Calabrio

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Complacency is not an option as agents, supervisors and contact center managers are forced to become more strategic, taking on increasingly critical new responsibilities to deliver engaging customer experiences. Contact centers have to adapt and continuously evolve in order to meet customer expectations.

Contact Center 130

Contact Center Self Service Analytics Banking 130

Comm100

MARCH 25, 2024

Whether you’re planning a customer support chatbot for your website or building an engaging marketing bot for Messenger, being aware of the do’s and don’ts of bot planning and development will help ensure that your chatbot is effective, and that it meets customers’ expectations every time.

Chatbots 240

Chatbots Customer Journeys User Experience System 240

BlueOcean

OCTOBER 4, 2023

When one in five of your customers speak something other than English as their first language, providing bilingual customer support is critical. The impact of bilingual support on the customer experience cannot be understated. The impact of bilingual support on the customer experience cannot be understated.

Contact Center 310

Contact Center Customer Care Average Handle Time Consumers 310

Lumoa

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

With all relationships, taking the time to listen is crucial to its success. Nowhere is this more true than with customer relationships. Without listening to the voice of your customer, you’ll be like a ship without a rudder or a compass…lost and drifting without direction. Why you should care about the Voice of the Customer?

Analysis 423

Analysis Data How To Customer Centricity 423

Help Scout

AUGUST 11, 2021

One of the best ways to stay current with trends and customer needs is by following customer service blogs. Reading about the tools and techniques that other companies are using to provide excellent experiences helps inform your team and strategy on doing the same. Motivational quotes on customer service.

Customer Service 82

Customer Service eBook Leadership Resources 82

BlueOcean

OCTOBER 23, 2023

(This is updated version of our most popular blogs: 52 RFP Questions (2013), 51 RFP Questions (2016), 60 RFP Questions (2020)) Every few years we update our recommended list of contact center RFP Questions. Client Service What is the average length of your client relationships? We hope this makes your RFP process a little smoother!

Customer Care 177

Customer Care Contact Center Comparison Employee Engagement 177

Totango

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

What’s on customer success’s in-and-out list for 2024? In: A hand-in-hand, three-team approach to customer success where Sales, CS, and Marketing work together to guide customers through the entire customer journey. No more “Here’s your customer success manager, see you never!” We all know it.

Multi-Channel 98

Multi-Channel Sales Customer Success Effort Score 98

Kayako

MAY 12, 2016

It might surprise you to know that there are two regular podcasts dedicated to nothing but customer support. With one of those having 100+ episodes, how much more could there possibly be to say about customer support? Much like the early days of B2B “inbound” marketing, customer support didn’t really exist ten years ago.

Conference 120

Conference Tips Call Center Video 120

ShepHyken

JUNE 14, 2019

This week we feature an article by Nick Glimsdahl who writes about how customer retention should be a priority and how to avoid losing customers. Successful companies make it a strategic priority to retain customers because they know retention has a significant impact on their bottom line. So, customer churn is expensive.

Customer Retention 134

Customer Retention Contact Center Customers Omni-Channel 134

BlueOcean

MARCH 31, 2022

If you’ve been a reader of Blue Ocean’s blog for any length of time, you probably know we love sports and particularly baseball. Companies of all sizes can benefit from workforce planning that puts exactly the right resources in place at the right time, doing the right things to deliver on an excellent customer experience.

Contact Center 296

Contact Center Sports Conference Resources 296

Kayako

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

The customer relationship management space is buzzing with tips about providing a unified customer experience, but what exactly does that mean in the context of customer experience management (CXM)? This blog post will discuss unified customer experience and tools you can use to achieve it for your business.

Customer Journeys 156

Customer Journeys Customer Experience Touchpoint Social Media 156

Kayako

MAY 13, 2022

In recent years, the rise of social media put the customer in charge of the brand conversation. As e-commerce and demand for online help expands, companies have to meet and exceed new expectations to keep customers satisfied. Fortunately, customers also like to help themselves. Discover Kayako Self Service.

Self Service 275

Self Service Knowledge Base e-support Policies 275

Totango

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Every customer interaction matters in today’s digital age. These touchpoints serve as critical indicators of overall customer health, enabling leaders to proactively detect risk, prevent churn, and identify opportunities for expansion and revenue growth. Totango also integrates with Outlook email to provide the same benefits.

