Think Customers

DECEMBER 14, 2020

This is true as true in sales as is it in sports – probably more so. Timothy Blank, a vice president at TTEC, recently spoke with Customer Strategist Journal Editor-in-Chief Elizabeth Glagowski about the crucial role practice plays in a sales team’s success. True-blue fans can also be a slam dunk when it comes to sales.

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Sales Rewards Programs Sports Reference 52

CSM Magazine

MARCH 7, 2024

Jet Wash Shop is using a workforce management system from BigChange to power the nationwide expansion of its business. Employing a team of nationwide engineers, fitters and customer service staff, the company has a showroom, workshops, spray shop and parts department at their headquarters in Halifax, West Yorkshire.

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Amity

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

With Elizabeth's permission, we are republishing and sharing it with our community. The sales to customer success handoff is one of the most important intersections in the customer journey. Now, let’s get into the details of closing a sale and handing off to your client services or customer success teams.

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LoyaltyPlus

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

Connect, communicate and reward – loyalty should earn more than points. An effective loyalty programme will positively influence the relationship between a service provider and the customer through rewards and incentives – but the days of offering points as the frontline reward are long gone, says LoyaltyPlus.

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LoyaltyPlus

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

Connect, communicate and reward – loyalty should earn more than points. An effective loyalty programme will positively influence the relationship between a service provider and the customer through rewards and incentives – but the days of offering points as the frontline reward are long gone, says LoyaltyPlus.

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Totango

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

With acquisition costs proving too high in today’s constrained environment, many businesses are finally putting greater focus on nurturing existing customer relationships to ensure retention and expansion. Offer self-service functionalities through community and knowledge centers. Analyzing extensive datasets to forecast trends.

Customer Success 91

Customer Success 2023 B2B Customer Relationship Management 91

Clicktools

AUGUST 16, 2017

Technology in the digital transformation has changed every aspect of business—especially how we communicate with customers. The following is a brief overview of the 5 W’s of customer communication, and the tech that makes them all possible. Imagine: there’s officially no such thing as a “lost sale.”

Communication 40

Communication Technology Social Media Customer Journey Mapping 40

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Is customer experience worth it? C-level leaders want to know if customer experience (CX) is worth the investment. Customer-focused employees across marketing, sales, HR, and other departments want to know if new CX initiatives are worth pushing for. This often gets translated into the following business text: SALES!

Customer Experience 261

Customer Experience Net Promoter Score Culture ROI 261

Service Untitled

MARCH 23, 2011

Of course building relationships with new customers are paramount; the hard part is taking the leads and transforming them into customers. One of the best ways to do that is through customer engagement; in other words having a customer relationship management strategy. photo credit: gwydionwilliams.

Customer Relationship Management 48

Customer Relationship Management Customer Relationships Management Social Media 48

Team Support

JANUARY 9, 2024

1980s-1990s: The Dawn of CRM Software The next two decades saw the adoption of computerized systems for customer support. Companies started using customer relationship management (CRM) software to manage customer information and interactions. TeamSupport is here to help our customers stay ahead of the curve.

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Technology Call Center Social Media 2007 59

BirdEye

JULY 5, 2023

Relationship marketing is the strategy of cultivating meaningful relationships with customers to ensure long-term satisfaction and brand loyalty. This strategy uses online and offline communication channels for your business to build stronger relationships with your customer base.

Marketing 98

Marketing Social Media Loyalty Programs Customer Retention 98

Kustomer

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Sometimes it seems like the most convenient way to communicate with customers is in constant flux. As our recent report on the future of customer service details, more instantaneous channels are regularly preferred by younger consumers — specifically text messaging. Getting Ahead of the Unhappy Customer.

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Customer Service Customers Communication Customer Relationship Management 97

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

While with traditional enterprise sales the customer is paying for a one-off purchase that may or may not go hand-in-hand with an annual service fee, SaaS companies are constantly having to cultivate the customer relationship if they are to stay in business. Success means moving the relationship beyond the sale.

