by Sam Klaidman | Oct 11, 2016 | Growth
Does your company have internal partners for B2B success? Is this the way your company operates? Are Marketing, Sales, and Service internal partners of B2B success? Are they singing from the same sheet of music? Do the three groups make great music together, or do...
by Sam Klaidman | Sep 12, 2016 | Growth
A few years ago,, I wrote a blog post titled Breaking Old Habits Is Not A Dirty Word – It is A Major Business Imperative. Since then, there have probably been hundreds of business books and who knows how many thousand articles and blog post published on this...
by Sam Klaidman | Aug 1, 2016 | Growth
In Customer Service, we fixate on retaining our key employees. These are usually our customer-facing folks with years of history with our customers and tons of irreplaceable product knowledge. And we think our relationship with our customers makes us all part of a...
by Sam Klaidman | Jul 18, 2016 | Growth
Database integrity Database integrity must be a concern if you sell services or directly support people who do the selling. After all, how can you sell a contract without having an accurate installed base and contact information? This is what I am talking about:...
by Sam Klaidman | Jul 4, 2016 | Growth
No one can say, “I am a Service Manager,” without reading (and maybe saving) at least one article, blog post, or LinkedIn piece about employee engagement. (A Tweet does not count.) This topic is essential because there is a well-established link between employee...
by Sam Klaidman | May 9, 2016 | Growth
Grow service revenue and the boiling frog phenomenon The world of the services executive is changing at a historic pace. You have to run faster than ever to stay in the same place. And one area causing you major grief is the need to grow service revenue. You may be...