Customer Success 107

Customer Success Touchpoint Meeting Interaction 107

Steve DiGioia

MAY 17, 2021

Great customer service. That’s what our customers want and that’s what we wish to provide. In today’s post, I compiled my list of the top 10 customer service acronyms to use every day. It was about finding solutions for a customer and finding their pain points ”. “You were never trying to close a sale.

Customer Service 341

Customer Service e-support Self Service Customers 341

Comm100

OCTOBER 10, 2022

The life of chatbots in customer service has been turbulent. However, as bot technology has rapidly improved, so too has organizations’ readiness to adopt chatbots in their customer service operations. Staffing has become increasingly difficult in customer service. Reducing repetitive work.

Chatbots 202

Chatbots Self Service Examples Industry 202

Comm100

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

In order to do this, it is important that you hire live chat agents who are professional and all about ensuring customer satisfaction. But exactly how many live chat agents do you need to hire to provide the happily-ever-after customer service that you dream of? How Many Visitors do you Receive Daily?

Guidelines 209

Guidelines Customer Satisfaction Report Average Handle Time 209

Comm100

MAY 19, 2020

Note: This blog post was originally published on Jul. If you’re reading this blog post, you probably already know that live chat is a platform that allows you to chat directly with your website visitors. Live chat is a must-have tool for your business, and this blog post is going to cover exactly why that is. Increase sales.

Competitive Advantage 279

Competitive Advantage eBook Report Loyalty 279

ShepHyken

AUGUST 30, 2019

This week we feature an article by Lukas Sitar who writes about growing and sustaining customer lifetime value for the entire customer cycle. While many marketers look at metrics like conversion rates, net profit per sale, average value of a lead, and average customer order, they often overlook their customer lifetime value.

Loyalty Programs 103

Loyalty Programs Loyalty Lifetime Customer Poor Customer Service 103

Totango

JANUARY 2, 2024

In an era when customer success (CS) has become pivotal, it’s no longer enough to have a team dedicated to CS. More importantly, you need an organizational strategy that ensures your customers don’t just come to you but stay, thrive, and become your biggest promoters.

Customer Success 99

Customer Success Tips Self Service Customer Journeys 99

Totango

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

“Customer success is driving value to customers. Digital customer success is driving value more efficiently using a software or service that allows companies to grow and deliver value without using excessive resources” – Chris Dishman, SVP Customer Success, Totango.

Customer Success 103

Customer Success Effort Score Touchpoint Tools 103

ShepHyken

MAY 24, 2019

This week we feature an article by Gaetano DiNardi who discusses how many customer service surveys are not giving you proper data and suggests how to improve them. And when you are asked to stay on the phone to provide answers to a brief survey after a customer interaction, do you ever do it? But can that data be trusted?

Survey 104

Survey Customer Service Effort Score Infographics 104

ShepHyken

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

This week we feature an article by Dawn Gucciardo who took my model of Six D’s to Creating a Customer-Centric Culture and applied it to developing and implementing a CRM software. – Shep Hyken. Shep Hyken believes customer centricity must start on the inside, with your employees. – Imagine the desired customer experience.

Customer Centricity 88

Customer Centricity CRM Software Culture 88

Beyond Philosophy

APRIL 18, 2024

So, today we are going to look at how you can strike a balance between personalizing your interactions and offerings for customers without freaking them out. So, even though I know I can get the lure cheaper somewhere else, I appreciate the personalized service and I buy all my fishing gear there.

Advertising 78

Advertising Conference Technology Brands 78

ShepHyken

JULY 26, 2019

This week we feature an article by Charles Richard who shares an article about how important it is for software development companies to have a successful customer experience strategy. We all crave for “more”- entrepreneurs expect more from their employees whereas your coworkers as well customers may expect more from you.

Software 113

Software Strategy Company Customer Experience 113

Bill Quiseng

JULY 18, 2017

I had the great opportunity to interview Blake Morgan , customer experience futurist about her new book, More is More: How the Best Companies Go Farther and Work Harder to Create Knock-Your-Socks Off Customer Experiences. I have been a big fan of her customer experience articles that regularly appear in Forbes. Now I get it.

Customer Experience 318

Customer Experience Contact Center Wireless Conference 318

Retently

MARCH 29, 2023

At the same time, the Model S received the highest-ever satisfaction score of 98% , while Model Y and 3 remain at the top of the best-selling electric car chart to date. This huge success actually shows us the big picture of how markets work. So how does the world’s NPS leader achieve such a high level of customer satisfaction?

