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Sales outreach is an art and a science. The art is what you bring to the table—your flair for conversation, your work ethic, your dedication. We bring the science—proven tactics, strategies, and methods that really work. In this eBook, we’ll cover: How you should respond to inbound leads Tactics for engaging outbound leads (cold calls, email automation, and gifts) The key to keeping a prospective account alive for the long haul Buckle up!

JUST RELEASED! The Northridge Group’s State of CX 2023 Part II research report reveals that nearly 50% of consumers surveyed had knowingly spoken to a customer service associate working from home—and almost 75% of those respondents felt the associate's location did not impact the service or experience. So why do more than ⅓ of business leaders want contact center associates back in the office?

JUST RELEASED! NEW! Part II of The Northridge Group’s State of CX 2023 report reveals 93% of business leaders surveyed believe their companies make it easy for customers to resolve issues. Only 66% of customers agree. Check out The Northridge Group’s latest CX research report—the 7th annual CX survey of 1,000 customers and 250 business executives—to see additional statistics as well as insights that businesses can use to benchmark their customer service and improve the overall experience!

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This guide is designed to help today’s B2B sales leaders ramp up their effectiveness in any economic environment.

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ABM gets better with age — but unfortunately, marketers don't have the luxury of pouring it into an oak barrel for a couple decades to let it mature. In a recent survey with Demand Gen Report, we found 59% of experienced practitioners (those with ABM programs more than a year old) indicated their ABM programs are meeting or greatly exceeding their expectations, while only 45% of novices (those with ABM programs less than one year old) could say the same.

Want to know where CX is heading in 2023? From the Metaverse and Web3 to how macroeconomic influences are impacting CX, this Trend Report will give you a taste of what is to come in the year ahead and beyond. The Report also features some great tips on what you can do to leverage these trends in your business.

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More than two years into the pandemic, COVID-19 is far from over. Businesses are tasked with beating pre-pandemic numbers, making marketing more essential than ever before. This is your chance to create unprecedented brand awareness, bring in the best leads sales has ever seen, and play an instrumental role in generating new and existing business revenue.

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Learn how capturing buyers’ search behavior in real time can shorten your sales cycle.

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Entering a new demand gen position in a volatile market is nerve-wracking. All eyes are on you to make an impact — fast. That’s where your data comes in. In demand generation, data is essential for knowing who you should target and how. In this eBook, you’ll learn how to identify and target your ideal prospects — when they’re most receptive to hearing your message — using different types of data.

JUST RELEASED! The Northridge Group’s State of Customer Experience 2023 research report reveals a surge in preference for online agent chat versus the phone amongst 18–35-year-olds—the first time online chat has eclipsed phone! At the same time, customer patience is dropping, with 35% of respondents willing to wait only a few minutes before re-contacting a company.

To retain customers, companies need to work on the experience they provide and be available 24/7 through all imaginable communication channels.

When you launch a CX program, there is often an air of exuberance….you deliver some quick wins and feel you are making inroads in providing a better experience for your customers. A year or two down the track, however, it can feel like your program has flat-lined and you find it hard to make continuous (and meaningful) improvements. If your CX program has started to stagnate, check out our latest whitepaper for tips on how to reverse the trend.

Employees across an organization work with buyers at different stages in the customer journey. By gathering their feedback, companies can capture the biggest picture of employee and customer needs. That strategy is precisely what woom bikes, a children's bike company, employs. By focusing on both the employee and customer experience, woom bikes: Bolsters customer experience by acting on employee feedback.

With the recent acceleration of digital transformation, allowing customers to communicate with your organization in the easiest way possible is the starting, and perhaps the most crucial, point in their journey. When customers reach out, they either get in touch using their preferred channel of communication, or – perhaps surprisingly – the channel through which they’ll receive help or feedback from the organization the quickest.

The coronavirus outbreak flipped our world – and customer experience strategies – upside down. Two years later, CX pros are still curious about the impact the pandemic has had on customer expectations and how to modify their CX measurement programs accordingly. Common questions include: Does Net Promoter Score® (NPS) still have the same predictive power?

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Updating and upgrading how you meet customer expectations should be a top priority for any company, and though it might sound like a weighty task, there is an uncomplicated solution: Community. Though we see this as an obvious connector, we realize that not everyone will. So, we have researched what customers truly want in a customer experience, and how community can serve that.

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In Customer Success terms, an engaged customer is one that is immersed in your product. Ideally, they find value and success daily and help other customers to do the same. But how do you encourage engagement? Gamification is a proven solution that can strengthen relationships and loyalty between your Customer Success team and customers. Our eBook explains how, with topics like: What is gamification?

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The benefits of account-based marketing are clear: internal alignment, shorter sales cycles, higher conversion rates. But none of this is possible without the most important element of a successful ABM program: good data. Data is the fuel that powers your ABM engine. Without it, you can’t find and reach your target accounts. Running an ABM program on data you don’t trust means wasted time, resources, and lost revenue.