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5 Top Customer Service Articles For the Week of January 16, 2017

ShepHyken

5 Key Customer Experience Trends for 2017 by Donna Peeples. Huffington Post) In the spirit of the New Year, here are my top 5 customer experience predictions and trends for 2017. billion in sales. Experts Share Their Top Choice for 2017 Contact Center Technology by Hagai Shaham. Lots of companies post values.

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5 Top Customer Service Articles For the Week of December 3, 2017

ShepHyken

This could be an amazing case-study, as the government, generally thought to be at the very low end of customer satisfaction, works to turn public sentiment around. My Comment: For many businesses (even if you’re not a retailer), holiday sales are higher than the rest of the year. Follow on Twitter: @Hyken.

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7 Reasons To Focus on Customer value

Beyond Philosophy

Forrester Research declares 2017 the year that businesses become customer-obsessed. I have just read a great new book called Value-ology Palgrave McMillan, 2017. Turning your value proposition into effective sales and marketing messaging and content to reach potential buyers. Marketing and sales need to collaborate.

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Guest Blog: How Your Customers Can Help You Build Credibility, Trust, and Confidence with Buyers

ShepHyken

Because your team holds the keys to customer relationships, you do have a unique opportunity to enable marketing and sales. Of course, you might already have testimonials and case studies on your site, so you probably don’t need a customer review program. A review program. This is a problem for vendors.

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Balto Sponsors University of Nebraska-Lincoln Annual Sales Pitch Competition

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Next generation of sales professionals test skills in role play to sell the Balto platform and compete for top prize scholarship money. The annual sales competition pits teams of students against one another in a tournament style pitch-off for the chance to win a $3,000 scholarship. We didn’t go easy on them.

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Dos and Don’ts of Building a Customer Service Chatbot: LiveChat Case Study

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If you take a look at Google Trends to see when the phrase “chatbot” was trending, you will quickly notice that the interest started to grow in 2016 to reach its peak in September 2017. September 2017 was the month when our Support Heroes’ team decided to implement chatbots into their workflow for the first time.

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How to Create Enablement Content Your Sales Team Actually Uses

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Alex has a professional background in creating and leveraging targeted sales enablement content to produce qualified leads and increase sales efficiency. The growing buzz around sales enablement. Up until a few years ago, sales enablement was not a function that warranted any serious attention.

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