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Infographic: What makes customers stay loyal?

Acquiring new customers is an expensive process for businesses, so it’s vital that some of them become loyal to the brand and return for repeat purchases.

This not only helps to drive revenue but also could ultimately lead them to become brand advocates, which in turn could help bring in more new customers.

So what helps to drive brand loyalty? This infographic from Zendesk shows that consumers rank quality (88%) and customer service (72%) as the two biggest drivers of loyalty.

However delivering excellent customer service can be difficult in a multichannel world.

by David Moth 17 October 2012 10:41am 6 comments

Five things executives can learn from PayPal's new president

Customer service is an area of focus for many companies today, and for good reason. Thanks to the rise of social media, when a company pisses a customer off, they have the ability to tell the world.

That's precisely what Andy McMillan did when he found himself in "Paypal hell."

by Patricio Robles 10 September 2012 16:00pm 4 comments

Social engagement drives sales and advocacy for brands

Those brands that have embraced customer reviews are now starting to look at how they can drive increased engagement with their customers by facilitating, embracing and in some cases participating in customer to customer conversations, to drive sales and advocacy.

With 89% of consumers reading reviews before some or all purchases, most now see reviews as a must-have for brands.

by Richard Anson 22 August 2012 10:00am 4 comments

Barclays: the disconnect between social and traditional CRM

According to a recent Forrester study, only about 37% of brands scored "good" or excellent in customer service reviews.

As customers move more and more online for their primary sources, some brands are struggling to create single-view profiles of their customers, and customer satisfaction is dropping.

Companies like Barclays may be a primary example of those who promote themselves as being digitally forward (especially as it moves into the mobile payment space), but are falling behind in their traditional forms of customer service.

by Heather Taylor 25 July 2012 20:48pm 4 comments

American Eagle: Bringing offline to online and vice versa

American Eagle (AE) was founded in 1977 and now has over 1,000 stores in the US, Canada, Asia and the Middle East. As more and more customers are moving online, AE has been adopted a strategy of bringing offline to online and vice versa.

When you have a store front, it's much easier to get your offline message out to the customers who love your product. They are already coming in to buy so you have a chance to integrate that experience with an online one or just make them aware you have one!

by Heather Taylor 24 July 2012 21:25pm 0 comments

Is Twitter creating a VIP customer service channel?

Order something online from your favorite retailer only to receive the wrong product? Stuck at a crowded airport after multiple flights were cancelled?

In a perfect world, the common occasional mishaps that are to be expected when engaged in commerce wouldn't be such a big deal. They'd be resolved appropriately and quickly with little effort. Unfortunately, we don't live in a perfect world and such mishaps are frequently just the start of a major headache that is caused by poor customer service.

by Patricio Robles 24 July 2012 14:58pm 8 comments

Customer service is failing consumers [infographic]

Last year we wrote a post on why customer service is broken, and some of the stats in this infographic from drumbi tell the same story.

For example, 60% of US comsumers don't think companies have tried to improve their customer service, while 80% have abandoned a transaction thanks to poor service.

by Graham Charlton 04 July 2012 13:19pm 3 comments

10 interesting digital marketing stats we've seen this week

I've rounded up some of the most interesting digital marketing stats we've seen this week.

Stats include mobile customer experience, mobile ads, basket abandonment, Facebook fan engagement and how social affects search rankings.

by Graham Charlton 08 June 2012 12:11pm 7 comments

Square learns that customer service in the payments space is a tough job

Technology has disrupted a seemingly countless number of industries over the past decade, from advertising to real estate. When looking at the industries grappling with technology-driven change, however, arguably few have been more affected than the multi-trillion dollar payments space.

The advent of mobile phone, and the smartphone in particular, has created significant opportunities, many of which upstarts like Square are trying to exploit.

by Patricio Robles 10 May 2012 18:16pm 1 comment

Will mobile be the saviour of the high street?

Since as much as 50% of smartphone users use their phones instore today, mobile on the high street is clearly going to be a key element of retailers’ success or failure over the next five years.

However, as well as offering significant opportunities for brands to bridge the gap between online and the high street, mobile makes it easier for customers to be more promiscuous.

by Sri Sharma 03 April 2012 12:24pm 5 comments