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Surviving Tough Times….

Partners in Excellence

As I work to advise them, I stumbled on something I wrote in early 2001, another period of economic challenges. Since 2001 we’ve been through slowdowns a couple of times. ” Surviving Tough Times, Things We Have Learned (early 2001 version) The past year has created new professional and personal challenges.

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Emotions Are Your Customer Experience Reality

Increase Sales

And it is those very same emotions that are guiding each and every customers experience specific to the points of connection. Again, points of connection are everything your customers see, hear, touch, smell, taste and feel. Extensive customer service research by Rosenberg has shown customer behavior can be predicted by emotions.

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What I Learned from Oprah about Customer Service ? Score More.

Score More Sales

What I Learned From Oprah About Customer Service. Need to hone your customer service skills and build more brand loyalty? All told, it was a most fantastic weekend where it was reinforced to me: Don’t forget who your customers are. How do YOU treat your customers so that they talk about your business?

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A coach should ride shotgun, not hog the driver’s seat

Selling Essentials RapidLearning Center

Consider this scenario: Iris is new on Salim’s customer service team. Salim calms the customer and even gets a new order. She might say, “I want to have the highest customer service scores on the team,” which puts her struggle with irate customers in the context of a meaningful learning journey.

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7 Must-Have Automated Documents for Sales Success

Companies are increasingly implementing technology to bring efficiency to their workforce. Data accessibility aside, teams continuously struggle with manual processes for document generation. Learn why automating your documents is key to sales success.

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How to use the marketing flywheel method to supercharge your business

Nutshell

The flywheel model was first introduced in 2001, but it’s recently experienced a rebirth in the business world and inspired professionals everywhere to re-evaluate the classic sales and marketing funnel. Conversion: The prospect makes a purchase and becomes a customer. Customers start at the top of the funnel and (hopefully!)

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How B2B Sales Teams Can Restore Their Pipelines in 2020

Hubspot Sales

Customer loyalty is more important than ever. Conventional wisdom dictates that the best way to grow a business is by attracting and converting as many new customers as possible. However, we’re finding B2B businesses are prioritizing their existing customers over attracting new ones. Image Source. Image Source.

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