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

Mr. Inside Sales

OCTOBER 24, 2018

How would you rate your cell phone company’s customer service? Customer service basics are a part of all inside sales positions. Customer service basics are a part of all inside sales positions. True or False: It is hard to find and train good customer service reps.

Customer Service 137

Customer Service Customer Scale Hiring 137

Sell Integrity

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Most companies like to say they provide great customer service and deliver it with integrity, but what does that really mean? Have you created a customer service strategy that defines those expectations? . For example, do they know not to speak to customers in a bored or impatient tone? By Steve Schmidt.

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Customer Service Company Strategy Customer 76

Pipeliner

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Technology has revolutionized customer service. Businesses can use many technologies to engage with customers and fulfill their requests. New technologies are emerging that will transform the way companies deliver customer service in the years to come. Why You Need Tech for B2B Customer Service.

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Customer Service B2B Customer Maximizer 98

Sales and Marketing Management

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

From a business standpoint, it’s imperative to provide customer service across a multiplicity of channels, too. It wasn’t all that long ago when “contacting customer service” simply meant visiting a store or office and talking to the owner or manager. Operators Are Standing By. Thus the call center was born. Don’t @ Me.

Social Media 184

Social Media Outsourcing Services Customer Service Media 184

Sales and Marketing Management

AUGUST 20, 2017

Author: Jeff Mowatt When organizations invite me to speak at their conferences or train their team members, we start with trends that are impacting their customer relationships. Here are four customer service trends along with some tips for capitalizing on them to boost your business. Good service is wallpaper.

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Customer Service Trends Customer Fashion 214

Smooth Sale

JUNE 8, 2022

Attract the Right Job Or Clientele: Do You Ensure a Smooth Running Customer Service Department ? Our collaborative Blog provides insights on ‘How to ensure a smooth running customer service department.’. Doing so can minimize any problems or glitches occurring and maximize customer satisfaction.

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Customer Service Customer Hiring System 78

Zendesk Sell

DECEMBER 4, 2018

The customer experience today is more relational and less transactional than ever before. This is a great thing for customers, and it’s a great thing for businesses that want to build long-term relationships with those customers. Sales teams are measured by: The number of calls made. The length of calls.

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Customer Service Customer How To Lead Rank 121

The Sales Hunter

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

The title on your card says “sales.” ” Your job description says “sales” and you’re part of the sales team. If that’s the case, then why are you acting like a customer service person? I’m not bashing customer service people.

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Customer Service Customer Discount Maximizer 251

SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Being customer-centric can no longer be a company’s competitive advantage. This is especially true in Europe, where we have seen a considerable shift across organizations and their focus on the Customer Experience. In order to truly drive top-line revenue, increase.

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Revenue Company Customer Competition 263

BrainShark

MARCH 29, 2022

The right customer service training software can help you onboard agents faster, track their learning progress, and ensure they always have access to relevant information for resolving client issues quickly. There’s no way to evaluate how agents will use the training information when talking to customers. Articulate. Brainshark.

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Customer Service Ideal Customer Profile Software Software 62

Nutshell

MARCH 8, 2023

Customer relationship management (CRM) brings multifaceted benefits to your company and its various departments. Especially when it comes to the customer lifecycle and CRM, the possibilities are endless. But CRM does more than just support your customer service team. What is the customer lifecycle?

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Customer Service CRM Customer Marketing 48

Understanding the Sales Force

JULY 10, 2023

It’s been quite a while since I’ve written an article about the role that customer service plays in the retention and renewal of customers and accounts. Some products are so exclusive, and so desirable, that crappy customer service might not even stop you from buying again.

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Customer Wireless Customer Service Call-back 156

Vengreso

DECEMBER 8, 2022

There’s a seismic, yet quiet, shift that’s taking place within the sales industry. The demographics of who is entering the sales industry is quickly changing, which is making it clear that a one-size-fits all approach to sales training won’t work. What should sales leaders be doing today?

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Customer Service Motivation Top of Funnel Customer 85

Zendesk Sell

JANUARY 8, 2019

Great customer service is a key part of any successful business. Poor customer service has the opposite effect. According to the NewVoiceMedia’s 2018 “Serial Switchers” report , poor customer service costs businesses around $75 billion a year. Only 5% did not share a negative customer service experience.

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Customer Service Hiring Customer Hotels 90

Understanding the Sales Force

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

Last week, during my travels to Poland and back, I experienced how companies are using customer service as sales tools. In most cases, customer service tends to be vanilla, bland, and although professional in its approach, it is typically highly unspectacular.

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Customer Service Sales Tools Examples Tools 120

Miller Heiman Group

JUNE 4, 2019

It’s a buyers market, even in B2B sales. One way that sellers can work on improving buyer perception and exceeding those expectations is to consider the role that service plays in B2B sales. Let’s start by considering how customer perception has evolved in the past few years. Customer Loyalty: The Secret to Success.

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Customer Service Customer Loyalty Social Media 96

Sell Integrity

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Differentiating on service isn’t just a smart strategy for growth; increasingly, it’s a survival strategy. In a world where customers have more options available to them — and more ways to vent frustrations publicly — you can’t afford to drop the ball on excellent customer service. Why Excellent Customer Service Matters.

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Customer Service Customer Loyalty Banking 58

SugarCRM

DECEMBER 23, 2021

For so long, marketing and sales were considered the driving wheels for company growth since they generate leads and close deals. 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). Robust Self-Service Tools.

