Babette Ten Haken

DECEMBER 3, 2018

When we sell to them, design for them, implement solutions or engage in customer service activities. Initially, we are excited to do business with these clients, even if they already are existing customers. Hire me to speak at your next event or conduct a workshop for you. Then, take the next steps. Subscribe to my blog.

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Lessonly

MARCH 18, 2020

Here’s the deal: If you’re contacting customer support, things probably aren’t going your way. Case in point, do any of these situations resonate with your customer service experiences? These types of customer service experiences are all common. Customer service can be so much better.

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Babette Ten Haken

MARCH 27, 2019

Then, these technical and engineering stakeholders update, upgrade and maintain software infrastructure and intelligent machine interfaces. In my Storytelling for STEM Professionals and Left Brain Thinkers workshops, we break down communication barriers between functional silos. Do you know who they are?

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Ideal Customer Profile SME Education Margin 18

Highspot

JANUARY 19, 2022

Here are a few you might recognize: B2B or business-to-business sales : Designed for B2B-style businesses that target their sales pitch toward key business decision makers (typically C-suite level leadership or managers) who are responsible for purchasing products, services, and software for their company. The Brooks Group. Challenger.

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Lessonly

JUNE 29, 2020

Customer service is a big deal—perhaps the biggest deal, when it comes to client retention. So it’s no surprise that we see the best customer service training programs from organizations that put their employees first. Ergo, customer service training software is your new best friend.

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Babette Ten Haken

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

” Consider that in today’s digitally-connected workplace, machines and software interfaces collaborate seamlessly across organizational borders. Otherwise, no matter how well marketing and sales efforts attempt to convince clients otherwise, your organization “looks” like everyone else’s. That model is so, well, “yesterday.”

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Babette Ten Haken

OCTOBER 11, 2018

These strategies are part of my professional development workshops. Also, when it comes to systems and rules, are we talking about the mix of workplace machines, software and people? Here are 3 strategies to keep us on track, while we give ourselves permission to wander off that beaten path. Become relentlessly curious.

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Strategy Journal SME Ideal Customer Profile 78

Hubspot Sales

APRIL 13, 2022

Form an SLA with the service team. Remember the customer flywheel we mentioned earlier? One third of it includes your customer service team. The handoff of a customer's account from the sales team to the service team can reveal a lot about the customer culture of your business.

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SBI

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

TimeTrade @TimeTrade TimeTrade’s Intelligent Appointment Scheduling helps optimize engagement across sales, marketing and customer service & support. TimeTrade can be integrated into almost any channel, allowing prospects and customers to make meetings and appointments at the peak of their interest. Booth 1728.

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Babette Ten Haken

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

or #Industry40) business environment includes processes, software interfaces, equipment and machinery and people. In my work with clients who are wrestling with digital transformation for business growth, the machinery and software collaborate far better than their human co-workers. Seamlessly. Interoperably. Contact me.

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Ideal Customer Profile Face-to-face SME Hiring 73

Leading Results Rambings

OCTOBER 15, 2013

I do a lot of work with a mid-sized software company, and their marketing director is always commenting about how hard it is to get the sales team to give her good customers to talk to for reference stories and quotes. So what to do? And the list goes on.

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Ideal Customer Profile Lead Rank Lead Scoring Lead Generation 68

Babette Ten Haken

AUGUST 16, 2018

Software engineers? My Defining Voice keynote expands into workshops and coaching programs focused on professional innovation. Engage me to speak or conduct an interactive workshop at your next corporate or association event. Hey, engineers are defined by The Big Bang Theory® entertainment program, aren’t they? Are we kidding?

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Engineering Automotive SME Retention 55

Allbound

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

As AppDirect co-CEO Daniel Saks points out , “80% of on-premise software vendors operate a channel program to enable other companies to sell their products, while only 20% of SaaS vendors operate similar programs.” Every software company is different, and likewise, every partner program is different. 3 Types of SaaS Partner Programs.

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Babette Ten Haken

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

When you implement out-of-the-box software solutions to serve specific needs, are you limiting your focus? Acquiring and retaining customers is not a game, although executing strategy often is frustrating. Hire me to speak or conduct a workshop at your next corporate or association event. What are your next steps? Contact me.

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Ideal Customer Profile Retention Strategy SME 221

Babette Ten Haken

AUGUST 30, 2018

In fact, we can be passed along to multiple folks responsible for handling complex service calls. Then, all of these service tickets “magically” combine into one order. Clearly, a well-trained customer success and service wizard and well-integrated software interface are waving their magic wands in the background.

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Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 29, 2017

Mark Hunter, also known as The Sales Hunter, is the author of "High Profit Selling" and an in-demand speaker and workshop facilitator. An expert in both sales, sales management, and proactive customer service, Pancero focuses exclusively on B2B selling where products are relatively high-priced and complicated to sell.

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Channels Video Training Hiring 112

Vengreso

JULY 26, 2024

Provide Excellent Customer Service Providing outstanding customer service is a powerful way to differentiate your brand from others and nurture customer loyalty. Engaging in workshops and taking advantage of online learning opportunities are efficient means to refine their abilities and elevate sales performance.

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Nutshell

JULY 5, 2019

You need to be: Keeping up communication with your current customers Giving your customers excellent customer service and support Have a great service/product (duh!). Her workshop is located at kimberleemeier.com. Finding out these metrics early on makes it easier to fix them.

