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# Customer Pain Points: How to Acknowledge, Identify, and Resolve

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<p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 23pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Why did the customer get lost?</span></span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 23pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Because he took the wrong churn!</span></span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">This joke is funny for everyone except customer support managers and executives. Even the mention of a single wrong churn brings nightmares to stakeholders. The only thing worse than a leaving customer is a customer who leaves without feedback. When a customer leaves without telling the brand why they’re leaving, a lot of things are lost:</span></span></p>
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      <p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="background-color: white; line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">You lose a customer.</span></span></p>
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      <p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="background-color: white; line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">You lose all the efforts and resources to retain that particular customer.</span></span></p>
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      <p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="background-color: white; line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">They leave you without giving feedback which means there’s a loophole in your support that you’re unaware of. And guess what? Maybe you’ll never find it!</span></span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 23pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Scary, isn’t it?</span></span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 23pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">In the land of customer service, we often hear and talk about the importance of finding customers’ “pain points.” Brands should know the specific problems that businesses face every day and issues that they may encounter while interacting with your brand. When you truly understand your customer’s pain points, you will better know how to position yourself. You’ll know how to communicate the unique benefits you can offer through your services.</span></span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 23pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">However, discovering customers’ most pressing pain points is easier said than done. But it doesn’t have to be (and isn’t) as hard as you might think. So, if you’re wondering where to start, you’ve come to the right place.</span></span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 23pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">In this article, I’ll walk you through the concept of customer pain points, how to find them out and what to do to overcome them. So, if you too have that intense need to find a rational solution to this problem, tag along! I’ll talk about:</span></span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 23pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">So what happens when brands fail to understand customer pain points? Here’s what:</span></span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Top Side Effects of Bad Customer Service:</span></span></p>
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      <p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="background-color: white; line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Leads Don’t Convert</span></span></p>
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      <p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="background-color: white; line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Your Customer Lifetime Value Drops</span></span></p>
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      <p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="background-color: white; line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">You Lose Your Best Employees</span></span></p>
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      <p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="background-color: white; line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">You Enter a Profit-Sucking Cycle</span></span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 23pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Customer support is arguably the most important thing for any business. Brands need to get it right! Excellent customer service is not just to entice customers, but it can overcome poor marketing, faults in your services, and loopholes in your support.</span></span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">OTOH, it is incredibly difficult (nearly impossible) to replace bad customer support with even the most exceptional, delightful marketing. Of course, “good customer support” is often up for interpretation. It is normal for small mistakes to happen that are impossible to deal with. These mistakes are usually small bumps in the road and don’t constitute bad customer support. Following situations, however, are usually considered universally unacceptable:</span></span></p>
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      <p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="background-color: white; line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Poor attention to detail</span></span></p>
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      <p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="background-color: white; line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Long wait times and response times</span></span></p>
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      <p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="background-color: white; line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Support reps with a lack of experience and knowledge</span></span></p>
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      <p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="background-color: white; line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Unempathetic and impersonal interactions</span></span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 23pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Brands guilty of these traits often face negative consequences. Many of these are difficult to overcome and can lead to the company’s failure. The good news is that even the worst customer service habits can be corrected without detrimental damage to your brand. This can happen if you take action quickly. Here’s a quick analysis:</span></span></p>
<h2 dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 19pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 16.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">What Are Customer Pain Points?</span></span></h2>
