Experience Investigators by 360Connext

DECEMBER 17, 2019

10: Improving B2B Customer Experience: Is It More Personal Than B2C? Read as I explain how it can be that B2B relationships with customers are often MORE personal than those in B2C, even if that seems counterintuitive. #9: 9: 5 Ways Successful Teams Close the Customer Experience Gap.

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ShepHyken

AUGUST 1, 2022

After all, customers make buying decisions based on their experiences, so no matter what originally attracted them, their customer service interactions can dictate loyalty or loss. CMSWire) The digital experience is not keeping up with the needs of B2B buyers and customers. They want B2C-like experiences.

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ShepHyken

DECEMBER 15, 2021

This translates to the customer experiencing a lower level of service, and in some cases, quality. Our colleague at Shepard Presentations refers to it as customer service on a diet. . I’m seeing that customer loyalty is up for grabs. The post Don’t Cut What Is Obvious to the Customer?? Follow on Twitter: @Hyken.

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Optimove

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Drawing on exclusive data collaborations with industry leading B2C brands, Optimove has unearthed valuable insights over the past three years that can elevate your marketing game during this critical sales period. The key is to employ Customer-Led Marketing and make sure campaigns start with the customer.

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ShepHyken

JANUARY 18, 2021

5 Key Customer Loyalty and Engagement Trends for 2021 by Michelle Wildenauer. What challenges and opportunities should customer loyalty and engagement specialists consider as they move further into 2021? It’s nice to see the emphasis on B2B, versus retail and other B2C industries.

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ShepHyken

JANUARY 20, 2020

How to Run a Customer Loyalty Program by ThriveHive. ThriveHive) This article will give you a run-down on the basics of customer loyalty marketing and programs, how they work, and how you can use them to retain more customers with your business. Loyalty Trends in 2020: How Will This Year Be Different?

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ShepHyken

APRIL 18, 2023

It meets and exceeds consumer expectations, and now customers want, hope, and expect every company they do business with to be as good as Amazon. I don’t care if you’re B2B or B2C, everyone you do business with is a consumer at some level. That is what Amazon has mastered, and it’s something you and your organization can do, too!

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SurveySparrow

MARCH 21, 2023

You can only “sweeten the deal” for your customers by offering a superior B2B experience. When you focus on customer experience with a tenacious sense of purpose, you will keep attracting new customers while retaining your existing ones. Let’s look at some other major differences between B2B and B2C customer experience. #1.

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ShepHyken

MAY 4, 2020

The way we come back is paramount to the long term success we hope to have with our existing customers, as well as new ones – regardless of the type of business we’re in (B2B or B2C). 7 Guidelines Starting Customer Experience by Christine Crandell. My Comment: What business doesn’t want customer loyalty?

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ShepHyken

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

Brand Keys 2019 Customer Loyalty Engagement Index: Verified Trust = Brand Success by Robert Passikoff. This article makes the point that trust is a defining piece of the customer experience. It drives repeat business and loyalty. CX is for retail brands, as in B2C. A quick read with some important reminders.

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ShepHyken

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

My Comment: So many of the case studies about moving from traditional to online sales (eCommerce) are focused on B2C types of businesses – primarily in the retail industry. 5 Customer Experience Trends That Won’t Change (And Will Likely Accelerate…) by Michael Hinshaw. My Comment: This topic intrigues me.

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ShepHyken

AUGUST 13, 2018

Are You Making This Critical Connection With Your Customers to Strengthen Relationships and Drive Loyalty? Business2Community) Customer Success is typically defined as, “ensuring customers achieve their desired outcomes while using your product or service.” Consider two types of loyalty; behavioral and attitudinal.

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ShepHyken

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Yes, it’s focused on retail, but with supply-chain issues hitting virtually every industry (B2C and B2B), the ideas shared in this article are applicable to most businesses. 5 Smart Strategies That Help Avoid Losing Loyal Customers by Natalya Bucuy. Here are five strategies that can help avoid losing loyal customers.

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ShepHyken

MAY 23, 2018

And, what happens when a customer doesn’t receive the customer service they expect? The NewVoiceMedia reports that “Brands are failing to create the positive, emotional experiences that drive customer loyalty.” That failure results in 67% of customers becoming what they call “serial switchers.” They switch!

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ShepHyken

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

(ServiceDock) The following covers three of the most common and obviously non-customer-centric strategies that retailers use. Each of them maximizes short term profitability but at the potential expense of long term customer loyalty. A customer just looking to pick up a carton of milk sees the layout as inconvenient.

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ShepHyken

OCTOBER 28, 2019

Bring Customer Loyalty Under the Customer Experience Umbrella by Phil Britt. CMSWire) Forrester’s 2019 CX Index found that most loyalty programs are ineffective. This, at a time as the company notes, when “it costs 500% more to acquire a new customer than to retain a current one.” by Wayne Simmons.

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ShepHyken

JULY 13, 2020

There are plenty of good strategies and tactics out there, and here are five that apply to both B2C and B2B organizations. How Brands Can Build Loyalty in the Era of the Millennial and Gen Z by Jason Parkin. Shep Hyken is a customer service expert, professional speaker and New York Times bestselling business author.

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ShepHyken

JUNE 12, 2017

The titles of the experts weighing in include CEO’s to directors of customer success, engagement, etc. Customer Loyalty: 20 Compelling Reasons To Double Down On It [Infographic] by Ellen Gross. My Comment: Our friends at Fieldboom have assembled a short article and infographic filled with stats about customer loyalty.

