Fonolo

MAY 16, 2019

It’s no surprise: on the surface, the two departments and their goals seem distinct from one another: Marketing is all about customer acquisition (or, attracting new customers), while customer service is all about customer retention. So, how exactly does custom service feed into marketing?

Marketing 124

Marketing Customer Service Advertising Customer retention 124

ijgolding

OCTOBER 21, 2014

In 2014, it is very difficult to find an organisation who does not believe that the customer experience or being customer centric is NOT of value. The report is a fascinating assessment of the customer centric nature of brand names that we interact with on a daily basis.

Customer Experience 91

Customer Experience Customer centricity Customer retention Customer effort 91

Lumoa

JANUARY 2, 2022

In contrast, the success rate of selling to existing customers is anywhere between 60% and 70%. So, focusing on customer retention is the better option. When you put the customer first like this, people talk. And nothing brings this point home more than what happened in 2008. The problem was, the PS didn’t come.

Feedback 78

Feedback Surveys Customer centricity Customer retention 78

Lumoa

JUNE 14, 2023

Everyone from customers to investors and stakeholders will be wary of associating with a company that can’t seem to get its customer experience right. According to Harvard Business Review, acquiring a customer costs anywhere from 5 to 25 times more than retaining an existing one. But the damage doesn’t stop there.

Customer centricity 78

Customer centricity Airlines Metrics Feedback 78

ijgolding

MARCH 7, 2016

I am still regularly asked if this ‘Customer Experience thing’ is really a ‘thing’ at all. In 2008, Woolworths left a huge hole in high streets all over Britain – it had completely failed to remain relevant to the consumer and ceased to be a viable business.

Morale 64

Morale Customer Experience Customer centricity Marketing 64

Amity

OCTOBER 31, 2016

I’m the VP, Customer Success here at Uberflip. The first being product adoption, the second being customer retention, and the third being customer expansion. It might help to start with a bit of a history, give that, relative to other teams here at Uberflip, Customer Success is still very new.

Coaching 0

Coaching Upselling Engineering Marketing 0

CSM Practice

JULY 6, 2020

It is no surprise that discretionary spending practices lead customers to reconsider whether or not they need to renew or expand certain subscriptions. Since most SaaS companies started after the 2008 financial crisis, this is the first test of the sustainability of the model during the crisis. Adjust Your Offering.

SaaS 71

SaaS Upselling Accountability Sales 71