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‘Customer excellence is here: it’s just not very evenly distributed yet’. The Nunwood 2014 UK Customer Experience Excellence Report

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The quote is in fact the very first line of the executive summary of this years Nunwood UK Customer Experience Excellence Report – a report that should be essential reading for any customer experience professional in the UK. Expectations. Not difficult to understand – it does what it says on the tin.

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The magic of Disney – now that’s what I call a Customer Experience!

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What a phenomenal way of dealing with a customer enquiry!! Response via Email 06/09/2014 10:37. Disney is a brand that is synonymous with great ‘branded customer experiences’ – this highlights exactly why. Not only did Brian receive a postal response, he also received the following email: Subject. Disney Store.

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7 Deadly Sins of B2B Customer Retention

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Boosting your B2B customer retention rates is incredibly important for nurturing a sustainable business. It’s a thrill to land a new customer, no doubt. Many companies get caught in this cycle because they prioritize new customer acquisition so heavily that they overlook how many customers they’re losing along the way.

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Shareholder or Customer First? The difference between Tesco and Amazon

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October 2014 was not the best day to be a shareholder of two of the world’s retail giants. I wrote about the ‘Bursting of the Tesco bubble’ in July 2014. Still led by their founder, Jeff Bezos, unlike Tesco their entire business model is based on meeting and exceeding customer expectations.

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Understanding Negative NPS Score: Causes, Impact and Solutions

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In other words, failing to provide adequate customer service can be enough to trigger a negative NPS score and, consequently, drive customers away. Quality of Product/Service Falling Short of Customer Expectations As consumers, we all have expectations from the products and services we acquire.

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How to Build an Effective Social Customer Service Program

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Social media sites have evolved from simply personal sharing portals to communication platforms that can enable organizations to deliver enhanced customer care and customer relationship development not typically capable in traditional customer service channels. YoY increase in customer retention.

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What Do Companies With Low Net Promoter Score Have in Common?

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First, poor service can and will hurt your customer relationships. The second is that taking a short-term approach to retention, as Comcast and other brands did by using aggressive customer retention tactics, will likely backfire. The chain started with 26 menu items in 1980, which increased to 121 in 2014.