rates

Sales sequences with targeted messaging and multiple touchpoints significantly increase response rates and help convert leads into booked meetings.

fromAol

5 sales sequences that drive higher response rates

Sales sequences with targeted messaging and multiple touchpoints significantly increase response rates and help convert leads into booked meetings.

more#sales-sequences

How To Build A Full-Funnel Marketing Strategy That Attracts Enterprise Buyers

Enterprise buyers require a unique full-funnel marketing strategy due to complex decision-making processes and longer sales cycles.

Top HubSpot Consultants Under $5k/mo (Dev & Marketing) - Bootstrap Creative

B2B lead generation can be effectively managed with a HubSpot consultant for under $5,000/month, balancing technical and strategic needs.

fromTheregister

Usage-based billing muddles software vendor pricing

Software companies risk revenue loss due to outdated financial systems and challenges in measuring usage-based services, especially with AI integration.

fromThe Village Voice

fromHarvard Business Review

Inside Hyperbound's Bet on AI-Native Sales Intelligence - The Village Voice

AI is transforming sales organizations by providing insights and coaching opportunities that traditional tools cannot offer.

#sales-strategy

Growth hacking

3 Ways to Supercharge Your Company's Sales Organization

fromHarvard Business Review

How to Level Up Your Sales Process in Under 10 Hours

Founders can improve sales effectiveness in under 10 hours by refining positioning, auditing deals, and implementing structured processes.

Growth hacking

3 Ways to Supercharge Your Company's Sales Organization

How to Level Up Your Sales Process in Under 10 Hours

Founders can improve sales effectiveness in under 10 hours by refining positioning, auditing deals, and implementing structured processes.

more#sales-strategy

fromAmazon Web Services

From hours to minutes: How Agentic AI gave marketers time back for what matters | Amazon Web Services

AWS Marketing's TAA team developed an AI solution that drastically reduces webpage assembly time, enhancing efficiency and content quality for marketing teams.

#martech

How To Build A Marketing Technology (MarTech) Stack: Crafting A Digital Arsenal For Future Growth

A well-structured MarTech stack is essential for business growth and effective demand generation.

How's your martech stack shaping up? | MarTech

Marketers are invited to participate in the 2026 State of Your Stack survey to assess their martech stack's effectiveness and compare it with industry standards.

in 7 months

Marketing tech

Marketing operations tech stack audit: A proven checklist for operations teams

How To Build A Marketing Technology (MarTech) Stack: Crafting A Digital Arsenal For Future Growth

A well-structured MarTech stack is essential for business growth and effective demand generation.

How's your martech stack shaping up? | MarTech

Marketers are invited to participate in the 2026 State of Your Stack survey to assess their martech stack's effectiveness and compare it with industry standards.

in 7 months

Marketing tech

Marketing operations tech stack audit: A proven checklist for operations teams

Simon Stone, GM EMEA at LoopMe, on helping marketers demonstrate the value of their spend, the importance of optimising towards metrics that matter, and more...

LoopMe's sales division leverages AI-driven technology to optimize advertising campaigns and address challenges in digital marketing.

How HubSpot became the #1 CRM in AI search [A case study]

Buyers increasingly use AI-search engines for product comparisons, prompting HubSpot to measure AI visibility with XFunnel for optimization.

#ai-marketing

fromTechCrunch

Marketing tech

Hightouch reaches $100M ARR fueled by marketing tools powered by AI | TechCrunch

Why Bought AI Marketing Tools Are No Longer A Competitive Advantage

The era of buying marketing advantage is ending as identical tools provide no competitive edge.

fromTechCrunch

Hightouch reaches $100M ARR fueled by marketing tools powered by AI | TechCrunch

Hightouch launched an AI service enabling marketers to create custom content without design teams, achieving $100 million in annual recurring revenue.

Why Bought AI Marketing Tools Are No Longer A Competitive Advantage

The era of buying marketing advantage is ending as identical tools provide no competitive edge.

3 KPIs that prove Marketing Ops drives revenue impact | MarTech

Marketing Operations should report pipeline contribution, customer acquisition cost efficiency, and funnel conversion velocity as key KPIs to demonstrate profitability.

Online learning

How To Set And Achieve Sales Goals: Strategies For Success In The HR Software Niche

Sales goals for HR software should reflect long buying cycles, multiple decision-makers, and trust-driven purchasing to be achievable and repeatable.

fromTechRepublic

HubSpot launches AEO tool for AI visibility in search

HubSpot launched an AEO tool to help businesses track AI visibility and improve content recommendations within Marketing Hub.

in 4 months

AEO strategy for SaaS: 6 tactics that convert prospects into trials

AEO strategy is crucial for SaaS companies to enhance visibility in AI-driven search environments.

From Sales Support To Shared Revenue Infrastructure: A Change Of Perspective On Marketing

Sales and marketing must collaborate as equal partners building shared revenue infrastructure, not as separate functions where marketing leads and sales follows.

fromNeil Patel

How High-Growth Companies Actually Measure Marketing

A layered approach combining multiple measurement methods is essential for effective marketing analysis and decision-making.

in 3 months

Marketing forecast fundamentals every growth team needs

Marketing forecasting estimates future performance using historical data, aiding in planning and aligning marketing efforts with revenue targets.

in 3 months

Loop Marketing vs. traditional marketing: What's the difference?

Loop Marketing is essential for marketers in 2026, offering a continuous, adaptive system powered by AI, unlike traditional linear marketing.

How marketing leaders are getting unstuck from Salesforce | MarTech

Brands are migrating from Salesforce Marketing Cloud to modern engagement architectures for better speed, flexibility, and innovation.

Designing The Marketing Journey For AI And Human Buyers

B2B marketers must optimize for both AI systems and human buyers, as AI research assistants now shape the initial discovery phase before traditional buyer journeys begin.

fromTechCrunch

Stripe wants to turn your AI costs into a profit center | TechCrunch

Stripe released a billing feature enabling AI startups to automatically pass through model costs to customers while applying customizable profit margins.

Before You Automate Marketing With AI, Decide What Should Never Be Automated

Artificial Intelligence has quickly become one of the most powerful accelerators marketing has ever had. There is no doubt that Gen AI tecnologies are expected to shape the future of marketing for companyies. Used well, it sharpens execution, unlocks efficiency and expands creative possibilities. Used poorly, it quietly erodes trust, weakens brands and forces painful strategic reversals. Recent years' examples make this contrast clear.

Marketing

How to Use HubSpot as a CRM in Manufacturing Sales - Bootstrap Creative

HubSpot automates B2B lead qualification, intelligent routing, and revenue tracking to eliminate manual verification waste and unqualified lead chasing in manufacturing sales.