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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. Being able to contact a commercial enterprise for free was therefore a pretty big deal.). Smart companies saw the possibilities of cyber customer service from the beginning, and jumped right on that bandwagon.

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Need to Fill Your Pipeline? It’s Time to Reconsider Your Partner Ecosystem

Sales Hacker

In May 2020, Facebook announced it was buying the gif search engine , Giphy, for $400 million — primarily for its Instagram product. Smart companies, and sales professionals, are leveraging their integration ecosystems to create more sales deals and attract higher valuations. At first, you may be taken aback.