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Insights on Outbound Conference in Atlanta

Pointclear

Sales is NOT customer service.”. For example, right now our website says: “PointClear is 100% focused on proactively reaching out to prospects that fit your ideal profile. I’m able to reach many more companies and salespeople through my video streaming programs. Spend more time with fewer prospects.”.

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Depend on Recurring Revenue? Here’s How to Contain Creation Costs

Braveheart Sales

An outside sales call costs $308, an inside sales call costs $50 [Source: PointClear]. Unfortunately, I have often seen, particularly in the security industry, that customer service personnel are slapped onto the phone untrained and then called inside salespersons. Source: com]. They are not one and the same.

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How Speech Analytics Can Improve the Contact Center Experience

Pointclear

If you’ve ever called a customer service department for help, you’ve probably heard the message: “Your call may be recorded for quality assurance.” Blue Cross of Northeastern Pennsylvania wanted to learn why its customers were calling. ” Marketing Strategy'

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Book Review: Hooked on Customers

Pointclear

If you''re looking for some magic metric or a quick and easy fix to guaranteed success, Bob Thompson’s latest book, Hooked on Customers , is not for you. ” Bob sets the stage by providing a brief history of Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and Customer Experience Management (CEM).

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Culture Always Wins: Closing the Cross-Cultural Sale

Pointclear

customer. “Of The Indian’s assumption is that good customer service requires an unqualified yes. Prospects from countries like India or China are less likely to accept standard, non-customized services than those from, say, Germany or the UK. asks the U.S. Of course,” answers the Indian systems integrator.

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What if CRM had not been invented?

Pointclear

What about customer service; current customers, new prospects? ii Wikipedia: Customer relationship management (CRM) as a widely-implemented strategy for managing a company’s interactions with customers, clients and sales prospects. Without CRM, where, oh where, would we be?

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Salespeople Must Accelerate Response or Fail

Pointclear

Our customer service experts will help you with those questions.”. In the meantime, the per-seat average cost is $4,900” (which was 10% less than the competitor’s price). The average install time takes a few hours, and we will personally take you on a tour to answer any questions you have.

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