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5 Top Customer Service Articles of the Week 6-21-2021

ShepHyken

The Wise Marketer) Too many reward programs solely focus on the points, rather than on the rewards their points or miles make possible. And without rockin’ rewards, the points are without meaning. Do your rewards hit the “must-have” mark that turns casual customers into brand fans? by Tom Ryan.

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5 Top Customer Service Articles of the Week 10-11-2021

ShepHyken

What’s interesting is that the Champions category more than doubled from 6% to 14%, which tells me more companies see the benefit of customer experience. Are Hotel Loyalty and Rewards Programs Enough to Keep Customers Loyal to the Brand? I’ve said this many times before: Customer service is not a department.

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5 Top Customer Service Articles for the Week of November 26, 2018

ShepHyken

Customer Retention Made Easy by Samir Palnitkar. The Wise Marketer) Companies are realizing the importance of focusing on their repeat customers and designing special loyalty rewards program exclusively for this category of customers. And not only that, happy and loyal customers do more than come back.

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5 Top Customer Service Articles For the Week of April 20, 2020

ShepHyken

My Comment: I’ve always said that many loyalty programs are often marketing programs, where repeat purchases earn points or free merchandise. A research team at Washington University Business School came out with some interesting research about how just being part of a simple loyalty or rewards program, drives repeat business.

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5 Top Customer Service Articles of the Week 5-30-2022

ShepHyken

Each week I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. This is Where Rewards Programs Lose Most of Their Members by Jenn McMillen. Yet 44% of companies say they’re more keenly focused on customer acquisition and just 16% on retention. Follow on Twitter: @Hyken.

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Another Amazing Mistake – Customers Revolt!

Beyond Philosophy

When you decide to make a necessary change to your product or service, especially one that is negative, it is important to consider how you frame the change. If you just make the change and don’t say anything about it, or worse, say the wrong thing about it, it makes customers disappointed and angry.

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Service Untitled» Blog Archive » Employing company vision in.

Service Untitled

Customer Service and Mission Statements Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about mission statements, principles, Quirky customer service commercial A successful commercial is no easy task, but what a. Customer focus development Customer focus is more than just adding directions to your.

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