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How To Boost Client Retention – Without Customer Service or Account Reps

Sales and Marketing Management

Author: Ajay Gupta It’s well-known that keeping customers is much more cost-effective and profitable than securing new clients. Harvard Business Review estimated that customer acquisition is 5 to 25 times as expensive as customer retention. We use account managers and customer service reps on only a very limited basis.

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5 Outcomes to Expect When You Implement Effective Sales Coaching [New Research]

Hubspot Sales

For your sales function to operate at a high level, every sales-related role should be supported with coaching – this extends to customer service reps, external/field sales reps, business development personnel, and internal/digital sales reps. Improved employee retention rates. Sales rep retention is a hot topic.

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Customer Experience, “Being Managed Or Handled”

Partners in Excellence

We all believe, that when a customer has a problem we have to resolve it, so we put in place resources, policies, procedures for managing the customer that has problems. And, with varying degrees, we “handle” and “manage” the customer problem. ” So I may not be the easiest customer to satisfy.