ShepHyken

MAY 18, 2020

Each week I read a number of customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. I have added my comment about each article and would like to hear what you think too. Customer Loyalty Is Flat. That’s exactly what this article is about. Here are my top five picks from last week.

Customer Service 232

Customer Service Customer retention Banking Customer Support 232

ShepHyken

MAY 17, 2021

Each week I read a number of customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. I have added my comment about each article and would like to hear what you think too. How to handle customer complaints? My Comment: Our customers have changed during the pandemic.

Customer Service 198

Customer Service Customer retention Marketing Sales 198

ShepHyken

AUGUST 10, 2020

Each week I read a number of customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. I have added my comment about each article and would like to hear what you think too. How to Increase Customer Loyalty: 5 Customer Retention Strategies by Christopher Hutchens. This list is good.

Customer Service 232

Customer Service Customer retention Customer centricity Education 232

ShepHyken

MARCH 21, 2022

Each week I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. I have added my comment about each article and would like to hear what you think too. 15 Stats About Post-Covid Customer Service by Blake Morgan. Testimonials and customer reviews are powerful.

Customer Service 168

Customer Service Customer retention Engineering Self service 168

ShepHyken

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

Each week, I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. I have added my comment about each article and would like to hear what you think too. My Comment: Let’s kick off this week’s Top Five roundup with an article focused on the customer support center.

Customer Service 156

Customer Service Call Center Customer retention Banking 156

ShepHyken

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Each week I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. I have added my comment about each article and would like to hear what you think too. Increase Employee Retention With These 4 Tips by David Finkel. Here are my top five picks from last week. Follow on Twitter: @Hyken.

Customer Service 209

Customer Service Chatbots B2C B2B 209

ShepHyken

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Each week, I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. I have added my comment about each article and would like to hear what you think too. My Comment: This article is actually an interview with PwC Customer Transformation Leader George Korizis. Today it’s expected.

Customer Service 129

Customer Service B2C B2B SaaS 129

ShepHyken

DECEMBER 26, 2022

Each week, I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. I have added my comment about each article and would like to hear what you think too. Customer Service Heroes: 5 Happy Holiday Tales by Cassandra Vincent. Don’t succumb to the “fatal flaws” covered in this article.

Customer Service 162

Customer Service Self service Customer Experience Personalization 162

ShepHyken

MAY 12, 2019

Each week I read a number of customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. I have added my comment about each article and would like to hear what you think too. Should chat-bots replace humans for customer support? Of course, customer service is part of the CX.

Customer Service 229

Customer Service Chatbots Customer retention Marketing 229

CSM Magazine

MARCH 22, 2024

Loyal customers are the backbone of any business, regardless of niche, but keeping them engaged can be as challenging as landing a fish with a threadbare net. In today’s financial environment, dominated by fintech players, customer retention may seem like a thing of the past.

Customer retention 52

Customer retention Finance Benchmark Banking 52

ShepHyken

JANUARY 16, 2017

Each week I read a number of customer service articles from various online resources. I have added my comment about each article and would like to hear what you think too. 5 Stages to Building Customer Loyalty by Melissa Gonzalez. 4 Ways to Increase Customer Loyalty Now and for the Long Haul by Heike Young.

Customer Service 219

Customer Service Customer retention B2C Contact Center 219

Global Response

AUGUST 7, 2023

There’s no business out there who doesn’t want to improve their customer retention and CLV. The secret weapon to improving customer retention and CLV? First, customer retention rates are always measured based on a specific timeframe, typically monthly, quarterly or annually. Your call center.

Customer retention 62

Customer retention Call Center Upselling Personalization 62

TeamSupport

MAY 3, 2023

Ensuring that customers have a superior experience using a product or service is a top priority for most companies. Customers expect to have access to fast and easy customer support when and where they need it. The chatbot then delivers a resource to the customer to help them reset their password.

