Intercom, Inc.

JANUARY 25, 2022

Successful sales and marketing teams understand the most important element of the buyer’s journey – the person behind it. A great customer relationship management (CRM) platform is at the core of every marketing and sales team’s tech stack. Why combine live chat and chatbot technology with your CRM?

Sales 216

Sales Artificial Intelligence CRM Customer Acquisition 216

ECXO

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Chatbots, CRM systems, and AI-powered analytics can handle routine tasks, freeing up your team to focus on more complex issues. This reduces the need for exceptional sales staff to convince customers and provides a unique, self-service experience. This reduces the need for unicorn-level problem-solving.

CX 334

CX Artificial Intelligence Innovation Customer Satisfaction 334

Intercom, Inc.

JUNE 22, 2021

Modern customers expect a fluid, digital-first sales experience that feels like a good conversation with someone who understands their needs ”. This change in behavior has placed a demand on sales teams to bring their sales motion into alignment with buyer expectations. Create consistent, customer-centric experiences.

Technology 233

Technology Technology Sales Customer Expectations 233

Intercom, Inc.

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

As your sales organization grows, your tech stack almost always does too. But figuring out which sales tools you should buy and invest in – let alone what each tool even does – can be a daunting task. This is especially true when you consider the seemingly endless list of sales tools to choose from. Better tools, not more tools.

Sales 192

Sales CRM Customer Relationship Management Start-ups 192

eglobalis

MARCH 13, 2025

Some of the key challenges include: Complex Stakeholder Relationships: B2B purchases typically involve multiple decision-makers and longer sales cycles. Siloed Data and Systems: Customer information in B2B is often fragmented across sales, marketing, account management, and support. Demonstrating the value of CX (e.g.,

CX 258

CX CX Transformation B2B B2C 258

Intercom, Inc.

JANUARY 28, 2019

A great partnership between product and sales needs to be based on shared definitions of success and an agreed upon process to collaborate. Product teams that don’t understand the first list will never connect with sales. Sales teams that don’t understand the second list will never connect with product.

Sales 193

Sales CRM Innovation 193

ECXO

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Encourage collaboration among employees from different departments, such as marketing, customer support, product development, and sales. Application in CX : • Cross-Functional Teams : Break down silos between departments like marketing, sales, customer support, and product development.

CX 296

CX Customer Experience Social Media Touchpoint 296

SurveySensum

APRIL 16, 2025

Your CRM is smart. Thats where CRM surveys come in. Smarter marketing, better sales, and a customer experience that keeps people coming back. Smarter marketing, better sales, and a customer experience that keeps people coming back. In this blog post, were cracking the code on CRM surveys. What is a CRM Survey?

CRM 52

CRM Customer Feedback NPS Touchpoint 52

eglobalis

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

CRM, ERP, and marketing platforms) to create a 360-degree view of the customer. How It Helps Companies Overcome Challenges: Challenge: B2B customers often struggle to find the right products or services quickly, leading to frustration and lost sales.

B2B 421

B2B AI Predictive Analytics Sentiment Analysis 421

eglobalis

OCTOBER 1, 2024

For example, imagine your marketing department running a campaign without proper alignment with sales, causing confusion in customer messaging and missed opportunities. A practical example is creating a steering committee that includes representatives from marketing, sales, customer service, IT, finance, and operations. The result?

CX 478

CX Finance Customer Journey Map Innovation 478

Intercom, Inc.

JULY 2, 2019

Operating a sales organization at any scale involves a lot of tedious, repetitive work. Without sales automation, this work can become a black hole for your sales reps’ time. Here are our top tips, workflows and tools for automating the sales process. What is sales automation? What is sales automation?

Sales 192

Sales CRM Start-ups Data Entry 192

eglobalis

JUNE 27, 2024

Sales and delivery teams provide invaluable data through regular customer interactions. This involves gathering data from multiple sources such as customer feedback, social media interactions, sales data, and direct customer interviews. Companies like Oracle, SAP, Amazon, Samsung, and NTT use VOC to refine their products and services.

Customer Experience 489

Customer Experience VOC Net Promoter Score Government 489

Intercom, Inc.

JUNE 20, 2018

As Intercom’s customer base moved upmarket, it became increasingly obvious to us in Sales that what worked well in our product for early-stage startups didn’t for larger companies. We were laser-focused on helping everyone buy Intercom and nailing the fundamentals of SaaS sales.

