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The Number One Customer Service Strategy

ShepHyken

We just released our annual customer service research where we surveyed more than 1,000 consumers and asked what customer service experiences are most likely to cause you to come back. All a typical customer wants is for someone to be nice to them, with a willingness to take care of them.

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Stop Sending Me Surveys Unless You Care What I Have to Say!

ShepHyken

I’m getting survey fatigue. In the past, companies have sent me surveys that were so long I became tired – or fatigued – at some point during the survey, and as a result, I wouldn’t complete it and therefore the company never received my feedback. We’ve covered survey length before, and that’s not what this is about.

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What is Voice of the Customer? [+ how to get data analysis]?

Lumoa

While canceling their account, a customer indicates that “customer service” was the main reason they are leaving. On Twitter, a customer tweets to let their followers know how much they love using your service. Customize your brand to better align with your customers’ needs.

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The Survey Shouldn’t Be the Last Thing the Customer Remembers About You

ShepHyken

Ask customers on the way out of a store, call them on a phone or send follow-up surveys via email. I wrote about surveys a few years ago. The gist of that article was about getting more customers to fill out those surveys. Don’t wait two weeks to send the survey. The next day, you send the customer a survey.

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How To Get More Customers To Take Your Surveys

ShepHyken

The head of the service department mentioned I would be getting a survey emailed to me and asked if I would take a few minutes to complete it. Sure enough, a day later the email survey showed up in my inbox. I will always remember the first survey. So, I started the survey. I was tired with this survey.

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Personalizing the Customer Experience Is a Competitive Differentiator

ShepHyken

I recently released my 2021 Achieving Customer Amazement research. We surveyed 1,000 consumers in the U.S. and asked them numerous questions about topics related to customer service, customer experience, loyalty, reviews, and more. One of the questions had to do with creating a personalized experience. .

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Eliminate the Trust Gap: Six Ways to Create Trust with Your Customers and Employees

ShepHyken

When you ask your customers if they trust you and receive answers other than YES, then the average of those answers subtracted from 100 is your trust gap. Consider the findings from PwC ’s 2022 Consumer Intelligence Series Survey on Trust. When customers like the experience you provide, they trust you more. That’s a 57% gap!