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10 Reasons To Turn Your Customer Service Into A Cross-Selling Platform
Cross-Selling is a great way to boost revenues and profits by gently persuading existing customers to purchase an additional product during service conversations.There are ten really great reasons your CSR’s should make an effort to cross-sell to existing customers and clients:(1) You Already Have The Customer’s Attention!This may sound obvious, but it’s a critical fact. Marketers wrack their brains thinking of clever ways to simply get prospects to focus upon their offers. When you have existing customers on the phone, you don’t have to compete with other companies for their ears—they’re already tuned into you, and only you. From a communication perspective, your signal-to-noise ratio is extremely favorab

. If business owners are not sensibilized and/or not trained how to leverage value out of the Web site analysis report, they most likely will not even start reading the reports and all efforts in measuring Web site performance using Web site analysis tools is wasted.

3)Data points of Web site analysis tools are not related to each another:

The Stages Of Team Development
One of the greatest challenges a coaching manager has is in moving his or her team though the various team development stages. If a manager has no, or little experience of teams and team dynamics then taking over a team and then leading that team can be a very stressful experience. Every manager should know what the various growth stages are of a developing team and they should know how best to move the team through these stages with the minimum of fuss and stress. Unfortunately, many managers do not get the necessary training or coaching in this area of team development and as such teams go through a lot of stress and turmoil when perhaps this could be minimised quite considerably.In the next couple of pages I will tak

Web site analysis tools can contribute to design decisions to improve visitors’ online experience but also to inform site owners, business owners about the performance of their Web sites. However, in many cases, eBusiness Managers, Webmasters or Web operations managers, start deploying Web site analysis tools just as a ‘nice to have’ tool. Instead of measuring performance and comparing it to the business objectives, they mostly communicate the raw analysis data to senior management, without any further explications or any recommendations for site improvements. To exploit the value that Web site analysis tools can provide, the following major pitfalls should be avoided:

1) Business objectives not set for individual sections of the site:

At most organizations, business owners responsible for a sub part of the corporate Web site have not defined their specific business objectives of their sub parts. For example, a sub part of a Web site could be customer support, which can be further broken down into self-service tools (e.g. frequently asked questions, download of drivers, etc.), support contact information, warranties, user manuals, etc. Measuring the performance of a site or a sub part of the site is only valuable, if the measured performance can be compared against the targeted objectives. If business owners do not set business objectives, the analysis cannot determine the site’s performance. eBusiness managers or Web operation managers that are in charge of deploying Web site analysis tools need to help business owners defining the detailed business objectives of their Web site’s sub parts (read also, "Who Should Set Business Objectives”, Steve Telleen).

2) Site owners or site section owners are not trained to understand the analysis reports:

At most organizations, site owners or business owners for a specific sub site can not leverage the reports of Web site analysis tools as many of them don’t understand the benefits of such a measurement’s approach. eBusiness managers need to explain as a first step the benefits and the importance of this performance measurement as integral part of their Web performance measurement program. The second step includes explaining of what is measured and how the measured data can help business owners to further improve their sub-parts of the site (e.g. changing navigation or cross-linking sections, providing and updating section with ‘most used links’, etc.). If business owners are not sensibilized and/or not trained how to leverage value out of the Web site analysis report, they most likely will not even start reading the reports and all efforts in measuring Web site performance using Web site analysis tools is wasted.

3)Data points of Web site analysis tools are not related to each another:

What's The Most Important Word In Marketing?
What’s the most important word in marketing?Free? Why? Truth? Honesty? Integrity?At first glance, it seems like a simple question. But the more you think about it, the more complex it gets. One could probably argue any number of answers based on his beliefs, values or type of business.But is there really one word that’s more important than all the others? One word without which your marketing efforts will be successful?I recently surveyed dozens of marketing professionals, authors, consultants and small business owners on my blog. The results included a wide range of words; from the emotionally charged to the pragmatic; from the right brain to the left br

ovide, the following major pitfalls should be avoided:

1) Business objectives not set for individual sections of the site:

2) Site owners or site section owners are not trained to understand the analysis reports:

3)Data points of Web site analysis tools are not related to each another:

Building Powerful Business Relationships That Sky Rocket Your Success
I was reading another chapter in one of my favorite books, The Art Of Possibility. This is one of the best books I’ve ever read on transforming your personal and professional life. On page 55, the authors introduce the practice of, “being in contribution.”One of my clients says contribution is essential to being who she is. She says, “Helping others is part of my life purpose. I need to help at least one person in some way, every day.” For many, being in contribution to others is a core value. Many have defined the value of contribution as meaning, “being in service to others” because they want to make a difference in the world.The intention of being in contribution can be expressed by saying, “How can I help y

is only valuable, if the measured performance can be compared against the targeted objectives. If business owners do not set business objectives, the analysis cannot determine the site’s performance. eBusiness managers or Web operation managers that are in charge of deploying Web site analysis tools need to help business owners defining the detailed business objectives of their Web site’s sub parts (read also, "Who Should Set Business Objectives”, Steve Telleen).

