Allego

APRIL 21, 2020

In a recent webinar You Had to Cancel In-Person Training … Now What? Our panel included Allego Chief Revenue Officer George Donovan, Allego Vice President, Customer Success Laurie Long and Allego Senior Product Marketing Manager Jake Miller. In-person sessions have been canceled. Certifying Remote Teams. Jake Miller, Sr.

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Cancellation Training Hiring Face-to-face 71

No More Cold Calling

APRIL 29, 2019

We all want a stellar customer experience, and we’re pissed when we don’t get it. B2B customers are just louder about it. I just cancelled a shipping order with Office Depot for a standard metal filing cabinet. I told him to cancel my purchase and refund my money. Or blogging about it. In her Sales 3.0 Need proof?

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Referrals B2B Sales Qualified Lead Cold Calling 261

Jeff Shore

JANUARY 15, 2019

Sometimes a sale is proceeding well when seemingly out of the blue the customer calls and says, “We’re having second thoughts.” What personal or market influences are driving your customer to cancel? When your customer feels a lack of confidence, it is your job to fill in the confidence gaps they are experiencing.

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Cancellation How To Call-back Buyer 84

Jeff Shore

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

My biggest pet peeve…is making a sale only to have it cancel. I will say there are legit reasons for a cancellation. A job transfer could cause a customer to cancel the solar package you sold them three weeks ago. The other type of cancellation falls under the category of “Buyer’s Remorse.”

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Cancellation Insurance Insurance Policies 66

Zoominfo

APRIL 30, 2021

“In March 2020, live events were canceled overnight. In this quick read, we look at takeaways from the sudden switch to virtual conferences, the effect going virtual has on the customer acquisition funnel, and the implications this short-term shift can have on the long-term future of your events. Lessons learned from virtual events.

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Trade Show Top of Funnel Funnel Conference 264

Understanding the Sales Force

MARCH 25, 2024

There is a huge difference between the conditions for winning business with an existing customer that favors you, versus a potential customer who favors one of your competitors. They couldn’t cancel somebody else’s room to accommodate us, but they did waive the cancellation fee and give us a full refund for the weekend.

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Decision Maker Hotels Cancellation Travel 182

Engage Selling

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Worst case, they cancel the project, spend their money on something else, or they … Read More » The post Helping the Customer Through Decision Paralysis | Sales Strategies first appeared on The Sales Leader. It’s when your buyers are so overwhelmed with information that they can’t make a decision.

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Strategy Cancellation Customer Buyer 113

SBI Growth

MARCH 25, 2020

The full impact of CoVid-19 is not yet known, but in some markets and regions, it may already be clear that customers are deferring or even canceling planned purchases. Perhaps yours is one of them. If so, is it realistic.

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Quota Cancellation Marketing Customer 297

Nutshell

MAY 19, 2020

Churn rate, the loss of customers over a specified period of time, is one of the most important metrics a company can track. Let’s take a closer look at what customer churn rate really means for your business, and acknowledge the negative impact it can have on your company’s bottom line. Say you started May with 200 users.

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Churn Customer Lead Rank Retention 133

Sales and Marketing Management

MARCH 4, 2018

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. Put your whole team in a customer-facing role. What to do?

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Customer Service Retention Hiring Account 286

Sales Evangelist

JUNE 28, 2018

On last week’s episode of The Sales Evangelist Hustler’s League, we heard from a member who was caught off-guard when a customer he thought was happy canceled their contract. We sought ways to help him identify what went wrong and to prevent the cancel from happening again. As you know, on each episode of The […]

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Zoominfo

APRIL 22, 2020

Now, we’re covering the ways they’re stepping up for their customers—a business decision that is equally as crucial as supporting employees. Ways Companies are Supporting Customers During COVID-19. Cisco has made its Webex meeting software available for unlimited use for its customers and provided a 90-day free trial for non-customers.

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Company Customer Microsoft Film 173

Partners in Excellence

JULY 31, 2020

What struck me in each discussion was how few people were being engaged at the customer — and that the right people weren’t being engaged, even by the customer buying group. A few questioned, “Why should we do that, the IT people are our customers?” We are already talking to the buyers?

