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Using Columns and Mailing Lists for Customer Segmentation

Customer Segmentation Software Will Drive More Sales

By CommenceCRM / April 29, 2022

The more you know about your customers the more effectively you will be with upselling and cross selling opportunities, but you cannot do this if you are managing customer relationships with a contact manager or an Excel spreadsheet. You need a flexible CRM software solution that enables you to capture, track, manage and categorize your customers based on a set…

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Customer Segmentation Software

By CommenceCRM / January 26, 2022

Do you need Customer Segmentation Software? The simple answer is yes, but you need the right solution to efficiently manage customers and maximize the lifetime value of their business. Most Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software provides you with the ability to capture, manage and share customer information throughout your organization but they also leave you short in two areas. First…

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Defining Target Markets to Improve Your Business

By CommenceCRM / February 21, 2021

No matter what business you run, defining target markets is essential for its growth and improvement. A target market is a group of consumers to which a brand directs their products and services. Defining target markets has several benefits for businesses like establishing better relationships with customers and avoiding inefficiencies.  So, what are some of the ways to effectively find…

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5 Requirements for Effective Segmentation

By CommenceCRM / February 18, 2021

Market segmentation is a marketing technique that almost all companies practice. The process provides marketing strategists with data for a better understanding of their market, allowing them to create more personalized and profitable strategies. This practice is important for companies because it minimizes the amount of time, money, and effort marketing strategists put in certain campaigns.   So, what are the…

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Can You Use the “Five Percent Principle” to Build Your Business?

By Dave Kahle / October 12, 2020

We are all familiar with the Pareto principle, which, when applied to the world of sales, says that 80% of the business comes from 20% of the customers. As a general rule, that 80/20 rule is accurate in lots of different situations. Whenever there is a large group producing something, 20% of the people produce 80% of the results. The “Five Percent Principle” states that five percent of the people produce 50% of the outcome. Podcast: PWSM-100

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Want New Customers? Try a Sales Blitz.

By Dave Kahle / December 15, 2017

A sales blitz has the advantage of focusing the entire sales force on a specific task. That alone will bring you far greater results than if you’d just left it to each salesperson to do on their own.

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Businesses Can Use CRM Software to Get Re-Focused

By CommenceCRM / May 13, 2014

Small to mid-size businesses are struggling to differentiate themselves from the competition and acquire more customers, but help is on the way. Several CRM software providers are teaching their customers how they can use CRM software to get re-focused. What does getting re-focused mean? It simply means to get a better understanding of what you do well and to use…

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Creating new customers – Eight ways to identify new suspects

By CommenceCRM / June 6, 2013

This is a best practice for sales people by Dave Kahle, author and leading sales educator. Every sales organization, and every sales process, begins with identifying a group of suspects.  Suspects are people and organizations you suspect may one day do business with you.  They aren’t yet prospects, because you don’t know if they have a legitimate need for what…

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Customer Ranking Now Part of Commence CRM

By CommenceCRM / June 29, 2011

Do you know who your most profitable customers are? Which ones require a high level of service or which ones have potential for up-selling or cross selling?  You would if you had Commence CRM.  Commence Corporation a leading provider of cloud based CRM software has released an enhanced version of their popular online CRM software that is taking customer relationship…

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