FrontLogix | Beyond Customer Care

Customer Experience

WFM in call and contact centers

Customer Success Management (CSM): What you need to know

In this blog post, we’ll explore what is CSM, what are the 5 fundamental principles of CSM, the role of a Customer Success Manager, and how to measure the success of the CSM program.

First introduced by tech companies, Customer Success Management (CSM) finds its way (and rightly so) into every customer-centered business. Businesses of all sizes have embraced CSM in an attempt to increase retention, revenue, and Customer Lifetime Value.

Let’s start from the top.

What is CSM, exactly?

Customer Success Management (CSM) is the practice of managing customer relationships to maximize customer satisfaction and the value they get from a product or service.

The goal of CSM is to take proactive actions to reduce problems customers may experience with a brand – which helps increase customer loyalty and improve a company’s bottom line. It involves a variety of activities and processes, including onboarding, training, guidance, customer support, and customer feedback.

The 5 fundamental principles of CSM

Below are the five pillars of customer success management that you should know:

  1. Focus on the customer: Creating a customer-focused culture and ensuring that you tailor each interaction with customers to meet their individual needs.
  2. Proactive engagement: CSM involves proactively reaching out to customers to understand their needs and help them achieve their goals.
  3. Collaboration: Customer success management involves collaboration between the customer, Customer Success Managers, and other teams within the company, such as product development and sales.
  4. Monitoring and measuring success: Measuring success through regularly monitoring key metrics will help identify areas where customers may be struggling.
  5. Continuous improvement: CSM should be seen as an ongoing process rather than a one-time project. This includes continuously measuring performance indicators such as retention rates and satisfaction scores.
A woman presenting and writing on a whiteboard with four attentive female colleagues listening in an office environment.

How does a Customer Success Manager (CSM) role fit in?

The role of a Customer Success Manager is to ensure the implementation of  CSM practices. They act as the customers’ voice, cultivating strong customer relationships, and demonstrating that they have their best interests at heart.

Aside from good soft skills, Customer Success Managers must have a strong understanding of the product or service they are selling in order to provide knowledgeable support when needed.

    Think of CS Managers as a combination of white-glove support and sales experts. 

    Customer Success Manager roles and responsibilities:

    • Onboarding of new customers, which includes educating the customer about the product’s features and functionality, defining specific goals, and providing customers with everything they need to be successful and complete those goals.
    • Providing support and guidance to customers to help them get the most value out of the company’s products or services.
    • Responding to customer inquiries and concerns in a timely and professional manner.
    • Identifying and addressing potential issues that may impact customer satisfaction.
    • Upselling and cross-selling the product.
    • Collaborating with other teams within the company to resolve customer issues and identify opportunities for improvement.
    • Analyzing customer data to identify trends and opportunities for improvement.
    • Developing and implementing customer success plans and programs.
    • Acting as the Voice of the Customer and fostering solid relationships with customers.
    • Collecting feedback and reporting on the effectiveness of customer success initiatives.
    • Building and maintaining solid relationships with customers to encourage loyalty and retention.

    Customer Success Manager traits:

    • Can sympathize with customers and prioritize their needs while establishing long-term ties that go beyond simple rapport.
    • Is adaptable to changing customer needs and expectations, and able to identify and implement solutions quickly.
    • Possesses customer-facing experience, especially in support or sales.
    • Has a thorough understanding of the product, its value, and the results it produces.
    • A proactive and strategic thinker that anticipates future trends.
    • Great leadership, analytical acumen, and problem-solving skills.
    • Strong communication, organizational analysis, and solution focus.
    • Ability to handle stress.

    Measuring the success of your CSM Program

    One way to measure the effectiveness of the CSM program is to track key metrics such as:

    • Customer Effort Score (CES) measures how much effort is put in by customers to interact with the business.
    • Customer Lifetime Value (CLV) calculates a customer’s total worth to your organization over the course of their relationship with you.
    • Engagement Rate measures the level of interaction and engagement of a group of people with a particular product, service, or organization.
    • Retention Rate measures how many customers continue to use a product, service, or organization over a certain period of time.
    • Net Renewal Rate measures how many customers renew their use of a product, service, or organization over a certain period of time.
    • Customer Health Score reflects the overall well-being of a company’s customer base. It is often used to identify customers who may be at risk of churning or stopping their use of a company’s products or services.
    • Customer Satisfaction Score measures how satisfied customers are with a company’s products or services. It is typically calculated using customer feedback, which can be gathered through surveys, interviews, or other forms of customer research.
    • Expansion Revenue is the additional revenue generated by existing customers as they increase their use of a company’s products or services.
    • Onboarding Engagement Rate measures the level of interaction and engagement of new customers or users with a product, service, or organization during the onboarding process.
    • Daily Active Users (DAU) and Monthly Active Users (MAU) measure the percentage of a company’s user base that is active daily and monthly.

