Provide Support

JANUARY 6, 2020

In 2020 customers will become smarter as their expectations for service and customer experience are set by best brands. As a result customers will walk away searching for better experience. When a customer wants to get in touch, they will reach for the most convenient communication method. Read more.

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Video Customer Service Social Media Trends 52

Provide Support

DECEMBER 29, 2016

The critical difference is ultimately how you make people feel when they do business with you and interact with your brand. No matter your business, excellence in customer service etiquette will always set you apart and give you the edge over your competition. © 2003 - 2015 Provide Support LLC. Read more.

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Infographics Customer Service Tips How To 82

BlueOcean

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Those metrics were born in an era when customer service was a race, where whoever got to the finish line first (i.e. off the phone) – upsetting the least number of hurdles, extra points for a graceful gait – was the champion, the most successful, the most likely to win “customer service agent of the year.”.

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Metrics Customer Care Measurement Contact Center 219

Provide Support

DECEMBER 12, 2017

5 Ways Big Data Will Improve Customer Service. In the abundance of more or less similar products, customer service has become by far the most influential brand differentiator these days. In this article, we will show you 5 ways how big data improves customer service.(.). Read more.

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Data Customer Service Study Trends 62

Kustomer

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Modern customer service looks very different from prior decades. Customers gravitate toward brands that have differentiated customer service, leaving those that don’t in the dust. With this in mind, brands now realize that customer service is directly tied to their revenue, and are modernizing applications.

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Customer Engagement Engagement Omni-Channel Customer Centricity 105

Provide Support

MARCH 15, 2017

Your customer service employees are your brand representatives, the human face and the voice of your company. Their competence, soft skills and communication habits count tremendously toward the quality of the service they provide to your customers and impact overall customer satisfaction. Read more.

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Infographics Customer Service Customer Satisfaction Training 69

Provide Support

JUNE 1, 2017

5 Tips for Effective Leadership in Customer Service. Customer service team success is most significantly influenced by service-focused culture that starts at the top and works its way throughout the company. In one of my previous articles, I have also touched on the topic of Servant Leadership in customer service.

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Leadership Tips Customer Service Culture 65

Provide Support

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

With over 2 billion Facebook users, +700 million Instagram users, and +300 million Twitter users, it’s no longer enough for brands to be merely present on social media. Today’s customers want their voices heard and problems resolved quickly and effortlessly whenever they reach out to brands on social media. Read more.

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Social Media Infographics Customer Service Trends 70

Lumoa

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

According to The State of the Customer Experience survey that we did earlier in 2018, all companies track customer experience using one or several of the 6 world-wide recognised KPIs: Net Promoter Score (NPS), Customer Satisfaction (CSAT), Churn rate, Retention rate, Customer Lifetime Value (CLV) or Customer Effort Score (CES).

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Metrics Net Promoter Score Effort Score Customer Experience 432

ShepHyken

APRIL 30, 2018

Each week I read a number of customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. 16 Statistics Showing Data’s Influence on Customer Experience by Tricia Morriss. My Comment: Data and personalization ate HOT topics in marketing and customer experience. Some are exciting.

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Net Promoter Score Customer Service Self Service NPS 81

NobelBiz

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

The Net Promoter Score or NPS is one of the most widely used key performance indicators by call centers to measure customer loyalty and satisfaction. In this article, we will show you how to calculate, interpret, and use the NPS as a customer loyalty lever. Passives : Customers who gave a score of 7 or 8.

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NPS Net Promoter Score Customer Service Effort Score 52

Provide Support

JUNE 6, 2017

The way your employees feel is the way your customers will feel. And if your employees don’t feel valued, neither will your customers. Companies like Zappos, Southwest Airlines and Ritz-Carlton Hotels have one thing in common – they are worldwide famous for providing excellent customer service and having friendly employees.

