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[Webinar] Measuring Customer Effort: How to stop relying on post-call surveys and start listening for it instead

Tethr

In 2008, the research team at CEB (now Gartner) surfaced a new measure, the Customer Effort Score (CES), that would change the way CX leaders evaluated the impact of customer service interactions on customer loyalty. Register for the webinar.

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Guest Blog: In the CX world, tracking these metrics is a way of life!

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seconds in 2008 with a mind boggling 19.19 The theory here is that customers who are highly satisfied are least likely to defect to other brands whereas those who are highly dissatisfied are the most vulnerable to do so. Customer Effort Score (CES). Answer choices ranging from Very Low Effort to Very High Effort.

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What's the Difference Between NPS and Customer Engagement?

PeopleMetrics

In our last post, we covered the difference between customer satisfaction and customer effort score. Both of those metrics are good for examining transactional elements of the customer experience. As we discussed, the best customer experience metric for your business is a matter of finding the best fit for your business.

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17 Must-Read Books for Support Managers

Nicereply

You see it in the way the employee greets customers, solves problems, and goes the extra mile when the situation demands it.” That means that eliminating the need for service is the best way to satisfy customers.

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Stop asking your customers about effort and start listening for it instead

Tethr

In 2008 when we first reported on our findings, we recommended companies use a new metric—the Customer Effort Score—to gauge the level of effort in their customer experience.

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‘Customer excellence is here: it’s just not very evenly distributed yet’. The Nunwood 2014 UK Customer Experience Excellence Report

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Time and Effort. Described by Nunwood as – minimising customer effort and creating frictionless processes. Integrity is a word that few would associate with many industries in 2014 – it has been eroded so significantly since 2008. Now that would be nice!

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How to Become a Customer Service Expert in 30 Days

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In late 2008 Malcom Gladwell published his book Outliers: The Story of Success. Instead, you should aim for reducing customer effort, as that is the greatest driver of customer loyalty. It may feel like you’re drinking from a fire hose of metrics or drowning in talk about soft skills. Remember, this is only temporary.