CCNG

JANUARY 11, 2023

With some of the frustration I’m hearing, you might assume that customer service is taking a hit – particularly when there are daily reports of inflation, an oncoming recession, and the need to cut costs constantly. These same companies found themselves having slow growth and customer service and customer retention issues.

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OctopusTech

JUNE 29, 2023

Most organizations generally use these different tactics such as outbound call center services for customer retention in the long run and to enhance the entire sales process. The total number of outbound call center services has grown quickly in the last few years and these are usually highly demanded by companies these days.

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ShepHyken

AUGUST 6, 2023

Each week, I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. 25 Ways to Proactively Spot Your Customers’ Pain Points by Call Centre Helper Magazine (Call Centre Helper Magazine) When struggling to deal with customer demand, a lot of contact centres try to recruit more people.

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Customer Service B2C Customer retention Government 156

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.

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ShepHyken

JUNE 14, 2021

Each week I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. Actual vs. Intended Customer Experience: The Major Disconnect by Tara Sporrer. It’s crucial to close the gap between the understanding of the actual customer service experience and the intended customer experience.

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Customer Service Customer retention Personalization Surveys 239

ShepHyken

AUGUST 10, 2020

Each week I read a number of customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. How to Increase Customer Loyalty: 5 Customer Retention Strategies by Christopher Hutchens. My Comment: Let’s start this week with a list of customer retention strategies.

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Customer Service Customer retention Customer centricity Education 233

TechSee

APRIL 3, 2018

It is well known that the acquisition costs of converting new customers far outweigh the cost of maintaining current customers, further motivating companies to find and implement innovative customer retention strategies. Technology – key to successful customer retention strategies.

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Customer retention Technology Analytics Technical Support 141

ShepHyken

JANUARY 7, 2024

Each week, I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. Whatever drives repeat business – and ideally, customer loyalty – is a good program. My Comment: Some customer service and CX principles are universal, regardless of the industry. I agree with the title.

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Customer Service Contact Center Customer centricity Banking 168

Nicereply

JULY 21, 2022

A good customer retention strategy is the top investment you can make for your business. It’s more profitable than acquiring new customers, and it costs less money to keep existing customers than to acquire new ones. Invesp found that acquiring a new customer can cost five times more than keeping an existing one.

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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? Provide training materials that help customers get the value they expect out of your product.

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CustomerSuccessBox

MARCH 8, 2022

“Customer Retention” is kind of a buzzing word for the SaaS businesses on the digital platform. And to handle the tasks pertaining to customer retention, there is a Customer retention specialist who is also named as customer loyalty specialist. How do I become a good customer retention specialist?

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Integrity Solutions

APRIL 28, 2021

What actions can you take to both increase employee engagement and create a customer retention strategy that moves more of your customers from “satisfied” to “loyal”? One of the key tenets of a customer retention strategy is that it relentlessly focuses on value creation. A 5-step roadmap to get you started.

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Customer retention Employee engagement Customer centricity Metrics 86

ShepHyken

MAY 20, 2022

This week, we feature an article by Simona Benetinová, content manager at Nicereply , a company that helps organizations, of all sizes, provide outstanding customer service. She writes about customer loyalty and why your team should care about your brand’s Net Promoter Score. Let’s have a look at the numbers.

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Customer Service Best practices Surveys Feedback 183

ShepHyken

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

Each week I read a number of customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. Winning means losing in the game of customer retention by Linda O’Grady. CMO) All too often retention is a blanket goal. The key is to hang onto the right customers. Follow on Twitter: @Hyken.

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Construction Customer Service Feedback Customer retention 230

ShepHyken

MAY 25, 2020

Each week I read a number of customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. How to calculate your customer retention rate by Bryce Baer. Rather, consider it a key metric to guide and improve customer retention strategy and retention rate. Zendesk) Churn happens.

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Comm100

APRIL 10, 2024

AI is reshaping countless industries and services, and customer service is one such area that is changing for the better. An uptick in brand loyalty, something that makes the $323 billion spent yearly on loyalty management worth it. But how is this accomplished, exactly?

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Customer Service Chatbots Analytics Big data 90

ShepHyken

OCTOBER 8, 2018

Each week I read a number of customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. 10 Examples Of Amazing Customer Service Departments For Customer Service Week by Blake Morgan. Customer Service Inspiration from my Bookshelf by Jeremy Watkin.

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Customer Service Customer retention Call Center Metrics 216

TechSee

JUNE 16, 2022

Eric Esguerra, Vice President, Customer Service & Operations at Miele Canada Ltd. Eric’s favorite motto is “The Customer Experience is Paramount and must be the driving force to any organization.” Paul Husar, Senior Call Center Manager at LG Electronics. Follow on LinkedIn. Follow on LinkedIn. Follow on LinkedIn.

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Customer Service Chief Customer Officer Contact Center Consulting 251

ShepHyken

DECEMBER 5, 2016

Each week I read a number of customer service articles from various online resources. Beyond the Wow Factor: Why Customer Experience Management Is Not About Exceeding Expectations by Paul Greenberg & Thomas Wieberneit. 40 Customer Retention Statistics You Need to Know by Chris Boeckelman.

