Effective Customer Retention
Customer retention has never been more relevant for businesses than it is
today. With a critical focus on supporting customers, any defections can
seriously undermine a business’s capacity for profit and growth, making
retention key to a company’s existence.
CTL Europe offers three distinct strengths:
1. Focus – whilst supporting the retention requirements across
multiple sectors, we offer particular expertise in more dynamic markets
driven by the pace of technology. It’s where our management team offers a
wealth of experience and success.
2. Culture – customer service is what we do. We have established
and managed customer call centres for over ten years. That’s not to suggest
that maintaining a positive customer experience is an easy feat in today's
economy. Customers demand excellence as standard and businesses cannot
afford to fall short as the cost is their goodwill and custom.
3. Smart applications – we develop applications specifically to
optimise the customer experience thereby promoting loyalty. They help us
support our clients’ end users and we also deliver them bespoke to customers
as “SmartDesk” solutions. SmartInform and SmartCallback are key:
Using
SmartInform, we deliver both highly targeted and personalised messages
to customers en masse in minutes by voice, text and email. Voice technology
gives us real power in communication, not least as an instant response
mechanism for your customers.
SmartCallback ensures your customers receive callbacks precisely when
agreed. We also use the system internally to promote efficiency in our own
retentions fact-finding and solutions.
Together these three strengths deliver insight, the X factor in any
effective retention programme.
Let’s not forget one vital
ingredient.
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Top tips for retaining customers (a call centre
perspective) |
| Ensure you have the
opportunity to retain before too late! |
| Ensure you have the
right tools and resources |
| Establish specialist
retention skill sets and/or teams |
| Look beyond the stats
– at the behaviour and experience |
| Keep your customer
promises |
| Recognise the
customer at every stage of the lifecycle |
| Review how and where
you interact with your customers |
| Empower your agents
to take ownership |
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the Customer Retention PDF
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