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Why Customer Experience Should Be Top of Mind for Sales Leaders

No More Cold Calling

Usually, major airlines treat you like a number—unless you’ve flown zillions of miles with them—but this time, they made me feel like a real person. Most major airlines and other consumer businesses don’t recognize the power of a smile and a welcome. Tiffani Bova gave us the answer in her keynote presentation at the recent Sales 3.0

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Building Loyalty Evolves with Data, Smartphones, and Personalization

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Sure, we could reminisce about the roots of loyalty programs in the 1700s, when devoted customers received special tokens, but instead, let’s start in the early 1980s, when much of the airline industry waded into what one would consider modern customer loyalty. The data (and deals) helped improve the most valuable customers’ experiences.

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COVID-19: Pandemic-Tested Team Support Strategies

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Mondelez International is paying its sales representatives a weekly bonus of $125 dollars until May 2, 2020. Other companies that have taken the same pledge include Amazon, Apple, Google, Facebook, Salesforce, and Twitter. To help alleviate some of the stress, many large companies are offering these employees cash bonuses.

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The 20 Best Sales Movies of All Time [Updated for 2018]

Hubspot Sales

The Best Sales Movies of All Time. Kurt Russell plays a hotshot used car hustler who dreams of running for state senate in Robert Zemeckis’s outrageous sales satire. Playing the manager in charge of doling out prospective sales leads, Kevin Spacey’s cold-blooded smarm has rarely been more effective. Used Cars (1980).

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Leadership Lessons from 36,000 Feet Over the Pacific Ocean

The Sales Hunter

You can pass the time by watching movies “edited for airline viewing” or spend hours thinking you’ll finally master Candy Crush. A coach can help you excel in your sales career! Copyright 2018, Mark Hunter “The Sales Hunter.” ” Sales Motivation Blog.

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Put Your Shoes On! Plus 12 Other Tips to Do Travel Right

John Barrows

One of my most popular LinkedIn posts of 2018 was my rant about travel and 13 tips to make air travel better for everyone. I remember recently I was annoyed at a certain airline for various reasons and I took it out on the flight attendant when she asked me to put my seat back up when it was already up. Get out of the way.

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Stop Farting on Airplanes, and 12 Other Tips to Do Travel Right

John Barrows

One of my most popular LinkedIn posts of 2018 was my rant about travel and 13 tips to make air travel better for everyone. I remember recently I was annoyed at a certain airline for various reasons and I took it out on the flight attendant when she asked me to put my seat back up when it was already up. Get out of the way.

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