Smooth Sale

MAY 26, 2022

Attract the Right Job Or Clientele: How to Enhance Your Business Approach to Customer Service. Our collaborative blog offers insights on ‘How to enhance your business approach to customer service.’ ’ Customer service is something that most businesses know they need to get right.

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Understanding the Sales Force

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Most companies don't understand that crappy customer service is really a sales issue. When a company's customer service is thoughtful, helpful, kind and thorough, that great customer service actually serves the sales organization.

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Zendesk Sell

DECEMBER 4, 2018

But this shift towards relationships and away from mere transactions has also revealed one of the fundamental problems in how we think about sales and customer service. The problem is priorities: a sales team’s priority, the thing they’re judged by, is having as many conversations as possible.

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Vengreso

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Subscribe to Modern Selling on the app of your choice! There’s a seismic, yet quiet, shift that’s taking place within the sales industry. Not only are modern buyers becoming more sophisticated and harder to sell to, but the modern seller is also evolving. What should sales leaders be doing today?

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Nutshell

MARCH 8, 2023

Especially when it comes to the customer lifecycle and CRM, the possibilities are endless. But CRM does more than just support your customer service team. In this article, we’re giving you the inside scoop on how CRMs impact marketing, sales, and customer service teams to help your business thrive.

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Pipeliner

APRIL 5, 2022

Many people who love creating and innovating struggle with the marketing and sales side of things, but entrepreneurs need to understand how making a sale and generating leads work. The best companies for customer service know and understand the needs of their customers. 5 Things You Can Do to Serve Your Customers.

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The Brooks Group

MAY 23, 2018

The probability of selling to an existing, happy customer is up to 14 times higher than the probability of selling to a new customer, according to Marketing Metrics. Additionally, satisfied customers can be a valuable source of referrals to the sales team. Respond Quickly. Choose Enthusiasm.

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Pipeliner

DECEMBER 6, 2019

I’ve always said that sales is in the customer service business; you can’t sell someone anything if you have a toxic relationship with them. In my 30+ years leading sales organizations, I learned that you lived or died on how you served customers. Distain for humans. Who talked down to you?

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Understanding the Sales Force

OCTOBER 25, 2023

And that, somehow, leads me to sales performance. Those salespeople aren’t aware that they suck and they don’t believe that they suck because they don’t know what great selling looks like, sounds like, or feels like. They aren’t selling anything to anybody. I was lucky.

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Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

Consumers today are surrounded by sales — ads on their computer screen, commercials on TV, sponsors on their podcasts, spam in their inbox. percent believe information coming from sales is very trustworthy. By the time a prospect today talks to a sales rep they are already more than halfway done with the buyer journey.

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Smooth Sale

JANUARY 3, 2020

Like most salespeople,you, too, might have faced a dilemma of cross-selling in your career while dealing with prospective clients. Are you familiar with cross-selling strategies for prospective buyers? The facts show that keeping a repeat customer happy is far less expensive. The Difference Between Up-selling and Cross-selling.

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Zoominfo

JANUARY 23, 2021

Sales account management, like sales, is selling. For the sales account manager, getting processes down can mean the difference between achieving massive growth and losing customers to the competition. What Is the Difference Between Sales and Account Management? Let’s do a quick overview.

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Janek Performance Group

APRIL 17, 2024

In B2B sales and marketing, companies employ various strategies to drive growth and expand their client base. Here, we’ll explore the role of BDRs, the pros and cons, and best practices to utilize them effectively: The Role of BDRs Typically, BDR is an entry-level position in larger, more complex sales organizations.

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Partners in Excellence

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

Sometimes, I think we get customer service wrong. We sell the value of our outstanding customer service. Frankly, to me, the very best customer service experience is to have no customer service experience at all! It was a problem with the software set up, but should never had occurred.

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Partners in Excellence

OCTOBER 28, 2011

The responses focused on great customer service. It’s what most customers cite when questions about how they make buying decisions. Sometimes, I wonder if all of us, customers included are missing the point. What if we designed products, services, buying experiences that didn’t need customer service?

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Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Author: John DiJulius The vast majority of business leaders will agree that customer service is critical to their success. However, most haven’t done what it takes to be a world-class customer service organization. . That asset is the customer. . . Why Employees Often Lack Customer Empathy .

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Sales automation tools streamline repetitive tasks so you can focus on selling. What is Sales Automation? Today’s Sales professions spend just 34% of their time selling. With that shocking statistic, let’s review the benefits of sales automation. Improved efficiency means significantly more time selling.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JANUARY 20, 2020

Or worse, could you lose your sales job altogether? You could be vulnerable if you’re not sharpening your sales skills and honing the tactics that will help you succeed in 2020. Forrester analyst Andy Hoar didn’t mince words when he spoke at the 2015 Forrester Sales Enablement Forum. Adapt to the Digital Business Environment.

