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The 2020 shutdowns of the COVID-19 pandemic pushed people into more virtual interactions than ever before. At the same time, emotions were running high worldwide. For customers, the quality of digital experiences became very important, a trend that is continuing into the post-pandemic era. According to Salesforce, 84% percent of customers say the experience a…
ECommerce is growing like wildfire, offering exciting business insights via analytics and data. Sometimes it is easy to forget that there are people on the other end of the transaction. No matter how much information companies provide before the sale, most customers will still need help. 83% of consumers expressed a need for some help…
Telecom companies operate in one of the most competitive sectors of the marketplace. The industry has the fourth-highest churn rate, after cable, financial, and general retail, meaning that 21% of new Telecom customers will stay less than a year with the same Telecom provider. These scenarios represent both a big challenge and an opportunity. The…
At Kayako, we do our best to understand not just our customers’ needs, but their customers’ needs, as well. Armed with that empathy and over ten years in the business, there’s been one consistent signal that stands out from the noise in this year’s customer service trends: customers want effortless experiences. Customers hate putting in effort…
Think about your ideal experience as a customer. It felt smooth and quick to get in touch with a sharp and friendly support person, right? You felt heard and understood. When we experience this type of customer service, excessive effort and endless back-and-forth rarely come to mind. And yet, we more commonly experience high friction scenarios. When…
Which survey will measure customer loyalty and show us who our best customers are and those at risk of churn? Customer surveys that measure advocacy, satisfaction, and effort don’t give us the insights we need. Even though the Net Promoter Score (NPS) was designed to measure customer loyalty, it’s limited by capturing overall trends in customer loyalty not why that trend is happening. By…
Could your company be blamed for a failed essay? Warby Parker had better hope not. My @WarbyParker home try on package is arriving tomorrow and I am so excited I can’t focus on my essay — Brandon (@TheBrandonPFrye) February 22, 2017 Warby Parker are just one of many brands in the fast-growing vCommerce space who…
Customer engagement and feedback are powerful tools for every company—but many startups see them as an afterthought, focusing all of their energies on selling more products and gaining more users. But what these companies are missing is that customers are their best advocates. Consider the facts: Nearly 60 percent of consumers like to tell their friends…
This is a guest post by Puneet Kataria, the founder of Promoto. The Word of Mouth Marketing Association found that word of mouth drives an estimated $6 trillion in annual consumer spending. It is no surprise that every business dreams of achieving this state of nirvana: converting every customer into a passionate brand advocate. What is a…
No business wants to lose customers. But before throwing more money at the marketing and sales departments, have you ever looked at why some customers churn? Even with excellent onboarding techniques and being there to help the customer settle in, it can be a little baffling why customers still leave you. Generally, businesses are more…
This is a guest post from our friends at Typeform. Paul Campillo will show you the value of choosing NPS as your next customer feedback questionnaire. Every company wants loyal customers. Sure, sales are great, but nothing beats sales from repeat customers. That’s the goal of every business. Not a gazillion “maybe” fans, but diehard fans…
We’ve taken the scenic route at Kayako: we’ve bootstrapped to more than 120 people. As we’ve grown from 5 to 20 to 50 to 100 and beyond, everything we had learned to get us to each point suddenly stopped cutting it. Stuff we finally thought we had a handle on became obsolete within months. For founders,…