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No Virginia, There Is No Santa Claus

November 21, 2011 by Dave Brock
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Pardon my awkward paraphrasing of the famous “Yes, Virginia, There Is A Santa Claus,” line from the movie, Miracle on 34th Street.  As Thanksgiving approaches in the US, we can count on seeing that movie over and over until Christmas. In reality, the title of this post should be, No Sales Professional, There Is No ANSWER! As sales... [read more]

The Social Customer Experience: Are You Adding Value?

October 19, 2011 by Anna Drennan
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With the socialisation of the commercial world, the customer experience is taking up a central position in business. But what is a great customer experience? What do consumers really expect from brands in social media? Social media managers have a thing or two to learn from the call centre on how to nail customer satisfaction. [read more]

Monkey Love: 15 Reasons I Use MailChimp for Emails

June 29, 2011 by Katherine Salt
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In my last post I banged on about the importance of keeping your own list of contacts but what do you do once you have it? Simply enough, you start to email but relying on your outlook or Gmail isn’t going to give a very professional impression. [read more]

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Customer-Centricity and The Kings of Big Data -- What They Collect About You

June 13, 2011 by Peter Auditore
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Big Data was the focus of a recent Economist conference that attempted to bring some sense into how we manage data and how it impacts business, government and our own lives. What Google, MasterCard, AT&T, Verizon, Amazon, the CIA, FBI, and more are collecting. [read more]

From Social Graph to Interest Graph: Twitter Tells You Who to Follow

November 21, 2010 by Brian Solis
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  Twitter is introducing a new Tab to its redesigned social dashboard. Depending on which test you’re part of, you may already see “People” or “Find People” just to the right of the Messages link at the top. This new feature is the culmination of Twitter’s work to enhance your experience within the rapid-fire micro information... [read more]

The First Ammendment of Social Media: Freedom of Tweet

November 17, 2010 by Brian Solis
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  The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution guarantees freedom of expression from government interference. While it is within our right to say what we think without fear of prosecution from our Government, freedom of expression in social networks however, is something altogether different. In the court of public opinion, your... [read more]

Customer Service - Can You Walk A Mile In His Shoes

July 28, 2010 by Maria Ogneva
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Information disaggregation contributes to a bad customer service experience. Learn how to focus your organization to serve customers, effectively organize a better process for information sharing and communication. [read more]

Time for Some Smarter Customer Service

March 18, 2010 by JackMason
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Michael Schroeck, Partner, Business Analytics and Optimization, IBM Watch live streaming video from newintelligence at livestream.com "Customer service" ... the term has such a positive ring to it. Yet today most consumers have a less than positive image of customer service.  Like many of you, I call into a help desk or... [read more]

When Call Centers Go Bad

March 3, 2010 by Adam Honig
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Photograph by Ha-Wee. Sales force automation (SFA) is thriving, running on-premise and in the cloud, in part because one SFA application can support complex sales activities. Log on, enter or retrieve the required information, and you're ready to sell. The call center environment, in contrast to SFA, is much more complex, even when... [read more]

Wow, that deserves a standing ovation!!

March 2, 2010 by Mitch Lieberman
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Huh?! What?! — Certainly not my last run down the moguls this past week, that is for certain. I was lucky enough to enjoy some time on the slopes, time with family as well as some time to read from actual books, not even an e-reader. I stayed at a great Bed and Breakfast, in Waitsfield, Vermont (near Sugarbush) with my family (... [read more]

Update on My Starting With a Virtual Assistant

February 17, 2010 by Jacob Morgan
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A few weeks ago I wrote that I was starting off with a virtual assistant.  I've received many questions from all of you so I thought I'd give you an update on how things are going.  It's been around 2 weeks since I have bee working with my new VA (his name is DJ) and so far I'm pretty happy.  For DJ's services we (Chess... [read more]

Poor Customer Service Costs $338.5B Per Year in Lost Business

December 28, 2009 by Meikah Delid
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According to a recent survey, poor customer service costs $338.5B per year in lost business. The reasons for this lost business are when customers defect and abandon their purchases. The hardest hit industries across all countries surveyed are financial services, cable and satellite TV providers, and a variety of telecommunications... [read more]

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