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What does a sales manager do? (+7 must-have skills)

Zendesk

During the company’s all-hands meeting, you find out a sales manager role has opened up. Sales management involves putting out fires that crop up during sales cycles , whether it’s a stalled deal or a disappointed new customer. Use critical thinking to come up with ideas to turn chaos into order. Problem-solving. Delegation.

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15 CX Experts Talk about the Future and Challenges of Customer Experience in 2018 [part 2]

Lumoa

More brands will (and should) bring up customer feedback to the decision-makers in the company, and with the help of some new amazing technologies we’re changing the way businesses see their customers. It starts inside the business - communicate, communicate, communicate and educate, educate, educate.

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5 CX Essentials for Starting a Customer-Focused Business

Win the Customer

In order to succeed in any business, it’s critical to map out needs and wants of customers and prospects in order develop a business focused on meeting the customer experience expectations of its audience. The biggest problem with starting a new business is that, by definition, it is new. Know Your Ratios.

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CX Design Thinking in the Travel Industry, With Annette Höher-Bäuerle – CB64

Customer Bliss

She has been with Thomas Cook for nearly 15 years in very different roles, starting as a corporate lawyer focusing on cross-border Mergers & Acquisitions. In 2015 she built up the new area of Customer Experience from scratch. She studied in Frankfurt (Germany) & Madrid (Spain) and lived and worked in London for three years.

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Employee experience journey mapping: A step-by-step guide

Zendesk

That’s up from 5.7 Small Business Administration estimates that hiring a single employee typically costs 1.25 Employers expect onboarding to get new hires up to speed on the role as quickly as possible. Onboarding also covers benefit enrollment, team building, and gradual immersion in business tools.

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Best of the Podcast 2018: Defining Patient and Customer Experience at Cedars-Sinai Hospital

Customer Bliss

I’ve got a lot of great interviews coming up that I can’t wait to share with you! When Alan developed his action plan, he ended up with about 25 projects to improve the patient experience. Today’s podcast is the last replay featuring “best of” content from 2018.

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Why crisis management can be an innovation catalyst

Qualtrics

But paradoxically, the only way to get the information we need is through action—taking your best guess, starting small, and learning your way through the chaos. We can relate this to someone dreaming of, yet never starting, a business. Starting small lets you learn fast what works, and what does not, by making it safe to fail.