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Growth & Culture7 Key Customer Experience Metrics, From Basic to Advanced
Discover 7 basic, next-level, and intriguing customer experience metrics that will help you measure and improve CX at your company.
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Growth & CultureCustomer Success: What It Means, Why It Matters, and More
Customer success boosts lifetime customer value, creates loyal customers, and provides helpful product insights. Here’s how to do it well.
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Growth & CultureSaaS Customer Success: Key Roles, Strategies, and Tools
One of the best steps any SaaS company can take to improve customer retention is an investment in customer success.
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Growth & CultureBuilding a Customer-Oriented Company: Strategies & Examples
Read about five examples of great customer-oriented companies, and learn what practices you can put in place to get better yourself.
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Growth & Culture10 Inspirational Customer Experience Examples
Customer experience examples often err on the side of the emotional and intense, but CX also needs to be baked into your strategies.
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Growth & CultureCustomer Experience vs. Customer Success: Explained
Learn the key differences between customer success and customer experience, and discover why both roles are vital for delighting customers.
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Growth & CultureCustomer Success vs. Account Management: Why Both Matter
Companies often pit customer success against account management, but they can work together to create the best customer experience possible.
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Growth & Culture5 Examples of Customer Success Marketing for SaaS Teams
Understand what customer success marketing is and how it can benefit your business, plus get inspired by examples from 5 top SaaS companies.
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Growth & Culture4 Simple Tips for Crafting an Ideal B2B Customer Experience
Every “B” in B2B is simply a collection of humans. Build a great experience for your customers with 4 simple B2B customer experience tips.
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Growth & Culture10 Simple Ways to Wow Your Customers Every Day
Learning how to wow your customers can have a huge impact. Here are 10 ways your company can knock people’s socks off every day.
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Growth & CultureWhat Is Customer Happiness + 11 Ways to Inspire It
Customer happiness contributes to your bottom line and other key business metrics, plus it feels good. This blog post explains how to do it well.
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Growth & Culture6 User Adoption Strategies for Growing SaaS Businesses
Six user adoption strategies that SaaS companies can use to convert trial users into paying customers and improve long-term customer retention.
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Growth & Culture6 Customer Experience Books Every Founder Should Read
This list of must-read customer experience books contains some classics, plus a few you might not see in the traditional best CX books lists
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Growth & Culture5 Effective Customer Loyalty Programs for Small Businesses
All you need to know about the benefits of customer loyalty programs for small business + examples of 5 types of programs to consider.
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Growth & CultureCX Fitness: Conducting a Customer Experience Analysis
Consider these four questions and one call to action to conduct a customer experience analysis and get your company's CX into shape.
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Growth & CultureCreating a Customer Success Journey Map in 6 Steps
A 6-step guide to creating a customer success journey map, plus how to use it to help customers achieve long-term success with your product.
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Growth & Culture6 Customer Centricity Examples To Use In Your Business
Keeping customers your #1 focus isn’t always easy. These 6 companies offer real-life customer centricity examples that will show you the way.
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Growth & CultureA Comprehensive Guide to Customer Satisfaction Score
Customer satisfaction score is an excellent baseline metric for customer experience. Learn why it’s important and how to use it effectively.
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Growth & CultureHow To Use NPS to Measure Your Customer Experience
Learn more about Net Promoter Score and discover 7 best practices you can employ to use NPS as a tool for measuring your customer experience.
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Growth & Culture7 Foundational Customer Experience Best Practices
A better customer experience leads to more loyal customers and more referrals. Here are the seven CX best practices you need to get there.
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Growth & CultureCreating a Customer Experience Team: 4 Questions to Ask
Answer these four questions to create a customer experience team that's poised to deliver great experiences for every customer, every time.
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Growth & CultureA Founder’s Guide to Collecting and Utilizing User Feedback
An introductory guide on how to collect user feedback: tools to use, questions to ask, and how to use feedback to build your product.
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Growth & Culture9 Key Aspects of a Stellar Customer Success Strategy
Learn about the nine critical components of an effective customer success strategy and how you can implement them for your own business.
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Growth & CultureWhere to Start When Building a Customer Success Team
Customer success teams are the best way to ensure an excellent customer experience. Here's how and why you should build one for your company
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Growth & CultureHow to Create a Customer Feedback Loop That Works
Learn about the stages of creating a customer feedback loop and discover how you can use customer feedback to improve your business.
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Growth & CultureThe Role of Customer Stickiness in Building Enduring Loyalty
Learn what customer stickiness is and how SaaS businesses can both improve stickiness and transform it into enduring customer loyalty.
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Growth & CultureCustomer Satisfaction: What It Is and 6 Ways to Boost It
Customer satisfaction is the pulse beneath most key business metrics. Learn its importance, how to measure it, and six ways to improve it.
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Growth & Culture8 Key SaaS Customer Success Metrics & How to Measure Them
Measure and improve your customers' ability to be successful with your product by tracking these 8 key SaaS customer success metrics.
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Growth & CultureHow a Great Customer Experience Can Grow Your Bottom Line
Customer experience is a key brand differentiator for SaaS and ecommerce businesses. Here’s how to create a CX strategy and profit from it.
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Growth & CultureCustomer Perception and How to Manage It Effectively
The way customers perceive your company is key to revenue growth. Learn more about customer perception and how to manage it in this detailed guide.
