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5 Top Customer Service Articles of the Week 10-25-2021

ShepHyken

My Comment: How do customers prefer to reach out to you for help and support? This article emphasizes that customers may not be so quick to want to use an automated or digital system. Our customer service research indicates that 59% of customers prefer to go to the phone or email over digital channels.

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Top 5 Customer Service & CX Articles for Week of December 4, 2023

ShepHyken

My Comment: When our clients are interested in our customer service training for their “new” customer service/CX initiative, they are excited and ready to start. My Comment: I’m a big fan of loyalty programs. However, most companies confuse a loyalty program with a discount or incentive program.

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Top 5 Customer Service & CX Articles for Week of February 26, 2024

ShepHyken

Our customer service research sponsored by RingCentral (brand new 2024 report is now out) includes a humorous stat/finding: 79% of US consumers have called customer support and been caught in the automated menu system and repeatedly screamed, “Agent” or “Representative,” and eventually hung up out of frustration.

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5 Top Customer Service Articles of the Week 1-2-2023

ShepHyken

Entrepreneur) Customer loyalty is an essential source of revenue for any business. Use these four tips to create a customer loyalty program that will give you the highest return on your investment. My Comment: How do we create customer loyalty? This is where a customer is surprised about the price.

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5 Top Customer Service Articles of the Week 11-14-2022

ShepHyken

The introduction of digital channels, however, exposed the inflexibility of these premises-based systems. It’s a robust white paper published by Harvard Business Review, focusing on partnering with the best experts (vendors) in the customer experience (CX) world. My Comment: Most loyalty programs are really marketing programs.

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15 Customer Retention Strategies for Long-Term Customer Loyalty

Comm100

Mapping out your customer journey can also help you identify what aspects of your brand speak most clearly to current customers. Loyalty Programs. Customers love being rewarded for spending with you—it confirms that you prefer their specific business to the extra dollar you might otherwise earn.

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Empowering Retail Staff: Training for Exceptional Customer Service

CSM Magazine

An empowered and well-trained retail staff team is key to an unparalleled shopping experience. Key Components of Effective Customer Service Training The human interaction that a retail store can offer is a huge advantage. However, a badly trained and disinterested staff team can quickly switch this advantage around.