We’ve all heard about the sales funnel and how a lead converts into a customer. But there’s another funnel that can help businesses achieve their goals – the customer support funnel. A well-defined customer support funnel strategy is different from the original sales funnel that we all know of so far. Rather than tracking the...

If you search the web, you’ll find valuable studies and statistics on customer satisfaction. Those can help you shed light on your own customers’ behavior and understand some of their needs or struggles. But what the studies don’t teach you is how to reach out to your customers and build a friendly relationship with them....

“Your people keep directing me from one person to another.” “I bought your product but it doesn’t deliver what it promised.” “I haven’t heard a darn thing!” If you’ve heard such customer concerns lately, then it means they’ve been through a bad customer service experience with your brand. It’s not like you wanted this, but...

Are your customers young and rustic or toolbelt traditionalists? Feeling lost as to why we are referring customers with such nicknames? Well, market research firms such as Claritas use these to divide customers into different segments. And why not, it helps you understand your customers even better. Once you know how your customers are and...

Unhappy customers = Higher churn rate = Reduced revenues and profits The math is simple. If you keep disappointing your customers, you’re likely to experience customer churn. And a continued increase in customer churn can result in a loss in revenues and profits. That’s why it is important to identify the right strategies or tips...

“Have we satisfied our customers? Did they find our services up to their expectations?” If you’re asking these questions every time you offer your services, you are a customer-centric organization. But simply asking these questions isn’t enough to gauge whether they are satisfied or not. You need to measure the right customer satisfaction metrics to...