To this end, there is the use of a variety of automated marketing and customer service applications.
Each employee undergoes training at Krispy Kreme University where, in addition to doughnut making, they are taught marketing and customer service.
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For a business to really do social media right, like any other marketing or customer service activity, it takes a significant investment.
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Sales, marketing and customer service have blurred so much over the years that they should not be seen as separate activities.
Buyers, district managers and vice presidents would review all aspects of the business, from the supply chain to marketing and customer service.
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That makes it difficult for sales, marketing, customer service and operations to gain a complete and authoritative view of this business-critical information.
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Only 3% of business-to-business Web sites are designed for direct sales, rather than for marketing and customer service, says Forrester Research, a Massachusetts consultancy.
In the past, departments such as sales, marketing, customer service, public relations, and supply chain might each have had their own data sets, which they managed separately.
In addition to productivity as it ties to time worked, there are also the productivity bonuses associated with the ability to safely use social networks like Facebook and Twitter to meet corporate business objectives in areas like marketing, customer service and sales.
Mainstream business tasks from sales and marketing to customer service and consumer research are quickly making their way from desktops to smartphones, as companies try to take advantage of increasingly powerful mobile devices to free up sales staff and pare back paperwork.
Although many companies have readily embraced social media for marketing, the customer service piece is coming much more slowly.
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Customer service is without doubt a huge arrow in the marketing quiver, and a smart customer service representative is worth his or her weight in gold.
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Customer service and marketing teams with more insight can deliver more consistent and satisfying, personalized customer experiences, thus helping customers get more value from your products, trouble-shoot any issues, and finally, purchase more products and services.
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Align each and every marketing, sales and customer service asset, role and process to these steps.
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For example, more companies are using it for marketing, finance and customer service.
Given this fragmentation, it is no surprise that it is challenging to coordinate marketing, sales and customer service across Web, brick-and-mortar and call center operations.
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The faster you can answer the fundamentals of your marketing strategy and your customer service principles, the faster your organization will be able to use social media as a competitive tool to win.
The reason the number is so low is that blogs and other social engagement strategies are piled on to the heap of traditional stuff that marketing, sales and customer service are already doing.
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Attention to these sales, marketing, product direction and customer service issues will make this acquisition successful.
Since many of these ways are public, the line between customer service and marketing has gotten very blurry.
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Leaders in social media have separated customer service from marketing, for example.
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Advanced approval workflows for outbound content with recognition of inappropriate content and permissions to route to the right party, either PR, legal, customer service or marketing.
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The data warehouse environment comprises marketing databases, call systems, customer service, GSM network statistical data, invoicing systems, collections and retrievals and all logistics information.
The project accelerated late last year after Gordon Shank, then president of Levi's Americas unit and now Levi's chief marketing officer, visited a customer-service center and heard the frustration firsthand.
Ditto for customer service, operations, marketing, budget and strategy.
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What are ten high-performing customer service reps worth as a marketing and brand building investment?
Some internet companies would be better off cutting back on their lowest performing marketing programs and staffing up more fully on customer service.
He says that companies should look at their customer service team as a form of marketing investment.
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