Help Scout

MAY 12, 2021

Great customer service delivers real business value. Even so, it can be difficult for empathetic customer service staff to think about customers in terms of business revenue. It somehow feels more “fair” to treat every customer equally, being helpful and responsive without regard to the money involved.

Customer Retention 115

Customer Retention Effort Score Self Service Measurement 115

Kayako

JULY 22, 2022

The concept of customer perception seems obvious, it is basically the customer’s opinion of a company at any given point during their customer journey. What is not so simple is tracking and measuring all the different variables that influence customer perception. Customer perception is directly tied to the bottom line.

Net Promoter Score 280

Net Promoter Score Measurement Effort Score NPS 280

Kayako

AUGUST 12, 2022

The lockdowns and aftermath of the 2020 global pandemic spiked growth in e-commerce sales as brick-and-mortar stores and restaurants closed their doors. eMarketer estimates that by 2024 almost 20% of total retail sales will be via eCommerce, and that estimate does not include travel and event ticketing or restaurant food delivery.

Customer Service 292

Customer Service Ecommerce Effort Score e-support 292

TechSee

APRIL 3, 2018

Customer churn in the age of information is a fact of life for every business in every industry. Customers have unprecedented access to data, enabling easy comparisons of alternatives, as well as hassle-free provider changes with a simple click of a button. Customer churn formula. The price of a high customer churn rate.

Customer Retention 141

Customer Retention Technology Strategy Analytics 141

ProProfs Chat

MARCH 27, 2020

Customer experience is the new marketing battlefront – Chris Pemberton. A vast majority of marketing and customer-relation experts believe that customer experience is about to take over aspects like product price and quality and we could not agree more. So What Can Be Termed as a Good Customer Effort Score?

Effort Score 52

Effort Score Customer Retention NPS Survey 52

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.

Customer Retention 90

Customer Retention Strategy Net Promoter Score Employee Engagement 90

Hello Customer

JANUARY 16, 2020

January typically is a month to forecast trends, and we believe customer retention will be an important one. But we see increasingly more organisations move their focus from aggressive acquisition investments to retention management. Customer retention or acquisition? On top, new customers often get more benefits.

Customer Retention 92

Customer Retention Effort Score Fashion Study 92

GetFeedback

DECEMBER 11, 2018

It’s not rocket science: the lower your customer churn rate, the higher your profit. But do you know how much customer retention is really worth? According to Harvard Business School, even just a 5% increase in customer retention can lead to a 25-95% increase in profits.

Net Promoter Score 223

Net Promoter Score Effort Score NPS Customer Retention 223

Wootric

AUGUST 15, 2018

This guest post was contributed by Amy Etheridge , the Head of Customer Advocacy at MindTouch. She has 20 years of experience in software, including marketing, sales, success, and support. She is dedicated to understanding the holistic customer experience. They may move from sales to onboarding, for example. The Handoff.

Effort Score 66

Effort Score Touchpoint Customer Retention Interaction 66

InMoment XI

APRIL 3, 2024

For as long as there has been business, there have been customers. And for as long as there have been customers, businesses have had to prioritize creating a positive customer experience. The customer experience—how buyers feel about their collective interactions with a brand—defines and motivates customer action.

Customer Expectations 260

Customer Expectations Meeting Customer Experience Touchpoint 260

Kayako

JULY 31, 2019

The past few years have seen live chat completely change the way online businesses carry out marketing and sales. Gone are the days prospects would email and wait several hours to receive a response to a sales-related query, or call an 800 number and be stuck in a cyclical loop of annoying prompts and call trees.

Sales 161

Sales Marketing Net Promoter Score Consumers 161

Magellan Solutions

AUGUST 18, 2023

Sales optimization is essential for businesses to flourish in a competitive market. Sales optimization enhances customer experiences, fosters brand loyalty, and drives long-term success. We provide readers with the knowledge they need to enhance their sales processes. It goes beyond attaining targets.

Sales 98

Sales Tools Marketing Multi-Channel 98

Retently

MAY 15, 2024

Most of us associate customer feedback with, well, customers. However, for many businesses in the publishing industry, whose readers are their customers, asking for feedback directly is a way to optimize their product and learn more about user experience. If it does, why? If it doesn’t, why not?

