Customer Lifetime Value: The Metric Small Businesses Can’t Ignore
If you own a small business, you’re probably considering ways to expand. Finding new customers is undoubtedly one way to accomplish this, and it is something you should do. Is that, however, the only way? Or is there an effective strategy to deal with existing customers? According to studies, you have a 5-20% chance of…
How To Use Customer Service To Retain Customers And Boost Your Sales
According to HubSpot Research, 93% of customers are likely to make repeat purchases with companies offering excellent customer service. Additionally, happy customers are likely to share their positive experiences and refer about 11 people, acting as the perfect mouthpieces for your brand. On the other hand, poor customer service can cost you heavily. American companies…
5 Best Customer Success Strategies That Can Help You Grow Your Business
Did you know that one in three customers would move away from their beloved brand if they had even one poor experience? Clearly, if you want your business to grow, you need to focus on providing a positive experience to your customers. That’s why it’s important for you to formulate effective customer success strategies. It…
6 Trust Factors That Strengthen Brand Loyalty
Before any savvy customer decides to work with you, they’ll need some evidence that your business can be trusted. When potential clients scan your website, they quickly form thoughts about your brand and whether it’s worth trusting. Current research shows that within 50 milliseconds, a visitor has already developed a partial opinion about your site.…
A Newbie’s Guide To Knowledge Bases
In today’s connected world, consumers expect fast and accurate information. If you can’t provide them with what they want exactly when they want it, they will find someone who can. It’s really as simple as that! This is why you need to try and meet every need of your target customers. Consistently satisfying customers makes…
4 Tips for a Successful B2B Mobile Marketing Campaign
We all know how B2C companies have benefited from mobile marketing. You will hardly find anyone who hasn’t used the Amazon app for shopping, or Yelp for checking restaurant reviews. In fact, more than 50 percent of searches (worldwide) are now performed via mobile devices, according to Google. But does mobile marketing affect B2B businesses…
The Devastating Cost Of Poor Website Performance
This article from Wade Harman looks at the effects that poor website performance may have on your company’s bottom line. It’s certainly cautionary reading, and is another in our “Great Articles You may have missed” series. Poor Website Performance Has A Cost! In the past few years, consumer trends have shifted in favor of online…
7 Steps to Avoid Social Customer Service Pitfalls
Business is like health; as long as we have it we tend to take it for granted. Only when something seems off, do we suddenly re-evaluate our vital routines. The fear of missing what we really care about is an alarm bell that should awaken our minds. As for business, negative events that may occur are…
How to Find + Tell Awesome Customer Stories
Want to grow your business? Then share your customer stories. Yet one of the greatest difficulties entrepreneurs, nonprofits, and large corporations have is collecting their customer stories. Not only do many organizations resist talking with their customers (I might hear something I don’t like), it requires time and feels complicated to actually get done. But…
Customer Loyalty – 5 Ways SoLoMo Disrupts Loyalty
World Is Upside Down The world is upside down and SoLoMo is to blame. SoLoMo stands for Social, Local and Mobile and the combination of these power trends is leveling the karma of many traditional brands. This Curatti post examines 5 Ways SoLoMo disrupts customer loyalty for car makers and dealers. Least you think its…