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Infographics Customer Service Airlines Hotels 64

Comm100

MAY 11, 2020

Others even further back in 2003. Whenever and how ever it began, omnichannel has never been more important, and it has now become crucial to successful customer experience (CX). We all know that the customer drives the strategy behind customer support – after all, ‘the customer is always right’!

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Provide Support

OCTOBER 6, 2017

Customer Service KPIs for Live Chat Teams. Customer service representatives play a key role in business growth and promotion – by supporting customers they build trust and improve brand awareness, reduce the number of complaints and facilitate your marketing efforts. © 2003 - 2017 Provide Support LLC.

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Customer Service Customer Service Representative How To Customers 54

Comm100

MAY 11, 2020

Others even further back in 2003. Whenever and how ever it began, omnichannel has never been more important, and it has now become crucial to successful customer experience (CX). We all know that the customer drives the strategy behind customer support – after all, ‘the customer is always right’!

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Omni-Channel Multi-Channel Knowledge Base Chatbots 130

C3Centricity

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Offer them incredible products and services that solve their problems and fulfil their needs and desires. Then when you have converted them into customers, continue to keep them satisfied and give them something to talk about by surprising them too. I realise that only too well in my own service offerings. It’s simple.

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Marketing NPS Net Promoter Score Effort Score 194

GetFeedback

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

NPS, CES, and CSAT are customer loyalty metrics. They’re used to measure the level of loyalty that a customer has toward your brand. Customers are considered loyal when they consistently purchase from your brand over an extended period of time. . How do you get loyal customers?

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NPS Metrics Effort Score Net Promoter Score 278

Provide Support

AUGUST 3, 2017

Businesses that intend to keep them as customers need to rethink how to approach this generation. Is your customer service Millennial-friendly? In fact, studies reveal that 68% of 18 – 34-year-old consumers have stopped doing business with a brand due to a single poor customer service experience.(.).

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Infographics Customer Service Poor Customer Service Retail 49

CSM Magazine

OCTOBER 19, 2020

With keen competition in the eCommerce space, customer service is a top priority. Alon Ghelber looks at some of the top Shopify Customer Support apps available today. Also, interruptions in the supply chain caused by COVID-19-related work interruptions have required more efficient communications between companies and customers.

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Ecommerce Social Media Chatbots Customer Service Strategies 98

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

In 2003 there were 30 Chief Customer Officers worldwide according to the Chief Customer Officer (CCO) Council, reaching 450 by 2011. Earlier this month, Thomasz Tungaz, a venture capitalist at RedPoint, published a blog titled “Why your SaaS Startup Needs a VP of Customer Success Sooner than you Might Think”.

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Customer Experience Chief Customer Officer B2B Conference 302

Provide Support

MAY 25, 2016

How to Build a World-Class Customer Service Team. Every business owner knows that in today’s highly competitive marketplace excellent customer service is more than a preference – it is a prerequisite for sustainable growth and business success. © 2003 - 2015 Provide Support LLC. Read more.

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Customer Service How To Sales Brands 45

Provide Support

DECEMBER 1, 2016

Why to Apply Servant Leadership in Customer Service. The business age we live and work in today is often called the Age of the Customer which means that shifting the focus on the customer now matters more than any other single factor like product innovation and technology racing. © 2003 - 2015 Provide Support LLC.

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Provide Support

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

Customer Service Quality. Almost all businesses strive to offer superior customers service. There are certain factors that negatively affect customer service quality and do not allow companies to reward their customers with exceptional customer service. © 2003 - 2017 Provide Support LLC.

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Provide Support

APRIL 13, 2017

Why Is It Important to Have Customer Service Knowledge Base Software? Customer service is a defining quality of almost any business nowadays. Today, people can acquire services and products online, and the market in general is more competitive, hence customer service started to play a more important role.

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Provide Support

JUNE 23, 2016

How to Build a World-Class Customer Service Team. It’s undoubtedly true that basing your business around customer service always pays off. These days, we’ve been witnessing many amazing stories of companies that made customer service a key pillar of their business and eventually the face of their brand.