<p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 23pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Customer pain point is a specific problem that your current customer or prospective customers experience. Just think of customer pain points as problems, plain and simple. Like any problem, customer pain points are diverse and varied as your customers. However, not all customers will be aware of the pain point they’re experiencing. This can make marketing to these individuals difficult as you effectively have to help them realize the problem and convince them that your support team is capable of helping them solve it. You can think of customer pain points as simple problems, but they’re often grouped into several categories. Here are the four main types of customer pain points:</span></span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 16.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: 0pt solid rgb(204, 204, 204); display: inline-block; height: 307px; overflow: hidden; width: 624px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><img alt="4 Types of Customer Pain Points" height="307" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/qo2bhserekcE0BNS3HZ0e27irAywhQNmwBkGD3wmlwRTx_dFVg6n33qqLuEMxFW1kOhMGZBSdc0FvfKVghm9hfue_1-KRjG3jiI9HH6fUxbDUdH3aId4fusz6Mi_KmIs2gUVNlpu" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="624" /></span></span></span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 23pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Four Types of Customer Pain Points</span></span></p>
<h3 dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 15pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 15pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1. Financial Pain Points</span></span></h3>
<p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 23pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Financial pain points mean that your customers are spending a large amount of money on their current business, which ends up with financial strain.</span></span></p>
<h2 dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 19pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 16.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2. Productivity Pain Points</span></span></h2>
<p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Sometimes prospective customers waste too much time using their current provider/solution and want to use their time more efficiently. Customers want to make the most of their time to avoid frustration. Some examples of productivity pain points are:</span></span></p>
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      <p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="background-color: white; line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Redundancy and friction in the buying process</span></span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 23pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">As a brand, you can convince your customers that your product is the key to saving their time and effort. Use product descriptions that explain how your product helps them practically.</span></span></p>
<h3 dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 15pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 15pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">3. Process Pain Points</span></span></h3>
<p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">It refers to how businesses interact with customers by choosing different methodologies and processes. This includes your customers wanting to improve their internal processes (like assigning leads to sales reps or nurturing low-priority leads.) These pain points include:</span></span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 23pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Make sure that your team meets customer queries faster and persuades your prospects that your products/services are easier to use.</span></span></p>
<h3 dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 15pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 15pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">4. Support Pain Points</span></span></h3>
<p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Customer support is one of the most important business functions. If customer support of any brand is improper, most of the crucial areas will be impacted. Your customers will not receive the support they need at critical stages of their journey. These queries would generally be product-related, and most of these customers will expect a prompt response. Some common support issues are:</span></span></p>
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      <p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="background-color: white; line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Lack of product knowledge</span></span></p>
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      <p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="background-color: white; line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The customer’s preferred channel of communication is not available</span></span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 23pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">If not addressed correctly, support pain points impact customer retention and loyalty to a larger extent.</span></span></p>
<h4 dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 8pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Potential Solution</span></span></h4>
<p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 23pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">One of the best ways to overcome this particular pain point is to help them in real-time with tools like live chat, co-browsing, and AI chatbots. Lastly, use the latest support tools and keep up with the trends.</span></span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: -8pt 0pt 15pt 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">See the situation from your customer’s perspective. DeskXpand’s customer support software can help you.</span></span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 3.6; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 15pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.deskxpand.com/pricing/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">START YOUR FREE TRIAL</span></span></a></p>
<h2 dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 19pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 16.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">How to Identify Customer Pain Points?</span></span></h2>
<p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 23pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Identifying customer pain points are so crucial. Conducting an analysis is an essential stage for any business to improve the experience of different types of customers.</span></span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 23pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Here are some proven ways to figure out customer pain points:</span></span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: 0pt solid rgb(204, 204, 204); display: inline-block; height: 287px; overflow: hidden; width: 624px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><img alt="How to identify customer pain points" height="287" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/oNoNrAvNRV_dvAn4JAgDiXd7vOkfei8ieB6Dud2qBt_RvqvCMyH-kODdDcTxSYJyiRxo6uK3RMGfxNeDrw1RdRB-wEdpUArXfjJPYdFJmTPy_tJhDEvWKJ-6QBUifluyxfm1MU2m" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="624" /></span></span></span></p>
<h3 dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 15pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 15pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I. Don’t Make It Complicated: Ask Them</span></span></h3>
<p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 23pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Discovering customer pain points is not all that complex. After all, if a friend was feeling down, you wouldn’t hold a board meeting with the rest of your friends to find out the problem. You would simply ask them what’s wrong.</span></span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">You should do the same thing with your customers too. Speak with both your happy customers as well as unhappy customers. Ask questions that go deeper than “What do you think?” Ask questions like:</span></span></p>
