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Liz Kislik: Hiring and Training Reps for Multiple-Tier Customer Service

Team Building

Liz Kislik: Hiring and Training Reps for Multiple-Tier Customer Service

Erin P. Friar

Employees of field-based organizations have to perform a unique type of multiple-tier customer service. That is, these reps must be able to service both business professionals (or those people who stock the reps’ product) as well as end-consumers on a daily basis. There are specific characteristics and skills that ideal reps should have for this job.

We spoke with Liz Kislik, President of LizKislik Associates LLC, a consulting firm..

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How Mobile CRM Creates

Technology

How Mobile CRM Creates "Information Aware" Employees

Erin P. Friar

Of all the characteristics required to provide excellent customer service, being “information aware” is the most important, according to Gartner Research Director Oliver Huang. She defines this trait..

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Building Company Culture with Remote Employees

Insights and Studies

Building Company Culture with Remote Employees

Erin P. Friar

Having a solid company culture has multiple benefits such as increased employee engagement, strengthened brand image, and higher quality goal alignment. Developing this type of environment can be..

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3 Tips on Employee Engagement for Seasonal Industries

Insights and Studies

3 Tips on Employee Engagement for Seasonal Industries

Erin P. Friar

Since organizations that hire on a seasonal basis generally experience high employee turnover rates, some managers do not seek out engagement strategies for their short-term workers. Yet, there are..

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CPG Industry News

Carol Spieckerman: 3 Things Emerging Beverage Brands Need to Know

Erin P. Friar

Carol Spieckerman, President of NewMarketBuilders, spoke with us this week about three key trends that emerging beverage brands should keep an eye on in 2015. Check out what Spieckerman had to say..

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3 Legal Tips for New Brands to Follow

Insights and Studies

3 Legal Tips for New Brands to Follow

Erin P. Friar

The product is perfected, the staff is hired, and the team is ready to launch a new brand. It’s an exciting time for an organization, but leaders should remember that before that product lands on..

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How Mobile CRM Helps Achieve More Client ‘Wins’

Technology

How Mobile CRM Helps Achieve More Client ‘Wins’

Erin P. Friar

Leaders of field teams looking to expand their businesses with more clients may consider looking into software solutions that are able to track individual client activity and easily tag a client as..

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Team Building

Minda Zetlin on Managing the Mental Health of Field Reps

Erin P. Friar

This week we spoke with Minda Zetlin, Inc. Magazine columnist and former president of the American Society of Journalists and Authors, on the issue of health in the workplace. A growing number of..

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Jonathan Webb: 3 Values Third Party Merchandising Clients Expect

Jonathan Webb: 3 Values Third Party Merchandising Clients Expect

Erin P. Friar

We spoke this week with Jonathan Webb, Head of Strategy Research at Procurement Leaders on the subject of outsourcing merchandising services. In a research piece done by Procurement Leaders, data..

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How Mobile CRM Helps Your Team Be Their Own 'Fire Fighters'

Accountability

How Mobile CRM Helps Your Team Be Their Own 'Fire Fighters'

Erin P. Friar

Too many business leaders consider themselves full-time firefighters and part-time managers. The old “putting out fires” expression is a way to describe managers who spend most of their time..

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Medical Packaging Industry Trends Helping End Users in 2015

Packaging

Medical Packaging Industry Trends Helping End Users in 2015

Erin P. Friar

Product manufacturers in the medical industry have a unique responsibility to their end users, whether they be medical professionals or consumers, to provide safe and simplistic packaging. Unlike..

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