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5 Top Customer Service Articles of the Week 10-11-2021

ShepHyken

Here are the four best ways to make sure your customer service is top-notch in 2021. My Comment: This article hits on some of the basics of a great customer experience. And, it’s not about being “over-the-top,” but simply doing what customers expect. by Max Starkov. We can learn so much from the hospitality industry.

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How to create loyal customers and brand evangelists in the travel and hospitality industry

Up Your Service

But a whole other degree of devoted customer exists: The brand evangelist, described as the kind of traveler who feels so connected to a company that they proactively share their positive experiences with others. In today’s connected world, customer service experiences — especially the bad ones — often spread like wildfire.

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5 Top Customer Service Articles of the Week 5-30-2022

ShepHyken

Each week I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. This is Where Rewards Programs Lose Most of Their Members by Jenn McMillen. Yet 44% of companies say they’re more keenly focused on customer acquisition and just 16% on retention.

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Loyalty Strategy 2019: How to Win in the Next Decade

Currency Alliance

So, in summary, there is a lot to consider as you review each element of your loyalty program design, but finding the sweet spot between aligning with current business goals and meeting customer expectations will likely drive a very significant boost in ROI. Choice Hotels’ Smart Privilege scheme is another good example.

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10 Outstanding Customer Experience Examples Under Diverse Sectors

SurveySparrow

From the moment customers buy their tickets, Disney works to make the experience as magical as possible. It allows guests to see wait times for attractions, order food, and even unlock their hotel room, ensuring a hassle-free experience at their parks. The Disney app provides a perfect example of this effort.

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It’s (almost) never 1%: how to price loyalty rewards

Currency Alliance

Loyalty programs are effectively a value exchange, in which there ought to be both emotional and transactional forms of value. In exchange for their data, and for receiving periodic marketing, customers expect to be: recognized (emotional value). rewarded with loyalty points (transactional value). They may be worth.5

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Breaking down the walls: Loyalty Magazine Awards 2019

Currency Alliance

In a climate where customers expect everything more or less instantly, even that one day seems like an eternity, but it’s important to remember that many very large loyalty brands are still sending flat files between partners that get processed in batch. measure through program execution. learn quickly and adapt.

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