Integrity Solutions

JUNE 10, 2024

They’re always in selling mode, always hustling, always doing whatever it takes to close the deal and win at all costs, regardless of whether they’re actually addressing (or even understanding) the customer’s needs. There’s no real sales conversation or dialogue. Generic product information is easy to find.

Sales 107

Sales Customers Books Engagement 107

Customer Bliss

MAY 10, 2019

How does a logistics company shift its gears to become more customer-focused? In today’s episode, Scott Allison , the Chief Customer Officer of DHL ’s supply chain, shares some strategies and tactics around communicating the brand’s message, telling the customer story, and improving employee and customer experience.

Customer Focused 31

Customer Focused Chief Customer Officer Social Media 2013 31

ShepHyken

MAY 26, 2021

Even though this is about a sales presentation, it ties into customer service. It has to do with preparation, knowing your customer, understanding what they want, and more. This is what great salespeople do to prepare for a meeting with a customer or client. Yes, it was a terrible sales call.

Sales 151

Sales Customer Service Training Presentation Customer Service 151

ShepHyken

DECEMBER 23, 2024

This episode of Amazing Business Radio with Shep Hyken answers the following questions and more: Why is including sales important in the overall plan for customer experience? How can sales and customer service teams work together to make customers happier?

Customer Experience 85

Customer Experience B2C B2B Sales 85

InMoment XI

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Hubspot The Hubspot customer engagement platform is differentiated by its inbound marketing capabilities, which makes it an excellent choice for organizations looking to bring marketing, sales, and customer service under one roof. Some are more geared towards marketers and sales teams, while others focus on customer support.

Customer Engagement 195

Customer Engagement Engagement E Commerce Omnichannel 195

Integrity Solutions

JULY 13, 2020

No matter how rapidly and dramatically external events may change, the top sales challenges seem to stay the same, year after year. Why aren’t salespeople and sales organizations able to make much headway in overcoming these common struggles? But the sales challenges persist. Sales Quota Achievement.

Sales 102

Sales Competitive Advantage Culture Leadership 102

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

JANUARY 28, 2020

Only 30% of Sales leaders strongly agreed they can even measure customer experience improvements , in a study by Oracle in 2019. Your mission, if you choose to accept it, is to begin at the beginning, build your case, and create a coalition of customer-focused leaders. What would it cost to lose 10% of your customers?

2020 250

2020 Net Promoter Score ROI Metrics 250

GetFeedback

DECEMBER 21, 2018

Great customer experience is a major competitive advantage that drives new sales—and it’s predicted to overtake price and product as the primary brand differentiator for B2B sales by 2020. Customer retention statistics: More than 6 in 10 U.S. consumers say customer experience at most companies needs Improvement. (

Customer Retention 390

Customer Retention Net Promoter Score Poor Customer Service B2B 390

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

They no longer have interactions with them, and rely on others like account managers, frontline employees and customer service teams to provide those one-on-one interactions. Customer-focused organizations prioritize keeping customers close. It’s literally a win/win.

Customer Experience 376

Customer Experience Net Promoter Score Reference 2022 376

CloudCherry

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

When left unaddressed, you risk losing trust, brand loyalty, and eventually open doors for competitors to lead your customers to their storefronts. . Choosing instead to focus on creating delightful customer experiences gives you: • A competitive advantage over other less customer-focused brands. Increased sales.

ROI 256

ROI Financial CEM Metrics 256

SurveyGizmo

JULY 14, 2020

By Vanessa Bagnato, Director of Enterprise Solutions, with Jenny Lewis, Director of Sales for Enterprise Account Management, and Nolan Frazier, Director of Sales for New Business. When the customer drives the sales process, everyone wins. It also helps businesses reduce churn and nurture customer relationships.

Sales 98

Sales Feedback Leadership Insights 98

Integrity Solutions

JUNE 18, 2021

Being a coach for sales teams has never been more important. Here are 10 sales coaching articles that can inspire new thinking, motivate your sales leaders and ultimately move the needle on your sales team’s performance. When your sales leaders hear the word “coach”, what comes to mind for them?

