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LLM Prompt compaction: If you need a HUGE number of API calls to power your business, experiment with prompt compaction. I developed a compaction prompt that reduced my tokens and total cost by almost 50%. Follow me on LinkedIn to get regular updates. linkedin.com/in/donatodiorio A universal meta-prompt that reduces any LLM system prompt by...
Originally posted Dec 26, 2013 on DonatoDiorio.com) What and when to automate and when to intervene is one of the most far reaching decisions you will make on the journey to a clean CRM. In fact, this automation vs. intervention decision quandary will impact all processes in your business. Instead of an in-depth how-to-clean your CRM tutorial,...
Originally posted Oct 8, 2011 on DonatoDiorio.com What happens to my iTunes music after I die? It’s been something I’ve been thinking about. Now that Steve Jobs has left us, it’s come to the top of my mind. For months I’ve been looking on iTunes at the Beatles complete collection. It is around $100, a $9.99 download does not make be think, but...
95% of LI outreach over one paragraph is **perceived** as spam. Think about that before sending. 99% for first outreach that includes a calendar link. Now called a “pitch slap.” Pitch slap formula: Intro/Who they are What they do Who they helped “companies like yours” but rarely true Calendar link After my supposition, I went and researched and...
(originally posted May 5, 2011 on DonatoDiorio.com) I’ve tried this and it works every time. How long it will work, who knows. If you google a specific page and then search the page again… but this time using the last few words from the excerpt of the page results… you can use this technique to actually scroll through an entire web page. It’s...
Originally posted Apr 23, 2009 on DonatoDiorio.com Most CRM implementations fail. This is a fact. Look it up. In my years in the industry, I’ve worked with many vendors on the consulting side to help reduce the possibility of CRM failure. While there is a whole host of reason that failure occurs, I have a very unique perspective into one of...
(Originally posted October 5, 2011 On DonatoDioiro.com) Last week, while presenting a live webinar “The Near and Far Future of Recruiting” I had an epiphany. I was talking about the eventual decline (or morphing) of Facebook. The theory is this: Mobile computing power in 10 years will be server-capable. Add in violation of trust and general...