Call Experts

JANUARY 20, 2022

What is good customer service? Leave it to our Experts to make it easy; read this well-researched guide to keeping your customer happy! What is good customer service and how to make it scalable are questions we receive all of the time. What Is Good Customer Service?

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Comm100

JUNE 15, 2022

If you want your brand to stand head and shoulders above the competition, developing an unbeatable customer experience is essential. However, consistently achieving customer satisfaction across all aspects of your business is a considerable challenge. What is a customer experience (CX) program? of the changes you propose.

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Brands Customer Experience Customer Journeys Net Promoter Score 215

SurveySparrow

JUNE 20, 2023

One element stands out as a game-changer in the fast-paced corporate world where there is fierce competition and constantly changing customer expectations: the customer service experience. It’s the magic element that can turn a one-time customer into an avid advocate of the brand.

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Examples Customer Service Customer Experience Exceptional Customer Service 52

Brad Cleveland Blog

AUGUST 3, 2023

The experiences that customers have with any organization—not just yours or others in your industry—shape their perceptions. So you’ve got to continually revisit what good service means. For customer experience leaders, this can seem like a daunting challenge.

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Customers Industry Customer Experience Multi-Channel 48

SaleMove

MAY 21, 2021

Think channel-less and look for a digital customer service platform that engages customers across all modalities (chat, video, phone, SMS, etc.). The post Is Omnichannel a Good Strategy for Customer Service? appeared first on Glia Blog | Digital Customer Service Explained.

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Omni-Channel Customer Service Strategy Video 52

ShepHyken

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

She provides multiple strategies to improve the customer experience in order to gain and retain repeat customers. It’s been said that customer service is dead. We live in such an instant gratification world that customers will often simply seek the next best thing if they don’t get the desired outcome to start.

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Customer Experience How To Wait Times Customers 152

inSided

MAY 31, 2019

Providing good customer service should be at the heart of your business strategy—not least in B2B companies. In order to deliver impeccable customer service, businesses must learn from previous experiences and understand the ramifications of poor customer service.

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Customer Service Poor Customer Service B2B Customers 72

Comm100

JULY 20, 2020

Guest blog – Nahla Davies is a software developer and tech writer. As one would expect, an increasing number of business organizations are now using chatbots to fuel their marketing and customer service efforts. Customers can also get instant responses to urgent queries 24/7 which contributes to a better customer experience.

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Social Media Chatbots ROI Brands 132

Comm100

MARCH 14, 2024

Chatbots have become a ubiquitous part of customer service and support. As businesses strive to meet the ever-increasing expectations of their customers, the adoption of chatbots has emerged as an essential move to enhance service delivery and operational efficiency.

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Chatbots Customer Service Training Customers 220

Vonage

OCTOBER 20, 2015

Customer service is too often thought of as a necessary evil – something which you have to provide, but a service that’s not a priority when you’ve got 101 things on your mind. However, for SMBs – and businesses of any size for that matter – good customer service is key to growing.

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Customer Service Social Media Poor Customer Service Culture 120

CSM Magazine

MARCH 3, 2023

Daily rhythms, small habits that have been cultivated over days, months, and years, are key to succeeding in the world of customer service. ” Customer service managers know this better than anyone, having the monumental task of establishing relationships with employees, customers, and other management teams. .”

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Customer Service Management Customer Service Representative Feedback 52

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.

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Contact Center Self Service Analytics Banking 130

Comm100

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Chatbots were designed to streamline customer interaction. They save you time and money on customer services, while also improving your customer satisfaction levels. Today we’re rounding up some of the most amazing ways in which chatbots can improve your customer satisfaction and take your business to the next level.

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Chatbots Customer Satisfaction Customer Service Representative Social Media 133

Comm100

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

It’s all the product of the on-demand economy, which has come to dominate across industries and has forced organizations to rethink the way they do business and provide customer service. It heavily utilizes digital technology products and services to cater directly to customer needs. What are on-demand economies?

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Self Service Consumers Customer Service Social Media 130

Comm100

JUNE 25, 2020

It all begs one question, “How do customer service agents speak to customers during these sensitive times?”. Empathy statements are a good start, but companies have huge platforms to utilize. And there are plenty of mistakes a customer service team can make on social media. Making It About You.

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Customer Service Social Media Policies Consumers 130

ijgolding

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

We like to talk about what good customer service (CS) can do for a business, but what about at the other end of the spectrum? Can it knock your customers’ belief in your brand? With so many customers actively sharing their bad experiences of businesses, the chance of it possibly reaching a larger audience is growing too.

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Customer Service Airlines Fashion Sports 120

ShepHyken

OCTOBER 7, 2016

This week on our Friends on Friday guest blog post my colleague Erica McBride, shares a story that explains why your organization doesn’t want to just be good, you want to be great! There was a time when ‘good’ was ‘good enough’ If a customer said we were ‘good’, we were happy.

Hotels 119

Hotels Social Media Travel Brands 119

Customer Bliss

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

There’s a continuing focus on brands improving customer experience to lead customer-driven growth. I’d like to share some of the most popular and most-shared content from the Customer Bliss blog. A beloved company understands that a good apology strengthens the bond between customers and the company.

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Trends Customer Experience Customer Insights Customers 204

Brad Cleveland Blog

AUGUST 3, 2023

The experiences that customers have with any organization—not just yours or others in your industry—shape their perceptions. So you’ve got to continually revisit what good service means. For customer experience leaders, this can seem like a daunting challenge.

