Sun.Dec 04, 2022

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How to Improve Your B2B Sales Prospecting With Data

Customer Think

Business-to-business (B2B) sales prospecting is a process that requires a lot of time, effort, and energy. You are constantly trying to find new leads and reach out to them in the hopes of converting them into customers. And even when you do manage to get in touch with a potential customer, there is no guarantee […].

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Why customer culture has replaced technology as the holy grail

Steven Van Belleghem

It’s Amara’s law. In cases like these, I always have to think about Roy Charles Amara who was the president of the Institute for the Future and who coined Amara’s law on the effect of technology in 2006: “We tend to overestimate the effect of a technology in the short run and underestimate the effect in the long run”. This effect is perhaps not exactly new, but it does clearly explain why hitting that 90% rate happens pretty fast (well, you know, considering…), while it takes a very

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5 Ways to Write More Successful Emails This Holiday Season

Customer Think

Photo by Christian Velitchkov on Unsplash Companies around the world strengthen their email marketing during the holidays. Not only is there amplified potential but also, it’s the most competitive season. According to data published by the NFIB, one-third of small businesses report that the fourth quarter is their most profitable. Some approaches are obvious, like […].

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Fireproof Strategies To Lead Teams And Thrive Through Disruption

Doing CX Right

Battalion Chief, David Hollenback, shares fireproof strategies to lead through challenging situations, overcome limiting beliefs, create a plan for the future & leave an intentional legacy. The post Fireproof Strategies To Lead Teams And Thrive Through Disruption appeared first on Doing CX Right.

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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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How are consumers reacting to inflation?

Customer Think

Consumer behavior saw major shifts in 2020 and 2021, and it’s no secret that this year has brought on more changes. While the COVID-19 pandemic fueled much of the initial upheaval, more recently, labor and supply shortages, geopolitical tensions, stock market volatility and inflation have grown to be dominant forces. Inflation has been the leading […].

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Can You “Connect The Dots” With Your Customer?

Customer Think

Every function, every job in an organization is somehow connected with their organization’s strategies, goals, and objectives. Every organization has goals—revenue, earnings, growth, market penetration, geographic penetration, product/offering growth, how they are perceived by customers, how they are perceived in their communities, expansion, competitive positioning, and on and on.

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Value Centers

Customer Think

I recently wrote about Customer Relevance. One way to make any department or stakeholder relevant is to convert it into a value center. Value Centers are what were traditionally thought of as cost centers. Later we tried to make these profit centers. They really need to be value centers. For example: Service was considered a cost center. Some companies have tried to convert these into profit centers.

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How to Move Customers from Frustration to Satisfaction

Customer Think

It’s more severe than you probably think. The 2020 National Customer Rage Survey found that, when complaining, 58 percent of customers got no or limited satisfaction. It doesn’t take much to imagine that those 58 percent leave the company or will the next time anything like this happens. Even worse, those 58 percent likely left […].

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How To Marie Kondo Your Stores: A Retailer’s Guide

Customer Think

“Thank you, piles of ‘90s-era sweaters that didn’t sell. But we must send you away now, at 70% off.” OK, maybe talking to millions of dollars in overstocks before unloading them won’t make a retailer’s stores more orderly. But it could help right-size the thinking that goes behind ordering them in the first place.

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The Future of work: marketers must learn to wield the data, connect the systems and personalize

Customer Think

As we move into the future of work, marketers must learn to wield data more effectively to connect the dots between various systems and create truly personalized customer experiences. This is where a customer data platform (CDP) can be extremely valuable. photo from canva pro A CDP gives businesses a single view of their customers, […].

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How Retailers Are Transforming Customer Experiences with Data & AI

Speaker: David Azoulay, Marc Stracuzza, Román Tejada, and Guest Speaker Sucharita Kodali

Imagine a retail landscape where every interaction is personalized, every decision informed, and every opportunity maximized 🤔✨ Join us for an exploratory journey into the heart of AI-driven retail innovation. We’ll unveil the transformative potential of AI and data analytics in shaping the future of omnichannel personalization and e-commerce.