How Speed Kills in Customer Service
In pursuit the unattainable, many companies are constantly pushing for faster service. We correlate faster service with happier customers – and ultimately more of them. photo credit Gabriela Pinto As...
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Wait… What is this “growth hacking” anyway? photo credit Adam Thomas Growth hackers are a brand of marketing professionals that are solely driven by finding new, unexplored and unconventional ways to...
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Customer enthusiasm sure doesn’t come easy. You have to earn it through trust, listening, empathy and by telling compelling stories. When most people come across a product, they want to make sure it...
View ArticleHow to Empower Employees to Create Customer Service Miracles
We’ve long been living in the age of the customer. While many companies claim to have a “customer first” attitude, few have attempted to mobilize their front line “elves” and even fewer have been...
View ArticleMeasuring the Invisible ROI of Customer Advocates
It seems that we’ve gotten customer advocates wrong all along. We keep hearing that customer advocates are a mythical, if not a one-off anomaly that gets an unreliable (if not questionable) return on...
View Article8 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Starting a Community
There was a time when customer communities were seen as unpractical and burdensome. With the success of social media and mobile users, many brands have since taken the lead with the engagement and...
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