Sales 96

Sales Leadership Article Magazine 96

ShepHyken

DECEMBER 24, 2024

EVERY interaction your customers experience. Based on the experiences customers have with the best customer-focused brands, they continue to get smarter about CX and will demand more from you. Thats sales and service combined! So, lets get right into it: In five words or less, what does CX mean to you? So be ready.

Customer Experience 93

Customer Experience 2025 Sports Workshop 93

InMoment XI

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Competitive Advantage Understanding customer behavior can be a key differentiator in today’s business environment. If your business can effectively analyze and utilize customer behavior insights, you can stay ahead of your competitors by being more innovative and customer-focused.

Customer Journey Mapping 195

Customer Journey Mapping Social Media Customer Journey Competitive Advantage 195

Integrity Solutions

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Banking sales strategies are being redefined: Here’s how to pivot your customer relationships. The key to this proactive, strategic approach to banking sales strategies will be a committed, skilled team of banking professionals focused on creating higher levels of value for their customers at every step.

Banking 83

Banking Sales Consulting Financial 83

CX Accelerator

OCTOBER 7, 2019

What if standards for every role could be defined by customer expectations rather than industry norms? All in all, you need to help your employees understand their role in CX while staying customer focused. Key questions: How can you cultivate a customer focused culture within your company?Who

Customer Experience 261

Customer Experience Contact Center Return on Investment Employee Experience 261

ChurnZero

OCTOBER 16, 2020

Whether Customer Success or Sales should own the renewal, expansion, and upsell is a hot-button issue in today’s SaaS sphere. This Customer Success showdown, which took the form of an Oxford-style debate, was held at BIG RYG, ChurnZero’s annual Customer Success conference.

Sales 98

Sales Customer Success Customers Customer Relationships 98

TechSee

JUNE 16, 2022

Jeff is truly obsessed with customer service. As an author, consultant, and trainer, he helps organizations develop customer-focused cultures. Jeff’s Inside Customer Service blog has been recognized as one of the Top 50 customer service blogs on the planet. Jeff Toister, President at Toister Performance Solutions.

Customer Service 251

Customer Service Contact Center 2022 Magazine 251

CloudCherry

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

When left unaddressed, you risk losing trust, brand loyalty, and eventually open doors for competitors to lead your customers to their storefronts. . Choosing instead to focus on creating delightful customer experiences gives you: • A competitive advantage over other less customer-focused brands. Increased sales.

ROI 225

ROI Financial CEM Metrics 225

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

MARCH 16, 2015

We’re not having a tent sale or running a huge promotion, but every year March proves to be crazy but awesome, and 2015 is no different! Our Chief Customer Experience Investigator™ Jeannie Walters is in Austin gathering evidence from South By Southwest Interactive. Need a customer-focused speaker for your next event?

Events 223

Events Customer Experience Webinar Telecommunications 223

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Is customer experience worth it? C-level leaders want to know if customer experience (CX) is worth the investment. Customer-focused employees across marketing, sales, HR, and other departments want to know if new CX initiatives are worth pushing for. MORE SALES! Customer Value X 2.72 Absurd, right?

Customer Experience 261

Customer Experience Net Promoter Score Culture ROI 261

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

As more leaders discuss becoming customer-centric, I wonder how many actually walk the talk and put actions into their plans. What if customer-centric ideas and tactics were included in all strategy plans ? A strategy that is truly customer customer-focused needs to include ideas like these: 1.

Customer Centricity 268

Customer Centricity Social Media Consulting Leadership 268

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

JUNE 20, 2018

Instead of focusing solely on the revenue generated by increasing customer retention, improving customer engagement and creating more customer loyalty… What happens when we do not engage customers? It Starts with A Sale. A customer isn’t a customer until they purchase something from you, right?

Engagement 179

Engagement Social Media Sales Loyalty 179

ShepHyken

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Do customers love you even when there’s a problem or complaint? Here are six ways to make customers love you no matter what! Become customer-focused. This means that in addition to creating an amazing customer experience, every decision keeps the customer in mind. It’s more than a sale.

Customer Focused 152

Customer Focused Customer Service Training B2B Customers 152

GetFeedback

JULY 23, 2018

Creating an amazing customer experience through omni-channel customer journeys that engage your prospects where they are and help shuttle them through your sales funnel. A customer journey map is a tool that tells the story of a customer’s experience of interacting with your brand. What’s key?