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      <p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="background-color: white; line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">What was your biggest challenge when you contacted us?</span></span></p>
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      <p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="background-color: white; line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Was the solution to your problem met instantly?</span></span></p>
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      <p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="background-color: white; line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">What inconveniences did you have while finding a solution?</span></span></p>
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      <p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="background-color: white; line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">How is it going now? And what can we do to improve your experience?</span></span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 23pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The more stories you can collect from your customers, the easier it will be to discover their pain points.</span></span></p>
<h3 dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 15pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">II. Listen To Their Answers</span></span></h3>
<p dir="ltr" style="background-color: #f6f4ff; line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 15pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 39px; overflow: hidden; width: 43px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><img height="39" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/c6bekJTF3npFK4j5nWqcZ5Mdy6oWVHdqrQYf03coCPLWwnLoEIYWMGseuaxZlke5gTMUAQ6pNjbEWW2v67XIwUXgH3obd6Wa7krgp4tdC7fbodKFgx0oiyLNI5nwl9hFCrL-NG2A" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="43" /></span></span></span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="background-color: #f6f4ff; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #707070; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">You have to listen. It’s the only way to discover what your customers actually need. You can’t just focus on what you think they need and try to make their answers line up with your own preconceived notions. You have to accept that you don’t already know everything.</span></span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="background-color: #f6f4ff; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="background-color: #f6f4ff; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/piasilva/2020/12/18/how-to-quickly-and-accurately-discover-your-audiences-most-pressing-pain-points/?sh=6180505216fd" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #202020; font-size: 13.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">David Richard Petrillo</span></span></a></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="background-color: #f6f4ff; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #202020; font-size: 13.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">CEO, Perfect Image</span></span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="background-color: #f6f4ff; line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #202020; font-size: 13.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 44px; overflow: hidden; width: 49px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><img height="44" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/mULrAEoY6kYVbs37Q3FA3oFB4yFA0L7-Mgqk-iSSWibZx_VpCEHWvoW6o5i1gJgmYEs456B3oANhtUOF8Kwy1TuwPq5gncCoQ5LGlHal1E8xsrfMh3P_YIunDt4eaBmKMZseQsv4" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="49" /></span></span></span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 23pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Irrespective of how you collect your feedback, you have to take the listening approach. It all depends on how your process it. Learn from all this and apply it to make things better for your customers. This includes when you’re not listening in a face-to-face conversation. Online options (like forums, reviews, and social media comments) are all good ways to get the answers you need. People are usually more comfortable giving feedback from beyond their screens than face-to-face.</span></span></p>
<h3 dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 15pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 15pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">III. Live Chat For The Win</span></span></h3>
<p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">You can effectively manage customer pain points by developing trust and confidence before offering solutions to customers. Adding a live chat to your support is a great way to find out customer demands and the issues that they’re facing. Here is how live chat helps discover customer pain points and offers effective solutions.</span></span></p>
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      <p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="background-color: white; line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">You can enable instant connection with customers through live chat.</span></span></p>
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      <p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="background-color: white; line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">You can immediately find out what they want and provide services that best suit their needs.</span></span></p>
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      <p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="background-color: white; line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Your agents can understand every issue to the best of their abilities and offer timely solutions.</span></span></p>
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<h3 dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 15pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 15pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">IV. Conduct a Keyword Research</span></span></h3>
<p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 23pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">If you want to take a macro approach to your industry’s pain points, start with keyword research. You can find a good search volume through keyword research tools like Google trends. More often than not, your prospective customers will be Googling their pain points in their own time. You can find search trends overtime to get a better idea of the rise and fall of a particular customer pain point.</span></span></p>
<h3 dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 15pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 15pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">V. Put Your Knowledge Into Action!</span></span></h3>
