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The Heart of Great Customer Service

Over the last several weeks, we’ve taken a look at Shep Hyken’s 2020 special report on achieving exceptional customer service. To wrap up, let’s take a look at what attributes help separate a great from a poor experience. There are a number of positive factors, of course, as Hyken notes…
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Communication Channels and the Customer Experience

A business’s ability to communicate with its customers is critical for its long-term survival. Sales, services, and support all rely on communication, otherwise we might as well all shop from mail-order catalogs. For decades, the two primary channels for doing so were either in-person or were over-the-phone. But since the…
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Exceeding Expectations

Let’s dive back into Shep Hyken’s 2020 special report, continuing where we left off from last week. The next topic concerns consumer expectations, which Hyken measured by asking respondents “to rank industries based on what level of customer service they expect to receive”—not their actual experiences, just what they anticipated.…
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The Power of Convenience on the Customer Experience

Returning to Shep Hyken’s 2020 special report that we discussed a couple weeks back, let’s turn our attention to the price are willing to pay for their customer experience. We can surmise that some people are indeed willing to pay more for higher quality, naturally. Otherwise, luxury brands wouldn’t exist,…
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