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3 Keys To Customer Service

Pipeliner

Customers are at the heart of every small business. So, for your small business to succeed, you must emphasize customer service. When you get it right, you’ll be rewarded by a growing company and feel pride in building relationships with your customers. Protection Is Customer Service. Cybersecurity.

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Taking Customer Service from Cost Center to Profit Center

Sales and Marketing Management

When I conduct focus groups or individual interviews with highly loyal customers across a broad spectrum of different industries (e.g., retail, restaurants, medical devices, chemicals), I consistently find that what creates loyalty is the absence of perceived risk. These conversations with customers highlight a key point.

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Why Customer Loyalty Isn’t Always About More Choices

No More Cold Calling

I’ve walked out of many retail stores when no one even bothered to acknowledge I was there. That’s just plain rude, and it’s certainly not how to build customer loyalty. Companies invest significant money on marketing—email campaigns, SEO, and strategies for getting found and building customer loyalty.

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Behind the Numbers: How Consumer Retail Benefits from CX Training

Miller Heiman Group

According to research from the IBM Institute for Business Value and the National Retail Federation , 71% of consumers shop in “micromoments”—whenever the impulse strikes—and often while they are doing something else, such as taking a break from a work project, eating lunch or even running on a treadmill.

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From the Switchboard to Social Media: A Brief History of Customer Service

Sales and Marketing Management

From a business standpoint, it’s imperative to provide customer service across a multiplicity of channels, too. It wasn’t all that long ago when “contacting customer service” simply meant visiting a store or office and talking to the owner or manager. Operators Are Standing By. Reach Out, Reach Out and Touch Someone.

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How Do You Develop Customer Loyalty?

Increase Sales

To develop customer loyalty means that you must know what to do and probably change your paradigms. Loyal customers have different expectations than just satisfied ones. Customer Loyalty Coaching Tip: The digital disruption will impact your paradigms about loyal customers. This customer is worth $200.

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Do You Realize A Poor Experience Can Lead to Client Loyalty?

Smooth Sale

Photo by Geralt via Pixabay Attract the Right Job Or Clientele: Do You Realize A Poor Experience Can Lead to Client Loyalty? Upon experiencing his incredible customer service, I asked that he consider providing his insights to help others succeed in business. We both agree that a poor experience can lead to client loyalty.

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