One Millimeter Mindset

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Ever think that your organization’s or association’s customer retention strategy may actually function as a customer churn strategy? First, assuming that you have a customer retention strategy in place, when is the last time you did a forensic analysis of strategy effectiveness? I’m so honored!

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ShepHyken

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

Each week, I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. ” I’m intrigued by the article as it claims that one way to attract and retain these customers is through visual imagery. Here are my top five picks from last week. Wait until you see what’s coming soon.

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ShepHyken

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Each week, I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. 4 Reasons Why Your Customer Service Is About to Get a Whole Lot Better in 2024 by Mike Murchison (Entrepreneur) When it comes to AI and customer service, we’re going to see a virtuous cycle in 2024.

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ShepHyken

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

Each week, I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. Customer Service versus Customer Experience: Master both! My Comment: I’ve written about the difference between customer service and customer experience in the past. It’s not a department.

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One Millimeter Mindset

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Some of our most difficult customers also are the most rewarding. I’ve assembled this list of customer retention blogs I’ve written since the beginning of the year. Workforce Profitability retains Customers [link]. Communication Disconnects negatively impact Customer Retention [link]. Image source: Fotolia.

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One Millimeter Mindset

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Innovative customer retention should not be a rare occurrence. However, in many organizations, innovative is the last thing customers expect. First of all, customers continuously re-evaluate why they do business with us. And third, our actions consistently fall short of customer expectations. Here’s why.

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ShepHyken

JANUARY 28, 2024

Each week, I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. What Can Disneyland Teach Us about the Customer Journey? Service without a Smile: Bad Customer Service Examples by David Rand (The Future of Commerce) Research reveals the poor state of customer service.

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ShepHyken

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Each week, I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. For example, Gen Z prefers to solve their own problems (self-service customer support), and 52% of Gen Z won’t buy from a brand with bad self-service. Our customer service and CX research confirm this.

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ShepHyken

AUGUST 6, 2023

Each week, I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. 25 Ways to Proactively Spot Your Customers’ Pain Points by Call Centre Helper Magazine (Call Centre Helper Magazine) When struggling to deal with customer demand, a lot of contact centres try to recruit more people.

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One Millimeter Mindset

JANUARY 17, 2019

Communication disconnects, above all, have negative impacts on customer retention rates. First, when customers do not understand the purpose of your job function or cannot understand the words you use, they tune out and turn off. Gain tactics to help you better serve yourself, so you can better serve customers.

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ShepHyken

JANUARY 7, 2024

Each week, I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. Whatever drives repeat business – and ideally, customer loyalty – is a good program. My Comment: Some customer service and CX principles are universal, regardless of the industry. I agree with the title.

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One Millimeter Mindset

DECEMBER 12, 2018

Customer retention is a business growth, expansion and sustainability strategy. However, in reality, customer retention is firmly in the hands of everyone else in the organization who usually is not part of the customer acquisition process. Retaining Customers involves All Hands on Deck.

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One Millimeter Mindset

AUGUST 29, 2018

Ah, the impact of experience conflicts on the performance of our customer retention strategy. That “something” completely disrupts customer experience equilibrium. Perhaps experience conflicts are more important when detected prior to acquiring customers than they are when they occur during post-sale execution?

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ShepHyken

OCTOBER 29, 2023

Each week, I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. Keeping your customers close is all about it, like a favorite coat that you just can’t give up. My Comment: There’s a lot to this article about customer retention and loyalty.

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One Millimeter Mindset

DECEMBER 19, 2018

These 18 ways create a more effective customer retention strategy. Or a sales engineering professional, a customer service professional, or any other professional engaged in acquiring and retaining customers. That habit creates a set of behaviors and expectations which impact how we best serve customers.

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One Millimeter Mindset

MAY 29, 2019

What does it take to create an impactful customer retention team? Perhaps you read these questions and think: “creating a customer retention team isn’t even my job responsibility!” Perhaps you read these questions and think: “creating a customer retention team isn’t even my job responsibility!”

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One Millimeter Mindset

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

What type of customer experiences result from uncollaborative company cultures? In addition, our customer service process and personnel are clear indicators of whether everyone serving the customer is on the same cultural page. Even when customer service is outsourced. It doesn’t have to be that way anymore.

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ShepHyken

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Each week, I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. Field Tested Tips for Aligning Customer Service and Marketing by Ronnie Gomez (Sprout Social) If a business is an orchestra, then every department is its own instrument. Here are my top five picks from last week.

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One Millimeter Mindset

AUGUST 20, 2018

Customer retention experiences create a rich chronicle of just how it is to work with us, and our organizations. Yet, these bold, splashy stories, which our marketing departments love, leave the customer’s biggest question unaddressed: “Will you forget about taking good care of me, once I sign the contract?”. Think about it.

