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Would Consumers (Really) Spend More For Better Service?

Beyond Philosophy

Sometimes it is differentiating, and offers consumers definite benefits – such as practiced by companies like Zappos, Wegmans, Ritz Carlton, Rackspace, Southwest Airlines, Trader Joe’s, Amazon, Baptist Health Care, and Zane’s Cycles – and sometimes it is just one of multiple factors which contribute to customer loyalty or disloyalty behavior.

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Do You Harness the Power of Habit in Your Marketing Yet?

Beyond Philosophy

In an article about habits for the New York Times in 2012, he writes, “ Over the past two decades, the science of habit formation has become a major field of research in neurology and psychology departments at hundreds of major medical centers and universities, as well as inside extremely well financed corporate labs.

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Accessibility is Key to Customer Satisfaction in 2014

Comm100

Advances in technology over the years have added at least five additional channels to the list – email, web chat, SMS, phone apps and social media. Customer satisfaction with social media interactions is currently low as companies have yet to fully develop and integrate business practices for this channel.

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So how did customer service perform in 2015?

Eptica

The US picture – could do better Overall 2015 was a poor year for customer service across the US, with close to six out of ten companies (59%) seeing a fall in customer ratings according to the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI). The United Kingdom – customer service recovery?

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Wanted: Customer Service Change Agents for Contact Centers

Tricia Morris

For the first time in the history of Forrester Research’s North American Consumer Technographics Customer Life Cycle Survey , respondents now say they are using self-service FAQ pages on a company’s website more often than speaking with a live agent on the phone. Customer preferences are changing.

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Government Customer Service: Lead the Campaign to Improve Public Perception

Tricia Morris

In a new Government Business Council Report titled The Path to Customer-Centric Service , 67% of surveyed federal managers say their organization’s service is on par with that of the private sector. But, according to leading consumer surveys, customer satisfaction ranks near the bottom of a cross-industry comparison.

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10 Customer Experience Best Practices for all B2B Sales Teams

Kayako

The first and most important best practice for B2B sales organisations when it comes to customer experience is actually making it a priority. Interestingly, 89 percent of companies now believe they compete primarily on the basis of customer experience, compared with just 36 percent who thought the same back in 2012.

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