    Depending on the goals of the customer success program and the specific needs of the organization, there might be other, more relevant metrics to be tracked. To evaluate the effectiveness of the program, carefully choose the essential metrics and track them over time.

    How FrontLogix can help

    Do you require the services of an experienced Customer Success Manager?

    FrontLogix is a BPO specializing in customer experience (CX) and can assist you with skilled Customer Success Managers to track specific customer KPIs. Above all, we sincerely care about keeping your current subscriber base, exceeding their expectations, and adding additional delighted consumers.

    Sales Support Outsourcing - FrontLogix

    6 things Contact Centers should do in 2024


    Beyond the significant focus on AI by CX decision-makers, there are 6 things Contact Centers should do in 2024 to improve performance, deliver superior CX, and beat the competition.

    Breaking away from negative perceptions

    It’s no secret the reputation of contact centers has been a mixed bag throughout the years. With only 4% of consumers reporting better brand experiences, it’s clear that 2023 wasn’t the best year for contact centers. There’s still a lot of room for improvement in empowering agents and making customers happy.

    6 things Contact Centers should do in 2024

    Man talking on the phone while working on a laptop

    #1 Decreasing Call Wait Time

    Companies have struggled to win and maintain customer loyalty – battling with complaints of low First Call Resolution (FCR) and long wait times – with customers spending up to 13 hours on hold each year.

    With two-thirds of customers considering switching to a competitor after being placed on hold for too long, the tackling wait times is the first in line for improvement in 2024.

    To do so – embrace moving to the cloud. User-friendly cloud-based call center solutions will let your team scale up or down to meet customer needs. You can operate a work-from-anywhere organization and have an agent on call ready to plug in during unexpected call spikes.

    Also, set up automated skill-based routing and IVR flows. Your company can easily reduce wait times and limit customer frustration by implementing intelligent routing like an automatic call distribution system.

    #2 Improving First Call Resolution rates

    #3 Don’t rush to escalate tickets

    This one is tied to the previous item. It’s important to train and challenge reps, so they build the necessary knowledge to address more complex issues.

    The fewer times a ticket is transferred, the fewer times the customer needs to reintroduce themselves or explain their concern, and the faster problems are resolved. Customers will end up frustrated if their ticket could’ve been handled without bouncing from agent to agent.

    Regularly review your escalated tickets to determine what the team may have done differently and whether extra training is required.

    #4 Eliminating robotic AI for a more human CX

    A recent UJET survey found that interacting with a chatbot is a ‘complete waste of time’ for 72% of respondents. As a result, an increasing number of businesses are abandoning bots in favor of human customer service.

    Man in a suit with a headset, looking at a laptop and gesticulating with his hand while smiling.

    #5 The desire for a better human connection

    Man Having a phone call In front of a laptop in a contact center

    #6 Acing CX through omnichannel personalization

    It is true that many contact centers still struggle with implementing effective omnichannel personalization strategies. This may be due to a variety of factors, including a lack of resources, outdated technology, or a lack of integration between different systems and channels.

    But the benefits of an omnichannel approach shouldn’t be dismissed. Investing in an omnichannel communication platform can return the investment tenfold.

    The most obvious benefit is increased efficiency. When your reps have the entire customer interaction history in front of them, they can easily locate the issue and offer a solution without having to spend time switching between applications. According to Cornell University research, it takes users an average of nine and a half minutes to return to a productive workflow after switching between programs. An omnichannel communication platform eliminates those 9 minutes.

    The second benefit is improved customer experience. Omnichannel personalization enables contact centers to provide a seamless and consistent customer experience across all channels, leading to increased customer satisfaction, loyalty, and sales.

    6 simple yet powerful strategies to improve customer retention

    Can you remember the last time you re-engaged with your customers and tried to win them back?

    These strategies will do exactly that and more.