Customer Journey Mapping 218

Customer Journey Mapping Customer Journey Retail E Commerce 218

CX Accelerator

OCTOBER 7, 2019

What if standards for every role could be defined by customer expectations rather than industry norms? All in all, you need to help your employees understand their role in CX while staying customer focused. Key questions: How can you cultivate a customer focused culture within your company? CX champions).

Customer Experience 182

Customer Experience Contact Center Return on Investment Employee Experience 182

CX Accelerator

OCTOBER 7, 2019

What if standards for every role could be defined by customer expectations rather than industry norms? All in all, you need to help your employees understand their role in CX while staying customer focused. Key questions: How can you cultivate a customer focused culture within your company? CX champions).

Customer Experience 182

Customer Experience Contact Center Return on Investment Employee Experience 182

CSM Magazine

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Data is at the heart of delivering exceptional customer experiences. While businesses have long recognized the value of storing, processing, and analyzing data, the ability to utilize this information in real-time is what truly sets customer-focused companies apart. The result?

E Commerce 52

E Commerce Insights E-support Customer Experience 52

InMoment XI

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Insights and Analytics Omnichannel strategies generate valuable data and insights about customer behavior and preferences across different channels. By analyzing this data, businesses can gain a deeper understanding of their customers and make informed decisions to improve their marketing, sales, and customer service efforts.

Omnichannel 195

Omnichannel Customer Experience Social Media E Commerce 195

Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 31, 2016

In today’s context, their Code of Ethics sounds absurd: Wells Fargo’s reputation as ‘one of the world’s great companies for integrity and principled performance’ sounds laughable in light of the scandal where employees opened millions of fraudulent customer accounts to hit product sales goals over the past 10 years.

Net Promoter Score 0

Net Promoter Score Banking Culture 2016 0

Customer Bliss

AUGUST 4, 2015

Product Power Core Resources and success metrics center on product development, not necessarily on customer focus. Sales Power Core Quarterly targets and sales goals pull the weight in the company. The ‘sale’ is the focus, sometimes at the expense of the rest of the experience. .

Hospitality 198

Hospitality Insurance Leadership Sales 198

CX Accelerator

JULY 1, 2020

Nick Glimsdahl is the Director of Contact Center Solutions at VDS, and his mission is to help improve the customers’ experiences through user-friendly, customer-focused contact center solutions.

Contact Center 266

Contact Center 2022 Call Center Roadmap 266

Beyond Philosophy

DECEMBER 6, 2019

When I started Beyond Philosophy back in 2002, I could ascertain whether a company was customer-focused or not right away. This answer became my second book, Revolutionize Your Customer Experience , which explores how the culture of a company reflects how customer-centric the organization is. I wondered how I did that.

Net Promoter Score 171

Net Promoter Score Customer Centricity Airlines 2002 171

InMoment XI

MARCH 6, 2024

Elements of the process range from mapping the customer journey, deploying customer experience management software, and capturing customer feedback to tracking customer experience KPIs , developing service training programs, and launching strategic sales and outreach efforts. Make a customer, not a sale.”

Customer Experience 195

Customer Experience Social Media Customer Centricity Feedback 195

Customer Bliss

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

There has been much talk in recent years about a C-Suite role for head of customer experience, or CCO — Chief Customer Officer. Even B2B brands, which traditionally focuses on sales rather than organic customer growth, are starting to adopt this head of customer experience role in droves.

Customer Experience 231

Customer Experience Chief Customer Officer Presentation E-support 231

Customer Bliss

JANUARY 15, 2015

Organic customer growth drives long-term profitability. So why isn’t it as important to CEOs as quarterly sales goals? There are even times that satisfaction score goals can be negotiated out of relevance if a high sales performer doesn’t make the grade on customer satisfaction but hit the ball out of park bringing in new business.

Metrics 234

Metrics Customer Satisfaction Customers Sales 234

ShepHyken

JUNE 5, 2019

Make a call to the sales department or go visit a store as a customer. Experience all you can from the customer’s perspective. We want our customers to have a great experience. The only person who can really judge your success is the customer. Depending on your type of business, there are different ways to do so.

Customer Service Training 134

Customer Service Training Customer Focused Sales Information 134