LavaCon 2014: Customer Success - Focusing on Customer Needs Not Topics

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Today’s customers expect brands to support them throughout the entire ownership lifecycle and will jump ship (and churn) if it takes too much effort to become a product expert. Building a Customer Success strategy requires a collaboration across many departments in your organization and a new way of thinking about how you deliver content to your customers.

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Focusing on customer needs, not topics

Agenda

1. Relevant Trends and Research

2. Topics vs. Customer Needs

3. 7 ways to identify customer needs

4. Companies who invest in the customer experience

5. Q&A Session

Driving Shareholder Value

Customer service and customer effort with products or services were principal factors of CXI.

Source: October 2013 “Technology Management In The Age Of The Customer”

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Customer Needs vs. Topics

Topics: Technical Documentation

Internally created

Customer Needs: Customer feedback

Self-ServiceSupport Agent EmpowermentCollaboration with all SME’s

Real Time UpdatesMulti-Channel

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Product Expert

Driving Shareholder Value

Customer service and customer effort with products or services were principal factors of CXI.

Source: October 2013 “Technology Management In The Age Of The Customer”

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Preference and Growth of Customer Service Channels

Preference and Growth of Customer Service Channels

71% in 2013 Study by Forrester

Preference and Growth of Customer Service Channels

Estimating 80% + by 2020

Key Research Trends

70% of Buyers self educate online before buying

71% of Consumers prefer self-service channelSource: Forrester Research 2013

Customers Requiring Agent Interaction

4 times more likely to leave disloyal than loyalSource: Harvard Business Review July 2010

So what does this all mean?

• Customers expect a web based self help center.

• Customer involvement is critical to improving experience.

• Companies not investing in the customer experience will lose to the ones that do.

You can’t afford not to do it!

So how do you identify customer needs and

improve their experience?

7 Ways to identify customer needs to improve their experience

1. Search Behavior 2. Google Searches3. High Bounce Rate4. Calculate your content impact5. Low Article Rating6. Create a suggestion form in CEM7. Newsletter

1. Search Behavior

2. Google Searches

3. High Bounce Rate

A high bounce rate typically indicates users are stopping on this page and departing the site.

4. Calculate your content impact

Articles at the top of this list are performing poorly and should be rewritten

5. Low Article Rating

• Rating

• # of Votes

• Last Edited Date

• # of Page Views

• # of Edits

• # of Comments

6. Create a feedback form in your CEM software

7. Newsletter

Customer Success Newsletter• Informed• Builds Relationships• Provides an excellent channel for feedback• Improves Adoption and Communication

Companies Who Invest in the Customer Experience

1. Search Behavior ✔

2. Google Searches ✔

3. High Bounce Rate

4. Content Impact ✔

5. Low Article Rating ✔

6. Creating Suggestion Form ✔

7. Newsletter

Achieved 96% SatisfactionRating, Industry Leaders

Customer Experience

Support.code42.com

1. Search Behavior ✔

2. Google Searches ✔

3. High Bounce Rate

4. Content Impact

5. Low Article Rating ✔

6. Creating Suggestion Form ✔

7. Newsletter ✔

Created 4,500 articles in 6 weeks as a by product of

supporting clients

Help.avalara.com

1. Search Behavior ✔

2. Google Searches ✔

3. High Bounce Rate ✔

4. Content Impact ✔

5. Low Article Rating ✔

6. Creating Suggestion Form ✔

7. Newsletter ✔

15,000 customer visits/month

15% Hard Ticket Deflection

Tracking Demographic InfoSupport.remington.com

Q&A Session

Thank You!