Think Customers

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Success in the industry, be it ecommerce or brick-and-mortar, relies understanding customers’ core values and connecting with the right technology. Explore how physical and digital spaces can unlock amazing customer experiences (CX) in 2022. Customers feel the product and build relationships with the brand.

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Retently

MARCH 14, 2023

In today’s fast-paced business environment, customer feedback has become an invaluable resource for brands striving to stay ahead of the curve. By tapping into the voice of the customer , companies can gain a deeper understanding of customer needs and craft meaningful experiences that foster loyalty. So, let’s get started.

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Retently

JANUARY 25, 2023

Gone are the days when you could drop-ship your way to success, customer experience and customer lifetime value becoming more immediate priorities. User privacy and app tracking have been top-of-mind topics for the ecommerce advertising industry for the past years. But what did it mean for ecommerce? With over 1.8

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TechSee

OCTOBER 2, 2019

The days of long-term customer brand loyalty to brands are over. Some turnover must always be expected – that’s the nature of competition, after all – but a high churn rate due to substandard customer service is unacceptable, and often entirely avoidable. Customer churn is widespread. Customer churn is triggered by high effort.

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Happy or Not

JULY 18, 2023

Ever wondered how to improve customer experience in online shopping? If you want to bring more value to your customers and increase your company’s bottom line, this question definitely comes up often throughout your team meetings. Why is ecommerce customer experience so important?

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Win the Customer

JANUARY 19, 2016

Gartner research shows that by 2018, 70 percent of business-to-business ecommerce sites will offer customers personalized features, and sites effectively using personalization will outsell competitors by 30 percent. Eighty percent of your future profits will come from 20 percent of your customers, Gartner says.

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ShepHyken

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Each week, I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. Thanks to Gen Z, Deeper Connections Will Become the Currency of the Future by AmberNechole Hart (Adweek) Empty ecommerce gets you to checkout fast but gives no reason to return. Our customer service and CX research confirm this.

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ShepHyken

OCTOBER 29, 2023

Each week, I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. Here’s a closer look at five brands that are leading the charge in offering experiences, rather than monetary benefits, to their loyal customers. Done well, they foster repeat business and can lead to true customer loyalty.

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Lumoa

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Before the digital age, customer experience in retail was a completely different world. But the need to deliver an outstanding customer experience hasn’t. According to research, 95% of consumers believe customer experience is the key to brand loyalty. In This Article: What is Customer Experience and Why Is it Important?

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Feedbackly

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

CX KPIs quantify the success of your Customer Experience (CX) efforts. They can help you understand how well you cater to customer expectations and what to focus on to do better. Consider what aspects of customer experience are more critical for your brand and integrate relevant KPIs accordingly. But do you need everything?

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ProProfs Chat

MAY 24, 2019

You may have set the foundation of your eCommerce business on a riveting marketing strategy, a robust customer service team, and brand new ideas for products and services. Now you need to focus on delivering a good customer service experience that will prompt your visitors to keep coming back for future purchases.

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CSM Magazine

MARCH 17, 2023

Many things contribute to a poor customer experience. But the performance of an ecommerce app or website, in the digital domain and how that ecommerce experience translates into the physical domain across all channels, are within the realms of a brand’s responsibility. So, what does it take to get the customer journey right?

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Kayako

APRIL 1, 2022

Every eCommerce company juggles the balance of where to prioritize resources and drive revenue. Good customer service is the number one quality customers seek from eCommerce companies. Customer experience is the key brand differentiator that drives sales and grows customer loyalty. What do they really want?

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Kayako

JANUARY 3, 2019

Increasingly, small and medium businesses have a ready-to-go customer experience strategy. In fact, 81% of CX leaders say their companies will compete nearly solely on experience within the next few years but only 22% of leaders say their efforts have exceeded customer expectations. Customers don’t like waiting.

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Joe Rawlinson

JULY 5, 2020

The retention of customers and employees is correlated to a point. A customer that has worked with a specific client manager or staff member will have a rapport with the employee. Constant turnover can make it difficult to build that rapport that is so important in customer retention. Perks Work.

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ShepHyken

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

Each week, I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. 8 Ways to Enhance Your Call Center Customer Experience by Eric Sims (CustomerThink) In today’s business landscape, providing an exceptional customer experience is essential to the success of any company.

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Kayako

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

In the customer service and support world, it’s no secret that live chat is changing the game. From driving sales to boosting customer experience and growing retention, live chat has arrived as a fundamentally new way to interact with and support customers. Customers and support professionals alike have taken notice.

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Kayako

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

If you take a look at Kayako’s website and blog, it’s obvious that we know live chat customer support is a big difference-maker for businesses large and small. But the biggest takeaway from our study isn’t a particular statistic—it’s that live chat (when done right) has the power to drive sales and boost customer loyalty.

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Joe Rawlinson

JULY 26, 2017

Paying attention to your customers’ buying habits can pay off. Using customer analytics to track buyer behavior can boost your sales, customer satisfaction and customer retention by as much as 25 percent, Quantzig data shows. Ecommerce tracking comes in two varieties: standard and enhanced.

