{"id":2094,"date":"2021-11-04T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-05T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/addison.lwh.dev\/insights\/leveraging-crm-to-enhance-the-customer-experience\/"},"modified":"2021-11-04T23:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-11-05T06:00:00","slug":"leveraging-crm-to-enhance-the-customer-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/addisongroup.com\/insights\/leveraging-crm-to-enhance-the-customer-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"Leveraging CRM to Enhance the Customer Experience"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>When working in customer service,&nbsp;your organization\u2019s&nbsp;customer relationship management&nbsp;(CRM)&nbsp;software&nbsp;should be your greatest asset and the glue holding your&nbsp;org&nbsp;together.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A&nbsp;recent&nbsp;survey&nbsp;published&nbsp;by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www2.deloitte.com\/us\/en\/insights\/topics\/marketing-and-sales-operations\/global-marketing-trends.html?id=us:2el:3dp:wsjspon:awa:WSJCMO:2022:WSJFY22\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Deloitte<\/a>&nbsp;shows that a&nbsp;common&nbsp;thread between the&nbsp;highest-growing&nbsp;organizations&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;those with 10% or higher annual revenue growth&nbsp;\u2013 is&nbsp;prioritizing the enhancement of the customer experience. They\u2019re doing so by&nbsp;engaging&nbsp;all aspects of their organization \u2013&nbsp;made&nbsp;possible through&nbsp;utilizing&nbsp;a CRM platform to&nbsp;synergize&nbsp;internally and externally,&nbsp;providing&nbsp;a quality&nbsp;experience for every customer.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CRM is a&nbsp;digital&nbsp;software platform that gives&nbsp;you a 360-degree view of&nbsp;your customer&nbsp;by&nbsp;collecting&nbsp;data on all aspects of the customer experience, from&nbsp;the&nbsp;first point of contact with a business and contained through every future&nbsp;communication&nbsp;made. Since its inception, the tool has&nbsp;revolutionized the way&nbsp;organizations&nbsp;stay engaged&nbsp;with their customers&nbsp;and how smoothly operations&nbsp;flow by automating previously manual processes.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But if you aren\u2019t properly utilizing CRM,&nbsp;you\u2019re missing out on an invaluable opportunity to drive business growth by improving the customer experience.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>We&nbsp;outlined&nbsp;a few key tactics you can implement to&nbsp;utilize CRM for better customer service.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Take Advantage of New&nbsp;Communication Channels&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>75% of customers expect to receive&nbsp;customer service help within five minutes, according to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/resources\/articles\/customer-expectations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Salesforce<\/a>.&nbsp;Perhaps&nbsp;the greatest benefit of CRM platforms in customer service is how&nbsp;simple it is for&nbsp;customers&nbsp;to&nbsp;reach a support team&nbsp;or&nbsp;vice versa. CRM&nbsp;connects customer service reps with&nbsp;customers within seconds via&nbsp;email,&nbsp;chatbox, social media, contact forms,&nbsp;and automated text messaging \u2013 a far&nbsp;stride&nbsp;from the days of only reaching customer service representatives via phone calls.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite the increased prominence of automation&nbsp;in CRM, customers still want a balance of human interaction&nbsp;and automated processes.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CRM platforms consist of various useful support&nbsp;and messaging&nbsp;features&nbsp;connecting customer service representatives with customers inquiring about business, assistance, or anything else.&nbsp;These improved communication channels allow you to respond to customer queries faster&nbsp;and&nbsp;share customer&nbsp;data with the rest of your support team when additional assistance is needed.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Remember CX at Every Touchpoint&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Arguably, the most important part of CRM is&nbsp;the&nbsp;<strong>relationship<\/strong>, so a top priority for you should be taking care of every customer relationship, whether it occurs for a few minutes via chatbot or it develops into a recurring interaction that lasts over an extended period.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwc.com\/us\/en\/advisory-services\/publications\/consumer-intelligence-series\/pwc-consumer-intelligence-series-customer-experience.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PWC<\/a>,&nbsp;one in three consumers says they would stop buying from an organization they love after&nbsp;one bad customer service experience.&nbsp;Once you\u2019ve grasped the tools that allow you to communicate easily with customers,&nbsp;use them to&nbsp;check in on customers in a helpful and genuine way.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fostering meaningful interactions with customers can include responding to requests quickly and thoughtfully,&nbsp;checking back in on a past customer to ask about their experience with your company, or&nbsp;reaching out to potential customers&nbsp;through a new medium.&nbsp;CRM allows you to easily view all past interactions with each specific customer so you can learn common pain points and how to address them&nbsp;to ensure repeated business from your customers.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Become an Expert in&nbsp;Your Organization\u2019s&nbsp;CRM Platform&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>CRM tools come in various forms,&nbsp;and software companies&nbsp;compete&nbsp;to get your organization to use theirs,&nbsp;such as&nbsp;Microsoft Dynamics, Salesforce,&nbsp;NetSuite, Agile,&nbsp;and HubSpot.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Regardless of which CRM platform your organization&nbsp;utilizes, get familiar with it and&nbsp;make the most out of&nbsp;the&nbsp;tool.&nbsp;CRM software completely transformed the way businesses interact with their customers, but the impact won\u2019t be&nbsp;effective&nbsp;if you aren\u2019t&nbsp;knowledgeable&nbsp;about&nbsp;how your company\u2019s CRM platform operates.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Take the time to learn&nbsp;how your system\u2019s&nbsp;operational features&nbsp;and ask for&nbsp;help when you need it \u2013 no matter how long you\u2019ve been in your position, you can always learn more to improve customer service.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How Addison&nbsp;Group&nbsp;Can Help&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>As&nbsp;described by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/crm.org\/crmland\/service-crm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CRM.org<\/a>, \u201cBetter customer interaction translates to more returning customers.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While working as&nbsp;a customer service representative, you are often&nbsp;a customer\u2019s sole touchpoint with the organization&nbsp;for which you work, which likely occurs through CRM interactions. The quality of a customer\u2019s interaction with you can determine whether they continue doing business with your company.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/addisongroup.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Addison Group<\/a>&nbsp;has years of expertise in&nbsp;filling&nbsp;customer service representative roles in a&nbsp;wide span&nbsp;of industries.&nbsp;Looking&nbsp;for&nbsp;individuals&nbsp;to&nbsp;make up a stellar customer service team? Reach out&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/addisongroup.com\/contact-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">today<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As\u00a0a customer service representative, you are often\u00a0a customer\u2019s sole touchpoint with the organization\u00a0for which you work. 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