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What Motivates B2B Customers To Become Advocates?

What It Means February 22, 2024
Customer advocacy initiatives often leave a key question unanswered: How do customers benefit? On this episode of What It Means, VPs and Principal Analysts Laura Ramos and Amy Bills explain how B2B companies can get more value from customer advocacy by understanding what motivates customers to participate.
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The Trust Advantage For B2B Firms

What It Means February 15, 2024
Trust is paramount in high-stakes B2B buying relationships. How can B2B companies build and maintain trust among buyers? VP and Principal Analyst Ian Bruce explains on this episode of What It Means.

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Consumer Spending 2024: What It Means For Your Brand

Dipanjan Chatterjee February 7, 2024
2023 was a confusing year: The consumers blew cold, and the economy blew hot. The recession-to-be didn’t materialize, and the economic outlook wasn’t half as bad as consumers would have you believe. Yet, notes from the post-pandemic blues keep wafting in the air no matter the macroeconomic drumbeat. This year, the economy is headed for […]
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What To Do Next About Your Customer Advocacy Platform

Amy Bills January 23, 2024
Where does the late December acquisition of customer advocacy and community platform Influitive leave current customers? Here we provide a plan for moving forward.
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2023 Canada Net Promoter Score℠ (NPS) Rankings: Industries Lose Gains Made In 2022

Pete Jacques January 17, 2024
Forrester just published The Canada Net Promoter Rankings, 2023 report, which includes the Net Promoter Score℠ (NPS) and industry rank for 100 brands across nine industries. We asked over 39,000 Canadian consumers in our annual Customer Experience Benchmark Survey about their likelihood to recommend brands that they interacted with in the past 12 months, using the standard NPS […]
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Net Promoter Score℠ (NPS) US Benchmarks, 2023: Fewer Brands Show Improvement

Pete Jacques December 29, 2023
New analyses from Forrester’s 2023 Customer Experience Benchmark Study reveals that subdued customer advocacy continued in 2023, as fewer brands have significant improvements and more brands have significant drops in Net Promoter Score℠ (NPS) compared to 2022.
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Despite Economic Headwinds, Malaysian Banks Continue To Improve CX Quality

Tom Mouhsian September 27, 2023
How customers perceive a brand influences how much they are willing to spend with the brand, whether they will recommend it to others, and how likely they are to forgive the brand’s missteps. Our annual Customer Experience Index (CX Index™) benchmarking study, which has been conducted in Malaysia since 2021, answers the question, “Which banks […]

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High Levels Of Trust Elude US Financial Services Firms Again

Alyson Clarke September 19, 2023
US financial services brands are struggling to earn high levels of customer trust. Forrester’s Financial Services Customer Trust Index (FS Trust Index) revealed that customer trust in US financial services firms in 2023 was relatively weak and largely unchanged from 2022. Only US banks managed a measurable improvement in average trust scores, and even that […]
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Improve Your Loyalty Results With A Loyalty Services Provider

Mary Pilecki August 16, 2023
Does your brand employ a loyalty services provider in addition to a loyalty technology provider? If not, you should consider it. Brands continue to increase spend on loyalty technology and programs, but they often don’t tie their loyalty initiatives to broader corporate goals, negatively impacting their success. Services providers help here. This blog answers key […]
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Planning Guides 2024: Customer Experience

Explore 2024 insights for investing in CX strategy to drive action, value, and revenue.
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Canadian Customer Experience Quality Falls To A New Low

Pete Jacques June 16, 2023
The Canada Customer Experience Index (CX Index™) rankings for 2023 show brands backsliding on performance. Read about the results, and meet two brands that beat the odds and improved their CX Index scores in a tough year.
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How Creative Commerce Fuels Loyalty Across The Customer Lifecycle

What It Means June 1, 2023
From streaming services to ice cream, creative commerce is revolutionizing commerce by integrating all phases of the buying cycle. Learn how on this week’s What It Means with VP, Principal Analyst Jay Pattisall and Principal Analyst Kelsey Chickering.

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Paid Loyalty Programs Pique Premium Interest

Mary Pilecki May 19, 2023
Premium loyalty programs charge a fee for access to membership or a program tier. These can be one-time fees (REI — $30 once for a lifetime) or monthly/annual fees (Amazon Prime, Walmart +). In recent weeks, we’ve seen several new premium loyalty programs or tiers announced: Sweetgreen announced a two-tiered program in April with a […]
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Five Ways To Get Aboard Customer Success

Laura Ramos April 25, 2023
Simply keeping accounts on the training and adoption track, while necessary, is no longer sufficient to drive predictable growth. Learn how to engineer customer success experiences that deliver value to your customers and company alike.
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Flexible Loyalty Technology Solutions Power Profitable Loyalty Programs

Mary Pilecki March 14, 2023
As brands contend with rising media costs, changing consumer behavior, and, for some, lackluster sales results, they continue to invest in consumer loyalty programs and technology solutions to help them engage and retain consumers. In fact, 53% of B2C marketing decision-makers plan to increase their spend on loyalty technology this year. But economic uncertainty adds […]
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It Pays To Share: Refer-A-Friend Programs Boost Customer Acquisition And Engagement

Mary Pilecki March 7, 2023
We’ll let you in on a secret: Cometeer coffee keeps Forrester’s B2C marketing research team running. When our colleague evangelized the innovative coffee company in a team meeting last year, the brand quickly found its way into many of our team members’ daily routines — and it’s not just because we like really good coffee. […]
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Order Up: Starbucks Rewards Changes Signal A Renewed Focus On Profitable Loyalty

Mary Pilecki January 31, 2023
As one of the most popular loyalty programs in the world, the stakes for the Starbucks Rewards program are high. Today, the program boasts nearly 29 million active members, and over half of Starbucks sales are driven through the program. Starbucks Rewards members collect “stars” for every purchase they make, redeemable for free drinks, food, […]
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Contact Centers Are Leaving Money On The Table

Christina McAllister January 30, 2023
Empowering your front line could unlock billions. Learn how agent empowerment and accountability drives revenue growth.
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We Have Liftoff! Effective Customer Onboarding Is The Launchpad To Customer Value

Shari Srebnick December 13, 2022
Customer onboarding is critical for successful adoption, revenue retention, and growth.
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Unlock Loyalty Throughout The Customer Lifecycle

Mary Pilecki November 17, 2022
Loyalty marketers, the scope of your job just expanded. And before you panic, it’s a good thing. Loyalty marketers have conventionally focused their efforts on customers post-purchase: increasing customer retention, enrichment, and advocacy. But brands and customers alike have faced unprecedented challenges over the last few years, including a pandemic, supply chain issues, and social […]
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