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

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4 Best Ways to Prevent Summer Sales Call Cancellations

The Sales Hunter

I always feel if my competition wants to slack off during the summer, I am more than happy to pick up their customers. While some salespeople do cut back during the summer, it also can be the customers who start canceling appointments. Here are a four ways to prevent sales call cancellations in the summer: 1.

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Rethinking the Value of Customer Service

SugarCRM

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. Robust Self-Service Tools. Customer Service Analytics.

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Are Cancelled Appointments Really a Complete Loss?

The Sales Hunter

A prospect or customer cancels an appointment. Sure, but you don’t have to view cancelled sales calls as lost opportunities. ” If a customer cancels an appointment, the last thing you should assume is that you lost the sale. .” It’s happened to every salesperson at one point or another.

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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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Even in B2B, Customer Experience Defines You (April Referral Selling Insights)

No More Cold Calling

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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5 Stellar SaaS customer service tips to reduce churn and build loyalty

PandaDoc

Whatever sector you’re in, in order to succeed you need to offer a combination of excellent customer service , high-quality products, and genuine value for money. Namely that keeping your customers sweet is, above all else, the name of the game. Why customer service matters.

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