Our pick of the week’s most useful business and marketing articles. Inside: “#BlackFriday hangover | Part 2: Mining the gold that comes out of Black Friday data” and “Profound vs. Scrunch: Which AEO tool fits your team?”, plus four more.
Profound vs. Scrunch: Which AEO tool fits your team?
Marketing · Source: HubSpot Marketing
If you’re comparing Profound vs. Scrunch, the buying decision usually comes down to where your AEO workflow stalls, not which tool tracks more answer engines. Both Profound and Scrunch measure how AI answers cite your brand, but they’re built for…
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AI in sales examples: From prospecting to pipeline
Sales & customers · Source: HubSpot Sales
AI in sales examples are most useful when they show what the AI actually does, what the rep still owns, and how the workflow gets built. According to HubSpot’s 2024 State of AI in Business and Sales, 64% of sales…
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The C-Suite Behaviors That Stall AI Transformations
Leadership & people · Source: Harvard Business Review
Because AI crosses functional boundaries, executives must learn to share authority, resources, and accountability.
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The 3 Types of Overload That Hurt Performance — and What to Do About Each One
Small business & money · Source: Entrepreneur
Exploring the three forms of overload — cognitive, emotional and social — and how they quietly undermine focus, judgment and execution.
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The 7 best AI agents in 2026
Tools & tech · Source: Zapier
AI agents were the promise of 2024, the hype of 2025, and the expectation of 2026 and beyond. The category has matured, and a handful of agents are ready to use out of the box, with tool access, task completion,…
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#BlackFriday hangover | Part 2: Mining the gold that comes out of Black Friday data
South Africa · Source: Bizcommunity Marketing
In Part 2 of the#BlackFriday hangover series, I ask: what should you be asking about your Black Friday performance? Well, hot on the list should be which stores drove your Black Friday performance — and which did not activate at…
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