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Retently

AUGUST 23, 2022

As an ecommerce business, Net Promoter Score® might be the most powerful KPI in your CX toolkit. Net Promoter Score is a metric that measures the likelihood of a customer recommending your brand to their personal and professional social circle. Earning and retaining loyal, happy customers is rarely something that happens by chance.

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Kayako

JANUARY 3, 2019

Now that 2018 is slowly wrapping up, companies are looking into starting 2019 with a ready-to-go customer experience strategy. In fact, 81% of CX leaders say their companies will compete nearly solely on experience within the next few years but only 22% of leaders say their efforts have exceeded customer expectations.

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BirdEye

MAY 30, 2023

Microsoft’s State of Global Customer Service Report showed that 77% of customers view brands more favorably if they seek out and apply customer feedback. In this blog post, we’ll explore the best customer feedback tools you can use to quickly gather, manage, analyze, and action customer feedback.

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CSM Magazine

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Customer service outsourcing can be a cost-effective way to manage customer-related activities. The BPO company should be able to deliver excellent customer satisfaction. Use these in your ecommerce business strategy. You can provide consistently high-quality customer service. Is the BPO Provider Accessible 24/7?

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ShepHyken

APRIL 5, 2019

This week we feature an article by Irina Kirnos who writes about how chatbots are customer experience tools that are changing the way that companies interact with their customers. These virtual customer experience tools are transforming the way that companies interact with their customers in the contact center environment.

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Oracle

DECEMBER 5, 2018

We know that the experiences any type of company delivers today must be memorable and unforgettable to outshine competitors and make customers happy. But, there’s much more to know about how you need to approach customer experience in the holiday shopping season. Look, and customer expectations are liquid now.

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CustomerSuccessBox

MARCH 2, 2022

The global customer success software market share will rise in 2022. The accelerating growth in the customer success industry is due to: Digitization, Increased volume of data, and Advanced analytics solutions. These help in reducing churn and monitoring of customer health scores, and of course the arrival of cloud deployment.

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SmartKarrot

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Customer retention is very challenging for businesses especially in 2020. The unprecedented times and business environment have made it uncertain for business leaders on what steps to take to retain customers. So, retaining customers becomes necessary for any company to sustain itself in this economic turbulence.

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Oracle

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Tempting as it is to view a consumer-based campaign as a scaled-up business-to-business strategy — or vice-versa — the reality is that it’s not the number of customers that informs key elements of a plan, but rather who is being sold to, what their expectations are, and the service levels they expect. Also important?

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Retently

APRIL 5, 2024

What sets an exceptional retail customer experience apart? Because in a market brimming with choices, the way customers feel about your business can set you apart. A memorable retail customer experience leads to higher satisfaction, repeat business, and word-of-mouth recommendations. Why does this matter so much?

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Optimove

JANUARY 6, 2022

This is not the case with most “customer loyalty” initiatives. But, in a digital-first, eCommerce-led world, the truth is that the Acquisition VS Retention dilemma should be a top priority for every business. And Retention should be punching way above its historical weight. This math does not break, by the way.

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ShepHyken

DECEMBER 26, 2022

Each week, I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. Customer Service Heroes: 5 Happy Holiday Tales by Cassandra Vincent. CSAT.AI) The holiday season is rife with customer service horror stories from both customers and workers. Here are my top five picks from last week.

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Oracle

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Some major ecommerce brands are reportedly experimenting with technology that would allow customers to do just that, and link their credit information to their palm prints so they can pay by hand via kiosks located in local businesses. Biometrics and the customer experience.

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Kayako

OCTOBER 18, 2017

Live chat is often seen as an online support tool for existing customers. Live chat can keep customers returning and attract prospective customers. How live chat customer engagement can grow your business. Businesses that offer live chat are seen as more approachable, helpful, and customer-centric. Boost loyalty.

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SurveySparrow

JUNE 28, 2023

In the competitive landscape of today’s business world, the success mantra that resonates among most thriving companies is the strategy of providing a personalized customer experience.This concept is rooted in the understanding that every customer is unique, with their own set of preferences, behaviors, and past interactions.

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Kayako

MARCH 21, 2017

In the age of disloyalty , it’s easy for your customer to jump ship from one subscription business or ecommerce store to another. How do you make a customer feel respected and gain their trust? Customer trust is a reciprocal behavior to what they receive. Why customer trust is important for brand loyalty.

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ProProfs Chat

APRIL 26, 2019

Various eCommerce businesses that have been successful for many years worked endlessly to get to the top. Several eCommerce brands have found their own method of attaining success. However, the one common factor they share, which has brought them profit and goodwill, is how effective their customer support services are.

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BirdEye

JULY 24, 2023

Barclays has shown that 85% of small and medium-sized businesses say online customer feedback has benefited them. All these prove why businesses need to focus more on customer feedback analysis to unlock more opportunities. Table of contents What is customer feedback analysis? Why is it important to analyze customer feedback?

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