Wed.Jan 05, 2022

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25 of the best sales books to hone your skills in 2022

Callminer

Even with the aid of technology innovations, being a top-performing sales professional requires skill and finesse. Here are 25 of the best sales books that can help you refine your craft in 2022.

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Drata’s CEO Adam Markowitz on creating a culture of cyber security

Intercom, Inc.

There are enough stories of data breaches and cyber attacks to chill even the savviest security engineer to the core. Cyber attacks have gone up 125% from the previous year, and with companies shifting to partial or fully remote settings, it shows no sign of slowing down. In today’s data-driven SaaS scene, these can affect hundreds of millions of users and cause damage in the billions of dollars, and as compliance frameworks become requirements to do business, businesses are turning to third-par

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Five Lessons On How To Personalize the Customer Experience

Shep Hyken

I love to receive great examples of outstanding customer service. I’m always on the lookout for great stories, whether I personally experience them, or they are sent in by our followers. What I share with you today is a great example of personalized and proactive communication. While I provide the lessons, the example comes from one of our subscribers, Dawn Mushill, who shared a letter that BarkBox wrote to one of its customers.

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12 Predictions for Customer Service Trends in 2022

Help Scout

The new year brings new opportunities to create the customer experiences we all want to deliver. Here are our predictions for customer service trends in 2022.

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The Pragmatic Path to Composability: Creating Efficient Commerce Systems

Speaker: Jason Cottrell and Brian Walker

Brands used to look for a commerce platform that could do everything. But over time, one vendor was no longer enough to meet a brand’s needs, so they added, and added, and added— and now it's essential that these vendors work well together. That’s composable, and it’s important to get it right. Customers and your board expect you to be in new channels and to adapt quickly to market change.

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What are sales leads? (+5 lead generation tips)

Zendesk

Every salesperson is eager to hit their monthly quota—the more sales, the better. But the road to that finish line is reliant on a set of key players: sales leads. Before sales reps can meet their targets, they need a clear understanding of what a sales lead is and how a lead is different from a prospect. They must also be armed with proven lead generation strategies to get people on the path to becoming a customer.

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Making Performance Meaningful

Conversation Agent

“An old fisherman offers a diver some advice. You can go underwater in two ways, he says, taking a bit of coral and tossing it into the sea. Then he cracks a coconut and pours its milk into the water. The coral is still coral but the milk is now sea, he says. Be not like the coral, but like the coconut.”* How are we going to adapt to the depths of thought and action we need to create a new narrative?

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6 Steps to Effective Account Transitions 

ClientSuccess

Account transitions will be inevitable throughout your tenure as a customer success leader. Whether through promotions, turnover, or new hires, new CSMs are bound to leave or join your customer account teams regularly. Unfortunately, these account transitions can be highly disruptive to your customer’s day-to-day engagement with your team. . To minimize the impact of account transitions and ensure things run smoothly for both your customer and your internal team, here is a framework outline to

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Cheaper car and home insurance in 2022?

The Customer Service Blog

Happy New Year! If you are just about to renew your home or car insurance, then this year your premium may be lower (or higher) than you'd been expecting. The prices charged for home and motor insurance are changing this year because of new rules that came into effect on 1st January to protect loyal and vulnerable consumers. These new regulations have been set by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).

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Distribution List vs. Shared Mailbox vs. Shared Inbox: Which Is Best?

Help Scout

There are tons of options you can use when sending emails as a business, but each of them has different value depending on your needs.

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How to Collect Meeting Feedback in Webex?

Zonka Feedback

Over the last two years, many companies and corporate professionals have changed the way of working and shifted towards the culture of remote working. But remote working can only be successful if there is a robust mode of communication between the business teams and with clients. While working remotely, one of the best ways to connect and collaborate is to have online meetings.

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Turn Payments Into Personalization: Unlock the Value of Transaction Data

Speaker: Loreal Lynch, Everett Zufelt, and Michaela Weber

Once upon a time, in the vast realm of online commerce, there lived a humble checkout button overlooked by many. Yet, within its humble click lay the power to transform a mere visitor into a loyal customer. 🧐 💡 Getting checkout right can mark the difference between a successful sale and an abandoned cart, yet many businesses fail to make payments a part of their commerce strategy even when it has a direct impact on revenue.

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11 Best HubSpot Alternatives for Support, CRM, and Marketing

Help Scout

These HubSpot alternatives for customer support, sales, and marketing teams will help you streamline your work and save time and money.

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2022 Forecasts from CX Network's Advisory Board

CX Network

In its November meeting, the CX Network Advisory Board discussed their predictions for the customer experience trends that will become most prevalent in 2022.

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Scenario planning prepares for the unknown

MyCustomer Experience

SThe prospect of the end of the year always brings out the crystal ball for New Year predictions. For all people in business and especially. 5th Jan 2022. By Nicholas Watkis Principal Consultant.

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66 per cent of consumers say companies are ‘still not getting customer service r.

CX Network

New data reveals that brands are struggling to meet customer service demands and expectations.

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Reimagine Your Communications With A Unified Platform

Cut complexity and boost efficiency while empowering your customers with Nextiva's unified communications platform. Nextiva streamlines workflows and centralizes customer interactions, all while simplifying business collaboration, increasing productivity, and reducing employee burnout.

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Your 2022 Customer Experience Plan: Strategies, Videos, & Resources

Experience Investigators

Imagine yourself a year from today. Your company has surpassed its annual goals for customer retention, referrals, and satisfaction. C-level leadership is thrilled, and the customer experience program you helped develop was instrumental to this success. How did this happen? It started with a plan – including immediate foundational steps to take, secondary growth, and longer-term strategies for continued success.

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Top Seven Call Center Software Requirements for the “New Normal”

Hodusoft

Top Seven Call Center Software Requirements for the “New Normal”. COVID-19 had a profound impact on contact centers. Call volumes increased dramatically, staffing levels dipped, and agents had to deal with a sudden and prolonged adjustment to work from home. This blog focuses on delivering quality customer experiences, how call center employees work, the best call center software for small businesses to grow their business, and how digital channels can support the increase in call center volumes

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Top Seven Call Center Software Requirements for the “New Normal”

Hodusoft

COVID-19 had a profound impact on contact centers. Call volumes increased dramatically, staffing levels dipped, and agents had to deal with a sudden and prolonged adjustment to work from home. This blog focuses on delivering quality customer experiences, how call center employees work, the best call center software for small businesses to grow their business, and how digital channels can support the increase in call center volumes.