Fri.May 13, 2016

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6 Types of Difficult Customers Every Operator Has to Deal With

Comm100

60% of consumers decided against conducting a business transaction due to a poor service experience , according to a 2014 report conducted by American Express. It’s clear that failing your customers, no matter how difficult they are, can lose your company a great deal of business. So how do you deal with difficult customers? The first step is to identify the type of difficult customer you are working with.

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Firing customers – Are we looking at this right?

Ian Williams

Over the past few years, there has been quite a bit of discussion about the principle of sacking or firing customers. A recent article by Adrian Swinscoe that asks whether we should fire, rate or educate customers reminded me of a personal view that I first ‘aired’ at the Satmetrix conference in London in 2014. In his article, Adrian makes reference to Fred Reichheld, of NPS fame, who initially spoke about firing customers, however then evolved his thinking to that of the idea of ‘rating’ custom

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10 Ways to Improve Customer Experience using CCM Software

Topdown

Customer experience (CX) is all about how your customers perceive the interactions they have with your company. There are three main factors to customer experience: ease, effectiveness and emotion. How easy is it for customers to achieve their goals? How effective , efficient and comprehensive are you at meeting their needs? And how does the customer feel about your company as a result?

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6 Ways Communities Complement Customer Service

Tricia Morris

In today’s world, customer service is changing rapidly with greater expectations for reduced customer effort and brand transparency, as well as increasing preferences for digital customer experiences including online self-service. According to Forrester Research , online self-service is now the most-used channel for customer service over any other channel including phone and email.

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The Ultimate Guide to Monetizing Customer Learning

Every decision that goes into your learning monetization strategy matters for your organization’s bottom line. Our research has shown a clear correlation between high program maturity (and ROI!) and choosing the right monetization strategy. This eBook contains clear, actionable ways to approach packaging and pricing models that will help your association grow revenue, improve profitability, and drive expansion into new markets.

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4 Elements of the Perfect Sales Equation

Talkdesk

Sales development representatives (SDRs) are tasked with the challenging job of convincing prospective customers that their product or service is the best possible solution to all their problems. While all SDRs are guaranteed have the experience of doors slamming in their faces, the truth is that sales is often a numbers game, and some doors will remain open for them.

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Your Ticket To Driving More Value From Insights: Be A Master Communicator

Forrester's Customer Insights

As a customer insights / analytics / digital measurement pro, do you experience any of these challenges? And what can you do right now to make progress with them? Read more Categories: #big data. Analytics. communications. digital.

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Your Ticket To Driving More Value From Insights: Be A Master Commmunicator

Forrester's Customer Insights

As a customer insights / analytics / digital measurement pro, do you experience any of these challenges? And what can you do right now to make progress with them? Read more Categories: #big data. Analytics. communications. digital.