ShepHyken

MARCH 12, 2021

He writes about how businesses need to realign their sales and marketing strategies in order to survive a post-pandemic world. The impact extends from B2C (business-to-customer) markets to B2B (business-to-business) sales as well. Increasing online prospects, lead generation and sales. Consumer interactions have changed as well.

B2B 382

B2B Journey mapping B2C Telecommunications 382

Integrity Solutions

MARCH 11, 2025

Improving sales performance is key to business growth, particularly in a constantly changing environment. Last year, Salesforce reported 67% of sales reps surveyed didn’t expect to meet their quota, and 84% missed it the previous year.

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Sales Metrics CRM Coaching 52

Beyond Philosophy

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

In their 15th annual Net Promoter Benchmark Study, he gave a great presentation of some really interesting stats on NPS. According to Rocks, the following brands do simple to success: Boost Mobile: They have the highest NPS in the mobile service study, performing 33 points higher than Sprint, who own Boost and provides their infrastructure.

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Banking Telecommunications Consulting Consulting 383

ShepHyken

OCTOBER 24, 2016

Increasing Sales With Personalized Marketing by Tyler Walton. Clutch) In today’s “show me you know me” marketing world, it’s imperative that brands understand and engage their shoppers on a personal level with personalized marketing. Here are a few interesting takeaways from its seven-day study from midsummer.

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CSM Magazine

JANUARY 29, 2025

A sales funnel that prioritizes the customer isn’t just beneficialits essential. Heres how you can craft a sales funnel that puts customers at the heart of everything you do. Connect with Multiple Decision-Makers Sales is rarely a one-person game, especially in B2B environments. Every touchpoint matters.

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Sales Brand ambassadors B2B Customer centricity 52

ShepHyken

AUGUST 31, 2023

It leads to the creation of a holistic customer experience in which every level of your sales funnel is optimized to meet customer needs and expectations. Enterprise resource management (ERP) systems centralize, automate, and manage core business data and processes, from inventory management to real-time sales information.

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Journey mapping Upselling CRM Feedback 330

ShepHyken

APRIL 5, 2019

When used correctly, chatbots have the power to enhance marketing, sales, customer retention and more. Through natural language processing and sentiment analysis, chatbots can personalize the customer journey based on browsing habits, conversation and more, to deliver proactive and engaging customer interactions.

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Chatbots Customer Experience Cloud contact Contact Center 299

Beyond Philosophy

MARCH 10, 2020

Have you ever made a snap judgment about another person only to discover you were wrong? So, for instance, if you see somebody cut somebody else off in traffic, you might conclude that the person is a bad driver. You might even think that “lousy driver” is a core characteristic of them as a person. .

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Consulting Consulting Call Center Personalization 448

Integrity Solutions

MARCH 18, 2021

Effective sales recruiting strategies start with a well-defined Sales Success Profile based on objective performance criteria. As a sales manager, it’s pretty frustrating when you spend a significant amount of time and energy coaching and developing someone only to discover in the end that, well, it’s not you, it’s them.

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Sales Coaching Personalization Management 128

Steve DiGioia

MAY 17, 2021

According to several employees and training manuals, Apple Inc’s sales associates are taught an unusual sales philosophy: not to sell, but rather to help customers solve problems. To that end, employees receive no sales commissions and have no sales quotas. “You were never trying to close a sale.

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Beyond Philosophy

APRIL 27, 2023

Our listener did their research, which gave them projected sales that made them proceed with their product launch. However, the sales after the launch haven’t been what the study predicted. So, getting back to the pickle and our listener that is not getting the sales they expect, they can do a few things.

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Hodusoft

DECEMBER 11, 2024

From Automation to Personalization: How AI is Shaping the Future of CX Would you be surprised to know that one out of every two customers would switch brands following just one bad customer experience (CX)? As per a study by PwC, 73 percent of customers say CX plays a key role in their purchasing decisions. It surely can.

