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The True Cost of Losing a Customer

BlueOcean

TL;DR: With every customer loss, you’re missing out on prospects and falling short of your lifetime customer value potential. It’s worth mentioning that many customer relationships can be saved even after a bad experience with the actual product or service, particularly if they choose to contact a customer service rep.

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The True Cost of Losing a Customer

BlueOcean

But if that interaction also results in a negative experience, the customer support experience can become the straw that breaks the camel’s back. Calculating Lifetime Customer Value. Obviously, the cost of losing a customer isn’t as simple as the loss of one particular sale or the associated make-good.

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5 SaaS Renewal Process Best Practices for Customer Retention

Totango

With a focus on lifetime customer success rather than on quick revenue raising, you can turn your renewal process into a celebration of an ongoing partnership. It’s a customer-centered approach that reflects the broader economy we currently operate under, one where the customer expects individualized treatment.

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Measuring Customer Service Performance: Lifetime Customer Value

CSM Magazine

In that perfect world, customer retention would be at 100% and customer turnover would be zero. Since that’s not the world we live in, customers need to experience prompt and dedicated attention at every major customer touch point. The Extensive Effort Behind Lifetime Customer Value.

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5 Top Customer Service Articles of the Week 10-4-2021

ShepHyken

Each week I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. 7 Techniques That Are Key to Customer Retention Today by John Hall. Magazine) It’s a business axiom that holding on to existing customers is more lucrative than acquiring new ones.

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Customer Lifetime Value and Client Retention: What’s the Connection?

CSM Practice

Without that crucial information, you can’t develop an effective customer retention strategy. Enter: Customer Lifetime Value. Let’s take a closer look at customer lifetime value, how to calculate it, why it matters for customer retention, and how to improve these metrics to amplify the success of your business.

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Bilingual Customer Support: Where Live Agents and AI Coincide

BlueOcean

Things like lifetime customer value/cost of customer churn come into play beyond the straight dollar-for-dollar cost of an agent hour. Your customers expect the same brand experience they have at every other moment in their journey—your website, your storefront, your marketing.