Thu.Aug 19, 2021

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How to Choose the Perfect Affiliate Software For Your eCommerce

Customer Think

When it comes to selling products and promoting your firm, affiliate marketing is an essential part of the sales process. As affiliate marketing efforts grow, people are discovering the areas that are having the biggest impact. In a world that’s becoming ever more reliant on technology, one thing that’s inevitably making a difference is the […].

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Accelerate Ramp-Up Time in a Hybrid World

Sales Readiness Group

Blended learning approaches are certainly not new, but given the challenges over the past 18 months, we are seeing many opportunities to apply these approaches in creative new ways. The pandemic heightened interest in hybrid models (a combination of virtual instructor led, digital, collaborative learning, etc.) that already existed – and provided a testing ground for their effectiveness.

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Top-Tier Service: 6 Ways to Improve Your Clients Experience

The Center for Sales Strategy

Customers aren't going to want to do business with a company that doesn't offer a great buying experience. No matter the type of business you run, you need to treat your clients right if you want them to remain in business with you and spread the word about your good reputation. Below are a few ways that you can improve the way your company interacts with prospects and clients.

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10 Uncomfortable ABM Realities

Customer Think

TweetLinkedInShareEmail Account-based Marketing (ABM) continues to revolutionize the B2B marketing landscape, and, yet, if you ask 10 marketers (or even 10 “ABM Experts”) to define ABM and what constitutes an ABM campaign, you’d likely get 10 different.

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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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How to Increase Collaboration at Work: 4 Useful Steps

CMOE

Successful organizations are those that foster a collaborative work culture, but fully 86 percent of leaders and team members believe a lack of teamwork leads to project failure and team conflict. Collaboration is crucial to your team’s success but how can you increase collaboration at work? Organizations consist of team members who possess a wide variety of skills, so team leaders must understand how to leverage these skills to benefit their employees’ development and the organization’s strateg

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The C-Store Data Bonanza: How Data-Driven Initiatives Are Maximizing CPG Revenue

Customer Think

C-store data used to be limited to weekly delivery (at best) focused in sales and trend, but with little to no detail and even less chance for understanding how consumers shop and the choices they make in-store. Those days are gone. New data acquisition and analysis capabilities for c-stores are helping not only a wider […].

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Conversational marketing: Answering your 9 biggest questions

Zendesk

As technology becomes more sophisticated, so do virtual sales and marketing techniques. Newer channels and automations allow brands to bypass the “hard sell” and engage consumers with something a little friendlier and more conversational. You may have heard of “conversational marketing” as a more modern alternative to other lead generation and customer engagement techniques.

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Where Alignment Means Revenue

Force Management

If you want to align your organization behind company goals, growth benchmarks and evolving customer needs, you’ll need to successfully move your organization through rapid change and enable your sales team to execute. Here are three critical areas where leadership alignment supports sales resilience and growth. If you’re interested in how sales leaders successfully capture alignment in these three areas, register for our upcoming LIVE webinar on August 24th.

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5 Email Marketing Campaigns That Increase Customer Retention

Customer Think

Over four billion people use email. According to Statista, that number could reach an estimated 4.5 billion by the year 2024. The reach that email marketing offers is massive. This is why more businesses are exploiting the advantages of email marketing to reach customers. Email marketing is so important to customer retention that you’re missing […].

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The Ultimate Guide to Telesales for beginners and sales pros

Crank Wheel

The Ultimate Guide to Telesales gives you all the know-how you need to convert more leads over the phone

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How to Stay Competitive in the Evolving State of Martech

Marketing technology is essential for B2B marketers to stay competitive in a rapidly changing digital landscape — and with 53% of marketers experiencing legacy technology issues and limitations, they’re researching innovations to expand and refine their technology stacks. To help practitioners keep up with the rapidly evolving martech landscape, this special report will discuss: How practitioners are integrating technologies and systems to encourage information-sharing between departments and pr

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Rethinking the ROI of CX

Customer Think

Rethinking the ROI of CX Articulating the return on investment (ROI) of Customer Experience efforts is a recurring theme among CX professionals. As I moderate panels on webinars and sit as a guest.

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Aug 19 – Customer Success Jobs

SmartKarrot

Role: Customer Success Director Location: Remote, Dallas, TX, US Organization: Persado As a Customer Success Director, you will maintain the customer success plan including maturity roadmap, key milestones, and value realization journey. Drive customer engagement and platform adoption across key users of Persado and ensures alignment of sponsorship from the customer to continue on the maturity path.

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Cloud Security: Adopting a Structured Approach

Customer Think

Companies across the broad spectrum of industries are increasingly embracing the cloud. Of course, this remains a terrific development, but not without its concerns. Security, much like with any other digital offerings, poses a huge question for most businesses on their journey towards the cloud. While the security landscape is constantly evolving, there is one […].

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A Full & Exhaustive Balanced Scorecard Example

ClearPoint Strategy

The Balanced Scorecard (BSC), in my humble opinion, is one of the best management reporting frameworks available. I’ve worked with countless clients to integrate the BSC, and know it like the back of my hand. But if you’ve landed on this page, I’m guessing you aren’t looking for a simple, detail-less, contrite description of what a scorecard is and how to use it.

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1st, 2nd, and 3rd Party Intent Data: Which Is Right for You?

How do 1st, 2nd, and 3rd party intent data compare? 1st, 2nd, and 3rd party data each have specific advantages and disadvantages. It comes down to four factors: accuracy, cost, control and quantity. This infographic explains the pros and cons of each and helps you understand which one is best for meeting your business objectives. Intent data can be a great way to fill your pipeline and close more deals.

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Conga Acquires Contract Wrangler

Customer Think

Innovative contract ingestion, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) capabilities enable companies to accurately uncover insights into contracts.

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A Practical Guide to Conducting the Perfect Customer Interview

SmartKarrot

“Supposing is good, but finding out is better” – Mark Twain. Without proper knowledge of customers’ needs, it isn’t really possible for a business to thrive. Successful businesses are those that understand the need of their customer even better than the customer does. To gauge your customers’ needs, you need to interact with your customers and identify their pain points.

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What are the REAL benefits of employee engagement? | Customer Experience IS Team Member Experience

Customer Think

This is the fourth post in a series titled “Customer Experience IS Team Member Experience.”. Earlier posts in this series looked at employee engagement’s research history, defined it in behavioral and attitudinal terms, and rev.

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Tips & Templates for Writing Great Knowledge Base Articles

Help Scout

When a customer hits a snag while using your product, the first thing they interact with won’t likely be a helpful member of your team — it’s more often a knowledge base article. Much like your front door, you want to make your knowledge base articles as welcoming and friendly as possible. By defining and following knowledge base best practices, your team can ensure that this integral part of the customer experience is as helpful and impactful as possible.

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ABM Evolution: How Top Marketers Are Using Account-Based Strategies

In times of economic uncertainty, account-based strategies are essential. According to several business analysts and practitioners, ABM is a necessity for creating more predictable revenue. Research shows that nearly three-quarters of marketers (74%) already have the resources needed to build successful ABM programs.

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Pipeliner CRM Announces ExFind, the First Database of Experts and Global Consultants Included In a CRM Platform

Customer Think

Database enables users of the platform access to experts across a range of fields, including: sales, marketing, keynote speaking, leadership development and more.

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