Sales 199

Sales Customer Acquisition Start-ups CRM 199

ECXO

JULY 29, 2024

Sales and Delivery Teams : Providing invaluable data through regular customer interactions. This involves gathering data from multiple sources such as customer feedback, social media interactions, sales data, and direct customer interviews. Conduct comprehensive research to understand the full scope of the customer journey.

Customer Experience 380

Customer Experience Net Promoter Score VOC Government 380

Intercom, Inc.

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Never does that phrase ring more true than when you’ve wasted days going back and forth over email to coordinate a sales meeting or spent hours manually copying and pasting data between tools. We’ve curated a list of the top ten apps every sales team should know about. “Time is money.” You might be thinking, “150 apps?

Sales 163

Sales Outlook CRM Start-ups 163

Intercom, Inc.

JULY 24, 2019

We all know it’s impossible for a sales team (or anyone for that matter) to predict the future. But with rigorous sales forecasting, they can actually get pretty close. But forecasting isn’t as easy as asking your sales reps to give you a number. What is a sales forecast? Sales forecasting has many major benefits.

Sales 181

Sales Start-ups Legal CRM 181

Customer Think

JANUARY 20, 2023

By Francis Buttle[1], Julie Jones[2], Merlin Stone[3] Customer relationship management (CRM) has been around for over thirty years, but there’s still widespread misunderstanding about what it is.

CRM 128

CRM Customer Relationship Management Customer Relationship Sales 128

Customer Think

MAY 25, 2023

By Francis Buttle[1], Julie Jones[2], Merlin Stone[3] The CRM Value Chain (CRM VC), shown in figure 1, aims to demystify, characterise, and conceptualise CRM. The CRM VC is made up of three Core Processes supported by five Enablers all of which contribute to CRM’s goal of driving up customer profitability.

CRM 111

CRM Sales 111

eglobalis

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Unlike B2C interactions, B2B transactions are more complex, involving multiple decision-makers, longer sales cycles, and intricate touchpoints. Mapping key touch-points—such as contract negotiations, product demos, and post-sales support—can highlight areas where you can enhance the experience.

B2B 407

B2B Customer Experience Touchpoint B2C 407

Intercom, Inc.

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

This is the recipe for a mediocre sales team. On this week’s episode, I caught up with Steli to chat all things sales. It’s a timely conversation for us, coming hot on the heels of the release of our book Intercom on Sales last month and Steli’s own book The 2020 Startup Sales Playbook this week. to Close.com.

Sales 184

Sales Sports Start-ups Gaming 184

Intercom, Inc.

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

In the early stages of most SaaS startups’ lives, the CEO or founder often acts as the initial head of sales. Despite that value, however, there’s a drawback – a lack of formal sales training and sales process can seriously undermine those initial efforts. Put a well-defined sales process in place.

Sales 178

Sales B2B Start-ups Education 178

eglobalis

JULY 31, 2024

Here are seven examples from companies across different continents that showcase the impact of MarTech: Short Cases: Vodafone (Europe) Oracle’s CX Cloud Suite helps Vodafone enhance customer interactions through integrated sales, marketing, and service solutions.

Customer Experience 456

Customer Experience Social Media Predictive Analytics AI 456

SugarCRM

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Azimut Direct , a fintech company based in Italy, encountered significant challenges in managing its sales operations and gaining comprehensive visibility into its customer data. By connecting companies with institutional investors, Azimut Direct supports SMEs in raising the capital they need for growth and development. Alessandro M.,

Sales 52

Sales CRM Data Entry Customer Relationship Management 52

Intercom, Inc.

JULY 15, 2021

Marketing teams are under constant pressure to find creative ways to generate more leads for sales teams. However it’s quality – not quantity – that’s most important when it comes to accelerating your sales pipeline. However it’s quality – not quantity – that’s most important when it comes to accelerating your sales pipeline.

CRM 232

CRM Sales Start-ups Innovation 232

ECXO

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Harmonizing Success: How Sales Teams Can Collaborate with Internal Teams to Enhance Customer Experience The ongoing conflict between sales teams and internal departments can really mess up the customer experience, leading to mixed-up interactions and disappointed expectations.