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Customer Cancellation Buyer Groups 139

Alice Heiman

MARCH 12, 2020

As an example, look at the impact coronavirus has had on the tech industry : Dell, Amazon, Twitter, and Google have all announced some major actions (including work-from-home mandates and canceled events) in response to the outbreak. Call Customers Now to Discuss Coronavirus Concerns. And we don’t want that for our customers, either.

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The Pipeline

JANUARY 24, 2014

In the sales business, we hold the key to tons of information from customers. Banks are cancelling and re-issuing cards by the millions, and Target is trying to do damage control by offering free credit monitoring for a year to anyone who was affected. The Pipeline Guest Post - Megan Totka. Photo Source ).

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Outsourcing Services Customer Cancellation Loyalty 267

Partners in Excellence

JANUARY 5, 2023

In announcing reductions at Salesforce yesterday, Marc Benioff was quoted, saying customers “are taking a more measured approach to their purchasing decisions.” Customers have, for months, been: Much more selective about what projects they move forward with. Customers will be crying for help! We help them do better.

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Face-to-face Customer Cancellation Groups 96

Zoominfo

APRIL 30, 2021

“In March 2020, live events were canceled overnight. In this quick read, we look at takeaways from the sudden switch to virtual conferences, the effect going virtual has on the customer acquisition funnel, and the implications this short-term shift can have on the long-term future of your events. annually through 2027.

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Trade Show Top of Funnel Funnel Conference 130

Green Lead's B2B

MARCH 14, 2020

Add to that the fact that many prospects are cancelling face-to-face sales meetings as companies mandate social distancing. Virtual customer user groups. That’s one way to use the available marketing budget: Source Ideal Customer Profile Leads (ICPs) to drive your most desirable persona to your events. Virtual round tables.

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Marketing Qualified Lead Lead Rank Cancellation Sales Qualified Lead 33

Sales and Marketing Management

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

Have you ever been ready to pull the trigger on a purchase, but felt so uneasy about the decision that you decided to cancel it last minute? Defined, risk-reversal is any strategy that reduces or eliminates the actual or perceived risk that a potential customer has about investing in your product/service. Think About It….

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Sales Cycle Cancellation Hiring Remedy 212

Hubspot Sales

MARCH 25, 2024

In my experience, these prospects ask for the moon — customized solutions, deep discounts, unlimited revisions — often before establishing any relationship or value provided.” For instance, the customer may avoid answering your questions directly or giving concrete timelines. How to Handle Them: Address them diplomatically.

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Prospecting Cancellation How To Revelation 98

Nutshell

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

As Nutshell’s new VP of Customer Experience, I took the chance to reflect on my journey to this point, and wanted to tell my own Nutshell story. It also said “We make CRM software to help people grow their business” and mentioned they were hiring in customer experience. That was actually my first time being exposed to the phrase.

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Customer Churn Scale Conference 108

Partners in Excellence

JANUARY 23, 2020

All of our customers have customers of their own, though they may not recognize that. They may be “real customers,” that is people/organizations they sell to. They may be “internal,” customers. Sometimes, particularly for internal customers, our customers forget about this.

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Customer Cancellation Opportunity Relationals 84

Gong.io

AUGUST 3, 2022

For SaaS and subscription businesses, customer success is a key revenue driver. So, how exactly do you measure if a customer is “successful” (and what does that even mean?). Defining customer success and measurements . For individual clients, we can ask, “What was it that the customer wanted to achieve originally?

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Churn Customer Retention Licensing 87

Miller Heiman Group

MARCH 19, 2020

For sales organizations, that means sellers and customer service reps will take the brunt of the customer onslaught brought on by fear, uncertainty and doubt. Or, in certain industries, they may face a dearth of customers and panic and push sales to make their numbers—a misstep that could lead to diminished customer relationships.

