Posts Tagged ‘Customer Service’
Elephants and Customers Never Forget
According to a study by Dimensional Research on The Impact of Customer Service on Customer Lifetime Value, it turns out that elephants aren’t the only ones who never forget! Customers are right there with them, especially if it has to do with a BAD experience! After defining good and bad customer service experiences (referenced in previous…
Read MoreOnline Reviews Influence Buying Decisions
In a customer service study by Dimensional Research, survey participants were asked if they had seen online reviews of customer service. About two-thirds of participants reported that they did recall reading these online reviews. Review sites were the most common place to read a negative review of customer service where Facebook was the most common…
Read MoreWhy It’s Important to Engage Angry Customers on Twitter
Haven’t you ever tweeted about a poor customer experience, product, or service? I know I have. There’s something cathartic about sharing it in the Twittersphere. Well, now there’s a new study that shows how important it is for businesses and organizations to respond to complaints and angry Tweeps. It will affect your bottom line! Twitter released…
Read MorePaying Attention to the Personal
My home state of Louisiana has suffered a tremendous blow from the flooding of August 2016. While this has not been reported on as much as we would like, it is now finally a generally known fact across the country. So it was a nice touch recently when a vendor called me and instead of immediately…
Read MoreTurning Support into a Strategic Resource for Your Business
In traditional business, customer support teams focus solely on satisfying the customer. They enable a pain-free, enjoyable customer experience while sales and marketing teams drive home revenue and create new customers. Right? Not so fast. Modern businesses are starting to understand that support teams can be an incredibly powerful (and reliable) revenue channel, too. Happy…
Read MoreWhy Bother to Sit In with Customer Service?
Over fifty years ago, I was CEO of a record manufacturing company in Hollywood. We were the only such facility on the West coast to provide and control the entire process from studio, through finished vinyl record pressings in the same building, therefore able to promise quality control others could only dream about. As founder…
Read MoreCustomers Are Not Always Right
Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning. ~ Bill Gates I am not sure who was the first to say, “The customer is always right,” but I think they were flat wrong. Sure, you want to please your customers, but there are going to be times when you will not be able…
Read MoreHow B2B and B2C Customer Support Differs
All customers are not the same. There’s a stark contrast between B2B (business to business) and B2C (business to consumer). Businesses have different goals and needs than the typical individual consumer, and so they must be treated differently. In other words, your customer support must accommodate these differences in order to deliver the best customer…
Read More7 Ways to Keep Your Customers Begging for More
For too many small businesses, customer service is still seen as a “burden.” Entrepreneurs don’t realize that this burden is actually costing them over $200 billion in repeat sales, according to a recent study by the W. P. Carey School of Business. The report also indicates that customer problem experiences continue to increase, up four percent to…
Read More7 Important Customer-Related Definitions You Should Know
If your organization has customers, then it’s important for you and your team to know and understand the most commonly used and important customer-related definitions used today. If you’re a marketing professional, chances are you’re familiar with these terms. But, if you’re not, and you manage marketing without a great deal of background in it,…
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