David MacIntosh

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Dave’s revenue career has covered a broad spectrum from growth strategies and sales execution across various sales channels (enterprise, SMB, partnerships, resellers, eCommerce, etc.) and international markets to systems/processes and talent management. He has more than 25 years of experience in Revenue Strategy, Execution and Management. His operator experience in private equity portfolio companies coupled with delivering M&A deal value, has demonstrated significant success to increase revenues and company valuations.
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Your Buyers Have Already Shortlisted You—Or They Haven't

Your Buyers Have Already Shortlisted You—Or They Haven't

Wed, Sep 2, 2026 | Posted by Sabrina Donley

 

Executive Takeaways

  • 95% of B2B buyers purchase from the vendors on their initial shortlist, formed before any formal buying process begins.
  • That shortlist is increasingly built inside AI platforms your analytics can't see.
  • AI referral traffic is roughly 1% of total website traffic, yet 15% or more of conversions appear to originate from AI-influenced research, a gap standard attribution misses entirely.
  • If you're not on the Day One list, spend alone won't fix it.

Part 3 of our four-part series on the evolving AI search landscape and what B2B leaders need to know to stay competitive.

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