Thought Leadership
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5 recommendations for supporting customer advocates
Customer advocacy is the premier indicator of true customer loyalty. What your best customers say about you and what information they share with others is extremely valuable. So, what can you do to encourage and facilitate greater customer advocacy about your brand, products or services?
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5 ways gifting can inspire your customers and employees
Surprising and delighting customers and employees can elevate your brand. So can the packaging.
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5-point plan to increase enrollment in customer loyalty programs
If your business has a customer loyalty program or if you’re thinking of starting one, you will need an effective enrollment campaign to get it launched and growing.
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Connecting gamification to business results
Beyond the inherent engagement that gamification and performance-based recognition bring to your organization’s programs, one major advantage of using gamification is the incredible amount of data that can be generated naturally within the program.
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Authentic recognition in an artificial world
There’s something very authentic and real about the connection created by every individual recognition moment. But with artificial intelligence (AI) rapidly growing and evolving, how do you make sure recognition stays authentic? We don’t expect AI to write evocative, meaningful and celebratory content. But we do expect it to assist in creating something detailed, accurate and relevant.
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3 strategies to drive learner engagement
Expectations for digital learning experiences are high, but the attention spans of learners are short. Keeping learners engaged and inspired while customizing courses to fit your company’s needs is an important aspect of learning, but you need more than that to keep learners interested.
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The seven principles of a successful gamification program
A persistent misconception surrounding gamification in the workplace is that it means introducing games or turning tasks into games. In reality, true gamification is the process of incorporating game-like elements into non-game contexts and tapping into the psychological drivers that make games engaging to motivate employees and customers.
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5 ideas to get the best performance from your sales team
As sales leaders, you are always looking for ways to get the best performance out of your teams. Sometimes that involves changing their mindset and behaviors. Understanding that 77% of our decisions are driven by emotion and not reason will help change behaviors and drive results. Here are five proven ideas to improve sales team performance.
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5 ways to inspire sales motivation
Motivation is sometimes defined as the general desire or willingness of someone to do something. For some people, motivation comes naturally; it’s intrinsic. For others, it’s extrinsic; they need a little help.