    In summary

    At the end of the day, most people just want quick solutions without having to repeat themselves and listen to automated messages for hours on end. Digitally saturated and hungry for meaningful human connections, customers still prefer phone calls to every other channel. While technology allows for quick and efficient new means of service, the humanized customer experience inspires true brand loyalty. Providing an exceptional CX means truly understanding what the customer wants and delivering it quickly, personally, and relevantly. With the loss of purchasing power,  2024 will be the year when the gap between good and outstanding CX widens, with only the best of the best emerging as winners.


    consumer trends

    6 consumer trends shaping 2023: building a winning customer experience

    With COVID-19 in the rearview mirror and recession lurking around the corner, 2023 is going to be the year of rediscovering business operations and emphasizing digital and human connection. Where does the post-pandemic aftermath leave us, what are the next consumer trends, and how can businesses ace the Customer Experience during the looming economic downturn?

    What has 2022 taught us?

    The actual shift of 2022 was the rise of customers and not businesses.

    What are the 6 consumer trends shaping 2023?

    Consumer trend #1: Inflation-driven buyer behavior

    In 2023, CX will be the primary factor in whether customers want to do business with you or not. Inflation-driven consumers will be more resourceful and look for ways to meet their needs while trying to save money. Customers will grow less brand loyal as they shop around for the best customer experience.

    In times of weakened consumer demand, focusing on your customers’ needs will differentiate you from the competition, drive brand loyalty, and give you a competitive advantage.

    After all, history has taught us that long-term market share is won during market reshuffling.

    A woman with a laptop in front of her, laying in a bed, with a credit card in her hand

    Consumer trend #2: Desire for human connection

    Focused woman using a laptop at an outdoor street café, possibly working or browsing the internet.

    Consumer trend #3: Robust AI that doesn’t sound robotic

    Robotic-sounding chatbots and those that cannot process simple queries have a terrible reputation. The majority of chatbots people engage with still need to be more complex, only capable of answering rudimentary queries. These first-generation, rules-based chatbots are included as top CX ‘killers.’

    2023 is ushering us into a new era of smart virtual agents. Unlike their predecessors that responded according to pre-set series of rules, knowledge-based AI chatbots are powered by Natural Language Processing (NLP).

    These new AI-powered conversation platforms are using cognitive algorithms and picture processing to understand human intent and analyze sentiment, disrupting the future of CX.

    Consumer trend #4: Omnichannel personalization

    Customers gravitate towards brands that appear to understand them and offer personalized solutions to their needs. Thanks to the rapid increase of available channels, your customers are now everywhere. But more than merely being present on all channels is required. For a truly personalized CX, all of these channels should be interconnected and share customer information between them. This allows marketers to personalize each message, product suggestion, and experience to the unique profile of each customer.

    Omnichannel personalization integrates promotion, distribution, and communication channels into a single customer database. This allows for hyper-personalization of the customer journey, leading to more upsell and conversion opportunities. From targeted display adverts, personalized suggestions, and tracking browser behavior ‒ to remarketing and abandoned cart recovery across all platforms.

    Managers discussing numbers in an office

    In terms of improved customer support, the omnichannel strategy provides several communication channels, leading to increased customer service efficiency. The customer support representative can quickly refer to a customer’s previous purchases and interactions – reducing customer effort across interactions.

    Personalized solutions and seamless communication are the top consumer trends that continue from 2022 into 2023 – and this is exactly what the omnichannel experience offers.

    Consumer trend #5: CX as a shared effort across departments

    The focus on the complete customer journey is the most significant CX trend sweeping across industries.

    Perceiving the customer journey as more than just a sum of individual touchpoints, CX will become a shared effort across departments. From marketing and sales to product design and brick-and-mortar stores, each department must coordinate with every other department to fully understand the customer.

    focus on the complete customer journey

    Consumer trend #6: Active listening beyond surveys

    6 simple yet powerful strategies to improve customer retention

    Can you remember the last time you re-engaged with your customers and tried to win them back?

    These strategies will do exactly that and more.


    Call Center Outsourcing Services - FrontLogix

    Re-balancing the scales: better balancing digital tools and human connection

    But the increased digital-first approach has produced another side effect.

    digital tools

    The side effect of over-digitalization

    Customers want digitally powered human connections

    However, customers still prefer to resolve specific issues with AI assistance and self-help solutions. Customers find that self-help is much more convenient when it comes to simple queries. They like taking matters into their own hands and appreciate the quick resolution that comes with handling their issues.

