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  • Looking For Digital Marketers

    Hello, I’m looking for full time american and european only digital marketers. This will be a high paying job. I’m looking for serious, dedicated and commited people only please comment and inbox me if your interested thank you.
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  • More popular (and cheap, too)

    If Harper Lee had written To Kill a Mockingbird today, there’s no doubt that the salesforce and the marketers would have pushed for a catchier title, probably with better SEO.

    And it’s hard to imagine that Waiting for Godot would have ever been performed on Broadway.

    On a similar note: What would happen if instead of taking elements out of our work in order to make the product cheaper, we put things in instead? What if we made it better?

    It’s tempting to race to the bottom. The problem is that you might win, and then you’ll have to stay there. Worse, you might try and come in second, accomplishing not much of anything.

    Linkbait is a trap, because it brings you attention you actually don’t want.

    The alternative is to be idiosyncratic, specific and worth the effort and expense. What would happen if you made something important, breathtaking or wonderful? The race to the top is not only more satisfying, it’s also more likely to work.

    And then you get to live there. Doing work you’re proud of, without excuses.

  • How To Improve Your Company’s CX Strategies: 15 Top Tips

    Over time, marketing experts realized that if a customer had a great initial experience with the business, they’d be more inclined to return. Customer experience has thus become one of the most vital metrics for ensuring that consumers are happy with a company. Unfortunately, not all businesses are gifted at creating excellent experiences for their buyers. Below, 15 experts from Forbes Communications Council offer their best advice that can help a company develop a much-improved customer experience.
    Focus On Customer Journey Mapping Have A Well-Planned Execution Process Adapt And Extend Your CX Have A Client-Centric Culture Make Your CX Delightful Set Up Key Metrics And Monitor Them Leverage Surveys, Reviews Ensure Quick Response Times Combine Technology And Human Expertise Don’t Define Success On Your Terms Stay Human And Relatable Leverage Conversational AI Focus On Digital Experience Offer A Personalized Experience Have A Strong Retention Program
    ​ Full article: https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbescommunicationscouncil/2020/11/20/how-to-improve-your-companys-cx-strategies-15-top-tips/?sh=33c60d253c54
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  • The Greatest Brands are the Ones that Take ‘Onus’ of Customer Experience

    Customer experience is about brands demonstrating their commitment to prioritising and anticipating the problems of the customers. They are taking the onus to provide a solution to the customers. One of the frequent problems that most customers face while purchasing online is the whole complexity of the ‘return’ process. Agile brands are managing this by…
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  • 6 Ways to Support Black-Owned Businesses During the Holidays

    2020 has presented unprecedented challenges for businesses. COVID-19 has forced most to pivot their strategies online and adapt to a growing digital landscape. While some have been able to stay afloat, others haven’t been as successful and many have had to close their doors permanently as a result.
    Black-owned businesses have been disproportionately impacted by the global pandemic. In the United States, 26% of Black-owned businesses closed their doors permanently between February and May of 2020, compared to 11% of white-owned businesses.
    That’s why, this holiday season, HubSpot is joining Google, the U.S. Black Chambers, Inc., and other companies participating in Black-owned Fridays — an initiative to drive visibility and support for Black-owned businesses.
    I spoke with Gianne Doherty, Founder of Organic Bath Co., to learn more about what businesses, and consumers, can do to support Black-owned businesses during this holiday season. Below are a few thoughts she offered during our conversation.
    How to Support Black-Owned Businesses
    1. Tell someone about a business or product.
    Doherty started by saying that the simplest way to support Black-owned businesses during the holiday season is to tell people about their products. When you buy something cool or get a good deal, tell a friend. Online customer reviews are great, but a one-on-one interaction is usually the best way to convince someone to check out a business or product you love.
    If you don’t know of any Black-owned businesses in your area, Doherty recommends heading to Google and doing a quick search. There are plenty of resources that can direct you to a Black-owned business in your area — one of which is the Official Black Wall Street Directory.
    She also proposed searching social media sites to find Black-owned businesses online. For instance, if you search “#BlackOwnedBusiness” on Twitter, you can find plenty of accounts managed by Black business owners — liking, reposting, and sharing their content is also a great way to support these businesses.

