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5 Top Customer Service Articles for the Week of November 11, 2019

ShepHyken

3 Ways Store Layout Decisions Impact on Customer Experience by Oisin Ryan. ServiceDock) The following covers three of the most common and obviously non-customer-centric strategies that retailers use. Each of them maximizes short term profitability but at the potential expense of long term customer loyalty.

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5 Top Customer Service Articles for the Week of October 28, 2019

ShepHyken

Bring Customer Loyalty Under the Customer Experience Umbrella by Phil Britt. CMSWire) Forrester’s 2019 CX Index found that most loyalty programs are ineffective. This, at a time as the company notes, when “it costs 500% more to acquire a new customer than to retain a current one.” I look forward to the future!

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ChurnZero’s 10 Customer Success Leaders to Watch in 2019

ChurnZero

To help, we’ve curated this watchlist of Customer Success leaders who we believe you’ll gain some inspiration from and see them do great things in 2019. Amanda Berger, Chief Customer Officer, Lucidworks. Amanda’s commitment to business results drives each aspect of her work as Chief Customer Officer at Lucidworks.

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How to Improve Your Customer Satisfaction Score (CSAT) Score

GetFeedback

In the latest measurement, in Q1 2019, the ACSI was 76.5 Design a customer-centric culture. Has it been deliberately designed to be customer-centric? She has worked with both B2B and B2C brands in a multitude of industries. It’s interesting to take a look at this metric over time. out of 100. out of 100.

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Are Smart Things Really Smart or is it Just Smart Marketing?

C3Centricity

According to Korn Ferry’s 2019 CMO Pulse survey, “As the champion of the customer, it is not surprising that CMOs cited customer centricity as their top strategic priority. In fact, even if you work in B2C I still believe you will find it useful for sparking new ideas in your thinking too. ” Why?

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5 Steps Toward a Successful Self-Service Strategy

TechSee

Self-service is finally coming of age, with leading enterprises embracing the paradigm of customers helping themselves. In fact, Gartner predicts that by 2020, 10% of initial B2C interactions will be virtual, up from less than 1% in 2019. Step 4: Place self-service at the core of a Customer Engagement Hub.

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5 Top Customer Service Articles for the Week of July 15, 2019

ShepHyken

Today, B2B companies need to focus on creating customer experiences that deliver—at scale. My Comment: There are some B2B companies that believe most customer experience strategies are more focused on B2C type businesses. My Comment: What is your company’s customer experience maturity level?