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Personalization Contact center software Metrics Customer retention 52

Kayako

AUGUST 12, 2022

The lockdowns and aftermath of the 2020 global pandemic spiked growth in e-commerce sales as brick-and-mortar stores and restaurants closed their doors. eMarketer estimates that by 2024 almost 20% of total retail sales will be via eCommerce, and that estimate does not include travel and event ticketing or restaurant food delivery.

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ShepHyken

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

Furthermore, there’s a wide, global gap in perceptions of customer service quality between contact center managers and customers, according to BoldChat’s study, which was carried out by LogMeIn and Ovum. Anything less than a consistent experience erodes confidence and eventually sales. A quick – and fun – read.

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Journey mapping Customer Service Contact Center Airlines 307

Beyond Philosophy

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

For instance, a 2009 social media use study by MarketingSherpa found that, among customers, learning about special offers and sales was a prime motivator for consumers to connect with companies through social media. Customer Advocacy Behavior: Personal Brand Connection That is More Than Loyalty, Word-of-Mouth, or Recommendation.

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B2C B2B Wireless Customer centricity 341

Beyond Philosophy

DECEMBER 22, 2014

Author Roger Dooley, wrote an article called “ The Cootie Effect: Touch, Contagion, and Magical Thinking ” that describes how a recent study found that the perceived value of an object is raised by the perception that a celebrity might have touched it, essentially infecting it with their “cooties.” Cooties and Ebay.

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ShepHyken

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

In fact, in a three-year study, companies that implemented a well-designed customer success program saw a 91% return on investment and more productive CX teams. Emphasize the importance of collecting and acting on feedback , as well as sharing results with product, sales, and marketing teams.

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B2C Customer centricity Feedback Upselling 346

Beyond Philosophy

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

Studies have shown that people sound out syllables when they read a price tag. But that seems to contradict those other studies that say a precise price appears to offer a better value. But that seems to contradict those other studies that say a precise price appears to offer a better value. Should You Use Round Pricing?

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Consulting Consulting Customer Experience Personalization 275

Beyond Philosophy

JUNE 28, 2019

The more established a person is, however, they are less likely to participate in symbolic self-completion. Researchers conducted a study on this concept at the University of Texas. It was an excellent school for this study. Self-perception reveals itself in some sales situations. Then, I think, “Hey!

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Sales Customer Experience Personalization Consulting 261

Beyond Philosophy

MAY 16, 2016

Achor studied the happiness of students at Harvard for several years. One of his friends asked him why he would bother studying happiness at Harvard because, as his friend put it, “What could a Harvard student possibly have to be unhappy about?”. It’s too big a burden to place on another person and isn’t good for your relationship.

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Beyond Philosophy

JUNE 27, 2016

In the online dating studies , researchers first tested the effect of postural expansiveness on speed dating success. In a separate study, researchers had six subjects each prepare two profiles for a popular online dating application. The Role Of CX In A Sales Culture. Does posture matter?

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Customer centricity Consulting Consulting Personalization 282

Beyond Philosophy

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Listen to the podcast: Personalization is an exciting and developing area for Customer Experiences. Personalization is a significant area for our field, particularly with the assistance of artificial intelligence (AI) tools. What is Personalization? Not everybody needs to have things personalized. It does not.

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CRM Personalization Education Marketing 221

Integrity Solutions

JUNE 10, 2024

There’s no real sales conversation or dialogue. Most sales leaders today recognize this isn’t a sustainable way to develop business and cultivate a long-term customer base. Today’s buyers are not only are turned off by the relentless sales talk, they’re also more informed than ever.

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Sales Scripts Personalization Coaching 107

Beyond Philosophy

AUGUST 22, 2020

When it comes to overemphasizing the wrong things, the person making the decision is who puts the weights on those decisions. For example, if your sales team emphasizes miles per gallon fuel efficiency for a car, then the customer might also. However, people are influenced by what’s going on around them.