Customer Service 48

Customer Service Lead Rank Lead Scoring Customer 48

Understanding the Sales Force

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Most companies don't understand that crappy customer service is really a sales issue. When a company's customer service is thoughtful, helpful, kind and thorough, that great customer service actually serves the sales organization.

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Customer Service Training Objections Up-Sell 334

Increase Sales

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

Yes by all accounts the cry to blame customer service is increasing. Outsourcing customer service to regions unknown where the native language is not shared by the customer and the customer service representative or where technology seems to rule appear to be the standard operating procedure for many businesses.

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Outsourcing Services Customer Service Customer Loyalty 152

CloserIQ

MARCH 17, 2019

One thing that nearly every sales team needs to prioritize is constantly improving their customer service skills. Of course, every team understands that its customer service is the voice and face for its clients. The customer service that an organization offers can break or build its relationship with its clients.

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Customer Service Customer Real Estate Scale 89

Increase Sales

JULY 26, 2012

Walk into most financial institutions to departments stores to telecommunications businesses and you will have that now all too common “plastic customer service” experience. Do you feel special and of value when you hear these lame attempts to demonstrate caring customer service? “Hello and how are you?”

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Customer Service Customer Telecommunications Referrals 137

Pipeliner

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

Exceptional salespeople recognize that they have dependencies and that their success depends on the performance of others in the delivery chain, particularly customer service. Frontline service people receive information on these five subjects that are vital to effective long term sales performance. Does it provide value?

Customer Service 74

Customer Service Customer Social Media Policies 74

Pipeliner

APRIL 5, 2022

Many people who love creating and innovating struggle with the marketing and sales side of things, but entrepreneurs need to understand how making a sale and generating leads work. The best companies for customer service know and understand the needs of their customers. 1 – Listen Intently to Your Customers.

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Customer Service Customer Insurance Insurance 52

Nutshell

AUGUST 3, 2023

Every business’s sales pipeline is different, but one thing they all have in common is that they take people from prospective leads to paying customers. As a manufacturing company, a steady customer base is key to your business’s growth, and the best way to maintain that customer base is through sales pipeline management.

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Pipeline Lead Rank Lead Scoring Company 118

The Sales Hunter

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

Providing great customer service is what every company and salesperson feels they need to be doing. The sales myth is the more focus that is placed on taking care of existing customers and providing them with great service, the less need there will be to prospect. Sure, that sounds great.

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Customer Service Prospecting Customer Sales 100

Understanding the Sales Force

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

I'll share that in a moment, but first, let's discuss the dynamic of the show versus the movie and compare that to an ongoing sales challenge. Prospects have expectations - for the meetings, salespeople, products, services, prices and terms that a company will offer up during your sales cycle.

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Customer Service Customer Comparison Sales Cycle 120

The Brooks Group

MAY 23, 2018

In a world where the customer is in control, happy customers are the secret to growth. . The probability of selling to an existing, happy customer is up to 14 times higher than the probability of selling to a new customer, according to Marketing Metrics. Customers are busy and need a solution quickly.

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Customer Service Customer How To Referrals 72

Score More Sales

AUGUST 24, 2018

If the whole, entire company supported revenue generation, how strong would your customer care or customer service team be? If everyone supported revenue generation, how easily could we detect a disgruntled customer about to leave us? Would nothing ever slip through the cracks?

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Revenue Company Customer Service Customer 215

The Sales Hunter

AUGUST 30, 2019

Are your customers really bad, or do their expectations just not line up with yours? Bad customers are a result of failing to establish expectations with the customer that align with what you deliver. Watch this 35-second video: “Do You Have Lousy Customers?”: So, what’s the answer to bad customers?

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Ideal Customer Profile Customer Customer Service Call-back 187

Sales Gravy

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

Delivering A Next-Level Customer Experience In this Sales Gravy Podcast, Jeb Blount talks to Clare Dorrian, SugarCRM's CMO, about putting people first, building human connections, and prioritizing the customer experience in a saturated market. In a highly competitive market, differentiation is key.

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SugarCRM Customer Marketing Outbound 96

Zoominfo

DECEMBER 21, 2020

The other quadrants include customer loyalty , offer expansion , and company transformation. This concept represents the full amount of companies or consumers that could become customers or the total revenue possible for a product to generate. How a company already performs in a new market.

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Lead Rank Company Apparel Lead Scoring 211

Steven Rosen

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Rika Cuff , Senior Vice President of Scholastic and Champ Sales at Herff Jones, discusses the importance of sales leadership in sales culture development. She highlights the impact of handwritten notes and personalized recognition on individuals and the overall company culture. Recognition goes a long way.

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Social Media Sales Leadership Media Face-to-face 156

SugarCRM

JUNE 13, 2023

Established in 2003, Marine Instruments is an industry leading company in the development of electronic equipment for the marine environment. The company’s products and activities focus on sustainable fishing supported by innovative solutions and currently operates in more than 30 countries all over the world.

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Customer Service Ideal Customer Profile SugarCRM Customer 26

SalesFuel

APRIL 21, 2024

Richard Weylman is a renowned expert in sales and customer service, celebrated for his strategic insights into client relationships and building customer loyalty. It was noted that AI could provide deeper personalization in customer interactions, which is crucial for building stronger relationships.

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Loyalty Customer Hiring Customer Service 52