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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.

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Holistic Customer Service: Why Customer Experience Is a Shared Responsibility in the Company

Pipeliner

The concept of customer service has evolved from a post-sale afterthought to a key driver of business success. Today, it’s not just about solving customer problems but creating an experience that resonates with them at every touchpoint. This brings us to the core concept of holistic customer service.

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How To Boost Client Retention – Without Customer Service or Account Reps

Sales and Marketing Management

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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Taking Customer Service from Cost Center to Profit Center

Sales and Marketing Management

Author: John Larson How many times has one of your customers approached you with an issue or a problem? Often, we find ourselves threatened or at least uncomfortable when a customer approaches us with a complaint or some of other form of problem. Stated somewhat differently, customer problems are opportunities in disguise.

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7 Must-Have Automated Documents for Sales Success

Companies are increasingly implementing technology to bring efficiency to their workforce. Data accessibility aside, teams continuously struggle with manual processes for document generation. Learn why automating your documents is key to sales success.

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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. Operators Are Standing By. Thus the call center was born. Don’t @ Me.

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4 Customer Service Trends to Boost your Business

Sales and Marketing Management

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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Why Conversational AI Is Key to Customer Service in the Customer Experience Era

In today’s hyper-competitive market, every business must become a customer experience-first business. Customer satisfaction has become more important than price or any individual feature. Read the new Tractica white paper to learn how important conversational AI is to your CX strategy.

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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.