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Sales skills every salesperson should master

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You probably caught yourself thinking that star sales performers were born to do it. Because the best ones in sale have practiced their skills for years until they mastered them. Todd identified the sales skills in four different areas : personal, relational, professional and return on investment. I’m not surprised.

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Guest Blog: How Should You Grow and Sustain Your Customer Lifetime Value?

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This week we feature an article by Lukas Sitar who writes about growing and sustaining customer lifetime value for the entire customer cycle. While many marketers look at metrics like conversion rates, net profit per sale, average value of a lead, and average customer order, they often overlook their customer lifetime value.

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The User Adoption Metrics That Matter for Your Customer Success Team

Totango

It’s the point when the promises of the sale and the lessons from the onboarding process are leveraged into everyday value. The adoption phase is your opportunity to nurture your customer relationship and establish a recurring revenue cycle driven by a commitment to customer growth. Here’s the breakdown: Onboarding.

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Customer Success and Upsells: How to Make the Most of Opportunities

Totango

Rather, they are a function of the customer experience. To create happy customers, you have to shift your focus from the sales event and toward the ongoing nurturing of existing customers. Continually monitor customer health. Proactively engage customers with personalized campaigns. Upsells Happen Every Day.

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The Rise of the Customer Insight Business

CSM Magazine

From the features you would like on a new toaster, to what makes you watch a new movie or box set, to what to call your Christmas Sandwich – customers are massively powerful brand touchstones. What used to be perceived as customer survey spam can now be really engaging and help brands to grow relationships. Possibly not.

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The Best Customer-Centric Uses of Data

Totango

You need customer data to track progress toward goals, deliver on promises, and continually upgrade your product. Doing so will help you raise satisfaction rates and cultivate lifetime customers. Customer-centric uses of data help ensure every employee knows their role and what information to gather.

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6 Customer Onboarding Strategies Your Success Team Must Implement

Totango

Offer plenty of accessible support in case customers have questions. It’s the honeymoon period, and depending on how well it goes, you just might sow the seeds for lasting customer relationships. Best of all, a good onboarding strategy lowers the likelihood that new customers will churn.