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Experience Investigators by 360Connext

APRIL 23, 2024

CEM involves strategic planning and execution that help an organization track, oversee, and organize interaction between a customer and the organization throughout the customer lifecycle. (Is Is this the same as Customer Relationship Management, or CRM? This is where some business acumen can help.

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ROI CEM Net Promoter Score Customer Experience 143

Magellan Solutions

DECEMBER 12, 2023

What if there was a better way to communicate with the seller? On average, 51% of companies use at least eight channels to interact with customers, including emails, social media, websites, phones, live chat, and in-store. It increases customer experience by promoting quick problem-solving that may later improve customer loyalty.

Customer Experience 52

Customer Experience Social Media Omnichannel Customer Relationship Management 52

Magellan Solutions

JULY 13, 2023

Lead generation is a crucial aspect of sales and marketing. All these allow you to entice your customers to choose your business over your competitors. All these allow you to entice your customers to choose your business over your competitors. This will enable you to turn them into paying customers.

Social Media 98

Social Media Sales Marketing Customer Relationship Management 98

CSM Magazine

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Start by understanding every interaction your business has with the customer at every point of their customer journey. Aligning workflows with CX helps businesses build better relationships with customers and in turn increase sales and revenue. Product Management. Quality data is power. About the Author.

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Customer Journey Customer Centricity Multi-Channel Customer Relationship Management 52

Magellan Solutions

OCTOBER 26, 2023

The company ensures that there will be effective communication with clients. The company’s technology ensures efficient customer support, increasing satisfaction and loyalty. Inbound Sales Magellan Solutions can help organizations increase their income and sales.

Call Center 52

Call Center Customer Satisfaction 2013 Loyalty 52

Totango

AUGUST 16, 2022

Customer retention software is an app that promotes SaaS subscription renewals and reduces churn rates. For instance, a customer relationship management (CRM) app may be used to segment customers at risk of churn and reach out to them, serving as a CRM customer retention tool.

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Customer Retention Customer Success Customer Relationship Management Loyalty 98

ShepHyken

JANUARY 28, 2022

This week we feature an article by Joy Gomez, founder of Field Promax , a company that helps organizations streamline and standardize their workflow, manage teams, communicate with customers, process work orders digitally, and grow their business. CRM is the abbreviation for customer relationship management.

Customer Relationships 70

Customer Relationships Customer Relationship Management Sales Communication 70

Kustomer

JUNE 6, 2023

From effective communication, to time management and conflict resolution — building these essential skills throughout your firm will have a huge impact on overall performance and customer satisfaction. Keep in mind that employees must feel empowered to prioritize customer needs, which starts at the top.

Financial 98

Financial Customer Service Banking Customer Satisfaction 98

ShepHyken

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

The people over at Deputy compiled a list of customer service training tips and ideas that will help your company build brand advocacy: Communication is key. If you are not a great communicator, you will probably not go far in customer service. Show respect – Don’t multitask while communicating.

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Customer Service Training Brands Blog Customer Service 153

CSM Magazine

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Freshdesk (customer helpdesk software). Freshdesk is one of the best customer experience tools for IT companies. It is a help desk software for post-sales support and allows your customers to submit their complaints and feedback, which you and your team can address at any time. Zendesk (customer support software).

Customer Experience 52

Customer Experience Multi-Channel Social Media CEM 52

CustomerSuccessBox

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

If the businesses focus on giving an excellent customer experience , it surely leads to the profits they desire. And it calls for customer success software which is a higher version of customer relationship management software – CRM, that is curated to gauge specific goals of driving success, and especially to cater to SaaS businesses.

Customer Success 52

Customer Success Management Customer Relationship Management Customer Relationships 52

BirdEye

MARCH 24, 2023

Table of contents Business development defined Differences between business development and sales Business development versus sales development Differences between business development and marketing What does a business development manager do? A marketing manager is often involved in developing a marketing plan.

