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Karen Hertzberg: Improving Customer Retention Through Great Customer Service

Bill Quiseng

What’s better than gaining a new customer? That’s why a high customer retention rate is an important goal for many businesses. Excellent customer service is one of the best ways to achieve this goal. Customer retention supports long-term growth because it creates a loyal customer base.

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Three Steps to a Winning B2B Customer Experience Plan

Totango

This encompasses interactions with your brand during all stages of their customer journey , including before purchase, during the buying process, and after making a purchase. B2B customer experience differs from B2C customer experience in several important ways. Why Take B2B Customer Experience Seriously?

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Customer service plan template, tips + how-to guide

Zendesk

It also empowers customer service reps with the information they need to provide an exceptional customer experience (CX). Delivering excellent customer service can drive revenue, increase customer retention , stimulate business growth, and improve customer satisfaction.

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The future of support: 5 key trends that will shape customer care in 2021

Intercom, Inc.

To find out how support leaders are navigating the current landscape, we surveyed a random sample of 593 support managers across both B2B and B2C and industries like education, retail, healthcare, and tech. With a focus on ROI, nearly a third (30%) plan to measure their team’s impact on customer retention.

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Why, Oh Why, Is ANYBODY Still Measuring Customer Satisfaction?

Beyond Philosophy

When Customer Retention, my first book on customer behavior was published, now over 20 years ago, one of the strongest reactions voiced was my contention, and the proof offered, that satisfaction and retention were fundamentally different concepts, and that they required different measurement protocols.

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Customer Support + Customer Success: Working Together to Increase Customer Satisfaction, Retention, and Growth

Totango

The quality of Customer Support interactions is a big factor in customer satisfaction, yet too often agents aren’t equipped with the customer data they need to do their best work. The current state of Customer Support. They know that Customer Support teams interact with customers at key points in the relationship.

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Transforming customer support with automation: Key trends and challenges for support leaders

Intercom, Inc.

With customer expectations and conversation volumes on the rise, businesses need a way to effectively deliver on-demand, personal support while maintaining customer satisfaction. With automation, companies are 4x more likely to see improvements in customer satisfaction.