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Sales Gravy

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

Delivering A Next-Level Customer Experience In this Sales Gravy Podcast, Jeb Blount talks to Clare Dorrian, SugarCRM's CMO, about putting people first, building human connections, and prioritizing the customer experience in a saturated market. In a highly competitive market, differentiation is key.

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The Sales Hunter

AUGUST 30, 2019

Are your customers really bad, or do their expectations just not line up with yours? Bad customers are a result of failing to establish expectations with the customer that align with what you deliver. Watch this 35-second video: “Do You Have Lousy Customers?”: Second, prospect and sell with integrity.

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Steven Rosen

APRIL 13, 2020

Sales Leadership Roundtable – Part II. This is the second post from the sales leadership roundtable. There is no playbook we can refer too, most of us are making it up as we go along. Texting customers directly to connect as it is more of a personal touch. Click here to read part one. Create a journal club.

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Lessonly

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

Instead of just reading the next best-selling book or checking out another “latest trends” report, customer service conferences provide an unparalleled opportunity to learn exclusive and valuable knowledge. Speakers: Each event will feature a variety of speakers from keynotes to customer panels. Smart Customer Service.

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Sales and Marketing Management

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Author: Scott Greenberg Quick quiz: John gets paid when he makes a sale. Each day he prospects for new customers. He builds relationships with these customers, assessing and meeting their needs. He works hard to compete against others in the industry vying for the same customers. Same Questions and Opportunities.

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The Sales Hunter

OCTOBER 27, 2014

Because your best customer will pump you up, possibly give you some more business and definitely help you build momentum for your day and week. Blog Consultative Selling Customer Service Professional Selling Skills Sales Motivation best customer sales motivation'

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Zoominfo

JANUARY 23, 2021

Sales account management, like sales, is selling. For the sales account manager, getting processes down can mean the difference between achieving massive growth and losing customers to the competition. What Is the Difference Between Sales and Account Management? Let’s do a quick overview.

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Alice Heiman

APRIL 22, 2020

As a longtime sales leader and consultant to B2B sales leaders and CEOs at companies of various sizes, across various industries, I know teams that stay positive and adapt quickly will survive in a tough economy and come out strong on the other end. Stay Focused and Keep Sales Strong in a Crisis. Selling is about solutions.

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Mr. Inside Sales

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Often times, services and products are roughly the same, and prospects will buy from the people they like, know or trust. What often makes the difference is your enthusiasm and belief in your company and what you’re selling. Need More Proven Responses to the Selling Situations You Face Every Day? But there isn’t. Click Here.

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The Sales Hunter

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

If you are serious about standing apart from your competitors and making a difference for your customers, it’s going to show up in the questions you ask. Be committed to coming up with one new question you can ask your customers […].

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Cincom Smart Selling

APRIL 12, 2021

In its simplest form, digital is a binary code made up of ones and zeros—abstract to those of us who have just skimmed the very surface of technology. Let’s take a look at three ways digital lean concepts can help the customer, and because they help the customer, they help sales. Let’s take it one step further.

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Lessonly

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Lately, I’ve been hyper aware of the link between customer service and sales. Customer service is not a department. This quote comes from a 2016 Forbes article , and the date is noteworthy because bringing customer service into sales isn’t revolutionary. She was scared. She doubted herself.

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The Sales Hunter

JULY 18, 2013

Failing to follow-up. Ignoring the customer. Trying to prove the customer is wrong. Failing to ask for the sale. We in sales are a finicky group. We may not think of ourselves as being self-centered, but in reality, there are too many situations where we become exactly that when we are with a customer.

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Vengreso

JULY 5, 2023

As the world of sales continues to evolve, Digital Sales Referrals have emerged as a powerful tool for driving business growth. This shift from traditional methods towards more modern approaches has revolutionized how we engage with potential customers and generate leads. Subscribe to Modern Selling on the app of your choice!

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Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 9, 2024

The art of door-to-door sales is timeless — even during the rise of modern sales strategies. There’s no two ways about it: D2D sales can be tricky. So, if you can master the art of door-to-door sales, the juice is worth the squeeze on the income front. Table of Contents What is door-to-door sales?

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Hubspot Sales

JUNE 29, 2023

Insurance sales is a highly lucrative industry. In this guide, we’ll explore everything about starting a career in insurance sales, including the pros, cons, and tips to help you succeed. Table of Contents What is insurance sales? Captive agents sell insurance for only one company. Here's why.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

When developing a sales strategy, many leaders aren’t sure where to begin. Whether you’re starting from scratch or looking to revamp an existing sales strategy, creating campaigns based solely on instincts or assumptions is no longer acceptable. To craft an effective modern sales playbook , data and analytics must reign supreme.

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The Sales Hunter

APRIL 30, 2013

Think 2 days, 2 weeks and 2 months as your rule for following up. Each contact you make is designed to help you move from thanking the customer for their business to securing more business. You also want to begin building more on needs the customer might have. Copyright 2013, Mark Hunter “The Sales Hunter.”

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