Shep Hyken

DECEMBER 9, 2022

And more importantly, how can you ensure that it’s not costing you sales? We explore these questions and offer some tips on how to improve your customer journey. . What do customers expect from contact centers? . But what exactly do customers expect from your contact center? The takeaway?

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Zendesk

JUNE 30, 2022

The key to customer retention and lifetime value is after-sales service. In this guide, we’ll explain what after-sales service entails and reveal 10 core activities that can improve your after-sales statistics. What is after-sales service? Why is post-sale service important? Increase customer retention.

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Win the Customer

JANUARY 15, 2016

Meeting customer expectations is incredibly important for any business that wants to be successful today. It takes careful management and a number of strategies to keep customers satisfied. Unsatisfied customers could potentially harm your business by giving bad reviews or simply stop making purchases.

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Zendesk

AUGUST 1, 2022

While every industry, company, and team has been disrupted in some way, no other aspect of the business world has been more affected by disruption than sales teams. Whether it’s growing customer expectations, labor shortages, digital transformations, or market uncertainty, sales professionals are facing more pressure than ever.

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Allen Speaks

AUGUST 19, 2019

Meet & Exceed Customer Expectations 2. Engage Employees Who Will Engage Customers 3. Build & Protect Customer Relationships Proactively Step 1: Meet & Exceed Customer Expectations In order to meet customer expectations, the first common sense service step is to KNOW your customers' expectations !

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SugarCRM

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Welcome to the second part of our four-part series, Mastering Sales ROI in Manufacturing: A SugarCRM Guide. In this second part, we dive into the Art and Science Behind Sales Forecasting. In this part, we will investigate how to approach sales forecasting and which tools will become your most extensive aid.

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Hodusoft

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

Boost Your Sales with Telemarketing Software In today’s digitally connected world a whopping 92% of customer communications still happen through business phones. The quality of your customer service relies on how effective your telemarketing efforts are. It helps agents to maximize their potential in the least amount of time.

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Zendesk

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Zendesk found that 90 percent of business leaders acknowledged their organizations have to do more to support conversational customer experiences. Conversational CRM was born from growing customer expectations and the dominance of digital communication over the past decade. Why should your sales team care?

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SugarCRM

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Having the Right CRM A robust CRM platform serves as the central hub for managing and analyzing customer interactions, providing valuable insights that empower organizations to understand their customers better. Andres stated, “We also have a big Business Intelligence (BI) department.

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Lightico

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

What happens when you take dramatically changing customer expectations spurred by emerging Insurtech challengers, major factors reshaping the Life and Annuity (L&A) market , and add the impact of the coronavirus pandemic? Are insurer’s current L&A sales and claims passing or failing these moments of truth with their customers?

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SugarCRM

JULY 29, 2021

Your sales team sells your products and sets expectations for customers. Your service team needs to deliver on those promises and maintain the level of value your customers expect. The top 5 challenges preventing companies from aligning their sales and service teams, and how Sell and Serve address them.

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Beyond Philosophy

MAY 3, 2024

Understanding what information customers readily recall helps shape perceptions. Recognizing customer expectations can guide your design approach. In this episode, you will also learn: The significance of first impressions and their impact on customer anchors.

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Qmatic

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Fail to deliver on customer expectations, and you can pay the price with your bottom line. That’s because 80% of customers that have more than one bad experience say they would rather do business with a competitor. Winning the battle for more foot traffic starts with delivering frictionless omnichannel retail experiences.

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Totango

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

As you can see from the customer’s perspective, the attention you offer after a sale is completed is just as important as the attention you show during the sales process. This makes the sales to customer success handoff a critical moment that can determine whether or not you retain a customer.

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Intercom, Inc.

MARCH 28, 2022

Third, the lines between sales, marketing, product, and support are blurring. When a customer reaches out with a question while they’re on a free trial, is that a support issue or a sales issue? But although customers expect to receive excellent service from companies, the gap between their expectations and reality is stark.

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Uniphore

DECEMBER 13, 2021

From streamlining and simplifying self-service to augmenting live agent interactions, these tools help optimize every conversation, delivering measurably better outcomes, including: Higher customer satisfaction (CSAT) and net promoter scores (NPS). Stronger sales conversions, with optimized upselling and cross-selling opportunities.

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Retail Net Promoter Score Customer Experience NPS 262

Customer Think

APRIL 26, 2024

When it comes to do less with more in customer service, the answer is AI. For a sales professional, its always hectic. The budget is in flux and customers expecting more. This article will set you up to success with the right knowledge of conversational and generative AI in the system. To cope up with […]

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Intercom, Inc.

JULY 28, 2022

And for Intercom’s VP of Sales EMEA, Sanj Bhayro , scaling is just what you need to invest in to ensure growth becomes as constant and linear as it can be. Sanj has plenty of experience scaling sales teams at growing businesses, and that’s precisely why, as of November of last year, he‘s overseeing EMEA sales at Intercom.

