ShepHyken

AUGUST 1, 2022

After all, customers make buying decisions based on their experiences, so no matter what originally attracted them, their customer service interactions can dictate loyalty or loss. CMSWire) The digital experience is not keeping up with the needs of B2B buyers and customers. They want B2C-like experiences.

Customer Service 70

Customer Service B2C B2B Guest Experience 70

ShepHyken

DECEMBER 15, 2021

This translates to the customer experiencing a lower level of service, and in some cases, quality. Our colleague at Shepard Presentations refers to it as customer service on a diet. . I’m seeing that customer loyalty is up for grabs. The post Don’t Cut What Is Obvious to the Customer?? Follow on Twitter: @Hyken.

B2C 125

B2C B2B Customer Service Training Customers 125

ShepHyken

JANUARY 18, 2021

5 Key Customer Loyalty and Engagement Trends for 2021 by Michelle Wildenauer. What challenges and opportunities should customer loyalty and engagement specialists consider as they move further into 2021? It’s nice to see the emphasis on B2B, versus retail and other B2C industries.

Self Service 126

Self Service Customer Service Customer Journeys B2B 126

ShepHyken

APRIL 18, 2023

It meets and exceeds consumer expectations, and now customers want, hope, and expect every company they do business with to be as good as Amazon. I don’t care if you’re B2B or B2C, everyone you do business with is a consumer at some level. That is what Amazon has mastered, and it’s something you and your organization can do, too!

B2C 64

B2C B2B Customer Service Training Retail 64

ShepHyken

MAY 4, 2020

The way we come back is paramount to the long term success we hope to have with our existing customers, as well as new ones – regardless of the type of business we’re in (B2B or B2C). 7 Guidelines Starting Customer Experience by Christine Crandell. My Comment: What business doesn’t want customer loyalty?

Customer Service 96

Customer Service Contact Center Retail B2C 96

ShepHyken

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

Brand Keys 2019 Customer Loyalty Engagement Index: Verified Trust = Brand Success by Robert Passikoff. This article makes the point that trust is a defining piece of the customer experience. It drives repeat business and loyalty. CX is for retail brands, as in B2C. A quick read with some important reminders.

Customer Service 88

Customer Service Guest Experience B2B B2C 88

ShepHyken

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

My Comment: So many of the case studies about moving from traditional to online sales (eCommerce) are focused on B2C types of businesses – primarily in the retail industry. 5 Customer Experience Trends That Won’t Change (And Will Likely Accelerate…) by Michael Hinshaw. My Comment: This topic intrigues me.

Customer Service 84

Customer Service Ecommerce B2C B2B 84

ShepHyken

AUGUST 13, 2018

Are You Making This Critical Connection With Your Customers to Strengthen Relationships and Drive Loyalty? Business2Community) Customer Success is typically defined as, “ensuring customers achieve their desired outcomes while using your product or service.” Consider two types of loyalty; behavioral and attitudinal.

Customer Service 72

Customer Service Loyalty B2C Study 72

Blake Morgan

JANUARY 20, 2022

He offers a European perspective on employee and customer engagement and customer focus and shares interviews with top CX leaders. . With more than 30 years of experience in all areas of CX, Annette uses her blog, CX Journey, to help transform business culture to become customer-centric. Adrian Swinscoe . Annette Franz .

Case Study 96

Case Study Customer Journeys Competitive Advantage Customer Centricity 96

ECXO

MARCH 21, 2023

This ‘’culture’’ ensures that every employee in the organisation is committed to delivering the best possible experience for the customer. The pillars of a customer experience culture are: Customer-focused leadership: The leadership of the organisation sets the tone for customer experience culture.

B2B 98

B2B Customer Experience Roadmap Culture 98

ShepHyken

OCTOBER 28, 2019

Bring Customer Loyalty Under the Customer Experience Umbrella by Phil Britt. CMSWire) Forrester’s 2019 CX Index found that most loyalty programs are ineffective. This, at a time as the company notes, when “it costs 500% more to acquire a new customer than to retain a current one.” by Wayne Simmons.

Customer Service 54

Customer Service Loyalty Programs Customer Centricity Customer Service Strategies 54

ShepHyken

MAY 23, 2018

And, what happens when a customer doesn’t receive the customer service they expect? The NewVoiceMedia reports that “Brands are failing to create the positive, emotional experiences that drive customer loyalty.” That failure results in 67% of customers becoming what they call “serial switchers.” They switch!

