What is an example of sales automation?
A canonical example: a prospect fills out a demo request form. Sales automation instantly (1) creates a lead in the CRM, (2) enriches it with contact and company data from ZoomInfo or Apollo, (3) routes it to the right sales rep by territory rules, (4) triggers a personalized follow-up email sequence, (5) schedules a task for the rep to call within 4 hours, (6) reports the conversion path back to marketing. All without human touch until the rep dials.
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