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From the Switchboard to Social Media: A Brief History of Customer Service

Sales and Marketing Management

From a business standpoint, it’s imperative to provide customer service across a multiplicity of channels, too. It wasn’t all that long ago when “contacting customer service” simply meant visiting a store or office and talking to the owner or manager. What’s Next for Customer Service? You’ve Got Mail!

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Creating A Customer-Centric Strategy

Sell Integrity

Some of the common issues we hear involve: Providing consistency across channels Overcoming employee complacency Finding new ways to connect with customers and accelerate service delivery Time and cross-training Consistent, effective coaching on customer-centricity. faster and increased customer lifetime value 1.6x

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3 Facts About B2B Buyer Experience You’re Probably Ignoring

Sales Hacker

For many of us, that’s also the primary channel through which we make an increasing number of purchases. When we asked this question explicitly in our survey, a majority of B2B buyers agreed that they find it hard to schedule time to speak with a sales or customer service representative. Top 3 Key Takeaways.

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The Different Inside Sales Roles Explained

Factor 8

lead forms or inbound calls), qualifying, and routing them to the appropriate sales channel. The outbound BDR team may call on lead lists, prospect for new customers or even work internal lists like re-activating old customers. Primary SDR responsibilities include accepting inquiries (e.g.

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Overloaded And Overwhelmed

Partners in Excellence

All of us, customers, sales people, marketing, customer service—everyone, daily face a number of converging forces which adversely impact our own and our organizations’ performances. But fast forward to today, organizations, our customers and ours, are running very lean.