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Strategic Account Manager Training: Begin with the End in Mind and Ask the Right Questions

Strategic Account Management Association

Ask these discovery questions to train and elevate your SAMs to greatness. The post Strategic Account Manager Training: Begin with the End in Mind and Ask the Right Questions appeared first on Strategic Account Management Association.

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Relationship Mapping for Your Accounts – Strategy Guide

Upland

Typically, there can be up to 10 individuals involved in a B2B sale. Called “buying groups”, the reality of these multiple person buying committees points to the growing complexity of B2B selling motions. To handle this complexity, sellers need the right tools, strategies, and methodologies to understand the people, problems and relationships that matter within an account.

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8 New Features of the Recently Launched WordPress 6.1

Customer Think

WordPress 6.1 “Misha” was launched on November 1, 2022. This is the third major release in 2022, following WordPress 5.9 Josephine and WordPress 6.0 Arturo. The latest version presents several core modifications, bug fixes, and backport changes. The WordPress 6.1 update is related to the Gutenberg project phase two.

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Techniques for Combatting Each of the 7 Wastes of Lean

Kainexus

One of the core goals of the Lean improvement methodology is the reduction of any material, effort, or expense that does not ultimately add value to the customer. Practitioners have identified seven distinct types of waste and developed specific techniques to combat them. Whether your organization practices the Lean methodology or not, knowing where to look for waste and what to do when you find it is important.

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2024, The Year of the Customer

2023's struggles fueled a shift: companies are ditching wasteful strategies in favor of data and AI-powered growth. Enter 2024, the year GTC takes center stage. Discover 5 ways a customer-centric approach unlocks new revenue and delivers lasting success.

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Organizational Silos: Impacting Both Employee and Customer Experiences

Customer Think

Last week, I spoke at the Furniture Marketing Group Symposium in Las Vegas. I talked about building a winning organization and fixing the experience from the inside-out. My focus was on deliberately designing a customer-centric culture, getting leaders.

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How Top Sales Teams Are Winning Deals and Growing Accounts in 2023

ProlifIQ

Hitting Revenue Targets in 2023 2023 is here, with most companies starting fiscal years at the turn of the calendar year or February 1st. Perfect timing to get deep into how sales teams can approach hitting revenue numbers in 2023, with teams looking to consolidate technology and save cash. Eddie Hanson, Josh Gregg, and Erik Dunnigan broke down how they’re leading their organizations into the current climate with a mindset of hitting the revenue number.

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3 ways to collaborate more efficiently with the Slack for Zendesk integration

Zendesk

For both internal and external teams, collaborating on support issues can be slow and chaotic. Many teams struggle to stay in sync without creating too much noise in their Slack environment. Historically, Slack notifications have been either on or off, but with the latest Slack integration enhancements , teams can notify the right people at the right time and control the level of detail in those notifications.

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The ROI of CX (RoCX)

Customer Think

If you want your CX efforts to be taken seriously at budget time, in the C-Suite, or the Boardroom, you must be able to quantify in some way the value of improving the customer experience for your company. This is non-negotiable.

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5 digital banking customer experience trends to consider for 2023

Zendesk

Banks that consistently optimize the customer experience grow 3.2x faster than competitors that don’t. And with over 50 percent of consumers reporting that they will switch to a competitor after a single unsatisfactory interaction, customer experience has never been more important for any industry. Here are trends and best practices to help guide your CX strategy—and drive customer relationships that last.

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