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Top 5 Customer Service & CX Articles for the Week of August 7, 2023

ShepHyken

Happy and satisfied customers mean that you can maintain regular sales and profit, which can help you maintain success. Some examples of companies experiencing early success with this are in the financial services industry. remains unchanged since 2009 while inflation reached 6.2% as of 2023 and minimum federal wage of $7.25

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5 Top Customer Service Articles of the Week 6-13-2022

ShepHyken

It was originally established in London as a way to expand newspaper sales. In 2009 only 18% of the value of the top 100 brands was in subscriptions. This article shares excellent examples of different subscription models and success strategies. In fact, the subscription-based business model has been around since the 1770s.

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The Best Referral Sales Strategies To Increase Your ROI

JustCall

Sales referrals are a win-win situation wherein your existing customers enjoy social validation for advocating something that’s great and your business gets free marketing and higher sales. Various companies are capable of growing rapidly simply by implementing a sales referral strategy. Sales Referrals facilitate the sale.

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Who Owns Customer Service?

ShepHyken

So, I typed the URL into the Internet browser and found out… it was for sale. For example, who better to own Toys.com than Toys ‘R’ Us. In 2009 they paid $5.1 So, I thought it would be nice to own the domain name CustomerService.com. But, surely some company that is totally focused on their customers would already own it.

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Show and Sell: 3 Ways Customer Service can be Used as an Effective Marketing Tool

Fonolo

lululemon’s Guest Education Centre is a notable example of a brand showcasing its customer service offerings as a benefit of buying from them. The Guest Education Centre is a call center that focuses on “product education” rather than sales. After all, people are influenced by people. Creating Buzz with Brilliant Customer Service.

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Seven CX Tips to Help Weather the 2021 Holiday Season ‘Everything Shortage’

CSM Magazine

Now more than any other time of year, e-Commerce becomes a more dominant force in companies’ sales, and subsequently, online customer experience. In fact, 2021 is forecast to be one of the most treacherous holiday seasons since the Great Recession of 2008-2009. The Great Resignation is also upon us.

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How To Find Business Opportunities in Recession

ThriveableBiz

And how about the reassuring words of The British Business Bank which specialises in start-up loans saying “As strange as it seems, a tough economic period might actually be the best time to launch a business” , and gives a variety of examples from pet care to gin-making. 95% of purchasing is emotional and not rational.