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Karen Hertzberg: Improving Customer Retention Through Great Customer Service

Bill Quiseng

What’s better than gaining a new customer? That’s why a high customer retention rate is an important goal for many businesses. Excellent customer service is one of the best ways to achieve this goal. Customer retention supports long-term growth because it creates a loyal customer base.

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Top Ten Customer Service and Customer Experience Predictions for 2023

ShepHyken

Customers Will Be Smarter and More Demanding Than Ever – I may sound like a broken record as I start each year with this prediction. Regardless of the type of business you’re in (B2B, B2C, B2B2C), everyone is a consumer. Eighty-one percent of consumers we surveyed said a great customer experience increases trust. .

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

ShepHyken

Since the beginning of my career, I’ve preached about that many customer service skills and CX strategies apply to every type of company in any industry. That includes B2C, B2B, and G2C (Government to Citizen). Using AI the right way will enhance the relationship versus frustrate the customer. in 2022 and 5.4%

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6 Key Factors to Improve Customer Retention

aircall

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.

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Taking Customers Beyond the Honeymoon Phase

bold360 Blog

What they don’t know is that only a small portion of your budget is dedicated to keeping them as a customer, so disappointment is likely coming. 1 How are you going to meet the high expectations you’ve set in the acquisition phase if your company isn’t as invested in the customer acquisition phase? But there is good news.

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Guest Post: The Biggest Value Driver That is Not on Your Journey Map

ShepHyken

Well, again, my observations show that pretty much every team tasked with improving the customer experience and driving more sales and customer retention is doing some form of journey mapping. And they should as it’s probably the cheapest and simple way of finding opportunities to improve the customer experience.

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5 Top Customer Service Articles For the Week of April 20, 2020

ShepHyken

Loyalty programs boost businesses’ ability to keep customers by Jill Young Miller. Louis) In business, simple loyalty programs can strongly increase customer retention, Washington University in St. Even though it appears consumer-based (B2C), there is good info for any type of business. Washington University in St.