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One Millimeter Mindset

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

Are competing customer retention cultures crippling your organization or association? First, competing customer retention cultures are sustained within traditional departmental silos and business models. Then, competing customer retention cultures are sustained by traditional workforce hiring practices.

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One Millimeter Mindset

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

How would you rate your own customer retention performance? Listen in on my latest video about post sale customer abandonment, and how it negatively impacts customer retention. Listen in on my latest video about post sale customer abandonment, and how it negatively impacts customer retention.

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Experience Investigators by 360Connext

APRIL 23, 2024

Prioritizing the right CX management not only helps in retaining customers by improving their experiences, but also enhances the overall brand image and increases profitability. Some organizations find that focusing on retaining customers in volatile times can provide more revenue than sales. So there’s always a case to be made.

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Comm100

OCTOBER 8, 2016

Your customer retention is super important to your bottom line—after all, customer loyalty is well-known for being more valuable than customer acquisition. With stakes this high, it’s essential that you build a solid customer retention plan that can lead to long-term customer loyalty.

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One Millimeter Mindset

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

Move one millimeter beyond a comfortable client retention strategy, towards what is Possible. Hire me to speak or conduct a workshop at your next corporate or association event. Create a more engaged and profitable workforce relentlessly focused on customer success and customer retention. What are your next steps?

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SurveySparrow

NOVEMBER 28, 2019

Customer Experience conferences are always a source of joy for us, CX enthusiasts. The in-depth learning sessions, the opportunity to meet and have penetrative conversations with visionaries and of course, the hands-on workshops on cutting-edge technologies, etc. Customer Experience Strategies Summit (CXS). Forrester CX NYC.

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One Millimeter Mindset

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

Why be surprised when customers defect, when small, but effective customized and personalized experiences impact customer retention? Isn’t it time to take a different approach to acquiring and, most of all, retaining valuable customers? Start moving one millimeter forward beyond what is comfortable, today.

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One Millimeter Mindset

JANUARY 7, 2019

Compelling storytelling fuels customer retention. After all, each story is about how working with you and your organization fuels their business growth, customer success and customer retention. The ones that reflect each customer’s reality and your role in their success? Catalyze your mindset and skill sets!

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Michel Falcon Experience

APRIL 3, 2019

I’m going to teach you how to improve your customer experience by using customer journey mapping regardless of whether you are a million, or a billion dollar company. Not only that, I’m going to teach you how to host a customer journey mapping workshop for your company. But don’t take my word for it.

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ClearAction

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

On other holidays (Veteran’s Day, Memorial Day, Mother’s Day, CX Day, Customer Service Week, etc.), Embedding gratitude in your business strategies for customer, employee, and partner experience (CX, EX, PX), and beyond, will benefit your organization on every level, every day. we’re reminded again.

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One Millimeter Mindset

JANUARY 3, 2019

It is never too early to focus on retaining customers. Because if you do not make customer retention a simultaneous part of your customer acquisition process, then you will be worrying about retaining customers down the road. Because a customer’s retention experience starts long before that customer is acquired.

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One Millimeter Mindset

AUGUST 27, 2018

Innovative customer experiences stand out from what customers are used to experiencing. Also, after the customer service rep, sales rep, engineer, field sales service rep, Quality professional departs, the customer asks themselves: “What just happened?”. Customers cannot get you out of their minds.

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Storyminers

JULY 6, 2020

We’re honored to be honored for our work alongside so many of our customer service and customer experience colleagues. This is especially true in the customer service industry. Customer Experience (CX) has catapulted into one of the most important aspects of determining business success. Adam Toporek.

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One Millimeter Mindset

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

When I present workshops and speaking programs to organizations and associations, like yours, one theme continuously presents itself: a departmental staff’s ability to efficiently multi-task, or not. Think of the aggregated impact of engaged employees on customer experience, customer success and customer retention.

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One Millimeter Mindset

AUGUST 9, 2018

Engage me to speak or conduct an interactive workshop at your next corporate or association event. And discover what is possible, productive and profitable? Click here and let’s get started. Start moving one millimeter forward, today. Has what you read Today started you Thinking about tomorrow ? Contact me.

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Michel Falcon Experience

JANUARY 16, 2020

Why Doesn’t Every Company Have a Customer Experience Strategy? Just like any financial endeavor, when you invest in customer experience strategies to improve your customer service, user experience, call center and more, the results take time. Do you have plans to host a customer journey mapping workshop this year?

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Calabrio

JULY 5, 2016

When it comes to delivering excellent customer service, most people would say the cable industry isn’t exactly a shining example of customer satisfaction. In addition, Comcast reported its largest first-quarter gain in subscription TV customers in nine years. How did they do it?

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One Millimeter Mindset

MARCH 7, 2019

Do you retain employees as a critical part of your customer retention strategy? Do I need to tell you I had one of the highest customer retention rates, year over year? Or, can your customers count on working with the same people, over time, to drive customer success and customer retention?

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