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Qualities to Look for When Building Your Customer Service Team

Help.com

The business of customer service has grown consistently, and the US Bureau of Labor Statistics says the number of customer service representatives will have grown by 5% between 2016 and 2026. If you’re looking to join the ranks and expand your customer service team, it’s important to know what you’re looking for.

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Guest Blog: Surviving Poor Customer Service: 10 Lessons Learned

ShepHyken

This week on our Friends on Friday guest blog post my colleague, Dianna Booher, shares 10 lessons learned from a poor customer service experience. As Dianna says, changing any of these dynamics can help elevate your customer service. Read Shep’s latest Forbes Article: Top Ten Business Books Of 2016. .

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The Top Trends in Customer Service for 2016

Comm100

Consequently, as newer technologies enable more ease in performing business transactions, consumers will have higher expectations when it comes to customer service and sales support. In recent years, consumers have placed greater importance on the quality of customer service than on the price and quality of products alone.

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60% of Consumers Have Stopped Doing Business with a Brand Due to Poor Customer Service

Tricia Morris

Delighting customers is not the key to consistently satisfying customer service. But customers don’t expect (or evenly necessarily want) to be delighted every time they engage for customer service. Customer Service Agent Does Not Have the Knowledge or Ability to Resolve My Issue.

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The cost of NOT focussing on Customer Experience

ijgolding

Yet their research calculated that thanks to poor customer service during 2016, the financial cost to companies in the UK alone was costing companies over £37 BILLION!!! ( Only today, UK house builder, Bovis Homes saw their shares plunge as customer service failings dragged down their profits in 2016.

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Customer Support Predictions for 2016

Kayako

We looked back with our best posts from the customer support community in 2015, now we’re looking forward with predictions for 2016. We’ve asked support pros from Kayako and beyond what they think the biggest trends in customer support will be in the next 12 months. Gary McGrath , Customer Success Consultant.

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Statistics that Predict the Future of Customer Service

Joe Rawlinson

More and more companies are finding systematic ways to invest resources for better customer service, and this will continue to happen. Let’s check out a few important customer experience statistics as they foreshadow the future of customer service. Huffpost ). Image Source. Microsoft ). Accenture ).