    When deciding between self-service and an agent, time and complexity of the task are key considerations. While opting for self-service for simple queries, customers still prefer human assistance for more complex issues. The ideal CX strikes a fine balance between human and digital.

    To satisfy the full range of customer expectations, customer service teams must have the tools, systems, processes, and, most importantly, knowledgeable people that work together seamlessly.

    How to make the CX more human?

    #1 Investing in technology and humans

    #2 Active listening

    digital

    #3 Personalized omnichannel experience

    When there is no human interaction, omnichannel personalization provides a means to make the experience more human. It enables customer journey customization based on the specific needs of each individual customer, resulting in enhanced upsell and conversion potential.

    It combines marketing, distribution, and communication channels into a single customer database. You can present targeted offers as customers browse your website and tailor suggestions throughout the buyer’s journey. You can target customers with new products and campaigns through their social media feeds by tracking browser behavior and abandoned carts.

    6 simple yet powerful strategies to improve customer retention

    Can you remember the last time you re-engaged with your customers and tried to win them back?

    These strategies will do exactly that and more.


    Next-Gen CX

    Driving the Next-Gen CX with FrontLogix

    What sets FrontLogix apart is our commitment to excellence. With a 6-stage recruitment process for our agents, we ensure that only the best applicants make it to the team. Our managerial attention to every project and exceptional client onboarding program are some of the reasons why we have become a go-to choice for companies looking to outsource their CX operations.

    If you’re curious to learn more about how FrontLogix can help you elevate your CX game, read on.

    1. Omnichannel contact center

    Your customers want effortless yet personalized experiences. That type of seamless experience can be delivered only through an omnichannel contact center, and we’ve got you covered!

    Although most modern contact centers support a variety of digital channels, many of them lack the ability to provide a non-siloed journey over multiple digital touchpoints. We combine customer insights and data intelligence with technologies such as email, chat, in-app messaging, SMS, and social media into a unified omnichannel experience that reduces customer effort, increases customer satisfaction, and boosts customer loyalty to your brand.

    smiling call center agent

    2. Well-trained agents

    We at FrontLogix fully acknowledge that who customers interact with during their buyer journey significantly determines a large portion of their experience. Customers can quickly tell if an agent is well-trained and knowledgeable. Therefore, we thoroughly vet our candidates throughout a 6-stage recruitment process.

    We screen all applicants for verbal and written communication skills and seek those with “service” in their voices. Our bilingual agents are trained on proper etiquette, current technology, single-call resolution for inbound and outbound calls, and the specifics of each client’s product or service. We monitor, rate, reward and promote our agents based on their ability to meet or exceed expectations.

    Our company’s culture focuses on helping our clients and employees grow. As our people are our most valuable asset, we provide every agent with the necessary tools and training to deliver next-gen CX. By making our customer service representatives’ jobs more effortless, we reinforce customer trust and improve customer satisfaction with your brand.

    3. Managerial attention on every project

    Different businesses have different customer requirements. As such, we don’t make customers fit into a box – we think outside the box to meet each customer’s specific needs. No matter the size, every project entrusted to us receives close attention, including direct involvement by senior management.

    Our centers around the world vary in size, and individual projects are assigned to the center that best meets client needs. Narrower applications receive special attention in our smaller centers, and more complex operations benefit from the scale that our large centers provide. Our offshore facilities are able to provide high-quality service at a considerably reduced cost, resulting in greater overall value for our clients.

    6 simple yet powerful strategies to improve customer retention

    Can you remember the last time you re-engaged with your customers and tried to win them back?

    These strategies will do exactly that and more.

    4. Exceptional client onboarding program

    FrontLogix’s management team has extensive experience in contact center outsourcing, and we take pride in our optimized client and team onboarding process. Regularly scheduled status meetings, ongoing contacts by an assigned Аccount Мanager, and prompt resolution of issues all contribute to building a solid partnership with your company. 
    With over 15 years of BPO experience under our belts and another 15 years of front- and back-office workforce optimization, our vast industry knowledge gives us a distinct advantage over our competition, allowing us to provide a remarkable customer experience.


    Customer experience cx

    Customer Experience (CX) and Next-Generation Businesses

    Digital technology is transforming customer experiences in every industry.

    Technology pioneers have set new standards for CX, not just within their industry but among all businesses – giving rise to experiential competitors. As technology advances, consumers’ expectations are influenced by a much broader pool of prior experiences, extending beyond directly comparable sectors.

