In the super-competitive world of retail, automation can make the difference between success and failure. Spend too much time on laborious returns or repetitive questions and you’ll have none left to focus on sales strategies and building your customer base. Automating important elements of your retail operation can free up your staff to do great things.
It’s easy to overlook aftercare. Once you’ve converted a customer, the temptation to focus on the next conversion is all too real. However, providing good quality aftercare and post-purchase service is a crucial part of the purchase funnel. For housing associations, the period immediately after a conversion is the trickiest time as tenants grapple with their new surroundings and potentially uncover elements of their property they’re dissatisfied with. During that period, attentiveness is key to create brand advocacy and avoid issues further down the line.
The retail year is packed with seasonal sales periods that present an opportunity to increase revenue. Getting the jump on your competition can be tricky, but with the help of some labour-saving technology, you can become a master of the retail calendar and breeze through the busy periods without breaking a sweat. Here’s how…
Today, we’ll share five customer service tips for hospitality to boost your brand while improving customer retention.
How do housing associations make the leap to digital as painless as possible? The housing industry has been relatively slow to adopt digital ways of working, but there are signs that’s beginning to change.
Elevate your business' service experience with integrated customer service. Learn what this is, its benefits and how to get started.
Customer service has changed and improved enormously over the years. Until a few years ago, companies could only be reached by phone, e-mail or face-to-face. Fortunately, the rapid digitisation of our society has contributed to better accessibility of both companies and customers. However, customers' expectations have also changed a lot in recent times. Managing these expectations is sometimes challenging and frustrating. We investigated: what are the ten biggest challenges for today's customer service manager?
Chat is quickly becoming many customers’ favourite way to communicate with brands. From getting their problems solved quickly to finding out more information about a company’s products or services, chat is fast, efficient, and doesn’t involve the long-wait times typically associated with phone calls or rounds of back-and-forth emails.
As in many industries, the COVID-19 pandemic has only served to accelerate the digital transformation within the beauty business, although the move to online from face-to-face sales has been gathering pace for some time.
A growing number of companies are discovering the benefits of chatbots. Unfortunately, there are also a number of pitfalls which may prevent your chatbot from providing an optimal experience. The tips in this article will help you create a successful chatbot.
The rise of ecommerce has transformed customer expectations: Today’s consumers want a convenient shopping experience with the ability to quickly and easily resolve issues — the faster, the better. In this blog, we share 8 ways to modernise and scale your customer service experience and retain more buyers.
It’s no secret anymore, consumers expect to be able to engage with brands on their mobile devices. For brands, it is the best channel to reach your customers and to drive sales. While not every business needs a mobile app to meet consumer demand, every business needs a smart mobile marketing strategy. But are you making these mobile marketing errors?
While chatbots have begun to gain traction in the past few years, they have in fact been around for some time. In 1966, Eliza - the first chatbot - made its debut, but it was only able to answer a few simple questions. Since, thanks to the advancement in technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Natural Language Processing (NLP), chatbots are becoming smarter by the day. What's next?
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