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Customers Industry Customer Experience Multi-Channel 26

kommunicate

AUGUST 3, 2019

You know that amazing satisfaction when a customer service representative treats you like royalty. The post 9 Ways to Deliver Good Customer Service appeared first on Kommunicate Blog. How great does it feel to have a kind, attentive listening ear from somebody who knows the product inside out?

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Customer Service Hotels Customer Service Representative Customers 40

Customer Bliss

DECEMBER 28, 2017

As we all take the time to think about improving strategies for focusing on customer-driven growth, join me as we revisit 5 of my most popular blog posts of the year. If you’re ever in need of a bit of inspiration or guidance for your customer experience implementation, this is the content you can come back to time after time.

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Self Service Customer Experience Chatbots Chief Customer Officer 141

ShepHyken

AUGUST 2, 2019

Whether on the phone or in person, it’s important to train your employees the right way to interact with your customers. Customer service is one of the most important parts of doing business. The relationships you create with your customers reflect directly on the success of your business. On the Telephone.

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Customer Service Training Customers Tips 110

ShepHyken

NOVEMBER 23, 2018

This week we feature an article by Pascal van Opzeeland who writes about the quality of customer support and what it takes to provide great customer support. – Shep Hyken. What makes a customer support interaction good or bad? To be good, a customer support interaction needs to be…. Element #1: Fast.

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Self Service Effort Score Guidelines Tips 105

Eptica

JANUARY 9, 2019

Date: Wednesday, January 9, 2019 Author: Anne-Claire Bellec - Marketing Director Reviewing 2018 – our top 10 blog posts from the year. Author: Anne-Claire Bellec - Marketing Director As we come back to work after the holiday season and settle into 2019, it’s a good time to review last year and what we’ve learned.

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Average Handle Time Self Service Chatbots ROI 89

ShepHyken

AUGUST 25, 2017

This week we feature an article by Reuben Yonatan who writes about how using chatbots for customer service properly can be a powerful customer service tool. Chatbots can be great for handling basic customer support functions, communicating with customers when a rep isn’t available and more. – Shep Hyken.

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Chatbots Customer Service Tools Poor Customer Service 146

ShepHyken

MAY 31, 2019

This week we feature an article by Abdul Babar who explains why your customer experience strategy must be a priority for any customer-facing organization. A positive customer experience isn’t just about “feel good” experiences, it is about branding, market positioning, perception, and at the end of the day, your bottom line.

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Customer Experience Touchpoint User Experience Feedback 116

West Monroe

JANUARY 2, 2018

Having good customer service is not good enough in today’s service industry. As technology rapidly evolves, so do clients’ expectations for a premium customer experience—and their expectations are being set by B2C businesses. Our competitor’s customer experience was unparalleled.

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B2B Customer Service B2C Video 40

Steve DiGioia

APRIL 28, 2022

Business stereotypes are preconceived notions that every customer has of your business. Are the expectations good or bad? What image or idea do you send to your customers? Remember, our business is not what WE think it is but what THEY (the customers) think it is. What do they expect when doing business with you?

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Tips Sales Customer Service Customers 299

ShepHyken

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

This week we feature an article by Kristin Erikson writes shares great customer service training tips and ideas that will help your company build brand advocacy. Remember customer service training is not something you di, it’s something you do. – Shep Hyken. Use positive body language and engage with customers.

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Customer Service Training Training Brands Customer Service 151

ShepHyken

JUNE 28, 2019

Airline agents are still at check-in counters to guide passengers after self-service kiosks and to arrange complicated ticketing. In the contact center industry, for example, there are fewer phone conversations going into customer support centers than in the past. Technology replacing humans. That’s what we all fear.

Contact Center 110

Contact Center Self Service Banking Airlines 110

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.

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Loyalty Programs Loyalty Lifetime Customer Poor Customer Service 103

SurveySparrow

JANUARY 9, 2021

Wondering how to create a food blog in 2020, but have absolutely no idea on how to start one? And starting a blog on food can be the best passive income stream that you want to choose. Or with a little bit of more effort and hard work, you can even take it a notch higher and know how to start a food blog and make money.

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How To Entertainment Travel Survey 52

ShepHyken

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

My obsession for Customer Experience (CX) started when I received a package in the mail on a random afternoon. Since my Stacy’s Chips incident, I have been fascinated by CX and continue to pay very close attention to how companies deliver unforgettable experiences to win over customer’s hearts – and wallets.

Hotels 107

Hotels B2C Loyalty B2B 107

ShepHyken

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

This week we feature an article by Christa Heibel who writes about how important employee feedback is to a successful customer service experience and high CSAT ratings. – Shep Hyken. Of course, this is with good reason. They also understand your customers, perhaps better than your executive team.

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Omni-Channel Feedback Customer Experience Data 94

Steve DiGioia

MAY 1, 2023

It’s the age-old mantra: “ Provide great service and customers will come.” In this article, we’ll explore why relying solely on great service is actually a trap that could lead to the downfall of your business. This means that providing great service is no longer a unique selling point.

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Loyalty Programs Social Media Loyalty Innovation 162

ShepHyken

OCTOBER 18, 2019

The experiences you create for a customer is important, but how they feel about that experience is critical. In designing how you deliver emotion, consider what you can do to make customers: • happier they chose you. In short, do your customers feel happier doing business with you than your competitors? The bar is low.

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Customer Service How To Loyalty Leadership 88

ShepHyken

JUNE 7, 2019

This week we feature an article by Molly Moore about why phone calls and online chat can make the difference between customer-centric brands and everybody else. In fact, nearly t wo-thirds (65%) of potential customers want to reach brands by phone. Consumers Demand Immediate Connection. How to Connect the Right Way.

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Connections Customer Centricity Consumers Culture 117