    Markets are being disrupted by digital-first competitors who offer novel services, raising the bar for user-friendliness and personalization. Because of that, today’s consumers expect quick solutions, digital and mobile ease of access, flexibility, and efficiency.

    Let’s talk numbers:

    For today’s customers, products aren’t the main differentiator anymore – experience is. According to studies, the most important factor in determining whether a customer makes a purchase is the perceived quality of the experience. In addition, a whopping 86% of customers will pay up to 16% more following a good customer experience. Positive experiences can increase CLV and spending by as much as 140%, and happy customers remain loyal to a brand for five years longer than unhappy or indifferent ones.

    On the other hand, 96% of customers will respond unfavorably after a single negative interaction, and 32% of all customers will stop doing business with a company they previously loved after a single negative experience. Fully 83% of customers would switch brands due to poor customer service.

    Today you’re not just selling a product or service. You’re selling an experience.
    So, what does it take to become a next-generation business?

    1. Redesigning business processes around CX

    According to Gestalt psychologists, people perceive patterns or configurations as a whole, not as a collection of separate parts. This means the customer journey is more than just a sum of individual touchpoints. Focusing on improving specific interactions rather than addressing the customer experience as a journey spanning multiple functions and channels will result in a failure to reap the full benefits of your improvement efforts. Shift your focus to enhancing the full spectrum of CX.

    2. Personalize CX with an omnichannel approach

    The omnichannel approach increases customer satisfaction and is the most effective approach to client retention. It provides effortless experiences by allowing seamless movement across touchpoints along the customer journey. With omnichannel personalization, you will be able to create personalized customer experiences informed by real-time data gathered from all channels while also eliminating customer frustration caused by repetition

    3. Investing in cloud technology

    Cloud technology enables businesses to quickly implement new ideas due to its scalability, flexibility, and cost-effectiveness. With SaaS in the cloud, companies don’t have to worry about staffing an in-house IT department or investing in expensive server hardware to host memory-intensive programs. Next-generation businesses can use the cloud to implement new ideas quickly, and with the help of collaboration tools, they can source information to improve their CX.

    Top view of multiracial young creative people in modern office. Group of young business people are working together with laptop, tablet, smart phone, notebook. Successful hipster team in coworking. Freelancers.

    4. Investing in Intelligent Process Automation (IPA)

    Intelligent Process Automation (IPA) is the collection of technologies that work together to manage, automate, and integrate digital processes. IPA will help your business streamline processes, from simple, rules-based task automation to the automation and management of entire business processes.  Intelligent Process Automation (IPA) is the result of combining Robotic Process Automation (RPA) technologies with Artificial Intelligence (AI)

    • Robotic Process Automation (RPA) is a software technology that facilitates the creation, deployment, and management of software robots that mimic human actions when interacting with digital systems and software. It can be used to cut down on time spent on repetitive, menial tasks like rekeying data between software systems.
    • Artificial Intelligence (AI) combines technologies such as Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing (NLP), and Computer Vision. It allows systems to decide by collecting and extracting information and then applying logic to that data.
      • Machine Learning is a process that employs Artificial Intelligence software algorithms to discover patterns in structured, historical data and uses those patterns to make precise predictions on outcomes.
      • Natural Language Processing enables computers to communicate with humans in a language they understand and automates other language-related tasks.
      • Computer Vision technologies allow computers and systems to derive meaningful information from digital images, videos, and other visual inputs. Optical Character Recognition (OCR) and Intelligent Character Recognition (ICR) technologies electronically identify and convert text or printed documents into machine-readable codes for data processing.

    Although each of these technologies is effective in its own right, combining them will save time and effort by automating not just individual tasks but the entire process.

    5. Accessing new technologies and talent pools through Business Process Outsourcing (BPO)

    As new services enter the market, hiring a BPO can help your company gain a competitive advantage and stay ahead of the competition. You can leverage their talent, resources, and technologies by partnering with a BPO provider. This includes equipment, personnel, and knowledge essential to carrying out the operations you are outsourcing. The addition of a BPO partner to your business can help you save money on labor costs, boost profits, and concentrate on what you do best. A once-simple method of cutting costs, BPO has developed into a powerful tool for achieving the company’s goals and objectives.

    6 simple yet powerful strategies to improve customer retention

    Can you remember the last time you re-engaged with your customers and tried to win them back?

