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Salesflare: The CRM for Small Businesses And Sales Teams Selling B2B
If you’ve spoken to any sales leader, implementation of a customer relationship management (CRM) platform is a must… and typically also a headache. The benefits of a CRM far outweigh the investment and challenges, though, when the product is easy to use (or customized to your process) and your sales team sees the value and adopts and leverages the technology.…
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Hey DAN: How Voice to CRM Could Bolster Your Sales Relationships and Keep You Sane
There are just too many meetings to pack into your day and not enough time to record those valuable touch points. Even pre-pandemic, sales and marketing teams typically had over 9 external meetings a day and now with remote and hybrid working bedding in for the longer-term, virtual meeting volumes are soaring. Keeping an accurate record of these meetings to…
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Breaking the Wall: What U.S. Marketers Need to Know Before Entering China
As U.S. companies explore growth opportunities abroad, China remains a key market due to its size, digital maturity, and expanding middle class. But entering China successfully requires more than just translating campaigns or launching a local website. The business environment, consumer behavior, digital infrastructure, and regulatory expectations differ considerably from those in the United States. Lala Hu’s book, International Digital…
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Building Value into Every Step of Your Customer Journey
Closing a sale is a big moment. It’s when you can celebrate all the work that has gone into landing a new customer. It’s where the efforts of all your people and your CRM and MarTech tools have been delivered. It’s a pop-the-champagne and breathe a sigh of relief moment. It’s also just the beginning. Forward-thinking marketing teams take an…
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Unlocking SaaS Growth Through Organizational Maturity
Customer experience (CX), internal collaboration, and agile decision-making are key factors that define market leaders. SaaS companies can no longer afford to operate in silos or underutilize their technology stack. The maturity model developed by the Chess Media Group, popularized in Jacob Morgan’s book, The Collaborative Organization, provides a robust framework for understanding how organizational capabilities evolve and, more importantly,…
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The 5 Challenges of Capturing the ROI of Social Media Marketing
Marketers have long known that social media plays a vital role in digital strategy, but proving its value in measurable business outcomes remains elusive. Despite increasing investments in social platforms, most businesses still struggle to tie their social media efforts to revenue, customer acquisition, or long-term growth. Understanding the roadblocks is essential to overcoming them. Table of ContentsInability to Connect…
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Affinity: Leverage Your Network To Close More Deals With This Relationship Intelligence Platform and Analytics
The average customer relationship management (CRM) solution is a pretty static platform… a database of connections, their activities, and; perhaps, some integrations with other systems that provide additional insight or marketing opportunities. Simultaneously, every connection in your database has strong, influential connections to other consumers and business decision-makers. This extension of your network is untapped, though. What is Relationship Intelligence?…
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Subbly: Launch Your Subscription Box Service With This E-commerce Platform
One huge rage that we’re seeing in e-commerce is subscription box offerings. Subscriber boxes are an intriguing offering… from meal kits, children’s education products, to dog treats… tens of millions of consumers sign up for subscription boxes. Convenience, personalization, novelty, surprise, exclusivity, and price are all characteristics that drive subscription box sales. For creative e-commerce businesses, subscription boxes can be…
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Streak: Manage Your Sales Pipeline in Gmail With This Full-Featured CRM
Having established a great reputation and always working on my site, my speaking, my writing, my interviews, and my businesses… the number of responses and follow-ups I need to make often slips through the cracks. I have no doubt that I’ve lost great opportunities simply because I didn’t follow up with a prospect in a timely manner. At issue, though,…
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Loop & Tie: B2B Outreach Gifting Is Now A Salesforce App In The AppExchange Marketplace
A lesson that I continue to teach people in B2B marketing is that buying is still personal, even when working with large organizations. Decision-makers are concerned with their careers, their stress levels, their work volume, and even their day-to-day enjoyment of their job. As a B2B service or product provider, the experience of working with your organization will often outweigh…