Poor Customer Service 97

Poor Customer Service Customer Service B2B B2C 97

ShepHyken

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Yes, it’s focused on retail, but with supply-chain issues hitting virtually every industry (B2C and B2B), the ideas shared in this article are applicable to most businesses. 5 Smart Strategies That Help Avoid Losing Loyal Customers by Natalya Bucuy. Here are five strategies that can help avoid losing loyal customers.

Customer Service 84

Customer Service Chatbots Retail B2C 84

ShepHyken

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

(ServiceDock) The following covers three of the most common and obviously non-customer-centric strategies that retailers use. Each of them maximizes short term profitability but at the potential expense of long term customer loyalty. A customer just looking to pick up a carton of milk sees the layout as inconvenient.

Customer Service 89

Customer Service Customer Centricity Retail Leadership 89

Customer Guru

AUGUST 8, 2018

Arie is a Customer Strategy, Customer Lifecycle Management, Customer Insight, and Innovation Consultant. His areas of expertise, among others, are customer acquisition, customer development, and customer loyalty. Flavio Martins is the EVP of Operations and EVP of Customer Support at DigiCert, Inc.

Customer Experience 130

Customer Experience Chief Customer Officer Consulting Customer Journeys 130

ShepHyken

APRIL 20, 2020

Loyalty programs boost businesses’ ability to keep customers by Jill Young Miller. Louis) In business, simple loyalty programs can strongly increase customer retention, Washington University in St. 7 Ways to Add More Value to Your Loyalty Program by Emily Rudin. Here are my top five picks from last week.

Loyalty Programs 64

Loyalty Programs Customer Service Rewards Programs Loyalty 64

Kustomer

JANUARY 21, 2021

Listen and subscribe to our podcast: In this episode of the Customer Service Secrets Podcast, Gabe Larsen is joined by Steve Walker and Troy Powell from Walker to uncover the secrets of their newest research report focused on the differences between B2C and B2C customer experience. Most B2C is pretty transactional.

B2B 95

B2B Company B2C Customer Centricity 95

ECXO

JUNE 15, 2021

Customer-centricity results as an outcome offering a great experience to the customer across all touchpoints: from the awareness stage, through the purchasing process and finally through the loyalty process. It’s a companywide mindset and strategy that’s based on putting your customer first, and at the core of your business.

Customer Centricity 119

Customer Centricity Culture Tips Company 119

ShepHyken

OCTOBER 24, 2022

My Comment: This article is actually an interview with PwC Customer Transformation Leader George Korizis. While the title focuses on retailers balancing digital and human-to-human experiences, there is a lot that any company (B2C or B2B) can take away from the lessons shared. Do you have an app or thinking about developing one?

Customer Service 51

Customer Service Retail Course Customer Service Training 51

ShepHyken

JANUARY 13, 2020

There are some good insights and ideas here, and after reading the article, you may think the title should have been, “What Does It Take to NOT Lose a Customer.” You’ll read three ideas, and the second is my favorite, which focuses on creating advocacy, not loyalty. It’s not rocket science, but it doesn’t have to be.

Customer Service 93

Customer Service Retail Customer Journeys B2C 93

Customer Guru

AUGUST 21, 2018

He helps brands achieve improved customer experience, customer loyalty, and branding by his keynote speaker presentations and workshops. She has published the training e-manual “Five Steps To The More Loyal Customers” and has had numerous articles published and products produced on customer retention, satisfaction, and loyalty.

Customer Experience 115

Customer Experience Customer Journeys Consulting Customer Experience Professionals 115

NobelBiz

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

It represents a holistic approach that is aimed at transforming call center functions into a streamlined, customer-focused powerhouse. The ultimate objectives are crystal clear: Boost Customer Satisfaction : Happy customers are loyal customers. Call center optimization goes beyond minor operational adjustments.

Call Center 105

Call Center Tools Contact Center Net Promoter Score 105

Lumoa

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

Voice data—analyzed by AI—is the next great frontier that will enable a level of customer understanding heretofore not possible and will equip CX leaders with the insight they need to overturn many of these age-old assumption and achieve CX break-throughs that will deliver significant improvements to customer loyalty.”.

Customer Experience 324

Customer Experience Customer Centricity Self Service Culture 324

ShepHyken

JUNE 5, 2017

This article has a number of tips that are focused on retail, but also includes information that is relevant for B2B types of businesses. Airlines in search of customer loyalty need to do more than improve service b y Nick Francis. Customer Gauge) By 2020, however, the CX & NPS industry is bound to change.

