How do you respond to a negative review? Why reply to a good review? This four-minute video will show you how to respond to reviews online, both good and bad, and earn more business in the process.
https://www.vendasta.com/blog/how-to-respond-reviews-good-bad/
Business owners sometimes complain about the accuracy of online ratings and reviews. But no matter how the angle swings on this feedback for your business, user ratings and reviews have a significant impact on sales. They are a critical part of whether a buyer decides to make a purchase or not.
According to research, 85% of online consumers trust online reviews on the same level as personal recommendations from friends and family. Likewise, additional research shows a 166% increase in sales conversion when ratings and user-generated content are integrated into the online shopping experience. Not bad, right?
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesagencycouncil/2018/03/05/how-to-increase-search-rankings-and-conversions-with-customer-ratings-and-reviews/#1060cedd2660/
How exactly do you encourage customers to leave reviews? Here, we’ll tackle the ins and outs of customer reviews, including the many benefits and how to set up a review system for your retail site.
https://www.shopify.com/retail/how-to-encourage-customer-reviews-and-why-you-should/
Reviews of your organization in the digital space are the lifeblood of brand awareness and customer conversions.
https://www.hospitalitynet.org/opinion/4084836.html/
In an instant, mobile users read customer reviews, research products, and compare prices; the mobile customer experience is key for today’s informed customer base.
https://www.business2community.com/customer-experience/mobile-marketing-revolutionized-mobile-customer-experience-0733769/
The old mantra of customer experience professionals is to “Ensure that customers achieve their desired outcomes while using our products and services.” However, this is very limiting and leaves a lot of goodwill (and profit) on the table. This is why the CX definition needs to be expanded to: “Ensure that our customers achieve their desired outcomes, starting when they become aware of us, and extending through the buying, delivery and usage process.
http://customerthink.com/good-marketing-cant-overcome-poor-customer-experience/
Customer service surveys allow you to take a peek into your customers’ minds. You can learn about their problems, needs and do something about them. It’s your very own customer service magic. But instead of a crystal ball, you need a few, well worded customer service survey questions.
Without some form of a survey for your customers, you are forced to guess and make estimates when it comes to your customers’ satisfaction. And going only by your gut when making business decisions is not the most reliable option.
Start making more informed business decisions by collecting customer feedback. See what customer service survey questions you should ask and how you should do it to get the best results.
https://www.livechatinc.com/blog/customer-service-survey-questions/
Following more revelations about fraudulent customer reviews, how can your business benefit from online reviews without falling foul of the fakes?
A BBC investigation has revealed that fake online reviews are being openly traded on the internet.
https://www.mycustomer.com/experience/voice-of-the-customer/customer-reviews-best-practices-to-beat-the-frauds-and-build-trust/
There’s a company X that collects customer feedback. Company X prefers the Net Promoter Score® (check outthis guide on Net Promoter Score to find how you can use it for your company), yet it could be any other metric. They ask the very familiar NPS question: “How likely is it that you would recommend brand » to a friend or colleague? (on a scale from 0 to 10)” after each customer purchase or interaction. But guess what? The company X doesn’t ask why the customers are giving the score. A number, a score is all what they track.
https://customerthink.com/customer-feedback-is-much-more-than-a-score/
An angry customer is a business nightmare, right?
Wrong.
An angry customer is a business opportunity.
If you handle your complaints process right, you can transform an angry customer into a brand advocate and a high-value return customer. Marketing professors Michael McCullough and Sundar Bharadwaj talk about something they call the service recovery paradox, which they define as:
The result of a very positive service recovery, causing a level of customer satisfaction and/or customer loyalty even greater than that expected if no service failure had happened.
Your customers come to you to get their problems solved, and a customer with a complaint is handing you a golden opportunity to show how you excel at that.
Here’s how to make that happen.
https://www.livechatinc.com/blog/turn-customer-wrath-into-wins/
