CSM Magazine

APRIL 26, 2018

Customers do not stick with companies that disappoint. Every business knows this and yet somehow for many, delivering good customer service still seems to be rather low on their list of priorities. In fact, a huge 81% of people say they have left a company after experiencing poor customer service.

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CSM Magazine

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

So why then would government care about providing good customer service? Forrester Research recently released its 2016 Customer Experience Index , and once again government still finished last across the 21 industries, with ratings falling between “very poor” to “ok.”

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Government Customer Service Airlines Social Media 40

Kayako

JANUARY 7, 2016

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. Customers expect support to be available 24/7.

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Self Service Social Media Trends Customers 84

C3Centricity

AUGUST 17, 2020

Denyse Drummond-Dunn · What a customer first strategy means today. But with people having changed their purchasing habits and perspectives due to lockdown, this seems the perfect time to reconsider your customer-first strategy. A customer-first strategy is not so hard. Just think customer first in everything you do.

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Strategy Customer Centricity Social Media Analysis 158

C3Centricity

DECEMBER 3, 2018

Every few days there seems to be another customer service disaster that fills the newspapers and goes viral on social media. These usually happen when an organisation does not adopt a customer first strategy. Almost every single organisation, big or small, recognises the importance of their customers. Source: CEI Survey).

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Strategy Poor Customer Service Social Media Analysis 149

Tricia Morris

JULY 25, 2016

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. According to the survey here are consumers’ top four customer frustrations: 1.

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Joe Rawlinson

JULY 10, 2019

The result of a business is a satisfied customer.” We have come a long way since the first industrial revolution and are now bursting with new products and services in crowded markets regularly. Owing to the choice overload, a business is always at risk of losing its customers for some reason or the other. Huffpost ).

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Customer Service Customer Journeys Social Media Poor Customer Service 130

Comm100

JUNE 13, 2018

Holiday sales can represent anywhere between 20 and 30 percent of annual sales for retail businesses. A difficult shopping experience during the holiday season can leave customers with a bad taste in their mouth – and businesses with a bad rap. Are there any reoccurring problems that customers are having with their orders?

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Tips Self Service e-support Social Media 130

Tricia Morris

OCTOBER 9, 2015

It’s frightening to think just how much poor customer service can impact the customer experience and the overall reputation and bottom lines of brands and organizations. On the other hand, satisfying customer service has scary-good results, increasing customer acquisition, retention, brand loyalty and advocacy.

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Self Service Customer Service Poor Customer Service Contact Center 40

Tricia Morris

MARCH 28, 2016

Today’s retail customer is always shopping around – in store, online, on the phone. For customers, expectations are up. Yet, despite these increasing expectations, according to the American Customer Satisfaction Index , customer satisfaction is on the decline from a survey high set two years ago. Are We There Yet?

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Retail Self Service Customer Service Omni-Channel 40

Vonage

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

Many companies that claim to offer good customer service in reality are grounded in an operations’ mentality with rules and policies that allow for little flexibility, preventing them from rising above anything more than average or satisfactory. The companies that really understand customer service have a different focus.

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Vonage

SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

Silos may be a great way to store grain, but if you apply this idea to the organization of people, it can damage customer experience. What is avoidable, however, is “silo mentality,” in which departments are isolated, proprietary, and competitive, and which can have a negative impact on customer experience.

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Customer Experience Infographics Customer Experience Professionals Poor Customer Service 120

Vonage

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

The customer/company relationship is just that, a relationship. On one hand, customers want to feel that they have a close, unique, real relationship with your brand. When a customer calls, they’re most often looking for help and want the quickest resolution to their problem with as little friction as possible.

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Omni-Channel Self Service Infographics Poor Customer Service 120