Tue.Jan 10, 2023

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Let’s Make Sales Relevant Again

Customer Think

When Dale Carnegie published How to Win Friends and Influence People in 1937 he laid the foundation for sales thinking that continues today: find folks with a need, get into a relationship, and tell them about the features, functions, and benefits of your solution in a way that induces them to buy it. But it’s […].

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Know Your Employment Value Proposition to Attract Top Candidates

The Center for Sales Strategy

When you’re doing it right, recruiting the best candidates for your open salesperson positions can take weeks or even months. That’s not even factoring in the costs of not having someone close new business while the position is vacant, the money lost during onboarding, and the risk of losing the new hire if they or your team determine they’re not the best fit for the job.

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How to maintain attention in online meetings

MDI Training

Read this article to find out how you can get everyone to listen to you in online meetings and what you need to keep in mind in a hybrid setting. How to maintain attention in online meetings. You know it – sometimes you are leading an online meeting and you get the feeling that the participants do not pay enough attention to you. Even if the topics discussed seem exciting to you, it is sometimes simply not possible to keep everyone on the ball.

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Huddle Board Examples to Encourage Collaboration

Kainexus

One of the fundamental principles of continuous improvement is that positive change is the responsibility of every employee. Embracing that idea is far easier than making it a day-to-day reality. One powerful tool for keeping improvement work top-of-mind is the daily huddle. Whether your team works together in person or includes remote workers, daily huddles can help structure the effort to improve and standardize process operations.

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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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Financial Institutions Reject Open Banking at Their Own Peril

Customer Think

Banks Should Embrace the Opportunities Created by Open Banking The growth of FinTechs and our increased reliance on online payment platforms has led to a sharp rise in digital banking services, as more and more customers link their accounts between different providers. This trend, enabled by profound leaps in technology, has established a newly connected […].

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How To: Turn a Suspect Into a Prospect

Brooks Group

View this week's video. Your Team Doesn’t Have a Closing Problem . One of the most common requests we receive at The Brooks Group is for sales negotiation training on closing techniques. Too many sales managers think their team has a closing problem, when in reality, they have a prospecting problem. Most salespeople believe the old adage: if you tell your story to enough people, some of them will buy.

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10 Most Common Questions about Live Chat Tool Answered

Agile CRM

Customer success is key to the growth of any business, especially for those who deeply depend on website sales growth. The need for live chat tool in the current industry is driven by the growing demand for delivering efficient and convenient customer service. It has become inevitable for many businesses in the modern industry. It enables customers to quickly and easily get the information they need without having to wait for long periods of time or having to leave a message and wait for a repre

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The Five Rules Guaranteed to Make You an Effective Leader

Customer Think

What do leadership and rabbits have to do with each other? Usually, not much. However, in the context of leading a team that needs to put the customer at the center of everything they do, I have a story that explains how they are. It turns out that.

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How to close deals faster with the perfect sales proposal using Zoho CRM’s integration with PandaDoc

PandaDoc

Effective sales proposals are data-driven and essential for closing deals faster. Prospects only make purchase decisions after evaluating a sales proposal document ; hence, the proposal should be crafted according to the customer’s requirements in order to provide complete solutions. It has to be the perfect blend of customer data, pain points, and solutions—presented in a simple yet visually compelling manner.

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Looking Back, Looking Forward

Customer Think

The beginning of a new year is what behavioral scientists call a temporal landmark, a time that stands apart from other times and often prompts a desire to make significant changes in our lives. If you doubt the impact of temporal landmarks, just con.

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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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What Lies Ahead for Marketers in 2023

Strategic Communications

As we enter 2023, I can’t help but notice lots of commentary about what we can expect on a variety of fronts, including marketing. As I think about marketing in 2023, a few things spring to mind, maybe because I was doing a lot of reading about them during the last week or so of the year while I was enjoying some downtime. But, I see three key trends for 2023: a continued focus on local marketing, disruption from ChatGPT, and increasingly sophisticated use of data and analytics.

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Short and Long-Term Recruiting Challenges in 2023

Chally

There will be many existing and new recruiting challenges 2023 that recruiters will face. Hiring problems are not new to businesses. Changes in the economy, a decrease in workers, and the demand of candidates for remote work are forcing recruiters to adjust their strategy to adapt in the current job market. What are the recruitment challenges 2023 may bring?

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NICE Delivers New RPA Innovations Leveraging AI To Achieve Complete Performance and Master CXi

Customer Think

New capabilities for NEVA Discover present advanced automation experience.

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Increase Prices: 5 Strategies for Wholesale

QYMATIX

Price increases are a big topic right now. In this article, you will learn about five price increase strategies for wholesale companies. Wholesale is also affected by global crises such as the Ukraine conflict and the Corona pandemic. On top of that, inflation is on the rise. Manufacturers’ and suppliers’ prices are rising. What strategies are available to raise prices in turn?

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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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"How you lead in disruptive times is a topic that nobody really ever teaches you or talks about."

Cranfield Executive Development

Louise Lupton found a different way of looking at things was crucial when undertaking a big restructuring project during COVID.

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Jan 10 – Customer Success Jobs 

SmartKarrot

Role: Customer Success Lead Location: Remote, Canada Organization: Testimonial Hero As a Customer Success Lead, you will be developing and managing value-based relationships with the highest-value accounts with a focus on agreement completion and retention. Delivering quarterly Business Reviews to demonstrate value and ROI to the customer base.

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Company Culture Doesn’t Come from a Monitor: How to Create a Connected Workforce in an Increasingly Virtual World

Planview

How important are in-person connections in an increasingly remote work environment? The short answer is “very,” especially since there are a lot fewer of them. Planview is on a mission to “Build the Future of Connected Work,” – so I spend a lot of time thinking about the human aspects of connection. Not just the team-to-top, cross-functional, idea-to-impact dimensions of Connected Work but the person-to-person, individual connections that make our work more meaningful, insightful, and valuable.

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Streamline call center BPO management with data-driven WFM

Zendesk

If these past few years weren’t already enough of a stress test for customer support teams, they’re now staring down the face of a likely recession. It doesn’t stop there, though. A recent survey from McKinsey & Company. reveals that 61 percent of support leaders are reporting an increase in contact volume—a trend that many expect will continue.

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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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Recession coming? Here’s what happens in a recession and how to grow your business 

Customer Think

I saw an old term—“single point of failure”—used in a new way today. I’ve always thought of it as an engineering term, reminding me of that one Bay Bridge panel that fell down during the Loma Prieta earthquake in the Bay Area, in 1989, an earthquake th.

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Best CRM for Agencies: Improve Client Experience with Insightly

Insightly

Creativity and the quality of your ideas will help your agency attract the right prospects but at the end of the day, how you manage your client relationships will determine the success of your business. A customer relationship management (CRM) system is an essential part of your business as it gives you a single tool to manage clients while centralizing your communication across channels.

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