An Update on Customer Rage

The WP Carey School of Business at Arizona State University has published the 2013 update of the customer rage study. The 2013 version is the sixth study wave. A general conclusion from the study is that if a company handles a complaint well, the customer is more likely to become loyal.
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What is Happening to Loyalty?

In difficult economic times price becomes a significant variable. However, customers know value and understand the implications of good customer service versus poor customer service.
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What is Deal Loyalty?

True loyalty programs are built on the basis of establishing a long-term positive relationship between the company and the customer and is not accomplished with a single “deal” or even multiple “deals.”
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Appreciation Marketing; A Strategy Based on Gratitude

Appreciation marketing is based on a simple premise: if your customers know that you appreciate them, they’re more likely to keep coming back to you. It’s often easier to convince an existing customer to stick with you than to keep going out and finding new prospects.
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Loyalty is not Black and White

There have been a number of articles written regarding loyalty as if it were a black-and-white topic. The authors have made loyalty appear to be a term something like pregnancy. You’re either pregnant or you’re not.
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