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ShepHyken

JANUARY 16, 2017

5 Stages to Building Customer Loyalty by Melissa Gonzalez. IBM) As a digital marketer, it’s important to remember that a long-lasting customer relationship takes time and trust; and trust takes a lifetime to build and a second to break. My Comment: Customer loyalty doesn’t happen immediately. Want evidence?

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ShepHyken

APRIL 20, 2020

Loyalty programs boost businesses’ ability to keep customers by Jill Young Miller. Louis) In business, simple loyalty programs can strongly increase customer retention, Washington University in St. 7 Ways to Add More Value to Your Loyalty Program by Emily Rudin. Here are my top five picks from last week.

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Customer Guru

AUGUST 8, 2018

Arie is a Customer Strategy, Customer Lifecycle Management, Customer Insight, and Innovation Consultant. His areas of expertise, among others, are customer acquisition, customer development, and customer loyalty. Flavio Martins is the EVP of Operations and EVP of Customer Support at DigiCert, Inc.

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Beyond Philosophy

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

Based on broad WOM program experience with b2b and b2c clients around the world, I’ve developed four general ‘rules’ for accomplishing this: 1. It’s about hiring the most customer sensitive, proactive staff, training them to be customer focused, and making customer processes as friendly as possible.

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ShepHyken

OCTOBER 24, 2022

My Comment: This article is actually an interview with PwC Customer Transformation Leader George Korizis. While the title focuses on retailers balancing digital and human-to-human experiences, there is a lot that any company (B2C or B2B) can take away from the lessons shared. Do you have an app or thinking about developing one?

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Kustomer

JANUARY 21, 2021

Listen and subscribe to our podcast: In this episode of the Customer Service Secrets Podcast, Gabe Larsen is joined by Steve Walker and Troy Powell from Walker to uncover the secrets of their newest research report focused on the differences between B2C and B2C customer experience. Most B2C is pretty transactional.

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ShepHyken

JANUARY 13, 2020

There are some good insights and ideas here, and after reading the article, you may think the title should have been, “What Does It Take to NOT Lose a Customer.” You’ll read three ideas, and the second is my favorite, which focuses on creating advocacy, not loyalty. It’s not rocket science, but it doesn’t have to be.

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Customer Guru

AUGUST 21, 2018

He helps brands achieve improved customer experience, customer loyalty, and branding by his keynote speaker presentations and workshops. She has published the training e-manual “Five Steps To The More Loyal Customers” and has had numerous articles published and products produced on customer retention, satisfaction, and loyalty.

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ShepHyken

AUGUST 1, 2016

Each week I read a number of customer service articles from various online resources. 12 Unique Ways to Build Brand Loyalty Through Social Media by YEC. Tech.Co) Indeed, it seems sometimes as if “customer service” is just a dark hole that customers enter and then eventually extract themselves because it is just not worth the hassle.

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ShepHyken

JUNE 5, 2017

This article has a number of tips that are focused on retail, but also includes information that is relevant for B2B types of businesses. Airlines in search of customer loyalty need to do more than improve service b y Nick Francis. Customer Gauge) By 2020, however, the CX & NPS industry is bound to change.

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ShepHyken

AUGUST 20, 2018

Critical areas of the digital customer experience by Natalia Hawkins. MyCustomer) Over the past couple of decades, the concept of being able to conduct business operations virtually (both in a B2B and B2C setting) has caused a huge ripple effect for companies across the board. My Comment: How much digital is too much digital?

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Second to None

MARCH 21, 2018

Brands that operate in the B2B space have just as much of a responsibility to provide a great Customer Experience to their users than traditional B2C organizations. ” Second To None empowers customer-centric brands to deliver consistent, intentional and authentic consumer experiences.

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ClearAction

JANUARY 14, 2015

B2B customer experience is much more person-to-person than many think because of numerous departments weighing in on most purchase decisions, several functional areas from both the buyer and supplier firms interfacing for long periods before and after purchase, and the high monetary value and risky business impact of many B2B purchases.

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Beyond Philosophy

JULY 5, 2016

There are a number of ways in which taking a humanistic approach to everything customer-related works for all stakeholders, and directly influences and impacts their behavior. Create a customer-centric human culture and set of processes. Create human connections between employee ambassadors and customers. Harder than it sounds.

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ShepHyken

JUNE 13, 2016

Perhaps one of the most important trends is the first one, that emphasizes how self-service customer service is a viable channel. 24 Experts Reveal Their Top Customer Retention Strategies For B2C Brands by Clutch. There always seems to be a new product, service, or experience within reach of a brand’s current customer.

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Bill Quiseng

MARCH 7, 2016

While I set out to accomplish a task on my terms and the way I needed to do it, I discovered that some of the best companies just do not have the people or processes in place to adequately service customers in nontraditional ways. Power, 67% of consumers have used a company’s social media channel for their customer service needs.

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ProProfs Chat

MAY 6, 2020

Customer Experience ROI Statistics. Customer Experience Through Social Media. Customer Experience & Engagement Statistics. Customer Experience & Retention Statistics. Customer Experience & Loyalty Statistics. Customer Experience & Satisfaction Statistics. Future of Customer Experience.

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ClearAction

MAY 28, 2015

Brands with the best customer experience or service like Zappos, REI, Trader Joes, Nordstrom, Ritz Carlton, Adobe, Boeing, and American Express — they pay attention to their customers first and themselves second. Whether it’s B2C or B2B it makes no difference, the focus is on the customer, and that’s what matters.

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SurveySensum

JULY 14, 2020

Currently, he is serving as the Director of Customer Success at Kustomer and an Advisor at The Success League. He specializes in customer success, customer experience, SaaS start-ups, B2B & B2C marketing strategy, and e-commerce. Blake Morgan – Customer Experience Futurist, Keynote Speaker, Author.

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