<p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 23pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Now that you know your customers’ pain points, it is time to use this knowledge to your advantage. This knowledge should play a big role in your future business strategies, be it updating your website, changing how you communicate with customers, or even altering your services.</span></span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 23pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">You’ll only gain loyal customers by addressing pain points and helping clients feel understood. It’s ultimately a win-win for everyone. Here are some tips on how to address customer’s pain points:</span></span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 23pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Once you identify pain points, you can determine solutions for your prospects. This is an incredible tool to leverage as a customer support executive. Here are four tips to start positioning in this way:</span></span></p>
<h3 dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 15pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 15pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1. Use Your Customer’s Language While Addressing the Pain Point</span></span></h3>
<p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 23pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">This is a psychological technique that all customer support professionals should practice. It can take you a long way in building trust with your prospect. If you use their language and terminology, you can show your customers that you’re taking them seriously. This also portrays that you care about serving an empathetic response.</span></span></p>
<h3 dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 15pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 15pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2. Right Agent to Solve Relevant Queries</span></span></h3>
<p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 23pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The main part of your strategy to address customers’ pain points should be that the queries must be diverted to the right agent. If the right agent solves the query, the resolution rate will also improve. There is little point in making customers spend time with agents who cannot ink a deal.</span></span></p>
<h3 dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 15pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 15pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">3. Keep Up With the Latest Support Trends</span></span></h3>
<p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 23pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">A significant part of addressing customer pain point involves keeping up with the latest trends. This is because customer support is becoming more and more tech-oriented. New trends will help you solve those customer pain points. The key to lucrative customer support strategies lies in combining the latest tools, trends, collaboration, and workflows. When you keep yourself updated with the trends of industry standards, you’ll be able to serve your customer better. And your brand tends to become authentic.</span></span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 23pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">A single data point can help teams work together by realizing the rising trends and roadblocks and then solving them or benefiting from them. Only the right tools will help you bring your data and strategies together. Try DeskXpand’s customer service analytics features and see how analytics can work in real-time.</span></span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 3.6; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: -19pt 0pt 31pt 0pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.deskxpand.com/pricing/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">START YOUR FREE TRIAL NOW</span></span></a></p>
<h3 dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 15pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 15pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">4. Frame Your Offering to Reflect the Customer’s Dilemma</span></span></h3>
<p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 23pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">As you build trust with your customers and listen to their perspectives, you must personalize the solution for their specific needs. Tell customers about the detailed features that’ll speak to their problems if your product serves multiple purposes. Listen to your customer’s pain points while asking for information, and it’ll be easier to make your pitch meet everybody’s requirements. Customer support is all about empathy. To retain more customers and become as helpful as possible, start asking the right questions to the right customers.</span></span></p>
<h2 dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 19pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 16.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">4 Common Customer Pain Points (and How to Resolve Them)</span></span></h2>
<p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 23pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">As a brand, when you have a fair idea about their customer pain points, it becomes easier to approach them in the right manner. By using the right tools and tech, you can deliver a consistent experience across customer touchpoints. I have narrowed down some common client pain points that brands usually face:</span></span></p>
<h3 dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 15pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 15pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1. Delayed Support Response</span></span></h3>
<p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 23pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Nobody likes waiting in long queues to get their queries solved. Your customers are already dealing with the problem. At this point, even the thought of waiting would frustrate the customers. Besides, unsatisfied customers are more likely to share their experience with bad word of mouth. Here are some tips to overcome this problem:</span></span></p>
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      <p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="background-color: white; line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Keep faster response as a critical attribute of customer experience.</span></span></p>
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      <p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="background-color: white; line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Deliver real-time support assistance to all queries with live chat to boost customer satisfaction.</span></span></p>
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      <p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="background-color: white; line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Use live engagement tools like co-browsing &amp; video chat</span></span></p>
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      <p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="background-color: white; line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Reduce the number of touchpoints customers have to go through before resolving their queries.</span></span></p>
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      <p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="background-color: white; line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Use video chat to identify issues faster and offer effective solutions in the first go via personalized chat.</span></span></p>
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<h3 dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 15pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 15pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2. Unavailability of the Support Team</span></span></h3>
