Six Ways to Improve Your Customer Relationships

CRM Notebook

The benefits of strong customer relationships are many. Repeat sales, sustainability and growth as well as lower customer acquisition costs are among the reasons why it is important to forge strong bonds with your customers..

Customer Service: The Need for Speed

Fast customer service

When you resolve situations quickly and effectively, customers will pay you back with continued or increased loyalty. John Tschohl looks at four leading companies who have built their success on delivering fast customer service..

Do You Know Your Customer’s Lifetime Value?

Customer Lifetime Value (CLV)

A recent study said that four in 10 senior executives in large companies don’t know the lifetime value of their customers. Surprised? Here are six steps to understanding and applying a customer’s lifetime value..

How to Use Twitter to Improve Customer Service

Twitter

Businesses are failing to adequately address the concerns their customers are posting on social media, citing poor response times and a lack of understanding or appreciation of the problem as being the main issues. Here are my top tips to getting it right..

12 Steps to a Customer-Focused Culture

Customer focus

More and more organizations are recognizing just how important a deliberate and intentional customer-focused culture is, but few companies do it well. Here are 12 simple steps to ensure your organization is maximizing this important competitive advantage..

5 Tips for Social Media Customer Service

Word of mouth

Forward thinking companies are using social media to further engage their customers. Here are five tips to help you use social media to take your customer service to the next level..

Turning Customer Complaints into Better Business

Complaint management system

By spotting customer complaints and dealing with them in a swift and professional manner, these once angry customers can be turned into loyal users who help, rather than hinder, your reputation. Learn more in this article..

Top 10 Customer Experience Trends for 2016

Trends in customer experience

Temkin Group, a leading customer experience firm, has published its annual list of customer experience trends. As a part of these publications, Temkin is calling 2016 “The Year of Emotion.” Here are the top trends to watch..

Are Your Prices Customer Friendly?

Are you getting the real price?

Do you offer customer-friendly pricing? Or, are your customers surprised to find that fees, surcharges or other costs have been added to their bill and that their total cost is more than they expected?

4 Steps to Give Exceptional Customer Service

Open for business

Here is a simple 4-step formula to help your team remember how to GIVE exceptional customer service each and every time they interact with customers. These guidelines work whether you are dealing with a customer for the first time or whether it is a repeat visit..

Top 10 Examples of Poor Customer Service

Upset customer

You can beat the top ten examples of poor service, and learn how to deliver excellent customer service. How? It begins with caring for your customers and doing the right thing for them. Then, you keep learning..

Why Your Business Needs Crazy Customers!

Crazy customer

Do you want customers that are “crazy” about your business? Erol Allen explains why reputation, engaging employees and engaged leadership are critical to your organization’s success..