• Customer Data Management is Crucial

    “Master data management is a discipline that goes hand in hand with information governance. Forward-thinking organizations are instituting processes to gain agreement on roles, responsibilities, policies, and procedures surrounding the maintenance of a single view of the entities needed for conducting business and measuring its performance.” – Henry Morris There is no denying the importance…

  • Online Video for Customer Engagement

    “Video is no longer just a fun extra feature to stumble upon as they browse the web. Video, and particularly short-form video, is the thing that is bringing them to the web in the first place.” – videolinktv.com Online video plays a crucial role in enhancing customer engagement. Incorporating videos into decision trees can provide…

  • Proactive Customer Service is Critical for Success

    “We’re taking a proactive approach, instead of waiting or seeing if anything happens.” – Mike Stack There is no better truth in the realm of customer service than what is mentioned in the quote above. No business can or should remain in reactive mode with regard to service – that is waiting for customers to…

  • Landing Big Business Customers

    “Chase the vision, not the money, the money will end up following you.”- Tony Hsieh Landing big business customers is the dream of every company and for which companies put in place a number of tactics and strategies. However, looking at statistics and data, they show that a very large number of businesses do not…

  • Companies now need Customer Service Super Heroes

    “The phrase Hero-Class Customer Service embodies the concept that every delivery of superior customer service involves a hero of some sort.” – customersThatstick.com There is enough research and data to show that a very large number of customers agree that if they receive shoddy service and poor experiences from a company, they would take their…

  • When Customers Do Not Complain

    “91% of customers don’t always complain when they receive poor customer service, with over 40% of them thinking it is not worth complaining as companies simply don’t care.” – report by Rapide There was a time when the fact that customers do not complain would have been a good thing – not anymore. With so…

  • Minding your Tone when Dealing with Customers

    “Define what your brand stands for, its core values and tone of voice, and then communicate consistently in those terms” – Simon Mainwaring Research and experiments have shown that the tone used when dealing with customers has a measurable and lasting impact on their perception. Depending on the tone, customers can perceive the brand to…

  • Mobile Text Messaging to Connect with Customers

    “End users not technologies shape the market. Consequently, marketers need to stay abreast not only of technological developments but also of the way people respond to them.” Matt Haig Several new ways of communicating have emerged and continue to ‘pop up’ each day. One of the most popular methods was mobile text messaging. However, we…

  • Managing Customer Service through Social Media

    “Social media is not just an activity; it is an investment of valuable time and resources. Surround yourself with people who not just support you and stay with you, but inform your thinking about ways to WOW your online presence” – Sean Gardner Despite the popularity of social media, it continues to be scary and…

  • Do Customer Loyalty Programs Work?

    “The way to a customer’s heart is much more than a loyalty program. Making customer evangelists is about creating experiences worth talking about.”- Valerie Maltoni In business, anything that customers like and benefit from would be deemed as ‘working’. Therefore, to know if customer loyalty programs work, a business should be able to answer in…

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