Customer Support 98

Customer Support Self service Chatbots Wait times 98

ChurnZero

AUGUST 11, 2020

Did you know that 60% of SaaS companies reported a negative impact on customer retention and upsell deals due to the pandemic? Customer retention, along with new customer acquisition, has been challenging for most companies when the pandemic hit. Update Customer Knowledge Bases. This is shocking.

Customer retention 97

Customer retention Chief Customer Officer SaaS Accountability 97

Totango

JANUARY 26, 2021

Read on to learn what churn is, how an attrition analysis can help you pinpoint why you’re losing customers, and what steps you can take to prevent customer churn. What Is Churn Rate and How Does It Relate to Customer Retention? Take demographic data about customers into account. The renewal process has bugs.

Customer retention 89

Customer retention Sales Marketing Big data 89

aircall

JUNE 30, 2021

Many look to the company for ways to improve customer retention. Email: Ring’s Secret to Improve Customer Retention. For one thing, it sends new customers emails to share tips on properly setting up the product. However, Ring is not the only company to reap the rewards of its stellar customer retention strategies.

Customer retention 62

Customer retention Customer advocacy Wait times Brand ambassadors 62

ShepHyken

APRIL 17, 2017

Each week I read a number of customer service articles from various online resources. I have added my comment about each article and would like to hear what you think too. Getting More Referrals = Letting People Your Customers Care About Know About Brands That Care About Them by Joseph Michelli. Do not confuse the two.

Airlines 198

Airlines Customer Service Customer retention Customer Care 198

Totango

APRIL 30, 2021

Comparing the cost of customer retention versus customer acquisition underscores why retaining clients is so important. Here’s how to calculate both kinds of costs and why retention should form part of a profitable business strategy. Calculating the Cost of Customer Acquisition. Web design and maintenance.

Customer retention 63

Customer retention Advertising Engineering Upselling 63

TeamSupport

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

In Part 1 and Part 2 of this blog series based on the whitepaper co-produced by ServiceXRG and TeamSupport, we introduced the concept of how to position the investment in customer support as a strategic value aligned to current business practices and target outcomes, and about the evolving role of B2B customer support.

B2B 89

B2B Customer Support Strategic Value Customer retention 89

ShepHyken

MARCH 27, 2023

Each week, I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. I have added my comment about each article and would like to hear what you think too. While it may seem like marketing, if done well, content marketing connects with the customer and gets them engaged or emotionally connected.

Customer Service 55

Customer Service B2B Customer retention CRM 55

ShepHyken

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

Each week I read a number of customer service and experience articles from various online resources. I have added my comment about each article and would like to hear what you think too. The top five things you hate most about customer service by Sarah Ingrams . Here are my top five picks from last week.

Customer Service 158

Customer Service Benchmark Customer Care Finance 158

Totango

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Customer success vs. customer support: although these two terms appear similar, they actually refer to two different, yet complementary, functions within a company. Fulfilling a proactive role, customer success focuses on problem prevention and creates value by enabling clients to achieve business goals.

Customer Support 105

Customer Support Customer advocacy Construction Enterprise 105

Nicereply

MAY 1, 2023

Putting customers first means taking a customer-centric approach to all aspects of the business, from product development to marketing to customer support. Companies can avoid short-term thinking by focusing on customer needs and expectations for long-lasting growth.

Customer retention 59

Customer retention Feedback Customer centricity Chatbots 59

Playvox

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Customer support teams can get a bad rap — people in other departments may think your team is just a cost center within your business or that it’s not as crucial as other teams. Your team is one of the most important teams in your business because you have a direct line to customers, their concerns, and their insights.

Customer Support 67

Customer Support Contact Center Upselling Customer centricity 67

ProProfs Blog

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

Everyone says that customer support used to be easy. For an 18th century blacksmith, the questions and concerns from customers were pretty simple. At least it was obvious that customers would simply walk to the store whenever they needed support. . Customer support is not rocket science.