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Growth & CultureHow to Improve Customer Loyalty With Customer Effort Score
Use Customer Effort Score to see where you’re making things difficult for customers and learn how to improve your customer’s experience.
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Growth & Culture10 Techniques for Collecting Voice of the Customer Data
Today’s most successful businesses understand their customers on a deeper level. How? Voice of the Customer data. Here are 10 ways to collect it.
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Growth & CultureHow to Inspire, Measure, and Improve Customer Loyalty
Customer loyalty is key to reducing churn and increasing revenue for your online business. Here's everything you need to build loyalty.
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Growth & CultureA Founder’s Guide to Building a Customer-Focused Company
Customer focus results in loyal customers, strategic decision making, & company growth. Learn how to foster customer focus in your business.
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Growth & CultureHow to Identify and Optimize Customer Experience Touchpoints
Learn how to identify all of your customer touchpoints and optimize each of them for an improved overall customer experience.
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Growth & Culture4 Meaningful Customer Satisfaction Metrics, Compared
Discover and compare four customer satisfaction metrics you can use to measure customer satisfaction in a meaningful way.
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Growth & Culture6 Proven Strategies for Building a Customer-Centric Company
Customer centricity is a catalyst for growth and a competitive differentiator. Adopt these 6 strategies to build a customer-centric business
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Growth & CultureHow to Build a Winning Customer-Centric Marketing Strategy
Customer-centric marketing helps you grow by giving customers exactly what they want. Here are the steps to take to get started on your strategy.
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Growth & CultureGuide to Customer Relations: Definition, Benefits, and Tips
A strong customer relations strategy underpins sustainable growth. Once you know the facts, it’s hard not to put these relationships first
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Growth & CultureCustomer Appreciation Ideas: 17 Ways to Thank Customers
Learn what customer appreciation is, why it's important, and discover 17 memorable and inexpensive ways to appreciate your customers.
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Growth & CultureAn Overview of NPS for Customer Service Teams
Learn the basics of NPS for customer service teams: How to measure it, how to use it, and tips on how support teams can increase NPS.
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Growth & CultureCustomer Satisfaction Surveys: A Comprehensive Guide
Done right, customer satisfaction surveys can increase revenue, boost loyalty, and lower churn. We share everything you need to know to get it right.
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Growth & CultureDelivering Personalized, Human-Centered Customer Support
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Growth & CultureWriting the Perfect Customer Thank-You Note (+ Examples)
Sending handwritten thank-you notes is a great way to establish a personal connection with your customers. Here’s everything to get started.
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Growth & CultureCustomer Feedback: Why It’s Important + 7 Ways to Collect It
Customer feedback helps companies understand the experiences and needs of their community. Here are ways to collect your customers’ insights
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Growth & CultureThe 5 Key Principles of Customer-Centric Selling
Building a successful customer centric selling approach means incorporating key principles to ensure your sales team is aligned and set up for success.
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Growth & CultureCustomer Service vs. Customer Experience: Explained
The terms customer service and customer experience are often confused or used interchangeably. They’re not the same thing, but they are related.
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Growth & CultureCustomer Support vs. Customer Success: Explained
Customer Support and Customer Success teams share similar skill sets and goals, but they use different approaches.
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Growth & Culture11 Strategies to Maintain Customer Intimacy at Scale
Customer intimacy is a two-way connection, and these days you can’t scale your business without fostering it.
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Growth & Culture5 Ways Your Small Business Can Impress First-Time Customers
Is your small business providing an exceptional experience to new customers? If not, it should be. Here’s how.
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Growth & CultureCustomer Service + Marketing = Improved Customer Experience
Marketing and customer service teams can improve the customer experience (CX) by rejecting the silo mentality and working together. Here’s how.
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Growth & Culture6 Steps to Creating a Customer-Centric Culture
Having highly skilled customer service staff is not enough to succeed. Here's how to build a company wide culture of service.
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Growth & CultureCustomer Acquisition vs. Customer Satisfaction
Customer acquisition versus customer satisfaction: What’s the more important goal? Turns out, they’re two sides of the same coin.
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Growth & Culture4 Easy and Effective Ways to Invest in Your Customers
Fostering an environment where customers feel loyal to you and your business is a wise investment in the future of your company.
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Growth & CultureAligning Sales and Support for Long-Term Growth
When sales and customer service work together, they succeed by giving the customer a better experience.
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Growth & CultureSupport, Sales, and Marketing Need to Work in Harmony
Three ways to get your support, sales, and marketing teams working together effectively.
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Growth & CultureHow the American Red Cross Redesigned the Experience of Donating Blood
Figuring out what others truly need is what leads to the most significant innovations.
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Growth & CultureHow Backcountry Creates an Exceptional Customer Experience
Backcountry concentrates on 5 fundamental markers to drive their incredible customer experience. Here's how to apply them to your own business.
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Growth & CultureHow Disney Creates Magical Experiences (and a 70% Return Rate)
How Disney's customer experience inspires so many of its customers to come back
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Growth & CultureWhy Chipotle’s Customer Experience is Trouncing the Competition
Chipotle owes much of its growth to the dedication they place on having a superior customer experience.
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Growth & CultureWhy Steve Jobs Didn't Listen to His Customers
Compare the merits of focusing on internal innovation to the insights to be gained from customer feedback.