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Peter GrafGuestMelissa DixonHostRebecca MequinGuestPeter, why don't you help us set the stage here a little bit? We're talking about loyalty at a moment when customer expectations are changing incredibly quickly, and businesses have more technology than ever to-
So why is loyalty becoming more important and perhaps even harder to earn right now?
Specifically in an environment where we've been trained for decades to focus on efficiency.
Like, look at all the KPIs we're throwing around, right? Uh, average handling time, uh, first contact resolution, after-call work.
It's all about proxies that actually help us understand, are we becoming more efficient or not as we are dealing with customer requests.
But that's just, uh, seeing customer service as a cost item, and that's not what leading brands do.
They understand the value of the brand, the value of loyalty, and the value of turning experiences into relationships.
In a world where product differentiation is, is, you know, harder to sustain, in a world where, um, there's just so many customer choices, and where switching costs are low, experience really comes into the core, and understanding the economic value of loyalty is just the first step.
If they buy five, that's awesome, right? So how do you keep, keep those customers over time in any industry, and, and how do you really work it so that you understand how much money walks out of the door if you lose a customer? And that kind of resets the whole discussion.
And again, um, people are really elevating their expectations to the brands, and that's how AI really puts a big magnifying glass on the experience economy.
It's like showing that people are comparing the experience they have with other customers more and more with the experience they have from the AI in their pocket.
And for brands to sustain the brand power, to build the experiences that customers re- require, that is at the core of what we do, and it's at the core of what you do.
Peter, why don't you help us set the stage here a little bit? We're talking about loyalty at a moment when customer expectations are changing incredibly quickly, and businesses have more technology than ever to-
So why is loyalty becoming more important and perhaps even harder to earn right now?
Specifically in an environment where we've been trained for decades to focus on efficiency.
Like, look at all the KPIs we're throwing around, right? Uh, average handling time, uh, first contact resolution, after-call work.
It's all about proxies that actually help us understand, are we becoming more efficient or not as we are dealing with customer requests.
But that's just, uh, seeing customer service as a cost item, and that's not what leading brands do.
They understand the value of the brand, the value of loyalty, and the value of turning experiences into relationships.
In a world where product differentiation is, is, you know, harder to sustain, in a world where, um, there's just so many customer choices, and where switching costs are low, experience really comes into the core, and understanding the economic value of loyalty is just the first step.
If they buy five, that's awesome, right? So how do you keep, keep those customers over time in any industry, and, and how do you really work it so that you understand how much money walks out of the door if you lose a customer? And that kind of resets the whole discussion.
And again, um, people are really elevating their expectations to the brands, and that's how AI really puts a big magnifying glass on the experience economy.
It's like showing that people are comparing the experience they have with other customers more and more with the experience they have from the AI in their pocket.
And for brands to sustain the brand power, to build the experiences that customers re- require, that is at the core of what we do, and it's at the core of what you do.
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