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Deck the Halls 2018: Coping with Peak Season Holiday Spikes in the Contact Center

BlueOcean

Four years ago, we reported that Americans would spend a forecasted $600 billion during the 2014 holiday season. In 2018, that number has skyrocketed to a massive $1.1 trillion, according to data from Deloitte , which is more than a quarter of annual retail sales. Constant and Effective Communication. Bring it.”

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One Millimeter Mindset™ Thanksgiving 2018 Reflections

One Millimeter Mindset

This year represents the culmination in an ongoing business pivot – my own leap of faith – I’ve been making since 2014. Starting in 2012, I realized that while my Sales Aerobics for Engineers® Blog continues to win awards, the blog focuses on far more than topics which are exclusively sales-related.

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12 Killer Posts We Published in 2018 on LiveChat Blog

LiveChat

So, as the December 2018 is coming to an end, it’s time to sum up a bit all the highlights of 2018. In 2014, when Olga and I were hired as LiveChat content writers, LiveChat blog was gaining 100k unique views yearly. The post 12 Killer Posts We Published in 2018 on LiveChat Blog appeared first on LiveChat.

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The Importance of Always-on Customer Communications

Comm100

In 2014 we launched our MaximumOn service – a failover system that ensures that our live chat cloud solution would never go offline. Originally offered only to our Enterprise customers, this service was extended to our entire cloud customer base in September 2018. We were one of the first live chat vendors to do this.

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Black Friday 2018 results; customers move online to seek the best deals but at what cost to experience and loyalty?

Maru Group

Now, however, retailers are extending the period when deals and offers are available to help manage demand and avoid headline website failures witnessed in November 2014. It means that while Black Friday is still likely to remain the peak sales days, retailers are transforming the event into a week- or month-long campaign.

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Black Friday 2018 results; customers move online to seek the best deals but at what cost to experience and loyalty?

Maru Group

Now, however, retailers are extending the period when deals and offers are available to help manage demand and avoid headline website failures witnessed in November 2014. It means that while Black Friday is still likely to remain the peak sales days, retailers are transforming the event into a week- or month-long campaign.

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Empathy Is the Most Critical Soft Skill and Has Been for at Least a Century

CX University

Within Sales and Marketing, empathy is foundational in understanding customer purchase behavior ( Daniels, Glover, & Mellor, 2014 ). Talk to any sales representative or account executive to corroborate this POV. They are therefore one of the most crucial roles — not only in HR, but also within Sales, Marketing and Service.