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3 Keys to Effective Sales Teams in the Age of the Informed Buyer

Sales and Marketing Management

Let’s take a look at several ways you can make sure your sales teams are providing effective customer service in the internet age. Glenton Davis is a business strategist of the Global Partner Marketing Channel and Programs at Microsoft. That’s where astute salespeople can make all the difference.

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B2B Sales Trends for 2023

Janek Performance Group

As AI continues to evolve , many industries are adopting it to improve their products and services. There are many areas where AI falls short, but customer service is not one of them. AI can be highly beneficial in improving customer service. Companies are seeing an increase in customer service issues.

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Informal vs. formal learning: What’s the difference?

BrainShark

The bite-size content can easily be consumed, shared, and distributed via an internal knowledge base or through messaging apps like Slack or Microsoft Teams. In other words, a well-developed informal learning program provides information to learners anytime, anywhere.

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What is Inside Sales? Everything You Need to Know

Gong.io

An outside sales rep at an insurance agency might travel to meet clients in their homes to discuss their needs, present insurance packages, and sign deals. Note that CSMs are not Customer Service advisors. A CRM (customer relationship management) is the backbone of your sales tech stack.

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Manage Your Churn or Pay the Consequences – Why Churn is Part of Your Sales Engine

A Sales Guy

Microsoft could have been more proactive in fixing Windows problems. And now there is another change with the introduction of Microsoft Security Essentials. And now there is another change with the introduction of Microsoft Security Essentials. Where would Rackspace or Zappos be if they didn’t deliver stellar customer service?

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Ideal Customer Profile: Firmographics

Altify

Your Data Analytics application may have appeal to potential customers all over the world, but if you’re based in North Carolina and your go-to-market team only covers the United States, the market in South Korea or Australia that is available to local purveyors of solutions similar to yours is not open to you today. So yes, size matters.

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Deceptive Marketing (Why the Computer World has a Terrible Reputation for Honesty) by Anthony Bondi

Increase Sales

If they are offering software such as Microsoft Office suite and the price of the system is below $500, run. We want to be able to sleep at night and feel good about the relationships with our customers. You cannot buy a new computer with Windows 7 Ultimate, Microsoft Office Professional, and Adobe CS5 for $500.

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