Customer Support 160

Customer Support Surveys Inbound sales Construction 160

ShepHyken

AUGUST 14, 2023

Each week, I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. I have added my comment about each article and would like to hear what you think too. I asked the salesperson how easy it is to get customer support. This article is about that – and more. It was so easy.

Customer Service 31

Customer Service Customer retention Engineering Chatbots 31

JivoChat

JULY 20, 2021

People have a lot of options these days, so if you don’t have good customer retention strategies , your business won’t be as stable or profitable. It costs five times as much to win a new customer as it does to retain an existing one. In this post, we’ll reveal why you should start focusing on customer retention and when.

Customer retention 52

Customer retention Gamification Education Self service 52

Totango

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

A customer success strategy is a proactive plan for guiding your clients to outcomes that satisfy their needs. When your customers enjoy more value, your product adoption rates rise and customer retention rates go up. This promotes success for your company as well as your customers.

Customer retention 84

Customer retention Journey mapping Benchmark SaaS 84

ChurnZero

JULY 7, 2020

The better the service, and the more customer-centric your business is, the more likely it is to succeed. Because customer retention is tightly correlated with customer satisfaction and customer service. The Difference Between Customer Support and Customer Success Teams. The sky’s the limit.

Customer Support 90

Customer Support Education Customer retention Feedback 90

JustCall

MAY 14, 2020

But the operation that is facing the most critical hit is – Customer Retention. Customer acquisition has become more difficult than ever. And businesses have shifted their focus towards Retention. But are you still sticking to the old-fashioned customer retention strategies?

Customer retention 52

Customer retention Journey mapping Education Feedback 52

CCNG

JANUARY 11, 2023

I’ve seen companies pull back on spending in areas they believed to be “not as critical” (like customer support or the contact center) to the organization’s success, only to have it come back to haunt them. These same companies found themselves having slow growth and customer service and customer retention issues.

Customer Service 195

Customer Service CCNG Education Self service 195

JustCall

MAY 14, 2020

But the operation that is facing the most critical hit is – Customer Retention. Customer acquisition has become more difficult than ever. And businesses have shifted their focus towards Retention. But are you still sticking to the old-fashioned customer retention strategies?

Customer retention 52

Customer retention Journey mapping Education Feedback 52

Inbenta

JUNE 30, 2022

There isn’t one specific tool or feature that carries out this task; instead, it’s an overall plan incorporated into your customer service strategy and technology. What are the benefits of proactive support? A Gartner survey found that proactive customer support provided a point increase in customer satisfaction metrics.

Customer Support 52

Customer Support Chatbots Brand ambassadors Engineering 52

ShepHyken

JANUARY 28, 2022

This week we feature an article by Joy Gomez, founder of Field Promax , a company that helps organizations streamline and standardize their workflow, manage teams, communicate with customers, process work orders digitally, and grow their business. Customers play a crucial role in establishing the position of a business in the market.

CRM 174

CRM Sales Feedback Customer Support 174

TeamSupport

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

While it’s fun to talk about customer support strategy and the future of the industry, sometimes all you need is that “extra little bit” to push your team over the edge and into greatness. Whatever your goal is, here are a few simple changes you can make immediately to improve your customer retention rate….

B2B 76

B2B Customer retention Self service Education 76

ShepHyken

MAY 30, 2022

Each week I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. I have added my comment about each article and would like to hear what you think too. Yet 44% of companies say they’re more keenly focused on customer acquisition and just 16% on retention.

Customer Service 33

Customer Service Customer retention Wait times Self service 33

Lumoa

OCTOBER 20, 2022

And this requires looking at things from the customer’s perspective, understanding their needs and wants, and going above and beyond to meet them. This article will explore the key components of customer experience and how you can use them to scale your business. A Good Customer Experience Builds Customer Advocacy.

Customer Experience 122

Customer Experience Banking Customer retention Customer advocacy 122