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Customer Service Customer retention Personalization Customer Experience 309

SharpenCX

JUNE 8, 2021

As a contact center manager, your team is responsible for keeping customers happy. If your team can’t retain customers and establish long-term relationships that last, your entire company suffers the losses. Read Next]: Learn about how to build brand loyalty from Buffer, a brand that dominates in customer experience.

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ShepHyken

JANUARY 10, 2022

Each week I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. A Nation on Hold Wants to Speak With a Manager by Sarah Lyall. My Comment: Here is an interesting article from the New York Times about the state of customer service. Here are my top five picks from last week.

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TechSee

OCTOBER 15, 2019

Customer churn is a growing problem across many industries and managing it has become critically important to the maintaining profitability. To learn more about how you can improve customer retention rates, click here. The post Customer retention rates depend on understanding these 3 personas appeared first on TechSee.

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Customer retention Airlines Personalization Surveys 107

OctopusTech

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

It’s not just answering the phone calls of customers and helping them with software. Need for Customer Retention in DTH Company. Customer retention is crucial for DTH companies due to growing competition. It’s very easy as well as cost-effective to retain customers than to gain new ones.

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Peter Lavers

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

Amongst all the hype of customer experience, AI, chatbots and real-time personalisation, don’t forget that staff still need excellent customer service training – no matter how successful your company is right now! When customer support representatives start at a company, they usually get a bit of training upfront.

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Nicereply

MARCH 23, 2023

Customer retention is an important topic for all departments to understand. Typically the onus to renew a customer is on account or success managers, but all aspects of the customer journey contribute to retention. If you were in the Control group, you didn’t get any of these gifts.

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CSM Magazine

JANUARY 25, 2022

If you’re a customer service professional, you know that customers are your lifeblood and livelihood. You likely also know about the traditional methods of gaining and retaining customers. Smart tactics in marketing, advertising, and social networking are all effective ways to attract and keep customers.

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Toister Performance Solutions

JUNE 16, 2022

The vice president was talking about his company's customer service team. His primary concern was customer retention. He worried that employees were too transactional and didn't work hard enough to retain customers. Customer service reps didn't always see the big picture. How do you manage your team?

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Customer Service Customer retention Metrics Wait times 92

ShepHyken

DECEMBER 3, 2018

Each week I read a number of customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. The Mount Rushmore of Customer Service Leaders by John DiJulius. The DiJulius Group) Who are the greatest Customer Service Leaders of all time? Here are my top five picks from last week.

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TechSee

MAY 19, 2021

In the last few years, the customer service domain has experienced an awakening with the rising awareness of the benefits of delivering a good customer experience. Companies have invested in their customer service function to differentiate and personalize their brand and improve overall operational efficiency.

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Technology Customer Service Technical Support Analytics 159

ShepHyken

MAY 12, 2019

Each week I read a number of customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. LinkedIn) When it comes to the strategic decisions that will help you thrive as a company, a positive experience is not the only factor that will make customers choose you, or stay with you. Follow on Twitter: @Hyken.

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Customer Service Chatbots Customer retention Marketing 232

Fonolo

MAY 30, 2023

Managers know that call center workforce management matters. Put it another way: if customer interactions are at the heart of a contact center’s success, then effective workforce management is the backbone. Executive Guide to 6 Call Center Metrics What is Workforce Management in a Call Center? The results?

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Toister Performance Solutions

MAY 11, 2023

You've sent your team through customer service training. I've repeatedly used them to demonstrate the impact of customer service training to executives. Why evaluate customer service training? Step 1: Identify expectations Start by meeting with the person who asked for the customer service training.

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Customer Service Surveys Best practices Customer retention 88

Global Response

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

In today’s world, customers expect not only excellent products but also excellent service. Quality customer service matters; just look at the numbers: 83% of customers are more loyal to businesses that respond to and resolve their complaints. So just what is high-quality customer service?

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CSM Magazine

AUGUST 23, 2022

The value of providing superior customer service can’t be overstated. The more emphasis you place on the experience a person has with your brand can yield higher ticket sales, future revenue, and referrals to your offerings among the customer’s sphere of influence. The ROI Value In Better Customer Service.

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Fonolo

JUNE 7, 2022

Setting goals with your contact center agents will support your most important profit driver: your customer base. Finance-focused CFO might see customer service as separate from the company’s financial goals. Why Team Customer Service Goals Important are — and Why Call Center Agents Need to Be Involved.

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Customer Service Abandon rate Call Center Interactive Voice Response 81

Method:CRM

AUGUST 6, 2020

A strong customer retention rate is often the key to small business success. All of this makes knowing and improving your customer retention rate a pressing priority for small businesses. Now that we’ve covered the basics, let’s look at how Method:CRM can benefit your customer acquisition and retention strategy.

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Customer retention CRM Sales Self service 69

Voiptime

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Customer service plays the first role in establishing customer loyalty and retention, creating opportunities for up-sales and cross-sales, building customer-brand relationships, and empowering brand advocacy. Thus, the main thing to understand is what the customer service trends in 2022 look like.

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