Apptivo

JULY 25, 2023

“A complaining customer can be your best opportunity to show how good you are …. And help create a customer evangelist.” — Shep Hyken 1. Unforgettable Customer Service: Real-Life case studies of Effective Complaint Handling 3. Scenarios’ on How to handle customer complaints effectively 4. Proven Tips 2.

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Strategic Communications

JUNE 2, 2023

In this blog post, we’ll look at some of the best tips for getting the most out of generative AI for content marketing. This technology can be used to create a wide range of content including blog posts, social media captions, emails, and even product descriptions. What is Generative AI?

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Hubspot Sales

APRIL 6, 2020

Imagine you're a business owner looking for a new telecom service provider for your business communications. The blog is hosted by an organization called OutBound Telecom, and you start to think that company might be the right one to suit your needs. A Bad Product Comparison. Product Comparisons.

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Brooks Group

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

B2B buyers today want to research products and services on their own and prefer digital self-directed experiences. You can also invite subject matter experts (SMEs) or customers to the mix. Get any bad or neutral news out of the way early in the agenda, and work your way toward the good news.

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Red Star Kim

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Disabled and down but definitely not out – A story of hope after a year. Feeling guilty for keeping the staff and other customers waiting. And you know that whenever the pain is bad, the inflammation is doing damage to your joints. There’s always hope – No matter how bad things get, there’s always hope.

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Jeffrey Gitomer

FEBRUARY 3, 2013

I want to talk to you about the “extra mile” in a way that you might understand it and use it to build customer loyalty. in the mind of the customer or a co-worker. And extra mile stories come from you — based on your ability to react, respond, recover, and add plus one using your best skills in time of need. The weather.

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Hubspot Sales

JUNE 9, 2020

On the other hand, if you want to enter this space and acquire customers, you’re in for an uphill battle to get established because of all the competition you face. This ability to connect with your audience enables you to sell your product or service more effectively. GetResponse is a nice case in point. Your vehicle framework.

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Nutshell

OCTOBER 21, 2019

The ability to see things from your customer’s perspective is a huge advantage in B2B sales and marketing. We want our teams to be empathetic while dealing with customers and while collaborating with each other. We want our teams to be empathetic while dealing with customers and while collaborating with each other.

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Nutshell

MARCH 26, 2021

Social proof in sales is the act of using other prospects’ and customers’ behavior as examples to influence your leads. Because when used correctly, it will help you build trust with potential customers, validate their buying decisions, and ultimately, drive more sales for your company. Customer reviews.

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Brooks Group

JUNE 22, 2022

Most salespeople would agree; the types of customer conversations many are having right now are difficult for a variety of reasons. Salespeople are tasked with constantly having to deliver bad news regarding order delays, product availability, and price increases. What are customers talking about?

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Hubspot Sales

MARCH 8, 2018

So, how do you respond when a customer makes a point, raises a concern, or critiques your product/service in a way that’s fundamentally inaccurate? What to Do When the Customer Isn’t Right. First, smile, take a deep breath, and thank the sales gods you read the HubSpot Sales Blog. I’ve got a few ideas. So, get tweaking.

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Arpedio

MAY 3, 2021

Back to blog. Could the post-Covid time be our chance to build stronger relationships and generate a sense of trust with employees and customers - perhaps through data and technology? It enables coworkers to service, market, sell and collaborate around customers at any time. Highlights from Salesforce Live 2021 (Denmark).

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SuperOffice

MAY 3, 2021

Outbound sales often have a bad rep thanks to cold calling and aggressive sales scripts. Outbound sales is a specific approach to selling that relies on unique strategies to find, pitch, and close new customers. Outbound sales is the process of reaching out to potential customers to build new relationships and close new deals.

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LinkedFusion

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

If you are a startup business , you can easily post about your products or services. It presents you with a very huge opportunity once you can get such individuals to adopt your product or service. With such information, you can customize your messages to encourage positive responses.

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Brooks Group

JULY 6, 2022

If your customers had to describe you in just one word, what would it be? If customers don’t understand who you are, what you do, and why you do it, they’re not going to talk to you. Are you adopting new technology to communicate and work with customers? Tip #1: Do the hard work to improve your positioning in the market.

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Hubspot Sales

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

Since every sales team has different goals and expectations, it’s important to craft a custom training plan specifically for your new sales hires. Complacency can kill in a sales job, so encourage salespeople to listen to sales podcasts and subscribe to newsletters from the best sales blogs , regardless of where they are in their career.

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SalesGlobe

OCTOBER 25, 2022

This demonstrates that companies are finding ways to balance paying as close attention to the sale as possible with a booking measure, while helping them manage their overall cost of sales with paying at least a portion of incentive once the customer has been invoiced or revenue has been recognized. This is a bad practice for everyone.

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Planview

JULY 27, 2017

The views in this blog post represent the viewpoints of the guest author, and may or may not reflect the viewpoints of Spigit. **. Unlike their e-commerce counterparts (which provide value based on price), SaaS companies provide value with customer service experience. Let customer feedback evolve your support philosophy.

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Hubspot Sales

MARCH 12, 2018

Where Sales Prospecting Went Bad. I'm not sure where sales prospecting went bad. I've forwarded it to a few of my contacts who I think could benefit from your services. If you’re a service provider, partner with a software company that has a freemium model. In fact, it might even be related to another service.

