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Why is customer service constantly so bad in the UK?

Vonage

The impact of this is highlighted in new research which estimates that UK businesses lose £12 billion every year as a result of poor customer service. For years companies have focused on making customer service as cost-effective as possible, rather than providing a genuinely valuable service.

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What a Customer First Strategy Means Post Pandemic

C3Centricity

According to the latest global statistics, social media usage saw an increase of 21 per cent, and news consumption has risen by 36 per cent. Another study summarised on Forbes and run across 30 markets globally, shows that engagement has increased 61% over normal social media usage rates. Customers 2020 Report.

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Service Untitled» Blog Archive » Are you meeting your customers.

Service Untitled

Service Untitled The blog about customer service and the customer service experience. Home About Service Untitled Subscribe for Free Consulting Contact Archives Are you meeting your customersservice expectations? Find out more about Maria by visiting her main website, Salon de Maria.

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How Your Business Can Quickly Adopt a Customer First Strategy

C3Centricity

Every few days there seems to be another customer service disaster that fills the newspapers and goes viral on social media. These usually happen when an organisation does not adopt a customer first strategy. Almost every single organisation, big or small, recognises the importance of their customers.

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Customer Retention Tactics to Keep Customers Coming Back

LiveChat

But most customers didn’t actually expect anything more than a pre-recorded answer… right? Nowadays, communication between a company and its customers is pretty much the norm. Consider the following infamous example of poor customer service on the part of British Airways. What Else Can You Do?

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12 Proven Tactics to Increase Your Customer Lifetime Value (CLV)

Retently

Provide Value-Packed Content That Keeps Customers Engaged. Email marketing is one of the best ways to retain customers, but many businesses go about it the wrong way. If your service is below average, customers will defect to competitors even if your product is above average. Monitor Social Media.

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Calling CEOs to read emails from your customers and learn about your own business

Helen Dewdney

In Sainsbury’s Justin King shows how to care for customers I showed how he responded to me about an order for the next day. I then wrote up the story for the blog and that was years ago and blogs and social media use has only increased. You never know where your service stories will end up and who will read them!