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

Sales and Marketing Management

Smart companies saw the possibilities of cyber customer service from the beginning, and jumped right on that bandwagon. For the first time in decades, email and live chat support made it possible to quickly and easily communicate with a real person instead of a computerized menu or canned response.

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4 Trends Shaping B2B Marketing in 2011

Pointclear

Most businesses have some kind of social presence or plan to have one: Most have attempted a blog or Facebook page, or have at least peeked at Twitter. How do you foster engagement on Facebook? It’s true that B2B marketers are embracing social tools as a way to both connect with customers and grow their businesses.

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26 CRM Techniques and Strategies for Customer Retention

Cience

Your customers are one of your company’s most important assets. Although new sales are important, smart companies also focus on retention. Source: Bain & Company. Smart companies work proactively to make their customers feel seen and heard. That’s where sales and marketing automation comes in.

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Forget B2B vs. B2C – Long Live B2P Sales & Marketing

Zoominfo

But, in the rapidly changing sales and marketing landscape, it’s important to challenge the status quo. Enter, B2P (business-to-person) sales and marketing. Maersk now has over 63K Twitter followers and 2.45M likes on Facebook. Final Thoughts on B2P Sales & Marketing. Keep reading!

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Forget B2B vs. B2C: Long Live B2P Sales & Marketing

Zoominfo

But, in the rapidly changing sales and marketing landscape, it’s important to challenge the status quo. Enter, B2P (business-to-person) sales and marketing. Maersk now has over 63K Twitter followers and 2.45M likes on Facebook. As Ann Handley has so rightly said , smart companies lead conversations, not just join them.

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PODCAST 115: Improving Customer Experience: Your Magic Key to Success with Leah Chaney

Sales Hacker

This week on the Sales Hacker podcast, we speak with Leah Chaney , the Chief Experience Officer for BetterGrowth, a customer support agency she founded. Subscribe to the Sales Hacker Podcast. Sam Jacobs: Hey everybody, welcome to the Sales Hacker Podcast. Sales teams have had to quickly adapt to a new normal.

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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.