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The Lifetime Value of a Customer

The lifetime value of a customer is an important aspect for any company as it determines what a customer may be worth to you if you manage to hold on to them for a prolonged period of time, versus what you stand to lose if your customers churn...

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Employee experience matters – a lot!

Recently, several posts on social media have drawn attention to the importance of cultivating the right employee experience in a companies’ overall...

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Why the insurance industry needs a helping hand

I have gained first-hand experience working within the insurance industry on their customer experience management and voice of the customer...

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Identifying Customer Needs

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Identifying customer needs: why it matters

It’s been a while since we discussed the importance of addressing customer needs and requirements. Your customers not only want great products and...

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How important is the customer journey to you?

I’m a firm believer that business leaders should be turning their focus to the customer journey. Many haven’t yet discovered the value of creating a...

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Six reasons to focus on customer satisfaction

Forget price and product wars, getting customer satisfaction right has become the key differentiator in today’s increasingly competitive market. It’s...

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Ultimate Customer Rating

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The ultimate customer experience management formula

Customer experience management has become so strategic for many business leaders that companies are starting to lose sight of its purpose. While...

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BPM

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What does business process optimisation have to do with CX?

Customer experience management is about balancing the fluffy stuff with optimal operations. Focusing on delighting your customers means that customer...

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The next level: customer engagement

Companies are talking about customer engagement and the concept is causing a stir in service-driven companies. But is customer engagement just a new...

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Apples vs oranges

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Apples and oranges: the dangers of bad Net Promoter Score benchmarking

When we think about Net Promoter Scores, it’s easy to leap to Apple as the ideal player to emulate: how many other companies can boast such a fervent...

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Why is CSAT an important metric?

A company’s customer satisfaction score, or CSAT, may not be a crystal ball for understanding every aspect of your customers’ needs, but it can be an...

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Is it hard to be your customer?

The Customer Effort Score (CES) is rapidly gaining popularity as a way to measure customer experience. While both the Net Promoter Score and Customer...

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Is the NPS a predictor of growth?

18 December 2014 – Andrew Cook

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Aim high for your customer satisfaction score

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Aiming high on your Customer Satisfaction Score

In a competitive marketplace where businesses vie for customers, your Customer Satisfaction Score is a key differentiator and, increasingly, has...

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Woman Rating her experience via cellphone

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Effecting efficiency and the Customer Effort Score

Measuring the key drivers of customer retention and loyalty is a key focus for organisations seeking to refine their knowledge on how transactional...

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Up Your Net Promoter Score, Up Your Bottom Line

The rule of thumb in advertising when it comes to accessing the success of a TV commercial or any other radio, print or outdoor campaign is quite...

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Customer rating their experience

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Building customer-centricity solutions through adaptable software

Business, like life, can be messy. A one-size-fits-all approach to your customer-centricity solutions in today’s fast-paced and demanding business...

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Customer Courney

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Why you need customer journey mapping for your business

7 November 2014 – Andrew Cook

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Why measuring customer satisfaction is vital to reduce the churn rate

Measuring customer satisfaction can help you reduce the number of unhappy customers. This is particularly vital when you consider 1st Financial...

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