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How to Break Through Zoom Gloom with Customers

Julie Hansen - 27 April 2020

Salespeople and customers alike have quickly risen to the challenge of connecting in a virtual world. But now that customers are being bombarded with Zoom calls both internally and externally, they, like many of us, are experiencing Zoom Gloom*.  Zoom Gloom is an unforeseen side effect from being on video call, after video call, after video call – all with an overwhelming sense of sameness.
Symptoms of Zoom Gloom include:
1…Exhaustion.
It may seem physically easier to meet on video, but in reality our brains are working extra hard to process this new environment. A video call eliminates our ability to intuitively pick up on dozens of non-verbal cues that help us process a conversation. When we can’t see a person’s hands, or gestures, or if the quality is poor, even read facial expressions, our brain struggles to fill in the gaps.  The result: we wear out quicker.
2. Strain from always being “ON.”
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