    These strategies will do exactly that and more.

    Takeaway

    Next-generation businesses are experience-focused and customer-driven. The full impact of the next-generation operating model can be realized by operational-improvement efforts directed toward providing a positive customer experience. Both small and large businesses can leverage technologies and talent they may not otherwise have access to by outsourcing with a BPO.

    Are you considering outsourcing with a BPO as a part of your next-gen business strategy? Front Logix offers personalized solutions to build stronger customer relationships, increase sales, and improve retention rates.
    Here you can read more about the services we offer.

    Planning CX

    Customer Experience: What to do better

    According to Forbes, “Customer experience is today’s business benchmark.”

    Ensuring a positive experience with the business at every stage of the customer journey can drive long-term customer satisfaction, retention, brand loyalty, and advocacy. That is why so many businesses place CX at the top of their priorities.

    In this article, we dig deeper into what frustrates customers and what to do to improve Customer Experience. But first, let’s cover the basics – what exactly is Customer Experience?

    What is Customer Experience (CX)

    Customer Experience (CX) is the sum of all the customer’s perceptions of a brand, gathered throughout every stage of their journey – from the moment they recognize a need until they acquire a service or product to meet it.

    It covers the entire life cycle of a customer’s relationship, beginning before a purchase, continuing through active use, and progressing to either a renewal or repeat purchase. Its main focus is on a customer’s feelings towards a brand.

    What frustrates customers

    To understand how to improve CX, we need to understand what frustrates a prospective buyer.  According to [24]7.ai Report, there is significant discord between the quality of customer experience companies believe they deliver and what customers say they are getting.

    We have listed the top seven sources of customer frustration:

    1.    A frustrating website

    A frustrating navigation experience is a significant pain point of the customer experience. Customers expect to have the opportunity to self-serve through the company’s website. The ability to do so should be easily accessible, from finding information about the services offered to purchase, accessing a live chat, and leaving a review.

    2.    Unavailable or inconsistent multichannel support

    Customers today use multiple methods of communication and want to interact with a business in the channel of their choice. Not offering more than one support channel is letting your customer down. Furthermore, not all channels provide the same type of support – different types of conversations are better suited to different channels. For example, live chat video support is more appropriate for navigating tricky tech issues than email support.

    The only thing more frustrating than single-channel support is inconsistent multichannel support. If the consistency in perceived quality across channels differs, it will result in customer distrust of the brand.

    3.    Impersonal interactions

    Today’s customers expect personalized interactions.  According to Accenture, 81% of consumers want brands to understand them and know when to approach them and when not to. Moreover, “Almost half – 49% – of people will disregard a brand if it bombards them with ads or if they perceive the advertising to be irrelevant; while more than one-third – 36% – are more likely to buy from a brand that sends them tailored messages.” (Forbes)

    4.    Having to repeat themselves

    Frustration arises when a customer contacts a brand through multiple siloed channels. It’s unacceptable to expect a customer to provide the same information each time they are transferred between reps.

    5.    Low discoverability in self-service support

    Customers list the lack of a menu option that covers their issue as one of the top frustration points. They are particularly dissatisfied with a lengthy menu in an Interactive Voice Response system, which forces the customer to go through irrelevant options and doesn’t list the reason they called.

    6.    Long hold times

    Apart from the reason that people generally don’t like waiting, long hold times reinforce their impression of a poor customer experience and make them feel unappreciated.

    7.    Untrained, unauthorized, and robotic customer care representatives

    After their self-help options have failed, customers expect to receive a personalized, empathetic solution to their problem when finally reaching a customer care representative. Frustration arises when the agent is unable to respond to the customer’s specific issue and when they are not authorized to help. Untrained and powerless agents are ultimately unhelpful, and unhelpful agents result in unhappy callers.

    Woman smiling while operating a cash register

    How to improve Customer Experience in five steps

    Since 89% of US consumers are willing to switch to a competitor due to poor customer experience and 42% of international customers stated that they would pay more for a pleasant and friendly experience, it is no surprise that CX is ranked among the top priorities for businesses.

    Here are five ways to improve your CX:

    1.    Ask for customer feedback and revisit your customer journey map

    As mentioned above, there is a large discrepancy between what customers want and what businesses deliver. Although 80% of businesses believe they provide a superior customer experience, only 8% of their customers believe they do. By asking for customer feedback and revisiting your customer journey map, you can identify gaps and a disjointed customer experience.

