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Analyzing customer retention can be a tricky business. What matters most? Retained customers or retained dollars? How much do losses matter if they are offset by acquisition? Who is being churned — your best customers or those who might make room for more valuable customers? While understanding customer attrition is often complex, no matter what …
As the Thanksgiving holiday approaches here in the United States, we thought it would be a great time to discuss a few different ways you can use language to express your gratitude to customers. Thanking customers and telling them how much you appreciate them are important parts of the customer’s emotional journey, and it is …
Let me say it here once and for all: You do not have to exceed customer expectations to deliver great service. Do surprise and delight matter? Sure. Do WOW moments make an impact? Of course. Do we all love stories about incredible customer service? Heck yeah! But they are the cherry on top; they are …
Exceeding Customer Expectations Is Nice but Not Necessary Read More »
It’s official! We’re celebrating the 1 year anniversary of Be Your Customer’s Hero! By focusing on the skills frontline teams need to successfully navigate relationships and interactions with customers, Be Your Customer’s Hero has directly impacted customer-facing teams and businesses teams all over the country and the world. To commemorate the one year anniversary of HERO, …
In Chapter 7 of Be Your Customer’s Hero, I wrote the following: “Great customer experiences begin with a great attitude, but so does satisfaction and happiness at work. Attitude certainly isn’t everything; skills and competence do matter. However, without a great attitude, these attributes are almost meaningless. Your attitude will determine your ability to serve …
In Customer Service, Is Ordinary Now Extraordinary? Read More »
I needed to get some routine blood work done a few weeks ago, and the doctor recommended that I use the hospital network his practice was affiliated with. My schedule was packed and the hospital was not close, so I found a major testing company that was closer to home and gave them a call. …
In yesterday’s Monday Motivation, a Monday email sent to subscribers to our eNewsletter The Customer Conversation, we spoke about Walter Mischel’s famous experiment on self control and delayed gratification in children. Here is part of the email: Researcher Walter Mischel at Stanford devised an ingenious experience back in the Sixties to test self control and …
Are Your Customer Service Reps Eating the Marshmallow? Read More »
Now that Be Your Customer’s Hero is on bookstore shelves and being used by frontline customer service professionals across the country (and the world!) to help them deliver Hero-Class® customer experiences, I wanted to take a moment to publicly thank some important friends and colleagues who played a part in HERO. Many of those listed …
We wish that changing a customer service culture could be like turning a Jet Ski®. We slam the steering handles hard to the side, the Jet Ski® turns around almost on a dime, and within moments, we are speeding the other way at full speed. Sure, the turn is tough, and the sudden motion jerks …
In the Temkin Group’s 2015 Experience Ratings Industry Snapshots, Internet Service Providers were ranked last out of 20 different industries. It’s no surprise; few people love their cable or phone provider, and among the least beloved is Comcast. Comcast announced recently that it will be putting a massive effort behind changing its customer service. The …
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