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3 Ways to pivot Customer Retention Pain into Business Success

Babette Ten Haken

However, the first step in pivoting customer retention pain into business success is a function of how you “see” customer retention. The three contexts are: Your Business Unit (Sales and Marketing), Your Operations (Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Finance) and Your Client. Your first pivot? Your second pivot? Download here.

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Marketing Accountability: Can Sales Afford Not Knowing the ROI on Marketing Spend?

Sales Hacker

The results of account-based marketing (ABM) , content marketing, in- or outbound marketing, on- and offline marketing, and branding, have to be monitored and presented more than in the past. Many claim “Half of my marketing budget is wasted, but I don’t know which half!” The risk or return ratio.

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Serving Toxic Demanding Customers is not a Business Growth Strategy

Babette Ten Haken

Develop a business growth strategy that pivots you, and your organization, away from a toxic client base. Babette Ten Haken is a STEM design thinker, Six Sigma Green Belt and Voice of the Customer facilitator, forged by her background in new product development, startups, market research and sales. Click here.

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How to perform Customer Base Triage and Why It Matters

Babette Ten Haken

Then, a customer base triage is a strong signal that your business model requires a pivot. When this pivot scenario happens, you can migrate past and current customers. When this pivot scenario happens, you can migrate past and current customers. Because you have always had their backs, even as you pivot.

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How to Transition from SMB to Enterprise: Tips from 3 Experts

Sales Hacker

Mid-market. Revamped promotion paths, meaning reps progressed from SMB to mid-market before finally reaching enterprise and adjusted the comp plan accordingly . Encouraged AEs in the mid-market and enterprise segments to choose accounts they wanted SDRs to target in place of the persona-led, spray and pray approach for SMB.