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Self-service support: Why companies need it and how to do it right

Zendesk

To offer superior support, customer service teams need their systems, tools, processes—and most of all—people to work in harmony. But in lieu of personalized service, self-service support is your stand-in, and it needs to be just as good as your agents. When support is needed after hours.

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The Future of SAM – Revisited

Strategic Account Management Association

This blog post is based on a keynote presentation from the 2021 SAMA Annual Conference. Panelists’ remarks have been paraphrased for this blog post. . Ask yourself: How are programs designed, and how do they support the concept of customer centricity? What’s the right mix of people? The future is now.

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How Aramex’s Young SAM Program Provides Strategic Value and Impact

Strategic Account Management Association

Aramex services include international and domestic express delivery, freight forwarding, integrated logistics and supply chain management, and e-commerce solutions. The company has grown into a global brand and a market-leading express delivery and logistics services provider to the Middle East and other emerging economies.

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Enablement is Hard. Do It Anyway.

Mike Kunkle

Sometimes, that reality being what it is, we need to work in environments that are not ideal for what we do. Some environments (and company leaders) do not support root-cause diagnosis, effective solution design, sound implementation, and the adoption, behavior change, and mastery that are required to improve organizational performance.

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Sales Targeting Toolbox for Professional Services Firms

Red Star Kim

At the recent Business Development for Professionals – 2024 Virtual Conference – MBL Seminars I presented a session entitled “Supporting Fee-Earners in Sales Targeting”. Here is a summary of the sales targeting toolbox for professional services firms.

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What do you do when your boss is a micro-managing control freak?

Red Star Kim

Supervision is where they believe their people need a lot of guidance. So they feel they need to provide direct and detailed guidelines and to check progress regularly. Your line manager needs to be in control Some people need to be in control. This can be due to low self-esteem or a low sense of self-worth.

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How to Resize and Retool Your Sales Force

Mike Kunkle

Unfortunately, many company executives still needed to make tough choices, even with their revenue-producing teams. I hope this will contained to not-yet-profitable, seed-funded early-stage companies with burn-rate/runway issues, but as the recession gears up, it may spread. Strategy First. You won’t hit a target you can’t see.

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