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Got CXM? Why customer experience management isn’t just a nice-to-have for strategic account management

Strategic Account Management Association

In strategic account management, companies have to address the never-ending question of how to differentiate themselves and gain market share. I’m talking about customer experience management (CXM), which I would argue may be the single most important investment a company can make in today’s cut-throat business climate. In a word: No!

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How Digital Transformation is Driving Retail Customer Experience

Customer Think

Digital transformation is the strategic adoption of various digital technologies, used for improving processes, productivity, enhancing customer care, improving employee experience, managing business risks and helping control costs.

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How (and why) to explain digital transformation to 8-year-olds

Customer Think

When I was asked to present to a group of 8- to 12-year-old girls on the subject of digital transformation and change management, I found myself in a conundrum.

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COVID-19 and the Digital Transformation of Alliance Management

PartnerTap

As companies continue to shift to a remote model, it’s important to understand the impact and digital transformation strategic alliances have gone through. Because the truth is, your ecosystem will only be able to scale if it can adapt to the inevitable changes from COVID-19 and the digital transformation of alliance management. [1]

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5 Essential Virtual Selling Practices Every Company Must Have by 2023

Speaker: Erika Bzdel - Vice President of Sales and Craig Simons - Director of Marketing

Sales managers, trainers, sales enablement managers, and sales reps across all industries must adjust to this digital transformation. Virtual sales success requires new ways of thinking. That doesn’t mean, however, that you can transfer the old ways of doing business to the new blended selling environment.

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What is digital transformation? Definition, examples & importance

Zendesk

Digital transformation was already vital to surviving in the ever-evolving digital economy and meeting the ever-increasing customer expectations it generates. The importance of digital transformation isn’t under question. What is digital transformation? Digital transformation examples.

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Digital Transformation, Corporate Data and Gen AI: LLMs and the Challenge of Retrieval

Customer Think

A major goal of any digital transformation is to digitize or improve digitized processes to speed information flows. Gen AI has the potential to do so significantly. However, the generative AI hype continues full-on in the marketplace and new vendors enter seemingly by the minute.

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How to Overcome the Pain Points of Your CRM

The promise of a CRM ( customer relationship management ) led organizations to believe each could digitally transform its businesses through tracking touchpoints throughout the buyer’s journey. It’s no secret, only 13% of salespeople are satisfied with their CRM.