AI sales automation glossary
This glossary groups the concepts used across the articles on sales AI agents, automation, qualification, integrations, and measurement.
Key concepts
- Sales AI agent
- A system that converses, interprets context, uses tools, and applies rules to prepare or execute sales actions.
- Chatbot
- A conversational interface usually designed to answer or guide, without necessarily activating tools or complex business rules.
- Lead qualification
- The process of deciding whether an opportunity fits, needs more information, should be prioritized, or should be disqualified.
- Lead scoring
- Assigning priority to opportunities based on fit, intent, urgency, and commercial value signals.
- Human handoff
- A controlled transfer from an AI system to a person, preserving context, summary, and next step.
- CRM
- A system where contacts, opportunities, statuses, sales activity, and next steps are recorded.
- n8n
- A workflow automation tool that can connect AI agents, APIs, CRM, forms, and internal systems.
- Sales brief
- The minimum useful information needed to understand a request, estimate fit, and prepare a conversation or proposal.
- Discovery
- The initial questioning phase used to understand need, context, restrictions, priority, and next steps.
- Sales automation ROI
- The relationship between the cost of implementing and operating automation and the value obtained in time, quality, meetings, or conversion.
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