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Customer Experience Consulting for Revenue, Loyalty & Lower Cost-to-Serve

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Customer Experience Consulting for Revenue, Loyalty & Lower Cost-to-Serve

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Aykut Cakir · NMS Consulting

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Quick Answer:
CX pays when it links to revenue, loyalty, and cost. Use a clear value case, a small metric set like NPS, CSAT, CES, and cost-to-serve, and redesign high-friction steps with digital help. GenAI and smarter self-service can cut service cost while keeping quality high.

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Signals and Benchmarks

  • Customer-obsessed firms report faster revenue and profit growth and stronger retention than peers. source
  • When brand and CX improve together, growth can scale several times higher. source
  • NPS is widely used to link loyalty and growth. source
  • Cutting customer effort reduces churn and improves loyalty. source
  • GenAI in customer care shows cost and quality gains in early programs. source
  • Self-service success rates remain low in many firms, which means large upside from fixes. source

Foundations: Value, Measurement, And Design

  • Value Case: map revenue lift, churn reduction, and cost-to-serve cuts. Fund items with the best payback.
  • Metrics: run a concise set across NPS, CSAT, Customer Effort Score, first contact resolution, average handle time, self-service success, and unit cost.
  • Design And Ops: fix the top contact reasons, remove process friction, and add AI assist for agents and digital self-help where it beats phone and email.
  • People: coach frontline teams and give leaders weekly data by path, not by org chart.

30-60-90 CX Playbook

First 30 Days: See And Size

  • Baseline NPS, CSAT, CES, and cost-to-serve. Identify the five highest-volume contact reasons and their paths.
  • Audit self-service flows for findability, completion, and failure reasons. Compare against agent-assist results.
  • Draft a value case with quick wins and a short list of larger plays.

Days 31 To 60: Fix And Prove

  • Ship copy and UI fixes to the top FAQs. Add decision trees, clear handoffs, and callback when queues spike.
  • Pilot agent assist and guided resolution for two use cases. Track first contact resolution, handle time, and quality.
  • Launch a feedback loop that tags friction themes and routes them to owners weekly.

Days 61 To 90: Scale And Track

  • Stand up a CX cadence with a weekly review and a single KPI pack. Publish before-and-after results.
  • Expand AI assist or automation where pilots beat the control. Update training and incentives.
  • Move funds to the best-return plays and retire low-value work.

Customer Paths, Levers, And Metrics

Path, Typical Levers, Metrics, And References
Path Levers Metrics References
Onboarding And Activation Simpler steps, clear progress, helpful nudges, welcome outreach Activation rate, time to first value, CSAT Bain NPS
Help And Support Improve self-service content, search, flows, and escalation; AI agent assist FCR, CES, self-service success, average handle time Gartner; HBR; McKinsey
Account Changes And Billing Guided flows, clear copy, proactive alerts, fee dispute playbook Repeat contacts, complaints per 1,000, DSAT Forrester CX Index
Retention And Save Trigger outreach on risk, offers tied to value, trained specialists Churn, save rate, lifetime value Bain NPS
Feedback To Action Close-the-loop calls, RCA on top themes, weekly owner updates Theme closure rate, promoter share, detractor reduction Bain NPS; Forrester BX-CX

Frequently Asked Questions

How Does CX Link To Revenue?

By lifting conversion and retention while growing average spend. Forrester reports faster growth and better retention in firms that put customers first, and Bain’s NPS work links loyalty to growth. reference reference

What Cuts Cost-To-Serve Fast?

Fix the top contact reasons, improve self-service completion, and use AI assist for agents. These moves reduce repeat contacts and handle time while keeping quality high. reference reference

Which Metrics Matter Most?

NPS for loyalty, CSAT for experience of recent interactions, Customer Effort Score for ease, and a small set of operational and cost metrics. Reducing effort is a proven path to stronger loyalty. reference

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Sources

  • Forrester. 2024 US Customer Experience Index. https://www.forrester.com/press-newsroom/forrester-2024-us-customer-experience-index/
  • Forrester. Brand Experience Index 2025. https://www.forrester.com/press-newsroom/forrester-brand-experience-index/
  • Bain. Net Promoter Score System. https://www.bain.com/consulting-services/customer-strategy-and-marketing/net-promoter-score-system/
  • Harvard Business Review. Stop Trying To Delight Your Customers. https://hbr.org/2010/07/stop-trying-to-delight-your-customers
  • McKinsey. Gen AI In Customer Care: Early Successes And Challenges. https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/operations/our-insights/gen-ai-in-customer-care-early-successes-and-challenges
  • Gartner. Self-Service Customer Service. https://www.gartner.com/en/customer-service-support/topics/self-service-customer-service




About the Author

Aykut Cakir

Aykut Cakir

Aykut Cakir, Senior Partner and Chief Executive Officer, has a demonstrated history in negotiations, business planning, business development. He has served as a Finance Director for gases & energy, pharmaceuticals, retail, FMCG, and automotive industries. He has collaborated closely with client leadership to co-create a customized operating model tailored to the unique needs of each project segment in the region. Aykut conducted workshops focused on developing effective communication strategies to ensure team alignment with new operating models and organizational changes. 

 

 

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