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Do you know what is going on?
While it’s not uncommon for an organization to email a survey to a customer after a store visit; it is uncommon for an organization to not understand their own current protocols.l
If I didn’t have a health condition before
This isn’t good Customer Experience, this isn’t good Patient Experience, this just isn’t good.
To open or not to open
To open or not to open, that is the question.
Give them the tools
When a customer service representative is empowered, great things can happen. But first, they need to be given the proper tools and resources.
A rose by any other name
A problem in one location will cause lost revenue for another.
Complaining about a sale?
It shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone.
Apples to oranges?
Customers aren’t stupid. Don’t treat them as if they are.
Stop “delighting” your customers
Customers do not want to be “delighted,” so stop trying to “delight” them.
What “proactive” looks like
Being “proactive” is something that most organizations see as a good thing but so many don’t know how to implement the idea effectively.
It was great until
To suddenly cut off communication with a customer says one of two things – that either your front line employees are terrible with customers or that management doesn’t support the front line employees to do the right thing. Usually, it’s the second one.
Devil in the details
Don’t plant seeds of doubt unnecessarily.
Gatekeepers
Front line employees are usually the gatekeepers for a business. They are generally the face of the company, sometimes solely representing an organization.
If a customer gives you money
It sounds like common sense, yet, time and time again, organizations act as though they are doing the customer a favor by taking their money.
We offer so much
What more could customers want? Well, customer service, for one.
But our store is so safe!
Think of the end-to-end journey. It might be longer than you realize.
Baby, it’s cold outside
Cold calls. Cold emails. They are a part of doing business.
Lessen the fear
Take the opportunity to show your customers what you have been working on for the past year.
Customer satisfaction vs. customer loyalty
Are you focusing on the short term, the long term or both?
In 2021, it’s not the same product and not the same experience
The thought was good, however, the execution was not.
Looking in all the wrong places
There’s a common misperception that Customer Experience is Marketing, however, it’s not.