Net Promoter Score 198

Net Promoter Score NPS Automotive Customer Satisfaction 198

ShepHyken

NOVEMBER 29, 2019

This week we feature an article by Rahul Varshneya whos writes about how technology innovations are continuously improving the customer experience. This Maya Angelou quote fits perfectly when talking about the factors responsible for positive brand customer service. How to leverage technology for a better customer experience.

Technology 130

Technology Customer Experience Social Media Multi-Channel 130

ShepHyken

JANUARY 18, 2019

This week we feature an article by Tim Houlne who writes about the importance of integrating technology into your business to provide the optimum customer experience. – Shep Hyken. This post is an excerpt from Humach’s latest eBook, The Guide to CX Success , which can be found here. It’s that time of year again.

Customer Experience 92

Customer Experience Contact Center Airlines Average Handle Time 92

ShepHyken

DECEMBER 21, 2018

This week we feature an article by Prasad Reddy who shares 10 ways to improve CSAT scores by enhancing customer satisfaction. – Shep Hyken. Customer satisfaction is at the core of your business health and growth. In this age of social media, unhappy customers can cause extensive damage to your brand. for customer service.

Customer Satisfaction 94

Customer Satisfaction CRM Culture Social Media 94

Totango

JANUARY 22, 2024

We polled our Customer Advisory Board (CAB) at the end of last year to gauge which way they saw the pendulum shifting for CS in 2024. At the intersection of product, customer, and business insights, CS is uniquely positioned to steer businesses through these changing environments. Most expect to see CS emerging as a growth engine.

Customer Success 94

Customer Success Consulting Customers Leadership 94

ShepHyken

DECEMBER 13, 2019

This week we feature an article by Darcy Alexander who shares a checklist to guide us through the process of selecting the best CX vendors for our customer experience initiatives. When embarking on a customer experience (CX) change initiative, there are few decisions more critical to success than selecting the right vendor.

Competitive Advantage 101

Competitive Advantage Case Study Communication Insurance 101

Retently

JUNE 28, 2022

Net Promoter Score® lets you measure and analyze customer satisfaction to learn more about what people like (and dislike) about your product or business. It’s a valuable metric – for most companies and it’s the most valuable metric available for measuring customer loyalty and satisfaction. That is if you put your NPS® to work.

NPS 148

NPS Net Promoter Score Feedback Case Study 148

ShepHyken

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

This week we feature an article by Nathalie Herrman who writes about three key principles that are at the root of all great customer service. She also reminds us that the customer experience begins with the employee experience. – Shep Hyken. It made me want to scream. Where had she been for the previous ten minutes?

Customer Satisfaction 92

Customer Satisfaction Exceptional Customer Service Employee Experience Employee Engagement 92

ShepHyken

NOVEMBER 24, 2017

This week we feature an article by Brooke Harper who writes about the importance of using social media to provide great customer service. If you’re not monitoring what customers are saying about you and your company on social media, what are you waiting for?! – Shep Hyken. Communication is key to great service.

Social Media 88

Social Media Customer Service How To B2B 88

Gainsight

DECEMBER 10, 2018

Before you say, “ thank u, next ” to 2018, check out Gainsight’s top blog posts, webinars, and resources of 2018. Top 5 Customer Success Blog Posts of 2018. You can’t have a business without a product and you can’t maintain a customer base without Customer Success. Click here to read the blog.

Customer Success 71

Customer Success Net Promoter Score Chief Customer Officer Metrics 71

Kustomer

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Truly successful contact center agents require more guidance than just initial onboarding and training. If managers can learn how to train well from the beginning and eventually shift to customer service coaching, then anxiously micromanaging employees can become a failed tactic of the past. What is Customer Service Coaching?

Customer Service 98

Customer Service Training Exercises Feedback 98

BirdEye

AUGUST 29, 2023

Happy customers build successful businesses. You can grow, scale, and develop your business if you understand your customers’ feelings about you. Great products, the best marketing campaigns, and the costliest ads are all playing second fiddle to the power of customer satisfaction. Watch the Free Demo Now.

Customer Satisfaction 98

Customer Satisfaction Chatbots Social Media Omni-Channel 98