2) Site owners or site section owners are not trained to understand the analysis reports:

3)Data points of Web site analysis tools are not related to each another:

Is ISO 9001 Registration For My Organization?
Firstly you should decide your own reasoning behind considering ISO 9001 2000 registration for your organization.Is the number of registrations in your market sector increasing?Are your competitors seeking registration?Are your customers asking about registration?Are registrations increasing in your industry?Are your customers asking you to become registered?Have your group HQ asked you to gain registration?Do you want to reap the financial benefits of registration?Have the number of customer or consumer complaints increased?Do preventable errors keep occur again and again in your business?It is not possible to state exactly what benefits will your organizat

r business owners for a specific sub site can not leverage the reports of Web site analysis tools as many of them don’t understand the benefits of such a measurement’s approach. eBusiness managers need to explain as a first step the benefits and the importance of this performance measurement as integral part of their Web performance measurement program. The second step includes explaining of what is measured and how the measured data can help business owners to further improve their sub-parts of the site (e.g. changing navigation or cross-linking sections, providing and updating section with ‘most used links’, etc.). If business owners are not sensibilized and/or not trained how to leverage value out of the Web site analysis report, they most likely will not even start reading the reports and all efforts in measuring Web site performance using Web site analysis tools is wasted.

3)Data points of Web site analysis tools are not related to each another:

Fundraising Event Tips
Here are some fundraising event tips on raising more money when you do an event. The two keys are attracting a big crowd and providing multiple ways for them to support your group.Getting publicityMedia coverage is essential to drawing a big crowd. Step one is putting together a press release describing your event with a newsworthy angle. Newspapers, radio and television stations are all looking for stories of interest to their readers, listeners, or viewers.Follow the standard who, what, when, where, why, and how press release format, but focus your summary paragraph on the most compelling storyline behind your event.That storyline might be the good work your charity does for a specific cause becau

3)Data points of Web site analysis tools are not related to each another:

Web site analysis tools measure data points for a defined time period such as number of viewed pages, number of unique visitors, number of visits, etc. However, these data points do not provide any value. For example a high number of viewed pages may indicate that site visitors are lost within the navigation and browse a lot of pages to find what they are looking for versus a lower number of viewed pages, which may indicate that site visitors find directly their information in few clicks due to effective site navigation. It is crucial that Web analysts, relate the individual data points to derive value that can be translated into site improvements and that the value can be communicated to business owners to inform them about their specific site performance. For example to measure the effectiveness of online support, Web analysts should measure and relate the following key performance indicators (KPI):

a) Stickiness = total amount of time spent viewing all pages in the support section divided by the total number of unique site visitors in the support section and
b) Focus = average number of pages visited in the support section divided by total number of pages in the support section.

For online support the stickiness and the focus should be low, which indicates that the navigation to the specific support is effective (e.g. site visitors need few clicks and minimal time to get to a specific support page). It is crucial that the measured data points of Web site analysis tools are related to each another and that these data points are measured for a specific section on the site. If data points are not related to each another and not measured for a specific section, they do not provide any value or at worst if they are interpreted they may lead to wrong design decision.

4)Not enough skilled human resources available to analyze the reports:

Web site analysis tools do only track and store the visitor’s online behavior. Web site analysis tools cannot interpret the measured data. To get value out of the measured data, dedicated Web analysts need to analysis further the collected data. The main duty of the Web analysts is to relate the individual measured data to each another to obtain KPIs. These KPIs allow Web analysts to deduce the design changes to increase site visitors’ experience. In addition, Web analysts need to be able to relate the correlated analysis data with Web site design (read also, “When Not to Use Web site Analysis Tools”, Nicolas B?rki)

5)Web site analysis tools are considered as the only way to measure Web site effectiveness:

Many organizations rely mainly on Web site analysis tools to measure

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