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Sales pipeline management 101: What it is and best practices

Learn how a CRM can help streamline your sales pipeline management process.

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What is automated customer service? A guide to success

There is a solution to long hold times and delays in email response times that customers increasingly expect: automated customer service

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How to boost your sales success rate with live chat

Chat provides a direct line between a rep and their prospective customers. Sales teams can use chat to generate leads, improve sales conversion rates, and identify upsell opportunities

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Customer retention: Metrics, strategies, and examples

Discover tried-and-true customer retention strategies to keep customers coming back.

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Taking big swings is in leader Sangeetha Rai’s DNA

As we did last year, we’re extending International Women’s Day throughout the month of March to…

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The intelligent contact center of the future

While the proliferation of customer engagement channels can be challenging on a technological and operational level, it’s really good news for businesses

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10 common CRM problems and how to fix them

If you take a deep look into your customer data, you can get better forecasting capabilities. In other words, you can more effectively serve your customers and understand your prospects

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7 questions every small business should ask when looking for a CRM

Capturing the whole customer experience is hard when your data is siloed. The right CRM can help a small business bring it all together

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Flying without a map: Nicole France on charting her course as an analyst

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How to create a CRM strategy and why you need one in 2024

With a CRM strategy, your team will be able to fully utilize the tool to close more sales, boost efficiency, and improve prospects’ experience

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3 reasons support leaders can benefit from a sales CRM

To help ensure your buyer’s journey is an effortless one, businesses will want to bridge silos and close gaps between sales and support

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Fullscript’s best practices for scaling support operations

When Fullscript needed to address rising customer interactions, it learned that scaling support effectively didn't mean simply hiring more agents

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Considering customer service outsourcing? Ask these 4 questions first

In this article, we’ll clear up some of the confusion about customer service outsourcing so you’re enabled to make the best decision possible

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Customer service training: The complete guide

Prepare your team to deliver great customer experiences with this customer service training guide—and download our template.

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On the ground in Miami with our customer community

It’s a Tuesday morning in Miami. I should be stressed. I should be preparing for the…

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Building and managing a virtual support team

Virtual teams present different challenges and opportunities from those of an onsite team. Radical trust and…

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Startup Central: How customers can be your way into YC

Lessons from a YC partner on how customers can help you stand out.

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