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    2. Refer customers to Black-owned businesses.
    Word-of-mouth marketing is incredibly important for small businesses, especially if you’re operating in a B2B setting. Doherty noted that customer referrals make a huge impact on buying decisions, because customers will trust each other’s recommendations more than they’ll trust your brand’s advertisements. If you have the opportunity this holiday season, refer a Black-owned business to your customers or peers and help promote their brand.
    Doherty also emphasized the importance of focusing on the value of the products and services you’re referring — and not just the fact that they’re Black-owned. After all, “shopping Black or shopping small doesn’t mean lower quality,” as she put it. When making a referral, Doherty encouraged people to highlight the benefits of the product or service along with the fact that they have been created by individuals who have been historically underfunded.
    3. Shop early during the holidays.
    The holidays are already a busy time for small businesses, and COVID-19 has made it even more difficult to keep pace with customer demand. In the United States, 99% of minority-owned businesses are small businesses, which means that many don’t have their own shipping operations like Amazon or Walmart.
    Most small businesses in the United States use the United States Postal Service (USPS) when shipping their products, which can lead to delays as orders pile up around the holidays. Doherty recommends that customers try to buy their products early in the holiday season to avoid any potential problems that might occur with shipping.
    4. Be patient with small businesses.
    Alongside shopping early, Doherty also noted that customers will need to be a little more patient with small businesses this year. The holidays are already busy as it is and now, with COVID-19, many businesses are still learning how to adapt their marketing, sales, and customer service strategies. There are likely to be some new roadblocks to tackle this year, and customers need to be patient with small businesses as they work to overcome those challenges.
    Black-owned businesses have already saw an increase in customer demand this year when searches for Black-owned businesses increased by over 7,000% between May and July. Unfortunately, this growth has declined since, creating a greater need for buyers to support Black-owned businesses during the holidays. While it’s wonderful to see a sudden spark of interest over the summer, Doherty encouraged buyers to continually support Black-owned businesses year-round and not just when it’s trendy.
    5. Partner with Black-owned companies.
    If you’re a business owner, one way you can partner with black-owned businesses is on promotional campaigns. Doherty, for example, has been partnering with other Black-owned businesses to hold giveaways. She’ll give away another brand’s product while that brand will give away one of hers. This is a great way for each company to raise awareness for the other among their customer bases.
    Here’s one example from her company’s Instagram page, where she partnered with two other Black-owned beauty brands to give away products.

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    6. Buy from Black-owned businesses.
    At the end of the day, the best way to support Black-owned businesses is to buy their products. Doherty said, “We’re voting with our dollars.” The businesses where we spend our money will be the ones that grow and thrive. If we don’t consciously shop at Black-owned businesses, we will continue to lose them at a disproportionate rate. If you really want to support Black-owned businesses this year, go out and purchase one of their products and tell a friend about them, too.
    These are just a few of the ideas that Gianne Doherty wanted to share for Black-owned Friday. We hope it brings some attention to Black-owned businesses, especially those that have been significantly impacted by COVID-19.
    If you’re a Black business owner and are looking for ways to optimize your visibility this season, below are a few resources from Google that can help you reach new customers.
    How to Get Support If You’re a Black Business Owner
    Here are three things that Google recommends doing if you’re a Black business owner.

    Add your business to the U.S. Black Chambers, Inc.’s ByBlack directory. You can add your listing and become a part of the community for free.
    Highlight that your business is Black-owned on your Business Profile on Google. By adding the Black-owned attribute, you’ll stand out to customers looking for your business on Google Search and Maps. Here’s how to get started.

    Get free coaching to help your business reach new customers, thrive online, and grow. Grow with Google Digital coaches provided dedicated support for Black and Latinx small businesses.

     

  • Contradictory answers to obvious questions

    That’s how you know that they’re not obvious.
    When smart, committed people disagree about the answer to a question, you’ve found a question worth pursuing and a discussion worth having.

  • CX is a label, it’s not a struggle.

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  • Getting Started with Lightning Flow – Part 24 (Automatically Assign Permission Sets to New User)

    Last Updated on November 27, 2020 by Rakesh GuptaTo understand how to solve the same business use case using Process Builder and Lightning Flow. Check out this article Getting Started with Process Builder – Part 78 (Auto Enable Lightning Experience … Continue reading →

  • The Secret Behind ROI on CX: Harnessing the Power of Data

    Did you know that the average organisation analyses just 2 per cent of all customer interactions and it’s mostly for random checks? It’s become common knowledge that acquiring a new customer costs 25 times more than keeping an existing one. Yet, companies are still not utilising the data that’s provided by existing customers to calculate…
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