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The One Thing the Best Customer Experience Companies Do Differently

Sales and Marketing Management

Author: John DiJulius The vast majority of business leaders will agree that customer service is critical to their success. However, most haven’t done what it takes to be a world-class customer service organization. . That asset is the customer. . . Why Employees Often Lack Customer Empathy .

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How To Boost Client Retention – Without Customer Service or Account Reps

Sales and Marketing Management

What’s more, a Bain & Company study found that increasing customer retention rates by a mere 5% boosts profits by 25% to 95%. The fact is retaining best customers remains a challenge for sales and marketing professionals, leading to wasted time and money. Put your whole team in a customer-facing role. What to do?

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Taking Customer Service from Cost Center to Profit Center

Sales and Marketing Management

When I speak with a client’s truly loyal customers, I find they are completely confident that every time they deal with our client they will have a great experience, and—in those rare cases when they do not—they have absolutely no doubt the company will take whatever steps are necessary to immediately rectify the situation.

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What are customer service skills?

MTD Sales Training

When you hear the term ‘customer service’, what connotations spring up? Or that company who never stops cold-calling you? Whatever you think customer service is, it often needs to be revisited in order to be kept front-of-mind. This means we have to see service as the baseline for what we are offering customers.

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In the Race to Win More Customers, Sales Needs Digital Transformation

Salesforce users were surveyed about the forces shaping today's workplace. Discover the results and why investments in digital transformation and automation are pushing sales teams ahead.

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Are Chatbots Finally Ready to Revolutionize Customer Service? (video)

Pipeliner

Titus, who runs various business ventures, including a nonprofit called Homes for Promise, shared his insights on the evolution of chatbots and artificial intelligence (AI) in customer service and sales. Many companies struggle with maintaining clean and organized data, essential for AI to function effectively.

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The Crucial Step Missing from Most Sales Training Programs

Understanding the Sales Force

Most companies don't understand that crappy customer service is really a sales issue. When a company's customer service is thoughtful, helpful, kind and thorough, that great customer service actually serves the sales organization.

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4 Steps to Developing Your Customer Care Strategy

The quality of a customer care strategy can make or break a company. Simply resolving a customer service issue or complaint is no longer enough— in a competitive, customer-obsessed environment, there is always room for improvement.

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7 Must-Have Automated Documents for Sales Success

Companies are increasingly implementing technology to bring efficiency to their workforce. Data accessibility aside, teams continuously struggle with manual processes for document generation. Learn why automating your documents is key to sales success.