Sales 156

Sales Customer Experience Innovation Customer Feedback 156

Zendesk

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Conversational CRM is the new way businesses are managing their customer relationships, relying on new channels (like web and mobile messaging), new technologies (like AI that goes beyond the buzz) and new methods of staying on top of conversations (like fresh interfaces designed for agents).

CRM 98

CRM AI Customer Relationship Sales 98

Totango

JULY 19, 2022

You don’t need your CRM. How Your Customer Success Platform Can Replace Your CRM. By definition, a CRM system is a tool for managing the data associated with customer relationships, so it may seem like a good idea to turn to your CRM to help you manage all of this data you’ve collected. Yeah, we said it.

CRM 96

CRM Customer Relationship Customer Acquisition Start-ups 96

ECXO

DECEMBER 25, 2024

Happy customers are more likely to return and spend more, contributing to the bottom line in a way that chasing sales numbers alone can’t always achieve. Align marketing and sales strategies with customer-centric values. Why It Works: Customers who feel valued are more likely to stick around, providing higher lifetime value.

Customer Experience 156

Customer Experience Social Media CX E-commerce 156

Zendesk

MAY 19, 2022

If you’ve ever taken sales training of any kind, you know that mastering sales vocabulary is shockingly difficult. Many sales terms sound interchangeable when, in fact, they mean drastically different things. That’s why we compiled a list of the 100 most useful sales terms every salesperson needs to know. Sales job terms.

Sales 98

Sales Non-Profits B2C CRM 98

Zendesk

JULY 27, 2022

If your sales organization isn’t unified with the broader business, and is struggling to keep up with evolving technology and customer needs, it won’t be ready to withstand the challenges of the future. At the same time, sales teams are overwhelmed by the growing volume of sales tools, and adoption of key capabilities is lagging.

Sales 98

Sales CRM Technology Technology 98

Customer Think

MARCH 29, 2024

Integrating a customer relationship management (CRM) system with QuickBooks, an accounting solution, can greatly benefit small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs). The integration can provide a centralized platform to manage customer relationships and sales processes, track expenses and generate financial reports.

CRM 105

CRM Customer Relationship Management Customer Relationship Sales 105

Totango

MAY 24, 2022

Customer relationship management software is great for sales, but it isn’t a substitute for a customer success platform. In this blog, we’ll talk about why CRM features alone aren’t sufficient for an effective CS strategy. First, we’ll take a look at what a CRM is and what benefits its functionality delivers. What is a CRM?

CRM 96

CRM Customer Relationship Management Customer Relationship Sales 96

Retently

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Measuring Success: Metrics to Monitor Conclusion Did you know that global ecommerce sales are expected to hit a jaw-dropping $8.1 With the industry growing at lightning speed, brands face a golden opportunity to scale like never before – but it’s not as simple as setting up a website and waiting for sales to roll in. trillion by 2027

Sales 152

Sales Social Media Predictive Analytics Start-ups 152

ECXO

APRIL 24, 2024

Comprehensive Solutions Enterprise-Level Needs: These companies offer comprehensive solutions that address various business processes, including CRM, ERP, and SCM. Let’s divide what they do into several key areas. The trust in their ability to protect sensitive information can outweigh complexity concerns.

CX 317

CX B2B Compliance Sales 317

SugarCRM

APRIL 24, 2025

Before WaterCo upgraded their sales tech stack, every customer conversation depended on what a rep rememberedor jotted down in a notepad. That changed when they brought in SugarCRM and sales-i. Learn More CRM & ERP for Consolidated Customer View WaterCo uses Epicor, a manufacturing-focused ERP system.

Manufacturing 26

Manufacturing CRM Sales Start-ups 26

Uniphore

JANUARY 4, 2022

At Uniphore Converse 2022, enterprise executives from CX to Sales will learn the latest innovations in automation, conversational AI and emotion intelligence. Moni Manor Chief Product Officer Moni Manor is Chief Product Officer at Uniphore, bringing over 25 years of experience with CRM, UC, CC and AI into this role. Register Now.

Contact Center 317

Contact Center AI Innovation Customer Retention 317

Zendesk

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

If you’re reading this, you probably have a solid idea of what’s required for a strong sales team: Lead generation. Consistent sales messaging. Personalized sales styles. Intelligently utilized sales software. The secret to a successful modern sales team isn’t the closers—it’s the people behind the scenes.

Sales 98

Sales Start-ups CRM Social Media 98