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The Show Starts When the Phone Rings

ShepHyken

Many of my friends are professional entertainers. Everything that happens leading up to the sale is part of the customer experience. Most people think service happens after the sale. The reality is that every interaction leading up to and after the sale is part of service and experience.

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Meeting Customers Unmet Needs, The New Imperative for 2020

Beyond Philosophy

Treating your customers well and giving them what they want is at the heart of every sales manager’s action and marketing department’s message. . New Sales Growth: This area includes increases in sales, market share, or new customer acquisition. Moreover, RICOH did this in a declining market for printer sales overall. .

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5 Top Customer Service Articles of the Week 5-3-2021

ShepHyken

Their CEO and Founder Chuck Surack places the experience over the sale. Total Retail) Successful e-commerce customer experience will be personally connected, inspiring and entertaining, video-based, and feel much more “human.”. An entertaining experience drives higher engagement. This article validates that point and more.

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Retail’s Worst Nightmare – Virtual Reality!

Beyond Philosophy

With sales lagging, they‘re hoping that in-store virtual reality experiences will be the magic ingredient that lures shoppers back. Toms shoes, for example, hopes to entertain its customers with an in-store virtual reality video that immerses them in a company trip to Peru to distribute shoes to children.

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Guest Post: 5 Inevitable Tips That Can Ensure a Superb Customer Experience

ShepHyken

It’s not just about interaction with sales or customer service. Content can be designed to raise revenue, sell products, educate, or entertain the consumers. The same study highlighted that 73% of customers worldwide love to watch videos on social media that are entertaining. #3. Post-sale monitoring.

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Guest Blog: Create Amazing Impacts with 15 Minutes and 15 Dollars or Less

ShepHyken

There is a principle I want to share from my keynote program: “Kiss Your Customer: Why Sales & Service Are Just Like Dating & Relationships.” I love this story and I think you will too! Shep Hyken . ” It’s a concept called “15 MINUTES OR LESS/15 DOLLARS OR LESS.”

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What is Customer Science? Is This the Next Wave of Change?

Beyond Philosophy

I have a couple of Echo Dots in the house, shop on the site and the pantry, use their entertainment options, etc. Sure, there are outliers where a business makes a small adjustment to the process and ends up with 300% growth, or, to the contrary, a 50% loss in sales.