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Do Prospects Lie to Your Salespeople Like the Airlines Do?

Understanding the Sales Force

Do the airlines and the FAA seriously expect us to believe that when there is no WiFi on the plane our devices will interfere with navigation but when there is WiFi on the plane the devices won't interfere? After all, these lies continues to work for them, much as the lies the airlines use continue to get us to power down our devices.

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Airlines: The Ultimate Example of Gamification

The Brooks Group

For example, rather than a traditional leader board hanging in a corporate office, a "gamified" contest would add badges and points to a CRM dashboard. For the ultimate example of gamification, head to your nearest airport lounge and watch the lines of corporate travelers waiting for their opportunity to check on their status.

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Demand-Based Pricing: Its Tactics and Practical Examples

Hubspot Sales

Here, we'll more concretely define that term, get a picture of some of its more prominent applications, and see some examples of what it can look like in practice. Examples of Demand-Based Pricing. The Airline Industry. The principle behind that trend provides the basis for something known as demand-based pricing.

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COVID-19: Pandemic-Tested Team Support Strategies

Zoominfo

No matter the method, the following examples are just some of the ways employers are demonstrating how much they care about their employees’ financial, physical, and emotional well-being—a decision that is likely to work in their favor long after the crisis subsides.

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Building Loyalty Evolves with Data, Smartphones, and Personalization

Zoominfo

Sure, we could reminisce about the roots of loyalty programs in the 1700s, when devoted customers received special tokens, but instead, let’s start in the early 1980s, when much of the airline industry waded into what one would consider modern customer loyalty. The data (and deals) helped improve the most valuable customers’ experiences.

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What Is Competitive Advantage? Its Nature & How to Find Yours

Hubspot Sales

Almost any airline can get you from point A to point B within a similar timeframe. Example of a Cost Leadership Competitive Advantage — Ryanair. European airline Ryanair sets itself apart from its competition via cost leadership. Example of a Differentiation-Based Competitive Advantage — Emirates. Image Source: Emirates.

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Misalignment Continues to Be the True Foil Impeding Organizational Success

Increase Sales

By now many in the US and all over the world have heard about or viewed the video of the United Airlines passenger being forcibly taken off from the airplane. Here is a real time example of how misalignment continues to be the true foil impeding organizational success. Source: Radio news). resulting in a loss of $830 million.

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