2023 98

2023 Return on Investment Social Media Sales 98

CSM Magazine

OCTOBER 25, 2023

A staff member equipped with comprehensive product knowledge can address customer queries efficiently, recommend products tailored to individual needs, and even upsell or cross-sell effectively. When confronted with such poor customer communication it can be difficult to know whether to laugh or cry.

Exceptional Customer Service 52

Exceptional Customer Service Retail Customer Service Social Media 52

Magellan Solutions

JANUARY 22, 2024

BPO encompasses back-office tasks like HR and accounting that don’t interface with customers and front-office tasks like sales, telemarketing, and customer support. Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Outsourcing CRM outsourcing delegates customer-facing tasks like sales, telemarketing, and support to vendors.

Technology 52

Technology 2022 Communication Customer Relationship Management 52

CSM Magazine

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

.” EB Gas has now armed all field staff with a mix of mobile phones and tablets in order to access the BigChange job management system, which incorporates a mobile workforce app , customer relationship management (CRM), job scheduling , live tracking , financial management and business intelligence tools, in one system.

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SurveyGizmo

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Many Customer Experience (CX) teams lack the data integration of their Sales and Marketing counterparts. Sales departments tend to operate using a customer relationship management (CRM) tool like Salesforce (SFDC) and, by 2022, have likely already integrated with other data sets like Jira or Salesloft.

Net Promoter Score 98

Net Promoter Score NPS 2022 Social Media 98

Totango

OCTOBER 20, 2022

In some companies, customer success managers may play an active role in the sales process, helping sales representatives elicit customer goals and persuade buyers of product benefits. At other companies, CS managers may be assigned to follow up on sales during the customer onboarding phase.

Customer Success 90

Customer Success Management Social Media Sales 90

CSM Magazine

DECEMBER 15, 2022

The BigChange job management platform, which incorporates customer relationship management (CRM), job scheduling , live tracking , resource management, job finance and business intelligence , has become the core system used by Chicago Glass. “The BigChange system saves us a lot of time with paperwork.

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CSM Magazine

APRIL 16, 2021

CRM stands for Customer Relationship Management. CRM software provides users with access to a range of technologies that track and report metrics related to customer interactions, sales, productivity, and much more. CRM technologies include digital communication templates. Instantly Connect with Groups.

Social Media 52

Social Media Customer Relationship Management Document Consumers 52

Kustomer

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

In the span of two decades, social media has gone from being an afterthought to being an integral component of pretty much all modern marketing and support strategies, as well as sales funnels. Read on to discover what social customer relationship management is and how to apply it in your business. What Is Social Data?

Customer Relationship Management 98

Customer Relationship Management Customer Relationships Social Media Management 98

Totango

JULY 19, 2022

And since relationships are truly built after the sale is closed, your CRM will no longer be able to meet your needs as you continue to nurture and grow your customer base. . Gain critical insights into the health of each customer’s account, making it easier to prevent churn or seize opportunities. Yeah, we said it.

Customer Relationships 89

Customer Relationships Customer Success Events Customer Relationship Management 89

Oracle

JANUARY 24, 2018

Customer Relationship Management, or CRM software, has come a long way since its beginnings in the 70s and 80s. It continues to evolve to incorporate new technology, features, and innovations to help organizations build and nurture personalized customer relationships.

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2018 Customer Relationship Management Innovation Customer Relationships 111

CSM Magazine

JANUARY 10, 2023

BigChange is the complete Job Management Platform that’s helping field service businesses across the UK to win more work, take control of their operations and deliver winning customer experiences.

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2018 2013 Customer Relationship Management 2020 52

Kustomer

JUNE 1, 2023

By collecting, analyzing, and putting the copious amount of customer data that is available to good use, you can create customized experiences for your clients. That’s where a modern customer relationship management (CRM) system like Kustomer comes into play. So how do you get this data and where do you keep it?

Customer Service 78

Customer Service Customer Service Strategies Hotels Social Media 78