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Eight ways social engagement can transform your engagement strategy
SOCIAL media platforms and concepts are all interdependent and can combine to change the way small and medium business create and harness customer loyalty.
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9 Cs of Client Retention
Proper devotion to the 8 Cs of Customer Retention will go a long way toward preventing the dreaded ninth C – Cancellation. It has been said time and time again that it costs more to find new customers than to retain existing ones. And even though this maxim has become somewhat cliché, the fact behind the statement holds true – quality customer service leads to retention, and customer retention is the key to establishing any healthy business. […]
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Customer retention is not easy but it is rewarding
Customer retention programmes have historically had insufficient priority in most sectors, but then the forces affecting customer churn, and therefore the need for retention focus, have never been so great. The idea is not new. What is new is the approach. What is now being witnessed is a market increasingly commoditised and far more susceptible to competition – from other players and from new media. Customer knowledge and confidence have had a significant impact: it has become so much easier to compare and to swap products. Changing sales structures and wearing away of face-to-face interaction have helped to dilute or eradicate conventional ‘loyalty’. […]
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Engagement marketing – It’s about time
Today’s consumers are the most informed buyers in history. They can find out everything they want to know about a brand and the company behind it. Consumers don’t demand engagement from you, but they will be indifferent to the businesses and brands that are indifferent to them. And they will seek out relationships—knowledge-based, product-based and community-based—with the companies that they choose to do business with. […]