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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. 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. What’s Next for Customer Service? You’ve Got Mail!

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Sales is Storytelling. Marketing is Storytelling. Business is Storytelling.

Sales and Marketing Management

Stop selling products or services and start selling stories. Managers of sales and marketing teams are charged with coaching up individual team members, enhancing their skill sets and improving overall team performance. Storytelling has stood the test of time as a critical skill in sales and marketing?—?and But where to begin?

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26 CRM Techniques and Strategies for Customer Retention

Cience

Your customers are one of your company’s most important assets. Although new sales are important, smart companies also focus on retention. What Is Customer Retention? Customer retention means keeping the clients you already have. You know how hard it is to get new customers. It’s a must-have.

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Customers From Hell – Top 4 Tips for Handling

Klozers

Customers From Hell can cost your business dearly if they choose to use the internet and Social Media to promote their stories of discontent. Whilst it may be impossible to completely eliminate Customers From Hell, it certainly makes sense to do as much as we possibly can, to reduce the numbers. . Sales Techniques'

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PODCAST 115: Improving Customer Experience: Your Magic Key to Success with Leah Chaney

Sales Hacker

This week on the Sales Hacker podcast, we speak with Leah Chaney , the Chief Experience Officer for BetterGrowth, a customer support agency she founded. Subscribe to the Sales Hacker Podcast. How to put customer experience into the DNA of an organization [5:23]. Sales teams have had to quickly adapt to a new normal.

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Forget B2B vs. B2C – Long Live B2P Sales & Marketing

Zoominfo

But, in the rapidly changing sales and marketing landscape, it’s important to challenge the status quo. Now is the time to expand upon the confines of B2B and B2C, and start thinking in terms that better reflect the customer-centric world we live in. Enter, B2P (business-to-person) sales and marketing. Keep reading!

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Forget B2B vs. B2C: Long Live B2P Sales & Marketing

Zoominfo

But, in the rapidly changing sales and marketing landscape, it’s important to challenge the status quo. Now is the time to expand upon the confines of B2B and B2C, and start thinking in terms that better reflect the customer-centric world we live in. Enter, B2P (business-to-person) sales and marketing. Keep reading!

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