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

ShepHyken

seconds in 2008 with a mind boggling 19.19 A couple of years ago, these metrics had a proclivity towards transactions and sales. 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. seconds in 2009!

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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. Human Sigma: Managing the Employee-Customer Encounter By John H.

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Beyond customer effort score – Understanding and avoiding “chronic suck”

Tethr

And many pushed back on the suggestion that they use a metric like our newly invented Customer Effort Score (CES) over traditional measures like CSAT or NPS. It seems everywhere you turn, practitioners and thought leaders alike have embraced the idea of reducing customer effort.