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Zendesk

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Customer support is having a moment. In a highly competitive, digital-first world , providing your customers with responsive, relevant support is more important than ever. Customer support definition. What’s the difference between customer support and customer service? Customer support strategies.

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Hubspot Sales

MAY 25, 2018

Sellers are waiting for leads, waiting for customers to raise their hands, waiting for beautifully teed-up opportunities. How hard is it to be seen as a value creator and consultant to the prospective customer who is already far down the path? What are the consequences of making the offering the hero of the story?

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Jeffrey Gitomer

DECEMBER 6, 2012

In January 2010, I published a blog post titled, The Moment Of Truth. That blog post looked at how The New York Times was about to launch a paywall. But first, let’s make up a story… Imagine a new online social network that was created by brands, for brands. What if we started with business… how would we do?

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Hubspot Sales

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

Best Sales Blogs: Sales Hacker. HubSpot Sales Blog. Sales Solutions Blog. The Filling the Funnel Blog. Sandler Training Blog. Marc Wayshak's Sales Blog. Art Sobczak's Smart Calling Blog. Your SalesMBA Blog. LinkedIn Sales Blog. The Sales Blog. The Sales Blog. SaaStr Blog.

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SalesGlobe

APRIL 19, 2022

Data can tell a great story when you look at the sales strategy, the structure of the team, the sales roles and individual performance and tenure. Even slight differences can have a big impact on the skills required for a job, how people are expected to engage with customers, and how much they are paid. Pay Level Differences.

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Jeffrey Gitomer

FEBRUARY 11, 2011

The Difference Between a Joke and a Story | Top Sales Trainer | Best Sales Trainer | Top Leadership Trainer. Tweet Share Most people reduce themselves to joke tellers, or should I say, “joke re-tellers,” or should I say, “bad joke re-tellers.” Stories on the other hand, are genuine. Customer Loyalty.

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Red Star Kim

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Unusually, he has accolades for both customer service and human resources. The brief strategy stories bring his ideas to life. The examples are mostly products so it’s not ideal for professional services. He’s clearly an advocate for scenario planning. Key strategy questions: What do we want to do? overall purpose?)

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ReviewTrackers

AUGUST 22, 2017

She writes her own blog VictoriaEcommerce , where she shares her best tips for gaining honest customer feedback. Tracking and analyzing customer feedback comments can be streamlined with a service like ReviewTrackers. Repeat customers would be a good place to start. Your brand’s reputation matters.

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The Congruity Group

APRIL 6, 2023

Building Loyalty In Micro-Moments With Your Customers With Mark Ross-Smith Generating Value Through Emotional Drivers I’m excited to talk to Mark. We talk about these micro-moments, these short 3 to 5-second moments where you do something for a customer. I’m a good customer. I thought, “I’m the customer that you want.”

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SmartKarrot

MARCH 16, 2021

There is no short-cut to draft a perfect customer offboarding. But you are never too late to learn from the churn stories, refrain from bad PR tactics to happen and adapt to more win-backs. Here, in this blog, we will delve into the world of customer offboarding in detail. How to prevent bad PR?

Customer Success 11

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SmartKarrot

APRIL 7, 2022

The reasons could be many bad product-market fit , losses in sales, competitor pricing, brand value, or lack of customer service success. Packaging is basically the story of the brand. After knowing the ideal customer profile, you need to know and chalk out all the ways to reach them. Become customer-centric.

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SmartKarrot

DECEMBER 16, 2021

The customer experience (CX) has always been a priority for companies. On a positive note, organizations with a structured Voice of the Customer (VoC) program increased by 36.5% The Voice of the Customer matters. In today’s connected world, there is no denying that the customer is king. Pay attention to the CX engines.

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SmartKarrot

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

NPS cheerleaders and customer experience experts are monitoring improvements, setting benchmarks, and doing whatever it takes to improve NPS customer service. Read on the following blog to unearth 10 such ways to improve the NPS score in no time. For this, you need to dive deep into customer feedback.

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Hubspot Sales

MAY 12, 2022

Social media accounts, websites, digital portfolios, blog articles, and the various ways you communicate all contribute to your unique identity and image. And since 64% of today’s customers are belief-driven buyers, they want to support brands that “can be a powerful force for change.". Unaware of your personal brand?

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Insightly

JULY 15, 2022

Al Iverson, Director of Deliverability Products and Services for Kickbox , shared this definition in a recent webinar with the Insightly team. . Internet Service Providers (ISPs) want to know if your email is wanted or not and they learn that based on the behavior of your recipients, (e.g. What is a good send vs. a bad send?

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Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 17, 2018

Neil Patel does a pretty good job explaining the concept and talking about its origin, saying that a growth marketer is someone who uses " analytics, inexpensive, creative and innovative ways to exponentially grow their company’s customer base. " The blog might be one of our favorites. What is growth hacking? Growth Hacking Examples.

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MTD Sales Training

APRIL 12, 2020

You’re conducting an online sales presentation to a prospective new customer…. The biggest reasons why demonstrating products and services fail is down to several important elements: – The Message – poorly thought out, not logical and too much information. – So what is a bad presentation? WebEx, Google Hangout, Fuze etc….

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ACT

APRIL 11, 2023

But that doesn’t mean small businesses can’t attract and retain customers in a competitive market. Deliver an unparalleled customer experience High-quality customer experience is the key to success for any business, regardless of industry or size. It helps them address customer complaints and queries better.

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