What Sales Professionals Really Think About AI

This article was first published on Sales Hacker’s B2B Sales Blog. It’s no secret that Artificial Intelligence (AI) is set to change the way we sales professionals work. Sales, as both a function and a profession, is no exception to the AI sea change. The real question isn’t whether sales teams will adopt AI, but how and to […]

Introducing the Cien Value Chain

New Approach to AI Helps B2B Teams Address Sales Performance Traps Cien, the artificial intelligence company that helps sales teams improve their performance, announces the general availability of the Cien Value Chain and the accompanying publication of its Guide to Solving Sales Performance Traps. The Cien Value Chain is a new approach to sales performance […]

Cien Co-Founder Margot Carter to Speak at EY Growth Forum

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Cien co-founder and business builder Margot Carter will present at EY’s annual Strategic Growth Forum in Palm Springs, California on Friday, November 17, as part of a session entitled “What’s next for boards,” where she and other seasoned directors will cover the way corporate boards identify,  prioritize and address disruptive market forces. EY Strategic Growth Forum is an annual […]

New Study on AI and B2B Sales

Global responses suggest a significant shift in sales leaders’ priorities for 2017-2018 Miami, FL & Barcelona, Spain, September 5th, 2017 // General Distribution // Cien, the artificial intelligence company that helps sales teams improve their productivity, announces the publication of its Global Study on the Future of Sales, an analysis of B2B sales professionals and their […]

3 Ways Sales Managers Can Use AI to Increase Sales Effectiveness – Huffington Post

Computers are rising. That’s not a doomsday prediction, by the way. In 2011, Gartner predicted that by 2020, 85 percent of all customer interactions with the enterprise won’t involve another human. Employees are following suit. Today’s artificial intelligence software is capable of helping employees from both a people standpoint and a hard data standpoint, marrying […]

Cien Makes Calculated Bet on Barcelona

Miami-based software company Cien locates its R&D center in Barcelona and aims to hire 100 employees within the next 18 months. Cien’s app uses artificial intelligence to help sales teams increase their productivity. Miami, FL & Barcelona, Spain, April 20th, 2017 // General Distribution // Shortly after securing its initial round of funding, US software company […]

Cien Announces $1M Seed Financing

Cien an AI powered mobile app can deliver as much as 1,000% ROI by improving Sales Productivity Miami, FL & Barcelona, Spain, Jan. 30th, 2017 // General Distribution //  Cien, Inc. a company based in Miami, Florida just announced a $1 Million Seed financing round, from seasoned accredited investors and the founding team. “We are […]

Rob Käll on Salesforce’s Quotable Podcast

“How do you define sales productivity in your organization? Is it to automate a task and move a deal along the pipeline more quickly? Or is it to add value based on what you are given versus what you produce?”- Rob Käll   Cien’s CEO and co-founder, Rob Käll joined Kevin Micalizzi on Salesforce’s Quotable […]