CSM Magazine

JANUARY 27, 2025

Excellent customer service isnt just a nice-to-have for online wholesale storesits a necessity. Small shifts in communication, support, and responsiveness can create loyal customers who choose your store every time. Lets break down how you can make the most of these tools to provide top-notch customer service.

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ShepHyken

MARCH 25, 2024

Each week, I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. Through chatbots and empathy simulators are transforming customer service by taking over tasks traditionally done by humans, such as speech recognition, empathy, and decision-making.

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Hotels Loyalty Programs Customer Service Hospitality 82

CSM Magazine

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

When a customer experiences a service failure, you’d assume their trust in the brand takes a hit. Thats the concept behind the Customer Service Recovery Paradox. In this article, well explore real-world examples of companies that didnt just bounce back from service failuresthey came back stronger.

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Brands Customer Service Airlines Net Promoter Score 52

Beyond Philosophy

JUNE 1, 2015

Are, beyond customers who would be loyal anyway, are they driving more purchase activity and narrowed consideration sets? And, what is the impact of loyalty programs on enterprise profitability? Key among these are: Integrate Loyalty Into the Full Experience. Michael Lowenstein, Ph.D., Use the Data.

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Loyalty Programs Loyalty Airlines Hotels 60

ShepHyken

AUGUST 30, 2019

Sustain Your Customer Lifetime Value Through Exceptional Customer Service. How do you get your customers to keep coming back? The answer is to simply provide outstanding customer service. As a matter of fact, 97 percent of consumers say customer service is a big factor when it comes to brand loyalty.

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Loyalty Programs Lifetime Customer Loyalty Poor Customer Service 109

ShepHyken

JUNE 6, 2022

Each week I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. They could grow 10x faster, however, their obsession with their operational excellence, customer experience, and internal culture will not allow them to compromise any of those for more units and higher sales.

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Customer Service Loyalty Programs Hotels Loyalty 69

Currency Alliance

APRIL 15, 2024

Many people assume that operating a loyalty program necessarily implies issuing your own loyalty points or miles. The optimal points to offer mostly depends on the frequency of engagement your brand has with target customers. Points and miles are a dominant and popular form of loyalty value.

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InMoment XI

OCTOBER 3, 2024

While these strategies can vary based on your business model or resources available to your customer experience program, these proven strategies can help any organization reduce customer churn and improve customer retention. Recognizing their loyalty shows that you value their business and encourages account retention.

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Customer Retention Strategy Guest Experience Loyalty Programs 195

ShepHyken

MARCH 28, 2022

Each week I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. Harvard Business Review) Most people believe — and research backs them up — that great customer experience drives revenue growth. Hospitality Net) Why do so many hotel loyalty programs fail?

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Loyalty Programs Customer Service Hotels Entertainment 66

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

MAY 24, 2017

There’s a part of your customer journey that is most likely inconsistent. Going from one hotel front desk to the next or calling different customer service reps can have very different outcomes. Sometimes calling the same customer service rep on a different day means having a completely different experience!

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Hotels Infographics Loyalty Programs Customer Experience Professionals 125

Customer Bliss

JUNE 6, 2017

Our conversation charts Brad’s path from consultant to Bain, to Starwood hotels and his groundbreaking work at Peloton. As head of Member Experience, Brad is responsible for retention marketing, member lifecycle and loyalty, community, social media, email marketing, and member. About Brad.

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Hotels Social Media Consulting Loyalty Programs 149

ShepHyken

JUNE 6, 2018

Someone recently referenced the book and this famous line, and it made me think about how customers are treated. Are all customers equal? Loyalty programs promote perks, rewards, elite status and more, which might suggest that not all customers are equal. But, what about when it comes to customer service?

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Airlines Hotels Loyalty Programs Loyalty 99

Currency Alliance

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

One of the earliest loyalty programs came out of the grocery sector. Broadly speaking, most of the chains’ loyalty efforts have been in proprietary, albeit digitalized versions of the original S&H program: collecting in order to redeem for rewards, some digital couponing, and pushing out offers via a mobile app.

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Loyalty Programs Loyalty How To Hotels 52

ShepHyken

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Each week I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. 4 Ways to Level Up Your Customer Service in 2021 by Reuben Yonatan. Fast Company) Providing exceptional customer service is a tried and tested way for brands to stand out and succeed. by Max Starkov.

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Customer Service Hospitality Rewards Programs Self Service 76

ProProfs Chat

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

But trust me, factors like: Product quality, Awesome support, Marketing reach, Efforts to engage customers, . Efforts to retain customers, help you formulate effective loyalty programs that your customers enjoy being a part of. Benefits of Improving Customer Loyalty. Hard to Attain Customer Loyalty.

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Loyalty Loyalty Programs Social Media Retail 109

Service Untitled

OCTOBER 9, 2012

It makes research convenient and allows us to compare prices, services, and even to formulate questions we want answered by one of the many providers out there, but what about an organization’s customer service? Keep a customer’s mobile experience positive; this trend is becoming more popular.

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Customer Service Hotels Loyalty Programs Customers 72

Currency Alliance

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

If a new CEO replaced you tomorrow, and had no previous connection to the current loyalty program, what changes do you think she would make? We hear loyalty leaders state all the time that they have embraced ‘best practices’. That’s right, loyalty programs should be a profit center.

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Loyalty Programs Loyalty How To Touchpoint 52

ShepHyken

JANUARY 2, 2023

Each week, I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. Customer Loyalty Is Your Holy Grail for Success. Entrepreneur) Customer loyalty is an essential source of revenue for any business. My Comment: How do we create customer loyalty?