    2.    Examine the customer’s experience from every angle

    Since every facet of your business affects the customer’s journey, consider the unique perspective of each of your internal departments. A cross-department commitment to customer centricity is essential to see a complete picture of CX.

    3.     Personalize CX with an omnichannel approach

    To win customer loyalty and retention, it is crucial that you offer effortless experiences to customers. An omnichannel approach makes this possible by allowing seamless movement across touchpoints along the customer journey. With omnichannel personalization, you will be able to create personalized customer experiences that are informed by real-time data gathered from all channels—at the same time, eliminating the frustration that arises in customers when repeating a process leads to increased customer satisfaction scores.

    4.    Leverage the power of artificial intelligence

    Consider incorporating artificial intelligence into your business with the goal of increasing awareness, participation, and conversions. AI can analyze data to determine customer behavior patterns and deliver highly relevant personalized content. By incorporating AI and self-serve query resolution into your CX strategy, you will be able to resolve customer issues more quickly and efficiently, no matter what time of day (or night) it is.

    5.    Equip and train your agents

    A large portion of customers’ experience is determined by who they interact with during their buyer journey. Agents’ performance can suffer if they do not have the authority or the tools they need to do their job effectively. Investing in the right tools and training for your agents results in better conversations and less frustration. This makes your customer service representative’s jobs easier, reinforces customer trust, and improves customer satisfaction.

    6 simple yet powerful strategies to improve customer retention

    Can you remember the last time you re-engaged with your customers and tried to win them back?

    These strategies will do exactly that and more.


    Driven by customer-centric culture, FrontLogix can assist you in ensuring the best CX for your customers. From the contact center to digital services outsourcing, our custom-tailored support will help you close the CX gap, exceed expectations while reducing costs, automate your business processes, and increase customer lifetime value. Get a quote now.

    Inbound Call Center Services - FrontLogix

    How to deliver Next-Gen Customer Service

    The golden era of technology has paved the way for innovative and intuitive customer experience (CX) solutions. Technology pioneers such as Uber, Airbnb, Apple, and others have raised the bar on CX standards, setting high customer expectations for their industry competitors and all businesses.

    According to Super Office and Walker, 86% of buyers would pay more for a great customer experience, and CX is already surpassing price and product as the leading brand differentiator.

    So, what steps can you take to revolutionize your CX and deliver Next-Gen Digital Customer Service?

    Self-Service and AI

    Customers want their problems solved quickly and prefer the freedom of self-service. Effective self-service provides customers with the channels, tools, and resources they need to succeed. As these channels grow in popularity, companies that want to stay on top of the game must continue investing in tools like virtual assistants and chatbots in order to meet customer expectations.

    While rule-based chatbots are limited to simple, linear interactions, next-generation AI can assess the customer’s sentiment and use Natural Language Processing (NLP) to communicate more naturally.

    Paying with apple watch

    Omnichannel Support

    Although modern contact centers support a variety of digital channels over multiple digital touchpoints, most of them lack the ability to provide a seamless journey and give a unified experience to each customer.
    With omnichannel support, every customer service channel is linked, resulting in centralized data and reducing customer effort and time across all interactions.

    Omnichannel support reinforces customer trust, boosts customer satisfaction, and increases agent productivity and job satisfaction. To deliver next-gen customer service, agents should not have to switch between tools. By integrating the CRM and back-office systems into one centralized data application, agents will be able to have a full view of all channel interactions and deliver resolution in a shorter time period.

    Human Touch

    For 30% of consumers, the most annoying aspect of the customer service experience is being unable to reach a customer service agent, according to Microsoft.

    Although chatbots can resolve common problems in mere seconds, they cannot demonstrate an agent’s empathy and problem-solving skills. When AI handles simple issues, agents are allowed to focus on significant ones. Next-generation customer service requires training agents, investing in technology, and integrating the two to address the full spectrum of customer needs.

    A woman on a couch, holding a credit card and browsing e-commerce site on the lap top in her lap

    Chief Customer Officer

    In order to both grow and retain existing customers, offering a great customer experience is a must. This is where a CCO brings a competitive advantage to the company.

    The Chief Customer Officer’s main focus is to prepare, educate, and streamline organizations towards best practices in customer-centricity. They are responsible for unifying customer data into a single 360-degree view to better build, preserve, and improve long-term relationships with customers.

