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C-Level / C-Suite

High-ranking executives in a corporation or company such as a CEO, CTO, or CFO. 

Call for Proposal

 When a business asks companies to sell them their product. Companies usually compete for their...

Call To Action (CTA):

A word or phrase used to inspire the end-user to take a specific action, often...

Call-Back

 A follow-up practice when a salesperson repeatedly contacts a customer after a set period to...

Call-Blocks

 The time that spent by representative searching for leads, performing administrative work, and performing follow-ups...

Call-In

When a potential client calls to inquire about the company or product. 

Cancellation Prevention

Taking the necessary precautions to prevent buyer’s remorse. 

Canonical Tag

A bit of code that tells search engines which page is preferred when two URLs...

Cap Draw

 The maximum threshold that an employee is allowed to borrow against their salary. The limit...

Cascading Style Sheets

A style sheet language used for describing the presentation of a document written in a...

Cash Collection

The process of establishing how payment will be made on a product or service. 

Challenger Sales Model

A disruptive approach where customers are “challenged” out of their comfort zone to buy a...

Champion / Challenger Test

A method that determines the best marketing strategy to take. The champion is the current...

Channel Partner

A person or entity that partners with and sells the products of another company through...

Channel Sales

The process of grouping sales personnel that tackle different distribution channels for selling a product...

Churn

A term used to describe the percentage of clients who back out of a purchase...

Churn Rate

The net % of customers that a business loses over a given time period, If...

Churn Rate

 A formula used to determine the annual rate of customers unsubscribing to a service. It...

Claw-back

When money in the form of benefits has already been paid out to a person...

CLICK THROUGH RATE:

The percentage of the people who saw a search result, ad, or e-mail who then...

Click-To-Open-Rate (CTOR)

Measures the effectiveness of the content of your email. Calculated by the number ofunique clicks...

Client

The person or entity that buys the product or service your business offers. 

Close

 when a Sales rep guides the client to the final decision of purchasing the product...

Closed Opportunities

A term used to describe closes that led to both a sale or lack thereof. 

Closed Question

A type of question asked by marketers to receive a yes or no response targeted...

Closed-Lost

When the deal is closed, but the customer does not purchase the product .

Closed-Won

 A term that means a close that led to a successful sale and the successful...

Cohort

A group of individuals (e.g. users, customers, prospects) that exhibit the same, or similarcharacteristics. Example:...

Content Management System

A web application designed to help you make a user-friendly website. 

Conversational & Brand Building Content

Content that encourages user interaction and extends the desired brand image. 

Conversion

The completion of a predefined goal. This is often used to track the number of...

Conversion Rate

 The percent of people who complete an action prompted on a specific web page. (Example,filling...

Conversion Rate Optimization (CRO)

A process or system for increasing the percentage of visitors to a website that converts...

Cookie

A small item of data sent from a website, that is stored on the user’s...

Cost Per Acquisition (CPA)

How much it costs to acquire what is defined as an ‘acquisition’. This could include...

Cost Per Click (CPC)

The amount you pay on an advertising platform for each click. CPC (Cost Per Click)...

Cycle of Sales

The modern sales process is divided into seven stages: prospecting, preparation, approaching, presenting, handling objections,...

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