Tag: Customer retention

Aug 07, 2013

Errol Allen

During a recent consulting assignment, it became apparent that the customer service personnel were experiencing an excess amount of stress each morning. When asked to elaborate on the cause, here’s the answer I received – “Errol, employees at the various store locations are committing our installation crews to a timeframe without verifying if our appointment […]

Jul 10, 2013

Errol Allen

Recently my wife contacted a carpet cleaning company for service after receiving a promotional mailer. During the conversation, she was informed that this particular promotion was not available after a certain date, which by the way was the previous day. After hearing this news and reviewing the mailer, my wife advised the representative that she […]

Jul 10, 2013

Errol Allen

While assisting a client with developing a customer experience strategy, a formula crossed my mind. Now I can hear someone asking – Errol, a formula related to customer experience? Bear with me on this – CACV + CT + EFMP = GCE*C = CR. Let’s walk through this. CACV This component of the formula means […]

Jun 02, 2013

Errol Allen

While doing a little test on what customers are saying live on Twitter regarding customer service, I noticed that while a multitude of complaints was “Tweeted”, they were very few responses from the company in question. Some of these companies are household names! It was as if all of the negative comments were visible for […]