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B2B Salespeople Need to Act More Like Travel Agents

Harvard Business

According to the travel and leisure marketing firm MMGY, the use of travel agents increased by 50% from 2014 to 2015. Here are examples of how firms in three industries are simplifying the purchase process, and the specific tactics they are using: An employee wellness benefits provider uses content marketing.

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4 Ways Leaders Can Get More from Their Company’s Innovation Efforts

Harvard Business

While the execution of a conventional strategy lends itself to linear progress and clear benchmarks, innovation often proceeds by S-curves , moving at a slow crawl until it explodes at an exponential rate. That’s why good managers put so much focus on measuring and managing return on investment (ROI) as a basic operational practice.

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How One Company Made Its Analytics Investment Pay Off

Harvard Business

Second, the ABU team is paid using variable compensation, based on projects that have been fully implemented and based on their ROI. Finally, the results have been presented at industry forums and recognized in international contests. Rigorous assessment of results. Recruiting this high-demand skill set was not easy.

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6 ways to renew (and stick to!) your CX vows

1 to 1

Invest and act on great customer experience Understanding the importance of building an organizational CX competency is a crucial first step, but without an executable strategy, organizations will continue to lag industry leaders. 3 questions to ask during this step: What metrics will you use to benchmark and improve the customer experience?

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Track Customer Attitudes to Predict Their Behaviors

Harvard Business

There’s a similar assumption underlying much of the discussion around how to measure the return on marketing investment, where it seems to be tacitly accepted that attitudinal insights are insufficient at senior decision-making levels, and behavioral insights represent today’s benchmarks.

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