Net Promoter Score 78

Net Promoter Score NPS Effort Score Ecommerce 78

Lumoa

AUGUST 8, 2023

Effectively analyzing survey results can provide numerous benefits, such as enhanced customer satisfaction, increased sales, and improved brand loyalty. So, if you’re ready to transform your customer feedback into a driving force for positive change, dive into this article and learn how to make the most of your customer surveys!

Analysis 208

Analysis Survey Feedback How To 208

Lumoa

JUNE 14, 2023

You’ve designed your NPS survey and emailed it to all your customers—and the results are in… but not those you were expecting. When it comes to gauging customer sentiment and loyalty, few metrics enjoy such widespread acclaim as the Net Promoter Score (NPS). Does it spell doom for your business?

NPS 208

NPS Effort Score Customer Centricity Loyalty 208

Thematic

DECEMBER 5, 2018

Think customer loyalty programs are all about getting generic discounts, points and rewards? Today, it’s more about offering customers something as personalized as possible, so that they feel truly special. So, let’s look at ways to reduce churn with customer retention analytics and why it’s important in the first place.

Customer Retention 96

Customer Retention Analytics Data Strategy 96

Pointillist

JUNE 15, 2018

What’s better than acquiring one new customer? The answer isn’t acquiring two new customers. Much of the marketing world is still focused on customer acquisition, but to improve customer retention will yield f ar better ROI and cost about 5-25X less than customer acquisition. What is Customer Retention?

Customer Retention 110

Customer Retention Analytics Loyalty Programs Customer Journeys 110

Wootric CX Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2020

You don’t just want to appeal to new customers – you also want to keep your current ones coming back again and again. Not only do returning customers require less introduction to your products and services, but they also tend to spend more than first-time customers, too. . What is Net Promoter Score? Image Source.

Net Promoter Score 52

Net Promoter Score Customer Retention How To NPS 52

GetFeedback

MAY 9, 2019

If you Google customer experience you’ll get about 2,340,000,000 results—articles, videos, reports—with in-depth information about the space. What is customer experience? Customer experience is how your customers perceive their interactions with your company. What is great customer experience? We want to fix that.

Customer Experience 337

Customer Experience Customer Journeys Metrics Effort Score 337

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Your CEO understands how important customer experience is to the success of your organization. I talk to customer experience leaders every week who share how they might have heard talk about how important customer experience is for their organization, but they rarely see the action to back that up. That’s right. Crazy, right?

Customer Experience 376

Customer Experience Net Promoter Score Customer Experience Management Feedback 376

Gainsight

JUNE 20, 2022

This post was originally published in Customer Think. . The Customer Success Index 2022 , a survey of more than 350 companies by Gainsight and RevOps Squared, recently uncovered some very interesting, if not troubling data on the state of alignment between SaaS users and buyers. A Customer Stakeholder Dichotomy.

Customer Retention 52

Customer Retention NPS Effort Score Customer Success 52

Retently

AUGUST 3, 2023

“Customers are no longer buying products and services– they are buying experiences delivered via the products and services.” – Gregory Yankelovich In a world where your potential competitors are just a click away, customer experience is the new marketing battleground. and that’s exactly what customers want.

Customer Experience 148

Customer Experience Net Promoter Score Effort Score Social Media 148

Education Services Group

AUGUST 31, 2022

Speakers: Chris Singh , Chief Customer Officer, Blackbaud. . CCO of Blackbaud, Chris Singh, joined our VP of Customer Success, Peter Armaly for this month’s webinar, to discuss how to embrace the concept of the post-sale environment as an entire ecosystem. At Blackbaud, an example is we sell outcomes right at the point of sale.

Sales 52

Sales Effort Score Chief Customer Officer NPS 52

GetFeedback

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

Our best customers are the ones who stay with us. The proof is in the numbers: a 5% increase in customer retention can lead to a 25-95% increase in profits , according to a Harvard Business School study. Decreasing customer churn leads to more than repeat customers and referrals. The bad and the ugly of high churn.

Customer Journeys 247

Customer Journeys Net Promoter Score How To NPS 247

Think Customers

DECEMBER 14, 2020

This is true as true in sales as is it in sports – probably more so. Timothy Blank, a vice president at TTEC, recently spoke with Customer Strategist Journal Editor-in-Chief Elizabeth Glagowski about the crucial role practice plays in a sales team’s success. Value your customers. Cultivate relationships strategically.