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Consulting Consulting Customer Experience Sales 338

Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

What wasn’t so completely understood at the time is that that this level of employee commitment and personal investment also positively impacted the employee experience. There are lots of articles and studies around stating things like “Highly engaged customers are loyal customers”. correlation.

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Beyond Philosophy

AUGUST 23, 2018

For example, let’s say you were listening to a person tell you something at a party. You are concentrating on what the person is saying, despite the background noise. Despite these inauspicious beginnings to its study, subliminal advertising remains a thing even to this day. Otherwise, you would be overloaded with information.

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Advertising Customer Experience Marketing Accountability 205

ShepHyken

JULY 7, 2023

Engagement is much higher when they receive personalized replies to their queries. Boosts your Profits and Sales You can attain higher profits and sales with higher customer satisfaction. Studies on online retailing convey that mobile app conversion rates are 2X more than mobile browser conversion rates.

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ShepHyken

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

New Study: 62% of Companies Ignore Customer Service Emails by Steven MacDonald. SuperOffice) Today we’re excited to release our new study: The 2018 Customer Service Benchmark report, which is a study of how 1,000 companies handle customer support. No doubt there is a connection between sales and service. Well worth it.

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Beyond Philosophy

JUNE 11, 2015

They should want this because study after study shows the financial rewards of having loyal customers. What Publix does, instead of loyalty cards, is try different alternative approaches to build sales. Some retailers do more than emphasize the sales and service fundamentals.

Airlines 274

Airlines Customer centricity Multichannel Sales 274

ShepHyken

AUGUST 14, 2020

It’s not just about interaction with sales or customer service. The same study highlighted that 73% of customers worldwide love to watch videos on social media that are entertaining. #3. Post-sale monitoring. Customers appreciate personalization. However, it can be interpreted in several ways.

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Customer Experience Entertainment Sales Advertising 254

Beyond Philosophy

JULY 24, 2017

And thus began an excellent case study in how NOT to treat your customers. Among its perks, the program ensures that you only have to deal with one person throughout your transaction. If you can afford its Black Label program, sales people come to you, and you deal with one person from beginning to end.

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Employee engagement Finance Sales Consulting 278

CCNG

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

The way humans describe their customer service needs vary widely from business to business, and they vary massively from person to person. There are many incredible case studies of AI positively transforming the contact center. Owen McGrath is an active CCNG member based in Boulder Colorado and the Head of Sales for IV.AI.

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Contact Center CCNG Contact center software Finance 259

Integrity Solutions

MARCH 19, 2024

As a sales leader have you looked at your forecast and asked questions like these: “Do we have enough opportunities in our forecast to confidently make our goal this quarter/year?” ” Sales forecasting accuracy is one of the most important processes for running a successful sales organization.

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Sales Coaching B2B Customer centricity 106

Beyond Philosophy

JULY 7, 2022

Now, they are transitioning back to unrestricted in-person interactions, but not to the same place they were for all those years. However, that isn’t as difficult in an in-person interaction. For example, are there opportunities within the physical space for people to interact with a computer rather than a sales clerk?

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Technology Consulting Consulting Personalization 402

Beyond Philosophy

FEBRUARY 1, 2016

Have you ever left a retail store after a sales associate approached you for the third time to tell you about a special offer? Halpern cited a study of applicants at a job center. But when the text was personalized by addressing the applicant by name and having a person sign the text, the response rate increased.

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Journey mapping Consulting Consulting Customer emotions 280

Beyond Philosophy

JULY 10, 2017

One French bookseller reported a 10% increase in sales after using the technology. Passengers wear an Ocean Medallion technology, which is a token they wear on their person that interacts with sensors all over the ship that record what the passenger is doing. Case Study: Enhance Your CX With This Technology. It works, too.

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Airlines Consulting Consulting Technology 313