October, 2009

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Retaining Customers & Growing Customer Advocacy

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A new research report from industry analyst firm Aberdeen Group called "Customer Experience Management: Engaging Loyal Customers to Evangelize Your Brand" reveals how organizations that achieve superior performance in customer retention and customer satisfaction grow and harvest customer advocates. In this blog post, the author shares some of the key findings from the report, and also discusses the role that customer feedback plays in these initiatives.

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Service Untitled The blog about customer service and the customer service experience. Home About Service Untitled Subscribe for Free Consulting Contact Archives Call Abandonment Basics Douglas October 21, 2009 Behind the Scenes , Customer Service Experience 4 Comments Phone systems (also called IVRs or PBXes) usually measure something referred to as a call abandonment rate.

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Good customer service delivery: changes afoot

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'With the growth of internet shopping being experienced at the moment, ways of delivering customer service are evolving rapidly. The number of parcels being shipped is increasing exponentially and customers are having to adapt and make different choices for their delivery. A little while ago the main issue was whether the internet based virtual shop was trustworthy.

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4 Keys to Great Management & Successful Employee Training

Win the Customer

As a leader or manager, there’s one key, significant expectation from you: results. Effective leadership and management cannot be accomplished by having the workhorse management or leader do everything for the team. Managers can step in and resolve issues, help push towards meeting deadlines, and even help take a load off of the team members, but in the end the only way to truly build an effective organization involves in developing 4 keys to successful management. “First Break All o

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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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Retaining Customers & Growing Customer Advocacy

InMoment XI

A new research report from industry analyst firm Aberdeen Group called "Customer Experience Management: Engaging Loyal Customers to Evangelize Your Brand" reveals how organizations that achieve superior performance in customer retention and customer satisfaction grow and harvest customer advocates. In this blog post, the author shares some of the key findings from the report, and also discusses the role that customer feedback plays in these initiatives.

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VOC from the Front Lines

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At a recent luncheon with Voice of the Customer (VOC) practitioners in Atlanta, the author of this blog, Matt Bowman, director of campaign marketing for Allegiance, noticed a few trends emerging from the conversation. This blog discusses those trends and also provides some insight on why those topics have emerged as "top of mind" items with today's VOC practitioners.

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VOC from the Front Lines

InMoment XI

At a recent luncheon with Voice of the Customer (VOC) practitioners in Atlanta, the author of this blog, Matt Bowman, director of campaign marketing for Allegiance, noticed a few trends emerging from the conversation. This blog discusses those trends and also provides some insight on why those topics have emerged as "top of mind" items with today's VOC practitioners.

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VOC from the Front Lines

InMoment XI

At a recent luncheon with Voice of the Customer (VOC) practitioners in Atlanta, the author of this blog, Matt Bowman, director of campaign marketing for Allegiance, noticed a few trends emerging from the conversation. This blog discusses those trends and also provides some insight on why those topics have emerged as "top of mind" items with today's VOC practitioners.

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Good customer service qualities should include a sense of anticipation

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'Good customer service qualities are all about knowing what the customers want and anticipate their needs before they even show up. This will ensure their well-being and a high level of customer satisfaction. Picture courtesy of [link] with your thanks.

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The Verint Experience Index: Retail

Reports of the death of in-store shopping have been greatly exaggerated. This year’s retail survey found that more than 60 percent of consumers start and end their journey by visiting a store. Retail customers value price above everything, but the importance of other factors varies for different brands. In-store shopping is valued highly by grocery and home improvement customers Technology retail customers place less importance on in-store experiences – for them it only ranks sixth Digital exper

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Good customer service: a lifeline to retain customers?

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'Many companies know how to deploy fully fledged customer service but will not because of economic imperatives. A two tier system is often created whereby customers are only offered a good level of service if they threaten to chose another supplier, a clear case of emergency. Customer service executives with the full range of skills are allocated to the retention effort ("we are going to lose this customer unless we do something.") and become the lifeline to retain valuable customers.

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Good customer service skills are increasingly in demand

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'A difficult environment makes attracting a new customer more challenging than ever. Existing customers will only return if they have been offered impeccable service or rock bottom prices. Continuous investment in training to improve customer service is required to ensure that the valuable shoppers will not hesitate to come in and start to look around for alternatives.