Omni-Channel 52

Omni-Channel Sales Rewards Programs Effort Score 52

NobelBiz

MAY 14, 2024

Contact centers have always been at the forefront of adopting technologies that can enhance the interaction between agents and customers. Conversational analytics stands as a crucial technology in customer service. It enables businesses to dissect and understand the nuances of their interactions with customers through voice and text.

Call Center 59

Call Center Analytics Contact Center Effort Score 59

Retently

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

From tracking the real, long-term results of a campaign to judging the potential for customers to refer your company to their friends and colleagues, Net Promoter Score is a versatile metric that belongs in any marketing manager or consultant’s arsenal.

Net Promoter Score 78

Net Promoter Score NPS Marketing Effort Score 78

CustomerSuccessBox

AUGUST 27, 2021

Customer Success team or the Sales team. Model 1: Sales owns new logos, expansion, and renewals Model 2: Customer Success owns expansion and renewals Model 3: A separate customer-focused sales team owns expansion and renewals. The more customer-centric your business is, the more likely it is to succeed.

Sales 52

Sales Customer Success Net Promoter Score Management 52

Retently

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

While NPS® can be an excellent loyalty and customer satisfaction metric , it can also be much more than that. When used properly, Net Promoter Score® can play a significant role in your prospecting and sales process, essentially doubling your growth efforts by focusing on both customer retention and prospects conversion.

Net Promoter Score 88

Net Promoter Score Sales Strategy NPS 88

delighted

JULY 13, 2022

If so, you’ve experienced customer loyalty. And likely, if something in your customer experience with the brand has gone awry in the past, e.g., your order didn’t ship when they said it would or the item that arrived did not look like the item you ordered, the brand was eager to make it right – and in turn, that earned your loyalty even more.

Loyalty 86

Loyalty Measurement Customer Experience Net Promoter Score 86

Solvvy

AUGUST 17, 2022

Key performance indicators (KPIs) give businesses a way to measure and monitor progress toward business goals and ensure leaders are steering their companies toward a great track record with customer satisfaction and business growth. Why Should Businesses Track Customer Service KPIs? What are the Most Important Customer Service KPIs?

Net Promoter Score 102

Net Promoter Score Measurement Effort Score Chatbots 102

Retently

MAY 2, 2023

The key to success for SaaS companies lies in prioritizing the positive experience of their clients through a customer-centric approach. While there are many ways to do that, measuring satisfaction levels and actively seeking relevant feedback is critical to improving customer journeys. What is NPS, CSAT, and CES?

Customer Journeys 146

Customer Journeys Survey Effort Score NPS 146

Gainsight

APRIL 8, 2020

As a Sales Leader, I am deeply focused on how to maintain & maximize revenue during the currently unfolding & rapidly changing COVID landscape. Maximize Customer Retention. Retaining customers that are already in the base is the first fundamental step in maintaining a solid revenue foundation.

Sales 98

Sales Effort Score Fashion Report 98

Confirmit

OCTOBER 18, 2018

What Is Customer Retention? Customer retention refers to an organization’s processes and activities that aim at stopping customers from churning or switching to a competitor. Increasing customer loyalty is a key goal of any business, and contributes greatly towards sustainable growth.

Customer Retention 45

Customer Retention Multi-Channel Net Promoter Score Return on Investment 45

Retently

AUGUST 23, 2022

As an ecommerce business, Net Promoter Score® might be the most powerful KPI in your CX toolkit. Net Promoter Score is a metric that measures the likelihood of a customer recommending your brand to their personal and professional social circle. Survey all customers, not just top spenders. NPS depends on consistency.

Net Promoter Score 148

Net Promoter Score Ecommerce Tips NPS 148

ClearAction

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Likewise, for financial growth from customer experience (CX), it’s best to focus on these 4 CX metrics: CX-inspired growth CX-inspired performance CX-inspired strategies CX-inspired efficiencies These 4 metrics synchronize your value proposition and what customers get. Is this approach used for every growth effort in your firm?

Metrics 62

Metrics Effort Score ROI Policies 62

Retently

AUGUST 29, 2022

One of the most common questions we receive, as an NPS®-focused software business, is how Net Promoter Score® differs from the type of data you can extract by studying people’s reactions on social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. NPS Measures Customer Satisfaction, Not Public Opinion.

Social Media 158

Social Media NPS Net Promoter Score Marketing 158