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Customer Service Loyalty Programs e-support Loyalty 66

ShepHyken

APRIL 17, 2018

What does the future of brand loyalty look like? Shep Hyken sits down with Patrick Reynolds, Chief Marketing Officer for SessionM , to discuss how technology is transforming traditional customer loyalty programs into a dynamic and personalized customer experience. ? <span How do loyalty programs work?

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ShepHyken

JANUARY 23, 2023

Each week, I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. AI improves field service quality and customer experience by Vala Afshar (ZDNET) Research shows that 80% of high performing field service organizations use artificial intelligence. It’s a win-win.

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Customer Service Self Service Contact Center Loyalty 14

Bold360

APRIL 27, 2017

Travel and tourism can be difficult areas for retaining customer loyalty, with websites set up exclusively to pit brands against one another on the best deals for hotels and rock-bottom prices on flights. engender loyalty! Customer service in travel and tourism clearly needs to follow your customer wherever they might be.

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Tourism Travel Customer Service Airlines 56

InMoment XI

OCTOBER 4, 2024

A productivity tool startup sends Net Promoter Score (NPS) surveys to its customers and analyzes the responses to see how it can further improve its product. A hotel chain implements a loyalty program to reward repeat customers with points that can be redeemed for discounts or other special offers.

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ShepHyken

JANUARY 21, 2024

Each week, I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. My Comment: We open this week’s Top Five roundup with four experts from Gartner who share their thoughts about the top three customer service and support trends for 2024. Here are my top five picks from last week.

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Customer Service Self Service Trends Hotels 63

InteractionMetrics

MARCH 27, 2025

Deliver Prompt, Empathetic Customer Support We’ve all had frustrating experiences with robotic customer support. Great customer support feels human: its fast, genuine, and personal. Customers remember and reward this kind of personal touch. Theyre really meant to create excitement that keeps customers engaged.

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Customer Retention Strategy How To Net Promoter Score 52

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

APRIL 7, 2015

He informed me it had departed and we should go to customer service. (It We walked through the airport and found the customer service agent. Never mind that they are sending emails about merging loyalty programs and becoming one airline. My husband tries another American Airlines customer service rep.

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Airlines Customer Experience Travel Hotels 110

ShepHyken

MAY 29, 2023

Top Takeaways: Loyalty programs are used in different industries to attract new customers and retain existing ones. Loyalty programs have now evolved to include enhancing the customer experience. In the recent Achieving Customer Amazement study , 69% of customers say loyalty programs are important to them.

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Loyalty Loyalty Programs Airlines Hotels 62

Currency Alliance

JANUARY 18, 2021

It’s time for hotel operators to re-evaluate how well their ace in the hole – their loyalty program – is enabling every function of their business to deliver more value. Here are three predictions of how loyalty programs must evolve in hospitality. The hotel is a dispensary of experiences.

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Hospitality Loyalty Industry Hotels 52

Up Your Service

MAY 3, 2017

But a whole other degree of devoted customer exists: The brand evangelist, described as the kind of traveler who feels so connected to a company that they proactively share their positive experiences with others. In today’s connected world, customer service experiences — especially the bad ones — often spread like wildfire.

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Hospitality Travel Industry Brands 74

ShepHyken

JULY 11, 2016

Each week I read a number of customer service articles from various online resources. Oh when you smilin’, when you smilin’ The whole world smiles with you” – do happy customers = better customer experiences? Maritz Motivation Solutions: Six Questions to Ask Before Launching a Loyalty Program by PR Web.

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Customer Service Loyalty Programs Loyalty Tips 48

Kustomer

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

Listen and subscribe to our podcast: In this episode of the Customer Service Secrets Podcast, Gabe Larsen is joined by Matt Dixon from Tethr to reinvent what it means to delight your customers. Delight typically means going above and beyond customer expectations, so what is there to reinvent? Stay tuned to find out more.

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Customer Service Effort Score Self Service Customers 84

Thematic

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Customer panels : Gather feedback from a group of customers over an extended period, allowing for ongoing input and engagement. Customer service interactions : Your customer support team plays a vital role in collecting and analyzing customer calls, emails, and support chat feedback.

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Currency Alliance

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Loyalty partnerships with complementary brands are the best way to create additional value, for customers and for your business. Depending on the maturity of your loyalty program, you may already have some program partners, or be a partner in somebody else’s program.

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ShepHyken

JANUARY 22, 2023

Each week, I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. AI improves field service quality and customer experience by Vala Afshar (ZDNET) Research shows that 80% of high performing field service organizations use artificial intelligence. It’s a win-win.

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Customer Service Self Service Contact Center Loyalty 48

Currency Alliance

DECEMBER 17, 2019

But there remain some fundamental things that loyalty programs need to achieve to weather the looming storm that open banking, mobile payments, aggregation models, and other marketplace dynamics will bring. More customers will want to earn more loyalty currencies – which is potentially fantastic for all brands.

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Loyalty Strategy Loyalty Programs Travel 64

CSM Magazine

OCTOBER 4, 2024

The basis of customer loyalty, as portrayed in New Jersey’s casino facilities, is not just limited to games and rooms; personal experience and modern amenities with excellent customer service are also prominent. Great Customer Service Customer service is a high stake of New Jersey casinos that cannot be replaced.

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Customer Satisfaction Entertainment Loyalty Programs Hotels 52

Currency Alliance

MAY 9, 2019

We also learned a lot about customer preferences based on their choices. Over the past 25 years, intense battles have been fought for flights, hotels, rental cards, activities between suppliers and aggregators. Building such habits is precisely what loyalty programs do. .

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Loyalty Strategy Loyalty Programs Airlines 56

Currency Alliance

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Having benchmarked and talked to hundreds of loyalty programs in the past few months, what we think program leaders ought to be doing during the next 3-6 months is preparing a plan to realign their loyalty program design with the broader business strategy and core value propositions. Customer data: maximize ROI.

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