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Shep Hyken

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

She writes about what customers expect from companies in 2021 and what they actually get. Consumers today expect speedier access to services than ever before. Estimations show that about 78% of consumers on a transaction did not choose to make an intended sale. . Reality: Customer Service generally feels like sales. .

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CX Accelerator

AUGUST 19, 2019

what’s required is something that will break down the walls of the CX department allowing everyone in the business to see how the organisation is performing relative to customer expectations and its targets. And this is both as a whole, as well as within specific departments responsible for different parts of the customer journey.

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SugarCRM

MAY 24, 2022

One of sales’ biggest complaints about marketing is that it claims it’s responsible for “driving sales.” Marketing activities fuel sales opportunities—and when they’re not in sync, neither one thrives. To ensure total alignment, marketing teams must start with a strategy that accounts for and visibly supports sales goals.

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Customer Think

OCTOBER 18, 2023

The introduction of collaborative strategies is not only a response to changing customer expectations but also a strategic imperative. By aligning the efforts of marketing, sales, customer service, and product development, organizations can provide a consistent customer experience.

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Shep Hyken

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Utilizing Customer Experience as a Sales Tool. Shep Hyken interviews Paul Reilly, a professional speaker, sales trainer, and author of Selling Through Tough Times. They discuss how brands can provide value to their customers during uncertain times. ” “It pays to be there for your customers.

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C3Centricity

MAY 12, 2024

A study by American Express found that 70% of consumers are willing to spend more with companies they believe provide excellent customer service. Nordstrom sets a high standard in this regard, famously accepting the return of car tyres they never sold to satisfy customer expectations and demonstrate their commitment to service.

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SugarCRM

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

As a large, global distributor of B2C goods focused on making the lives of outdoor enthusiasts easier, it’s no surprise that the company has experienced exponential growth on several fronts—especially within its sales organization. Positive results have allowed Backcountry to keep up with its increasing customer interest.

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Fonolo

OCTOBER 7, 2021

That’s where your contact center needs to deliver — if your contact center experience falls short, you leave yourself open to negative reviews and poor service reputation, which can seriously hurt your sales. Quality customer service is essential for customer loyalty and satisfaction. High customer expectations.

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1 to 1

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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Ameyo Callversations

MARCH 31, 2022

Statistically, 86% of the customers prefer to pay more for an improved customer experience. Therefore, not having a strategy to fulfill your customers’ expectations might deter growing your business. Simply put, the impression that you create of your brand to your customer is defined as customer experience.

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Uniphore

DECEMBER 7, 2021

According to Deloitte , retailers can expect sales to increase by 7-9% — a very merry holiday, indeed.?However, Customers may still flock to big online retailers and avoid brick-and-mortar establishments. noted higher online sales ?that Store B is actively facilitating the kind of holiday shopping customers expect.

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ECXO

APRIL 18, 2024

He even ended up helping them debug it himself, staying up all night, fueled by his love for his customers and copious amounts of coffee. Another time, he had to mediate between a frustrated customer and an indifferent sales representative who had sold the customer a product that didn’t meet their needs.

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SurveySensum

OCTOBER 3, 2023

And for that, we have provided 20+ automotive customer satisfaction survey questions that you can ask in the next survey. QVOC Sales Survey QVOC Service Survey (After Sales Satisfaction) Conclusion 20+ Automotive Customer Satisfaction Survey Questions 1. Customer Profile What is your age? What is your income?

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Beyond Philosophy

JULY 25, 2020

You can also see it in business situations, like when a sales manager criticizes a sales representative for missing quota, which may or may not be within the sales representatives’ control. The Illusion of Control manifests in several different ways for a Customer Experience.

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Fonolo

DECEMBER 6, 2022

When you develop your contact center, you create opportunities for more sales, customer satisfaction, and workplace efficiency. . Enhancing customer satisfaction and sales . Are your sales dropping? Still, your call center software can do a lot more for sales than you think. . Agent development KPIs .

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Fonolo

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Knowing exactly what your customers want and don’t want will help you to maximize your call center’s customer care, leading to growth and revenue opportunities for your business. In fact, customer service is now seen as one of the main growth drivers for businesses, alongside sales and marketing. DID YOU KNOW?

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Shep Hyken

JULY 12, 2022

Empowering Your Team to Deliver a Great Customer Experience. Shep Hyken interviews Julius Robinson, Chief Sales & Marketing Officer at Marriott International. He shares what organizations can learn about customer service from the hospitality industry and how to equip employees to meet and exceed customer expectations.

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Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 7, 2020

If it wasn’t for those pesky customers with problems, profits would be through the roof, right? There is no escaping the fact that supporting your customers costs money. It’s a simple fact that larger, more valuable customers will churn less. Support can increase LTV if it preserves the customer relationship.

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TeamSupport

APRIL 17, 2024

In the digital age, where customer expectations are higher than ever, providing exceptional customer support is not just an option; it's a necessity. As businesses scramble to keep up with growing demands, the right customer support solution becomes a pivotal asset.

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