Businesses in the United States lose around $62 billion in sales because of bad service. Can you afford to be a part of that statistic? Not many businesses can. Improving customer service is an essential part of combating that churn, but how does that work for an e-commerce store? In this post, we’ll look at a novel approach to the problem. We’ll consider how to boost sales and service levels by using inb Read more
“Can I get a light?” Most smokers are happy to oblige to the request. But when smokers in Thailand were asked this question, their responses were negative. “I’m not giving it to you,” said one smoker. “Cigarettes contain poison,” responded another. “They drill a hole in your throat for cancer. Aren’t you afraid of surgery?” lectured a third. Smoking makes yo Read more
[By Mark Kosoglow , former VP for Sales and the first employee.]
Today Outreach has a valuation of $4.4 Billion.
March 2016. Outreach hit $3M in ARR. 3 competitors hot on our tail. Getting to $10M so we could raise a Series A was becoming nerve wracking as our runway was shrinking fast. What'd we do?
1. We picked a competitor to pick on - We targeted ToutApp, Inc. (Acquired by Marketo, Inc.) . Their Read more