{"id":8154,"date":"2022-08-19T21:03:36","date_gmt":"2022-08-19T21:03:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cba-web-dev-01.cba-gbl.com\/?p=8154"},"modified":"2023-02-27T21:39:50","modified_gmt":"2023-02-27T21:39:50","slug":"how-to-achieve-customer-success-in-an-online-store","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cba-web-dev-01.cba-gbl.com\/how-to-achieve-customer-success-in-an-online-store\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Achieve Customer Success in an Online Store"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
You may be running an online store, but feel that sales and repeat business are slowing down.<\/p>\n
In this article, we\u2019ll focus on how to achieve customer success within your online store operations. We\u2019ll also explain the terms you need to remember in order to improve customer satisfaction.<\/p>\n
Communication Business Avenue<\/a>, has been helping some of the world\u2019s largest companies to integrate call center systems and digital communication tools for the past 16 years.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t What does customer success mean in an online store? This section explains the relationship and the differences between customer support, customer success and customer experience, which are often confused.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t In short, customer success is the practice of helping customers to achieve their desired goals with the product or service they have purchased. It mainly refers assistance in pre and post-purchase phases of customer relationship.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t Customer support is the task of solving problems that customers have in connection with the product or service offered by the business. It refers to the work carried out in response to customer queries and issues.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t Customer experience refers to the measures that are taken to ensure a customer\u2019s interaction with your brand is of the highest possible standard. This involves both the purchasing stage and the post-purchase customer support stage.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t Online retailers need to remember that in order to achieve customer success, attention needs to be given to both customer support and customer experience.<\/p> Customer experience is the key to customer success, which leads to higher sales and repeat business. It also enables up-selling and cross-selling.<\/p> It is important to note that just because you are focusing on customer support this does not automatically mean that your customer success efforts will be effective. Specific attention needs to be given to the customer\u2019s experience with the eCommerce site and products.\u00a0<\/p> \u25b6 Reference: ‘Customer Success’ fact-finding survey by ODK Solutions Inc.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t It was mentioned earlier that a high quality post-purchase experience is important for customer success. In other words, when it comes to customer success, online stores need to give special attention to existing customers.\u00a0<\/p> This involves ensuring that the customer experience is of a high level in a variety of post-purchase scenarios, including how well product issues are resolved, and the customers\u2019 experience when buying another product from the same brand.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t What should you do first to achieve customer success in your online store? Think about measures to uncover the needs of existing customers, not potential or prospective customers.<\/p> In particular, research the concerns and frustrations that existing customers have.<\/p> By making a list of customer pain-points that have already surfaced, you can follow up on existing customer problems that have not yet become apparent.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t When analysing existing customers in an online store, it is easier to work if you categorise customers into five separate categories:<\/p> Analyse the goals and needs of each category of customer and consider which measures will increase their satisfaction with your product or service. You could send questionnaires to each customer to find out their needs.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t After analysing your existing customers, what measures can you actually implement? There are three ways in which customer success can be achieved in an online store:<\/p> Let’s take a closer look at each of these methods individually:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t FAQs are essential for customer success. If existing customers have questions or problems using a product, they can resolve them themselves if there is an FAQ. FAQs save customers the time and effort of having to contact a call centre. As a result, customer satisfaction is increased.<\/p> When developing your FAQ resources, it\u2019s important to cater to all levels of \u2018search literacy\u2019, keeping in mind that for some customers it can be difficult to locate the information they need. One effective way to improve usability is to incorporate a search engine that allows natural text searches with the FAQ resource. You can also implement chatbots that allow users to find information while interacting with each other.<\/p> \u25b6 Reference: Call Centre Japan, April 2022.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\tTable of Contents<\/h6>
Terminology: Customer success, customer support, customer experience<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
Customer Success<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
Customer Support<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
Customer Experience<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
What Online Stores Need to Remember<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
Make Post-purchase Customer Success a Priority<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
Customer Success Requires Analysis of \u2018Existing Customers\u2019 <\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
Categorise Your Existing Customers!<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
3 Ways to Achieve Customer Success in Online Stores<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
Developing FAQs<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t