article thumbnail

What are customer service skills?

MTD Sales Training

When you hear the term ‘customer service’, what connotations spring up? Whatever you think customer service is, it often needs to be revisited in order to be kept front-of-mind. Whatever you think customer service is, it often needs to be revisited in order to be kept front-of-mind.

article thumbnail

How to treat every week like it’s National Customer Service Week

Nutshell

“National Customer Service Week.” It sounds like a made-up holiday that megacorps use to keep their frontline customer service representatives happy. In reality, National Customer Service Week has been recognized by U.S. The best ones even make it to Twitter. Ah, marketing and customer service.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Customer Service Makes Sales Amazing

Pipeliner

Exceptional salespeople recognize that they have dependencies and that their success depends on the performance of others in the delivery chain, particularly customer service. Sales relies on effective customer communication to prime the sales pump. An ill informed customer makes the sales process difficult and long.

article thumbnail

How to Protect Your Email Efforts from Extinction

Sales and Marketing Management

Regardless of how much a company might try to step away from email in favor of project-based communication or real-time customer service platforms, email continues to be the most reliable option given its widespread use. TJ Macke is the VP of Client Services at Sapper Consulting , which replaces cold calling for its clients.

article thumbnail

In the Race to Win More Customers, Sales Needs Digital Transformation

Salesforce users were surveyed about the forces shaping today's workplace. Discover the results and why investments in digital transformation and automation are pushing sales teams ahead.

article thumbnail

Chief Executive Customer Redefines Business For Midmarket Companies

Score More Sales

I particularly enjoyed the presentation on Twitter and User Engagement: Why Content is Still King When Building a Killer Social Presence by Karen Wickre. Karen, Editorial Director at Twitter is known online as @kvox and it was the first time I have seen her in person. Big Data’s Time has Arrived to Help Marketers.

Company 192
article thumbnail

3 Reasons Why Your Sales Team Isn't Generating More Leads (And How to Fix It)

Sales and Marketing Management

Creating a service-level agreement can help solidify the roles of both parties so each knows its exact responsibilities. Restructuring this plan might incentivize salespeople to devote more time to prospecting leads instead of earmarking their time for customer service work for existing clients.