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SugarCRM

APRIL 19, 2022

Not every customer service inquiry requires a call with a live representative. Consumers seek a customer self-service portal to answer the standard questions that keep their use of your products and services running smoothly. What is Customer Self-Service? Choose their preferred method of service.

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Lessonly

JANUARY 24, 2020

On Customer Service Teams. The life of a customer service rep, every day, every ticket is something new. There is a new customer service policy manual, a new product, a new glitch in the system, a new way for customers to get in touch, and the list goes on and on. I Know Because I’ve Been There.

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Lessonly

MARCH 16, 2020

How does sales training software simplify your long-term training efforts? There are many types of sales training methods out there, but this is where sales training software comes into play. Simplify Training with Lessonly’s Sales Training Software. Intentional training methods. You won’t be disappointed.

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Babette Ten Haken

APRIL 30, 2020

After all, there’s nothing like a global pandemic to catalyze that overdue alignment of Third Industrial Revolution business and hiring models with the dynamic, interconnected software and hardware systems of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Because, let’s face it, we are going forward to work, not backward.

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Lessonly

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

She is passionate about the ways to improve customer experience and boost B2B marketing. Frontline customer service and sales teams see better employee performance, satisfaction, and retention when employees have genuine, convenient opportunities to develop their skills. Do Better Work with Lessonly’s Mobile Training Software.

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Customer Centric Selling

APRIL 8, 2015

Sharing best practices in software development. While more challenging to sellers, getting executives in sales, marketing customer retention, customer service, etc. Sign-up NOW for the next open workshop coming May 5-8 in Boston. They were calling on IT with a focus on: Increasing developer productivity.

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Sales Hacker Training

APRIL 30, 2018

In its early years, sales enablement either emerged as a subset of the broader field of Sales Operations or as a function performed singularly or collectively by other business units (sales, marketing, customer service, etc.) Optimize sales pitches using sophisticated data analytics software. 3) Tools and technology enhancement.

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Babette Ten Haken

OCTOBER 24, 2018

Hire me to speak or conduct a workshop at your next corporate or association event. Learn how to discover the most compelling – and relevant – client stories! Move one millimeter beyond what is comfortable, towards what is Possible. Contact me. Let’s create a One Millimeter Mindset program that fits your needs.

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Ideal Customer Profile SME Hiring Call-back 74

Babette Ten Haken

OCTOBER 25, 2018

I will be honored to customize my keynotes and workshops to your next event theme. Take the next steps here: Hire me to speak or conduct a workshop at your next corporate or association event. Contact me. Let’s create a One Millimeter Mindset program that fits your needs. Subscribe to my blog.

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Babette Ten Haken

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

That is where our value to our customers resides. To learn more about my programs on collaborative customer retention, contact me Today. Hire me to speak or conduct a workshop at your next corporate or association event. Who are your “someones”? Subscribe to my blog. Share your email address in the red box in the right column.

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Ideal Customer Profile Customer Retention SME 64

Mindtickle

JULY 2, 2024

When a start-up excitingly experiences enough growth to consider a solution for onboarding and compliance, a learning management software ticks the boxes of automating employee training and information delivery. For example, suppose someone has just joined the customer service team. It takes change.

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System Ideal Customer Profile Negotiation Scale 52

Act!

APRIL 22, 2024

A CRM platform can also help you track changes in the behavior of existing customers and prospects. You can use detailed customer profiles available on Act! to monitor their purchase history and recent customer service interactions. It’ll help you identify trends in their preferences and sentiments.

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Act!

APRIL 22, 2024

A CRM platform can also help you track changes in the behavior of existing customers and prospects. You can use detailed customer profiles available on Act! to monitor their purchase history and recent customer service interactions. It’ll help you identify trends in their preferences and sentiments.

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Small Business Small Business ACT Face-to-face 52

Showpad

JANUARY 5, 2021

To most effectively cover the bases of training, onboarding and coaching, a platform should include relevant content such as interactive presentations, virtual pitch workshops, infographics, quizzes and more. Documentation and data reporting. Data is foundational to sales in a number of ways.

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Contact Monkey

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

There are common myths and misconceptions about getting started with Salesforce that can stop these small companies from implementing the very software that could be instrumental in helping them become a big, successful one. But it’s expanded dramatically to include everything from sales to marketing and customer support.

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PandaDoc

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Sales enablement software remains vital for managing sales activities efficiently. AI tools complement such software through data-driven insights. Online B2B platforms employing sales enablement software can score leads not just based on interaction metrics like page views or downloads. They also used Wonderway.io

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Close.io

JUNE 24, 2019

Other great tools and software to use. The conversion rate average for lead generation in the software industry is just 5-10%. Want more advice on selling software? Grab a free copy of our book on customer acquisition for B2B software companies! CRM software can help, but strong time management skills are a must.

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Outsourcing Services Lead Rank Hiring Sales Qualified Lead 91

Gong.io

JULY 18, 2022

That lack of understanding can damage customer relationships, as clients will feel like they were promised something you didn’t deliver. Do customers need extra levels of support? But if you’re deploying software at an enterprise scale, you’ll need extra support to ensure a smooth transition. This is just one example.

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Solutions Selling Ideal Customer Profile Outsourcing Services Sales Methodology 62

Sales Evangelist

FEBRUARY 16, 2020

Stephen enhances marketing and communications for a global software firm by coaching individuals and businesses to improve their own brand. Let’s discuss how strategic decisions about your online presence can make a bigger impact. Stephen Hart is the host of the Trailblazers.fm podcast and is also a digital brand strategist.

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