Blog : Strategy
7.12.22 Read Time: 2 Mins
Your efforts to deliver service quickly and completely, provide great experiences, and satisfy customers are important, but consider – Service delivery performance it is not the end goal, it’s a …
6.25.22 Read Time: < 1
Delivering services leads to greater alignment between products sold and the value customers derive from using them, while subsequently decreasing the likelihood of customer churn and loss of recurring revenue. …
5.2.22 Read Time: 2 Mins
To be fully successful with services you will need to be proficient in the right capabilities and have the maturity to execute. This article introduces the six characteristics of highly …
4.25.22 Read Time: 2 Mins
This article introduces practices to grow revenue by enabling Sales to sell services and to overcome customer objections.
4.21.22 Read Time: 2 Mins
This article introduces retention strategies to help you keep the customers you have.
4.19.22 Read Time: 2 Mins
This article introduces 10 steps to take to quantify the business impact of support.
3.10.22 Read Time: 3 Mins
Digital Engagement builds on the principles of self-help and extends benefits to both vendors and their customers by offering more ways to scale and sustain ongoing relationships.
3.1.22 Read Time: < 1
Each year we begin by asking you about your top service challenges. Here are the results for 2022.
1.17.22 Read Time: 3 Mins
Your list of service initiatives is probably long, and the level of effort required to do everything exceeds the staff and or budget you have available. You can’t do it …
12.2.21 Read Time: < 1
Corporate financial performance depends on Services to nurture, retain, and grow customer relationship value. Companies are taking steps to modernize services and shift them to proactive, success-focused growth engines
11.30.21 Read Time: < 1
We have become too dependent on electronic surveys and NPS/CSat scores to tell us that our customers are okay. This cannot always provide enough insights to tell us why we …
11.20.21 Read Time: 2 Mins
Service industry awards hold the promise of providing tangible business benefit including recognition, awareness and a healthy self-assessment from the application process. But, are service industry awards worth the effort?
11.18.21 Read Time: 2 Mins
Change is inevitable in Services but often difficult, especially when it challenges current operational and organizational norms. When you can recognize the conditions that require change and can address the …
10.18.21 Read Time: 2 Mins
The current organizational structure of your Services team and alignment with other customer-facing teams may be inhibiting your ability to deliver outcomes. Organizational alignment, increased cooperation, and shared goals are …
4.19.21 Read Time: 2 Mins
This article describes how to develop a social media strategy for Support that aligns with business goals and staffing levels. It’s better to start small than not start at all.
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Companies that attach services to their core products, professional services firms, and companies that sell their products as-a-service need to be aware of revenue recognition standard (ASC 606).
3.19.21 Read Time: 3 Mins
This article introduces five CX principles necessary to establish a foundation from which to define, execute and achieve tangible, positive service outcomes.
3.9.21 Read Time: 2 Mins
Support funding levels range dramatically based on many factors including the size of the company, the type of product being sold and the rate of growth of the company or …