In two new videos, industry experts highlight the importance of not only listening to customers via a formal voice of the customer (VOC) program , but also increasing customer retention efforts.

Gary Tucker, SVP and General Manager of JD Power and Associates, offered five tips in his Engage eSummit session on the importance of delighing your customers in the current economic environment. Read on to learn more about these five tips.

Some organizations don’t exactly bury their heads in the sand when it comes to customer care–they just run away or abandon an avenue for customer feedback. However, when customers complain, it’s one of the best opportunities to increase their loyalty and engagement–as long as the company that the customer is dealing with responds promptly and positively to their complaint. But to do so, you have to provide your customers with as many options for communicating with you as possible. Read this blog post to learn more.