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From the Switchboard to Social Media: A Brief History of Customer Service

Sales and Marketing Management

From a business standpoint, it’s imperative to provide customer service across a multiplicity of channels, too. Smart companies saw the possibilities of cyber customer service from the beginning, and jumped right on that bandwagon. Operators Are Standing By.

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The Perils of Piecemeal

Cincom Smart Selling

Smart companies don’t have software initiatives; they have business initiatives that drive software purchases. When you have disparate tools, you can’t do that, since they often don’t integrate together. Worse, the tools won’t work across the whole process. You’ll find it hard to track your dealer channels.

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Outbound Sales vs. Inbound Sales: How to Win Big With Each Strategy

Crunchbase

However, smart companies know the value of each. Generating inbound sales is a matter of raising awareness and advertising across multiple marketing channels. Efficiently discover growing companies and connect with decision-makers all in one platform with our sales prospecting tools. Inbound sales.

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Smart Selling Visions: Up-Close with Top Revenue Leader Brian Leach, CEO of @unboxedtech

SBI

In everything we create—from our learning management system and custom training content to our m obile sales apps and observation tool —the user experience is ridiculously simple and highly engaging. Plus, our tools are versatile. We’re also excited about ramping up our integrations with other tools and platforms our clients use.

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4 Trends Shaping B2B Marketing in 2011

Pointclear

It’s true that B2B marketers are embracing social tools as a way to both connect with customers and grow their businesses. A mere 12% of business executives say their companies are using social media effectively, according to a recent study by Harvard Business Review Analytic Services. Social media = Lots of room for improvement.

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The Future of AI for Sales (And How to Prepare for It)

Sales Hacker

Luckily, AI and automation tools are also great for data entry. RELATED: Sales Automation: 250+ Tools to Turbocharge Your Sales Process. AI can be instrumental in giving reps the tools to say the right thing at the right time. My company uses Outreach to find the perfect balance between phone calls and emails when prospecting.

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Overloaded And Overwhelmed

Partners in Excellence

In some cases, smart companies re-engineered a lot of what they did, slimming things down and doing what they could to eliminate unnecessary workloads. An ever increasing number of channels conspire to interrupt us, each demanding attention, or at least distracting us enough to decide whether they merit attention.