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Face-to-face Customer Policies Cancellation 84

Lead411

JUNE 22, 2023

Advanced Search filters make it easy for customers to identify prospects quickly Integrates with various CRM systems Competitively priced options Established company with over 20 years of experience Cons: No B2C Data Limited Data for non-English speaking countries 2. Allows for custom data integration and CRM synchronization.

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Intent Data Leads 98

Nutshell

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

There’s more to customer data than just names and emails. When it comes to customers interacting with your brand, be it through social media or browsing your website, you must understand the types of customer data you’re collecting and how you can leverage it for the benefit of your business. Why is customer data important?

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Zoominfo

MAY 6, 2020

Our philosophy is we really focus on making our existing customer happy. Instead, it comes from that same principle of putting customers before prospects which Yuan has always promoted: “We always prioritize the features requested by our existing customers.”. His reasoning? We do not aggressively pursue the new prospect.”.

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Video Cancellation Microsoft Comparison 207

Sales and Marketing Management

MAY 15, 2020

In the current climate, it’s a particularly peculiar time to be a salesperson; how can we pitch to customers who are most likely facing their own fair share of financial hardships? Here are best practices for securing sales while remaining sensitive to customer circumstances amidst crisis. Focus On Customer Relationships.

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Loyalty Cancellation Churn Demographics 296

Bigtincan

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Software-as-a-service (SaaS) vendors like Salesforce, Slack and Adobe lose customers through churn when subscribers cancel because they don’t bother to use the software or never become well-versed enough to reap its benefits. In response, SaaS vendors have developed the […].

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Churn Cancellation Customer Vendor 52

Cincom Smart Selling

MAY 14, 2020

Cincom has counted thousands of companies as customers over its 50 years in the software and services business. Cincom Systems is honored to call these heroes customers. We Salute Our Customers’ Heroic Contributions to the COVID-19 Fight. Cincom Systems is honored to call these heroes customers. Anheuser-Busch.

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Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

While the link between retaining customers and profitability is pretty well understood, most companies still approach customer retention with piecemeal initiatives. When customers say: “ We are not getting the outcomes we expected ”. “ Too often contract cancellation (or non-renewal) comes as a surprise, but it never should.

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Retention Ideal Customer Profile Customer Decision Maker 73

Bigtincan

DECEMBER 16, 2018

Software-as-a-service (SaaS) vendors like Salesforce, Slack and Adobe lose customers through churn when subscribers cancel because they don’t bother to use the software or never become well-versed enough to reap its benefits. In response, SaaS vendors have developed the […].

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Churn Cancellation Customer Vendor 52

Babette Ten Haken

JULY 18, 2018

Customer bombardment should be a no-brainer non-strategy. Especially when it comes to how not to create a positive customer experience. Yet what should be common sense often flies in the face of customer experience reality. Do you really know how many times customers receive notifications from your organization?

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Webinar Metrics Customer Strategy Real Estate 59

A Sales Guy

AUGUST 2, 2012

Are you treating your customers like dead beats? They have recognized that losing customers is VERY expensive. To help reduce churn they created a customer care team. Many of the existing customers who are forwarded to the customer care group are customers who are late on their bills. I was in between.

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Cancellation Customer Churn Retention 111

Hubspot Sales

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

The initial response is promising, with customers signing up left and right. Customers are complaining about billing errors, experiencing delays in service activations, and struggling with subscription changes. They're spending hours manually managing subscriptions and dealing with frustrated customers. Send bills and invoices.

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Churn Hubspot Cancellation Software 81

LeadFuze

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

SaaS Case Study: How Customer Support anbd SalesCan Assist Sales Initiatives. If you want your brand to stand out, it’s important that the customer journey from acquisition to retention be seamless. Customer support and sales teams need to be trained and in sync with the sales team. Identify and fix common pain points.

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Top of Funnel Churn Customer Marketing 52

SugarCRM

DECEMBER 23, 2021

Seeing how far customers could be pushed before they’d cancel a service or move to a competitor was often acceptable. Customer Effort Score (CES). If a customer registers a complaint, it’s not the end of the world. Customer Service Analytics. Customer Experience Intelligence. Technology Unites Experiences.

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Customer Service Lead Rank Lead Scoring Customer 48