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How to Get Started in Sales: Acronyms, Tech, and Tools — Salesforce

Sales in the digital age isn’t just a matter of helping customers find solutions: Salespeople must know the tools, terms, and tech that drive their careers.

The data and variables behind a sale have never been so numerous and complex. Fortunately, tools, including configure, price, quote (CPQ) software and customer relationship management (CRM) platforms, make it possible to take a data-driven approach to every aspect of the sales process, from client-facing pricing and quoting to the hiring considerations and training that go into assembling an effective sales team.

This technology, paired with savvy sales management and a knowledge of the variables at work, can help take your sales team’s effectiveness to new levels. Here are a few tricks to get the most out of your sales data and technology.

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8 Creative Ways to Use Instagram’s New Multiple-Image Posting Feature — Salesforce

In early 2017, Instagram announced its new multiple-image posting feature, also called a “carousel.” It lets you post up to 10 photos in a slideshow or an album. This is an exciting tool for brands and businesses: It’s designed to maximize engagement, refine storytelling, beautify your feed, and even optimize ad placement.

Along with the proven success of Instagram Stories, the carousel will likely be a hit with users and evolve as more engage with it (rather than the lukewarm reception to recent updates rolled out by Facebook and Twitter).

We’re just seeing the beginning of what can be done with the multi-post carousel. Here are few ideas to help you get creative with your posts.

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Take the Easy Route: 6 Ways Service Cloud Helps You Help Your Customers — Salesforce

The days of waiting on hold when you have a service issue are coming to an end. Customers no longer have to explain a problem over and over to each new rep, and agents are expected to resolve issues on the spot. While this is great news for customers, it’s a challenge for businesses: The changes in service technology have raised customers’ expectations, and efficiency of service has become a key factor in overall customer satisfaction.

Service Cloud by Salesforce turns your contact center into an engagement center. It gives your agents the tools they need to provide world-class service across a range of devices. Here are six ways Service Cloud makes life easier for your customers, your service team, and your business in general.

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How to Set Up Your Service Cloud Platform for Maximum Effect — Salesforce

Once upon a time — just a few years ago, to be more exact — a company’s blog (assuming they even had one) had nothing to do with the service department. Sales was largely ignorant of what customers were saying in forums and on social media. Managers had no choice but to rely on metrics that were vague, incomplete, or totally irrelevant.

Then Salesforce introduced Service Cloud. It brought all of this together in a single customer service platform, and it not only streamlines existing elements of your business but, when used to maximum effect, allows you to connect more broadly and deeply with customers. With Service Cloud, your company can make an impact that would have been unimaginable in the pre-Cloud world.

Here are a few best practices to get the most out of Service Cloud.

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Sales Tips Anyone Can Learn from Watching Commercials–Salesforce

“Don’t touch that dial!”

“Don’t go anywhere, we’ll be right back!”

Television programming used to convincingly guide viewers through a show, and viewers would watch the commercials. But there’s no dial anymore, and when a commercial comes on, you’re already in 15 other places in your browser or on your phone.

Because of that, commercials should have died off with our ability to stream on demand. Instead, they rose to the challenge by providing content that’s almost as entertaining and addictive as the shows they interrupt. They do this by sticking to the fundamentals of good sales and good storytelling.

For that reason, commercials are like free mentorship for anyone in sales. Don’t skip the ads: They will teach you how to make people laugh, cry and, most importantly, how to hold their attention. A person’s attention is the most precious currency in the digital age.

Here are a few important takeaways from commercials both on- and off-line, including the cult favourite: late-night infomercials.

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