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Customer Service How To Customers Brands 43

Lumoa

APRIL 7, 2022

The NPS system was created by Fred Reichheld and his team at Bain & Company and Satmetrix Systems in 2003 to help companies improve their marketing strategies to better serve customers’ needs with real, verifiable data that they could analyze and act on. So, without further ado… Why is NPS important?

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NPS Net Promoter Score Industry How To 208

Provide Support

MARCH 22, 2016

The world is rapidly changing, and so is customer service. If you think your business is offering outstanding service now, the truth is that with the ever changing customer expectations, what seems satisfactory today might simply be outdated within half year. © 2003 - 2015 Provide Support LLC. Read more.

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Infographics Customer Service Customer Expectations Customers 40

Daniel Group

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Excellent CX is the key to keeping your customers loyal and having them become your best sales team by telling others about you. In 2003, Fred Reichheld, a consultant with Bain & Company developed the Net Promoter Score. Both speakers come from companies where brand and CX go hand-in-hand.

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Provide Support

JUNE 28, 2019

Whenever your customers contact you they can share their ideas and offer suggestions. This information is valuable both for business development and customer experience improvement. Your customers show your flaws and suggest where you need to work harder to bring your products or services to perfection. Read more.

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Infographics Feedback Customers Report 59

Provide Support

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

It goes without saying that today’s gigantic Twitter and Facebook user base makes brands more accessible than ever. Your brand is already online (whether you like it or not) and ignoring social media can be detrimental to your success as a company. © 2003 - 2015 Provide Support LLC. Read more. Permalink | One comment.

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Social Media Customer Service Customer Service Strategies Brands 40

Customer Enthusiast

MAY 3, 2016

NPS is a customer loyalty metric created by Fred Reicheld, Bain & Company and Satmetrix in 2003. Essentially, it identifies customers as being Promoters, Passives or Detractors of an organization, company or brand based on their likelihood to recommend it to others. Don’t settle for ordinary. Choose extraordinary.

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Net Promoter Score Customer Service Hotels NPS 40

ReviewTrackers

AUGUST 13, 2018

Tracking the right customer satisfaction metrics will help you better understand how to retain your current customers — as well as attract new ones. In an increasingly crowded marketplace, merely being able to sell your product or service doesn’t always guarantee business growth. Customer Satisfaction Metrics: What For?

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Customer Satisfaction Metrics Net Promoter Score Effort Score 146

Provide Support

AUGUST 30, 2016

Gone are the days when we didn’t need to worry about using social media for customer support. According to the Sprout Social report 90% of people surveyed have used social media in some way to communicate directly with a brand. The bad news is that brands reply to just 11% of people leaving the majority of inquiries ignored.

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Social Media Infographics Brands Consumers 46

Provide Support

JULY 25, 2016

Ditch the Script: How to Personalize Real-Time Customer Service. Today we are pleased to share a guest posting by Stephan Delbos , a social customer service expert from Brand Embassy. If only social customer service agents had it so easy. © 2003 - 2015 Provide Support LLC. Read more.

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Customer Service How To Contact Center Software 40

Provide Support

APRIL 26, 2016

How to inspire your customer service team. Though it may seem that such mood will do no harm to your organization we all know this is wrong, especially if your team deals with customers on a daily basis. The right motivation and inspiration of your customer service team will help your company to stay ahead of the competition.

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Lumoa

APRIL 3, 2018

83% of customers would trust recommendations from the people they know : colleagues, family, friends, etc. Often, we believe that people closer to us can give us a better advice when choosing a product or service. The Net Promoter Score (or NPS) was designed by Fred Reichheld in 2003 to measure loyalty.

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Net Promoter Score NPS Touchpoint Feedback 337

Provide Support

DECEMBER 6, 2018

Holidays provide a great opportunity for companies not only to sell more to repeat clients but also to acquire new customers. Together with a great opportunity to gain, comes a big chance to lose customers in the holiday season if you offer them bad customer service. © 2003 - 2017 Provide Support LLC. Read more.

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