<p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 23pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">This is perhaps the biggest concern for most brands. Unavailability of your support team when customers need them the most is as haunting as it sounds. Maybe all your agents are busy, and they have queries pilled up for weeks. Maybe your customer wants a solution in the middle of the night when you and your teams are sleeping. Thanks to the latest support tools and their features, brands can combat this situation. How you’d ask. Here’s how:</span></span></p>
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      <p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="background-color: white; line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Implement a knowledge base section on your website to instantly help the customers find answers.</span></span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 23pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Most customers prefer to use a brand’s website instead of any other medium for support. Across industries, customers attempt to take care of matters themselves before reaching out to a live representative. This behavior prompted companies to implement self-service solutions. However, a lot of customers find it challenging to use the self-service portal. This is why:</span></span></p>
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      <p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="background-color: white; line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Make advanced filters available for your customers to use.</span></span></p>
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      <p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="background-color: white; line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Make the search and tag process easy.</span></span></p>
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      <p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="background-color: white; line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Implement a live chat option and connect it to your knowledge base where users can fetch their queries simply by searching the questions.</span></span></p>
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      <p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="background-color: white; line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Deploy chatbot to automate your customer support.</span></span></p>
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<h3 dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 15pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 15pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">3. Inconsistent Customer Experience</span></span></h3>
<p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 23pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Many customers express frustration when met with inconsistent experiences. Inconsistency across channels builds distrust. Customers expect consistent support across all the channels. Hence as a brand, you need to build and evolve your customer experience (CX) practices and avoid frustrations that can drive customers away.</span></span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 23pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Omnichannel customer experience is the new norm. Understand the recent shifts in the customer buying landscapes and the multiple dimensions of consistency; you can frame the right approaches to develop lasting relationships with your customers.</span></span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 23pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Follow these key points while addressing customers’ omnichannel needs:</span></span></p>
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      <p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="background-color: white; line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Understand customer expectations</span></span></p>
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      <p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="background-color: white; line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Articulate CX with your company’s mission statement</span></span></p>
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      <p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="background-color: white; line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Use trending channels like social media and live chat</span></span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 23pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Omnichannel CX will bring consistency and will hence improve customer satisfaction.</span></span></p>
<h3 dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 15pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 15pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">4. Build a Customer-Focussed Culture</span></span></h3>
<p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 23pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Trust me on this one. Building a customer-focused culture will solve half your problems. This involves inculcating customer-centric policies in your company’s mission, teaching your support reps about it, and letting your customers know that you care about them.</span></span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 23pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Customer-focused culture is a significant trend to follow. Brands with a customer-centric approach are more likely to attract customers and increase the retention rate. Good customer service needs a customer-focused culture rooted in their support workflows. It puts the customer in the center and regulates the strategies accordingly.</span></span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 23pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Build a customer-focused model so that it moves with the changes and trends in customer demands. Hence, companies need to inculcate a customer-focused culture to prove a consistent hallmark of their organization.</span></span></p>
<h2 dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 19pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 16.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Address Customer Pain Points With The Right Tools</span></span></h2>
<p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 23pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Only the right tools can help you get through and improve your customer pain points. Having a customer-focused solution shouldn’t just be an aspirational goal. It is the new norm! I am sure that the above-mentioned strategies will help you achieve your retention and support goals.</span></span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 23pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Investing in the latest customer service tools and techniques to lead your brand through these strategies would be judicious.</span></span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 23pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">We are an ISO27001 certified customer support helpdesk development company with 14+ years of experience. After intense research on industry trends, our functional experts and developers built DeskXpand with all the trending features and solutions. Find out how DeskXpand works effectively for your business.</span></span></p>
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