    6 simple yet powerful strategies to improve customer retention

    Can you remember the last time you re-engaged with your customers and tried to win them back?

    These strategies will do exactly that and more.


    Want to deliver next-generation customer service? FrontLogix is committed to being a thought leader in this space and delivering relevant, personalized solutions so our clients can get the next-gen customer experience they deserve. Contact us today!

    Managed IT Support Services - FrontLogix

    What is Customer Experience-as-a-Service (CXaaS)?

    Customer Experience-as-a-Service (CXaaS) is a relatively new cloud-based customer experience solution. CXaaS provides a reliable, efficient approach to the overall customer experience that maintains flexibility for companies that use it. The CXaaS model is most commonly used for planning, curating, designing, developing, and implementing a wide range of activities related to all aspects of the customer experience.

    Customer experience-as-a-service most often combines CX strategy, data integration, automation, and employee expertise to help design, develop, expand, and execute customer-centric efforts. CXaaS allows organizations to create and deliver their ideal customer experience with the speed customers demand and the efficiency businesses require at a reasonable cost.

    As CXaaS operations are relatively new, they’re typically managed by a third-party partner on behalf of a brand.

    Why is Customer Experience-as-a-service (CXaaS) important?

    We already know the immense importance of a great customer experience. In today’s world, CX needs to be outstanding so that companies do not lose customers. Losing customers is not the only challenge. The unhappy customer will not only leave your company; they’ll be happy to tell the entire internet why.  They’ll speak negatively about your services, products, and brand to everyone, doing their best to taint your brand’s reputation.

    Keeping customer frustration to a minimum and avoiding customer loss are just two reasons businesses should improve customer support, care, engagement, and overall experience.

    Enhance the CX

    Scaling up your CX efforts can be challenging. Many companies cannot get the desired results without external help. This is precisely why the best solution would be outsourcing the CX and CXaaS.

    Outsourcing customer experience can mean significant savings. But the true benefit of CXaaS is being able to sift through massive data streams and extract insights from those numbers. All this data will help companies better understand their customers and evolve with them by building relationships and mapping out a customer journey.

    To get the entire picture:

    • 83% of customers are more concerned with how call center agents treat them than with what they are trying to sell them
    • If they love a brand, 43% of customers would willingly purchase an inferior service or product
    • 73% of customers will gladly spend more money if they like the brand
    A contact center agent with a headset, looking at the laptop she is holding

    How Customer Experience-as-a-Service (CXaaS) works?

    Customer or not, everyone enjoys feeling appreciated and acknowledged.  Providing a positive customer experience can save the company money and increase overall efficiency. CXaaS solutions can help businesses accomplish these goals. CXaaS enables companies to offer their customers the more personalized experiences they require. The CXaaS solutions are typically aligned with the business to implement the necessary improvements across all areas of the customer journey and improve the overall customer experience. At the same time, CXaaS allows companies to genuinely understand what their customers want and need from them.

    CXaaS also enables companies to reimagine their customer experience as part of the digital transformation. It integrates applications that can hear and capture customers’ voices to find solutions for their current issues. Some services can use tools to fully automate the customer journey, capture customer tone of voice, welcome them, and record information to solve enquires.

    The most-popular CXaaS tools

    Customers today want to interact with businesses in new ways, complicating the CX equation further. The most widely used tools to provide customers with an all-round experience are:

    • AI-powered self-service apps and tools
    • Automated and personalized notifications across many different channels
    • Creative omnichannel experiences using all possible social media platforms and apps to provide seamless connection and an exceptional customer experience
    • Chatbot apps and text-to-speech solutions that offer instant and direct contact with CX agents

    6 simple yet powerful strategies to improve customer retention

    Can you remember the last time you re-engaged with your customers and tried to win them back?

    These strategies will do exactly that and more.

    Conclusion

    Customers expect to be heard, appreciated, and acknowledged by their brands, and CXaaS is an ideal solution. It enables businesses to be more flexible in their approach to the overall customer experience while saving money and increasing overall efficiency.

    Scaling up CX, on the other hand, can be a difficult task. Many businesses cannot achieve the desired results without outside assistance. This is where FrontLogix comes in. We offer outsourcing solutions that improve the customer experience. We have talented agents from all over the world working remotely in various time zones. Our goal is automated customer journeys and personalized interactions that delight your customers. Get a quote today.