Airlines 74

Airlines Customer Service Retail Telecommunications 74

ShepHyken

JANUARY 16, 2017

5 Stages to Building Customer Loyalty by Melissa Gonzalez. IBM) As a digital marketer, it’s important to remember that a long-lasting customer relationship takes time and trust; and trust takes a lifetime to build and a second to break. My Comment: Customer loyalty doesn’t happen immediately. Want evidence?

Customer Service 48

Customer Service Contact Center Customer Retention Loyalty 48

ShepHyken

AUGUST 20, 2018

Critical areas of the digital customer experience by Natalia Hawkins. MyCustomer) Over the past couple of decades, the concept of being able to conduct business operations virtually (both in a B2B and B2C setting) has caused a huge ripple effect for companies across the board. My Comment: How much digital is too much digital?

Customer Service 69

Customer Service B2B B2C Innovation 69

Second to None

MARCH 21, 2018

Brands that operate in the B2B space have just as much of a responsibility to provide a great Customer Experience to their users than traditional B2C organizations. ” Second To None empowers customer-centric brands to deliver consistent, intentional and authentic consumer experiences.

B2B 59

B2B B2C Transportation Voice of Customer 59

Customers Rock!

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

The contact center/customer service team/retail clerk is usually the place in the company with the most direct customer interaction (this is especially true for B2C companies). The Social Customer. That impression often imparts more about the brand than any marketing campaign.

Social Media 158

Social Media B2C CRM Metrics 158

Beyond Philosophy

JULY 5, 2016

There are a number of ways in which taking a humanistic approach to everything customer-related works for all stakeholders, and directly influences and impacts their behavior. Create a customer-centric human culture and set of processes. Create human connections between employee ambassadors and customers. Harder than it sounds.

Customer Experience 84

Customer Experience Customer Centricity Leadership Culture 84

ProProfs Chat

MAY 6, 2020

Customer Experience ROI Statistics. Customer Experience Through Social Media. Customer Experience & Engagement Statistics. Customer Experience & Retention Statistics. Customer Experience & Loyalty Statistics. Customer Experience & Satisfaction Statistics. Future of Customer Experience.

Customer Experience 66

Customer Experience Social Media e-support Comparison 66

ShepHyken

AUGUST 1, 2016

Each week I read a number of customer service articles from various online resources. 12 Unique Ways to Build Brand Loyalty Through Social Media by YEC. Tech.Co) Indeed, it seems sometimes as if “customer service” is just a dark hole that customers enter and then eventually extract themselves because it is just not worth the hassle.

Social Media 48

Social Media Customer Service Self Service B2C 48

GetFeedback

DECEMBER 21, 2018

US auto insurance carriers that have provided customers with consistently best-in-class experiences have generated two to four times more growth in new business and about 30% higher profitability than their counterparts with an inconsistent customer focus. consumers say customer experience at most companies needs Improvement. (

Customer Retention 390

Customer Retention Net Promoter Score Poor Customer Service B2B 390

Bill Quiseng

MARCH 7, 2016

While I set out to accomplish a task on my terms and the way I needed to do it, I discovered that some of the best companies just do not have the people or processes in place to adequately service customers in nontraditional ways. Power, 67% of consumers have used a company’s social media channel for their customer service needs.

Social Media 60

Social Media Brands Customer Service B2C 60

Lumoa

OCTOBER 31, 2018

Find someone to champion customer experience at the c-suite and give them influence and resources to actually get things done”. Bell, Customer Loyalty Keynote Speaker, Trainer, Author. Peter Lavers, Customer Experience and CRM Expert @ PeterLavers | blog "Customer Experience is here to stay! Talk to your board.

Customer Experience 160

Customer Experience Customer Centricity Culture Consulting 160

Optimove

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Drawing on exclusive data collaborations with industry leading B2C brands, Optimove has unearthed valuable insights over the past three years that can elevate your marketing game during this critical sales period. The key is to employ Customer-Led Marketing and make sure campaigns start with the customer.

Data 78

Data Multi-Channel Omni-Channel B2C 78

SurveySparrow

MARCH 21, 2023

You can only “sweeten the deal” for your customers by offering a superior B2B experience. When you focus on customer experience with a tenacious sense of purpose, you will keep attracting new customers while retaining your existing ones. Let’s look at some other major differences between B2B and B2C customer experience. #1.

B2B 52

B2B Customer Journeys Customer Experience B2C 52

ShepHyken

JULY 15, 2019

Today, B2B companies need to focus on creating customer experiences that deliver—at scale. My Comment: There are some B2B companies that believe most customer experience strategies are more focused on B2C type businesses. These expectations, when met, can earn you repeat business and even customer loyalty.

Customer Service 107

Customer Service B2B Loyalty B2C 107