Customer Retention

There’s an often-told story about a salesman in a department store who was deeply unhelpful and rude to a customer when he saw that they only wanted to buy a $13 item. However, when that salesman’s manager looked into the value that customer had spent in the life of their relationship with the store however, it ran into the tens of thousands of dollars.

In this section on customer retention, we have some superb content which will help you really understand what drives retention (it’s not always what you think). We debunk the myth that wowing customers is what it’s all about and we provide useful assets and downloads to help your customer retention efforts succeed.

10 best business books 2020
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Our Best Business Books of 2020

What better way to look forward than with a pandemic-proof, anti-Covid anthology of the best books we’ve reviewed in 2020. Naturally, all 10 of these volumes are bursting with valuable insights to influence your next move in business and…
Tigerpaw Customer Thermometer integration
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Customer Thermometer now works with Tigerpaw PSA

IT and technology professional services providers that use Tigerpaw One now have a readymade integration with Customer Thermometer. With Customer Thermometer integration, Tigerpaw users can easily embed feedback buttons to their ticket notifications…
custom brandable feedback survey icons examples
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On-Brand Customer Feedback Icons Bursting with Creativity and Meaning

Emojis are everywhere on messaging platforms, and messaging platforms are even more popular than social media (which is also saturated with emojis). Bottom line: it’s an emojitastic world out there, and everyone including grandma is emoji-literate. Going…
customer support tips and secrets
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6 Spells for Magicking a Great Support Team

We have won global awards for our service (one from Her Majesty the Queen, no less). But we still see customer service as our life's work, our ultimate goal. Our software is all about being fantastic at customer service, and we want to live…
digital channel customer success
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How to do digital customer success and delight

Now’s the time to switch your physical customer touchpoints to virtual. If you haven’t already adapted your customer engagement for the long-term effects of Covid then do not despair. There are plenty of reasons to ‘virtualize’ physical…
post covid consumer behavior stats
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10 Customer Behavior Stats Showing the Impact of Covid

Six months after the first worldwide Covid-19 lockdowns, we're taking stock of what it all means for buyer behavior. We’ve collated 10 insightful facts from large-scale consumer studies conducted by some of the biggest research groups in…
The Grid Matt Watkinson book review
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The Grid by Matt Watkinson: Book Review

This month we're reviewing The Grid: The Master Model Behind Business Success by Matt Watkinson. We are big Matt Watkinson fans here at Customer Thermometer. We often give away Matt's excellent first book, The Ten Principles Behind Great…
Survey Response Drivers launch
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Response Drivers Are Go!

We all know feedback is really useful. But we also want to know what is driving it? You asked for it. We listened and worked really hard. So we are very proud today to introduce our sparkling new Drivers feature! 🏎️ You can now offer…
Employee engagement experience survey handbook
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How to do employee engagement in 2021

Few predicted ‘the Covid effect’ would last beyond a few weeks. Teams have been scattered into remote corners, disrupting the employee engagement that’s physically possible. Workplaces may not resemble their 2019 selves for years, or…
customer success books for the new next
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4 Customer Success Books to Read Now: Thriving After the Pandemic

There are 4 big areas you need to focus on to create real customer success, retain customers and recenter your company and team for the future. Those areas are Recover, Rebuild, Rethink and Reimagine. (we wrote a post detailed post on these…
customer success service quotes and books
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5 Customer Service Quotes for the New Next

The shelves at Customer Thermometer HQ are always stuffed with the best customer service books and we love learning new things from big thinkers, industry commentators and – naturally – customers too. Sometimes the wisdom comes not from…
customer retention software technology toolbelt
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How to Upgrade Your Technology Toolbelt to Retain Customers

Retaining customers amid all that Covid throws at you is a tough ask. Fans of the longrunning ‘Lost’ TV series will see the similarities with crash-landing on a remote island. First you focus on surviving, but sooner or later you need…