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The Hidden Talent in Your Ranks

Sales and Marketing Management

As such, many companies today are beginning to look with renewed interest at their most readily accessible talent pool when filling open roles: their own employees. Rather than battling for new hires in an uber-competitive job market, smart companies are moving to train and promote from within. According to the U.S.

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From the Switchboard to Social Media: A Brief History of Customer Service

Sales and Marketing Management

Smart companies saw the possibilities of cyber customer service from the beginning, and jumped right on that bandwagon. One poor interaction could tank a company’s reputation, especially early on before best social media marketing practices were established.

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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. The CRM: A Key Customer Retention Tool. Make it easy for your customers to succeed by providing the tools they need to hit the ground running. What Is Customer Retention?

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Fixing What People Buy because Clients are not Sold What They Need?

Babette Ten Haken

When employees are busy fixing what people buy, they limit their value to executing specific tools to get a one-off job done in linear manner. Smart companies like yours focus on getting it right, the first time. My playbook of cross-functional tools, Do YOU Mean Business? is available on Amazon.com.

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How to Communicate Effectively with Customers: Best Practices

Cincom Smart Selling

Successful interaction with customers can drive business growth, improve customer satisfaction, and strengthen brand loyalty. The Importance of Effective Communication Great customer service is vital for nurturing customer loyalty, spurring organic referrals, and cultivating lasting brand affinity over the customer lifecycle.

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Four Manufacturing Trends Driving Sales

SugarCRM

The growing use of remote data sensors – or smart sensors – to enhance the capabilities of existing equipment is a great example of how smart companies are applying IoT technology at minimal cost. But without the right tools to analyze and leverage that data, it’s meaningless.

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Customers From Hell – Top 4 Tips for Handling

Klozers

The recent increase in the number of Online Reputation Management companies validates this, however smart companies have learned some simple strategies and techniques on how to deal with the Customers From Hell, and try to catch them before the problem escalates, let alone they post anything negative online.