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 216

Customer Service Customer retention Marketing Sales 216

ShepHyken

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Each week, I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. I have added my comments about each article and would like to hear what you think too. If you don’t understand how they think about purchases and support, it’s time to learn. Here are my top five picks from last week.

Customer Service 180

Customer Service Self service Personalization Customer retention 180

ShepHyken

JANUARY 7, 2024

Each week, I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. I have added my comments about each article and would like to hear what you think too. I’m often asked to define customer centricity. My Comment: If you’re interested in loyalty programs, this article is excellent.

Customer Service 180

Customer Service Contact Center Customer centricity Banking 180

ShepHyken

AUGUST 6, 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. Here are 25 ideas to help you tune into, and better understand, your customers’ pain points.

Customer Service 156

Customer Service B2C Customer retention Government 156

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 235

Customer Service Customer retention Customer centricity Education 235

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 176

Customer Service Customer retention Self service Engineering 176

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 229

Customer Service Chatbots B2C B2B 229

ShepHyken

JULY 20, 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. 5 Customer Experience Trends Thet COVID-19 Is Only Accelerating by Stephen Fioretti. My Comment: Is customer service broken?

Customer Service 157

Customer Service Self service Customer retention Surveys 157

CSM Magazine

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

In the last four years, expectations for CX have been turned on their head as the pandemic and the urgent need to provide CX services remotely forced customer support teams to rethink how they interact with and provide value to customers. Customer retention is the no.1

Customer retention 52

Customer retention Chatbots Surveys Customer Support 52

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

24-7 InTouch

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

In today’s customer support industry, companies face many challenges, including seasonality, that demand strategic adaptation. With this comes the intricacies of providing multilingual support on an international scale. Customer support teams could brace themselves for the expected surges in inquiries and service requests.

Customer Support 59

Customer Support Technology Customer centricity Customer retention 59

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 135

Customer Service B2C B2B SaaS 135

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 166

Customer Service Self service Customer Experience Personalization 166

Hodusoft

JULY 24, 2024

Effective Strategies for Enhancing Customer Retention in Call Centers “When the customer comes first, the customer will last.” In a time of growing competition and dwindling customer loyalty, businesses need to focus on customer retention more than ever before. How to Analyze Current Retention Rates?

Customer retention 52

Customer retention Call Center call center software Interactive Voice Response 52

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 244

Customer Service Chatbots Customer retention Marketing 244

JustCall

JULY 2, 2024

A Customer Support Representative is pivotal in ensuring that customers have a seamless interaction with a company, addressing inquiries and resolving issues efficiently. This role is central to building trust and satisfaction among customers, which significantly enhances company reputation and customer retention.

Customer Support 52

Customer Support Education Customer retention Feedback 52

ShepHyken

MARCH 13, 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. He manages a team of customer support professionals and knows what the best customer service looks like – and how to deliver it.

Customer Service 232

Customer Service Best practices Customer retention Customer Support 232

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 225

Customer Service Customer retention B2C Contact Center 225

ShepHyken

JUNE 13, 2016

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. How Twitter’s Recent Changes Affect Customer Service by Dan Gingiss. My Comment: Twitter has become an important customer service channel.

Customer Service 208

Customer Service Upselling Customer retention B2C 208

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

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

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 91

Customer retention Sales Marketing Big data 91

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

CSM Magazine

MAY 9, 2024

Companies that look forward can quickly reach out to address customer worries and propose solutions right away making it more likely for them to hold onto their clientele. Enhancing Customer Support with AI Customer support is a critical touchpoint in the customer journey.

Customer retention 52

Customer retention Personalization Customer Experience Chatbots 52

Nicereply

JUNE 18, 2020

Customer retention is the act of keeping customers engaged, creating customer advocates, and reducing churn before it happens. Imagine you never acquired another customer. Your sales team went home, and all you had left was your current group of customers. That’s where customer retention comes in.

Customer retention 125

Customer retention Feedback Surveys Metrics 125

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

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

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

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 64

Customer retention Advertising Engineering Upselling 64

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

Kayako

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

As a service leader, it’s your job to meet customers on the platforms they’re most comfortable with—wherever they happen to be in the moment. Let’s review how these two channels impact your customer support strategy, as well as how they can reduce churn and boost retention. Adopt a unified customer support strategy.

Customer retention 51

Customer retention Customer Support Self service Multichannel 51

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 164

Customer Service Benchmark Customer Care Finance 164

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 109

Customer Support Customer advocacy Construction Enterprise 109

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 57

Customer Service B2B Customer retention CRM 57

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

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

Global Response

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

“If you have any questions, please contact our customer support team.” Or is that customer success? Or customer service? Is there a difference between customer success vs. customer support? Is there a difference between customer success vs. customer support?

Customer Support 62

Customer Support Metrics outsourcing Accountability 62