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Make Customer Retention and Loyalty a Reality

Organizations are always looking for more clients, but customer retention is equally important for driving sales.

B2B marketing, in particular, has a longer sales process and therefore higher initial acquisition costs, which means acquiring new prospects comes at a steeper price. Ensuring customer loyalty will secure revenue and can present new sales opportunities. Take for example, a study conducted by Bain & Company, which found that a 5% increase in the customer-retention rate can result in a 25%-to-95% increase in profits for businesses in the financial sector.

Investing in customer retention can be very profitable. Building a positive customer experience is an opportunity to keep your clients engaged and motivated to buy additional solutions that they might not have considered at first. Employing cross-selling and upselling tactics can also drive additional sales, and remember, a satisfied customer also contributes by giving positive referrals that will bring fresh prospects to your company.

Client retention is significantly more economical than client acquisition. According to this HBR article, client retention can lower sales costs anywhere from 5 to 25 times when compared with the costs of client acquisition. When looking for new customers, it implies searching for the right audience, educating them about your solution’s value, reaching out to all the decision-makers, and so on. For clients that are already in business with you, all of that is unnecessary.

Accenture’s recent research shows that 78% of B2B customers are more loyal to companies that inspire trust. A critical component of trust-building is creating a positive customer experience. Further, 90% of B2B executives identify customer experience as a defining factor in reaching business goals. Based on McKinsey & Company findings, B2B customer-experience index ratings significantly lag behind those of retail customers. B2C companies typically score 65-85%, while B2B companies average less than 50%. McKinsey & Company continue to report that organizations that have undertaken deep transformations of their customer-experience processes saw higher client-satisfaction scores, reductions of 10-20% in cost to serve, revenue growth of 10-15%, and an increase in employee satisfaction.

There are multiple decision-makers in B2B client sales and customer experience needs to address them all
The purchasing team’s relationship with the supplier also plays a crucial role, as do any preconceived notions or biases linked to the supplier’s reputation
In B2B transactions, the procurement team is not necessarily the end-user of the service or product, and disconnect with the end-user is sometimes inevitable
Industry jargon may create barriers not only for prospects, but also for ongoing clients. The customer journey can be fragmented into multiple steps, so information must avoid becoming too technical

Our Methodology

Here is the process that Direct Objective suggests for increasing client loyalty:

Customized Approach

Direct Objective Consulting has many tricks up its sleeve to ensure optimal client retention for your business. We use a wide array of strategies to create a positive client experience on behalf of your organization:

- Ensure delivery of proposed benefits
- Make sure your customer service is resolving issues in a timely manner
- Segment your clients and offer them various development paths
- Constantly assess the level of customer satisfaction
- Continue to educate your clients about your offering evolution and its ongoing value
- Showcase your customer success
- Reward clients for loyalty and illustrate disincentives to leave
- We recognize there is a 20-40% chance of getting a former customer back, if you try at all. Consequently, we do not hesitate to win back a client

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Direct Objective’s expertise allows clients to conduct a positive transformation in the customer experience for their client base.

Contact us now so we can plan a customized loyalty approach designed to increase your customer retention, personalize new experiences, and secure customer loyalty for your business.

Testimonials

“I have had the privilege of working with Gil during my time in MTS. I view Gil as a highly talented and goal oriented individual that manages his responsibilities in the best possible manner. Gil was higly appreciated both by customers, for his professional approach, and internally in the company for his team work approach.”

Aviv Amiri, Former Sales Director, MTS

Resources

Make Customer Retention and Loyalty a Reality

Customer retention research

What are the challenges of B2B customer experience?

Our Methodology

Customer satisfaction survey

Stakeholder analysis

Loyalty strategy

Plan execution

Progress assessment

Customized Approach

What's Your MarketingReady^TM Ranking?

Make Customer Retention and Loyalty a Reality

Customer retention research

What are the challenges of B2B customer experience?

Our Methodology

Customer satisfaction survey

Stakeholder analysis

Loyalty strategy

Plan execution

Progress assessment

Customized Approach

What's Your MarketingReadyTM Ranking?

What's Your MarketingReady^TM Ranking?