Steve DiGioia

JANUARY 17, 2022

This scenario could have easily been avoided by either John repeating back to his boss the steps he was asked to take or the boss asking John to confirm back to him what to do. The worst possible scenario is this: “I don’t want to seem dumb in front of others so I’m not going to ask.” Don’t you remember?”,

Guidelines 291

Guidelines Examples Tips Course 291

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. Without it, you risk taking a hit to your CSat scores, your brand loyalty, and your bottom line.

Contact Center 310

Contact Center Customer Care Average Handle Time Consumers 310

BlueOcean

MARCH 13, 2023

Talk of ChatGPT is everywhere from your LinkedIn feed to the evening news to, yes, this blog. Like most people in the customer care sector, we are diving deep into where ChatGPT fits, or might fit, into the contact center world. So let’s get into it. Those first three are what we’d expect.

Contact Center 156

Contact Center Customer Experience Self Service Chatbots 156

Steve DiGioia

JUNE 26, 2023

We have studied ways to best serve our customers ad nauseam. We use numerous metrics to gauge customer sentiments. We sit through seminar after seminar to learn the latest tactics to enhance the customer experience and spend thousands of dollars on certification courses signaling to our peers our “expertise”.

Customer Centricity 195

Customer Centricity Course Culture Metrics 195

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

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. Time to start planning for your 2019 customer experience initiatives. Would you consider that a great customer experience?

Customer Experience 93

Customer Experience Contact Center Airlines Average Handle Time 93

ShepHyken

OCTOBER 6, 2017

This week we feature an article by Pascal van Opzeeland that discusses how to handle difficult customers. Most of the time we encounter tricky service situations, we want to resolve them and restore the customer’s confidence in doing business with us. – Shep Hyken. I’m not just talking about the occasional angry customer.

Hospitality 127

Hospitality Exercises Tips Customer Service 127

BlueOcean

APRIL 24, 2024

This holds especially true in the world of outsourced customer service, where your vendor is literally representing your brand and your values. Ideally, you’d want to work with a customer care partner who is doing more than just checking the boxes. Check for good practices like whistleblower protection policies.

Contact Center 177

Contact Center Policies Effort Score Government 177

NICE inContact

JANUARY 16, 2018

When it comes to delivering exceptional customer experiences, true omnichannel service and quick resolution go hand-in-hand. While the CX Transformation Benchmark Study reveals the emphasis customers place on wanting omnichannel service, it also found that the leading indicator of successful customer service is speed.

Self Service 240

Self Service Customer Experience Omni-Channel Contact Center 240

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. Otherwise, we lack integrity, employees lose interest, and customer service suffers.

Customer Satisfaction 92

Customer Satisfaction Exceptional Customer Service Employee Experience Employee Engagement 92

ShepHyken

DECEMBER 28, 2018

This week we feature an article by Pradeep Rathinam who writes about how we must understand what the large population of millennials expect when it comes to customer service. – Shep Hyken. They are literally changing the rules of customer service on the fly. Compare that with 10-15 hours of screen time! Get creative!

Self Service 98

Self Service Customer Service Fashion Groups 98

ChurnZero

DECEMBER 27, 2019

I f ChurnZero were to release a greatest hits compilation of our top content, milestones, and life events in 2019, this blog post would be it. With over 70+ published blogs this year, we whittled down our list to the ten most popular posts from the ChurnZero team and friends. . Top 10 Blog Posts from 2019 .

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e-support eBook Chief Customer Officer B2B 64

Lumoa

MARCH 9, 2023

In the world of customer experience, “customer empathy” is not just a buzzword, it’s a game-changer. Put simply, it means genuinely caring about the experience your customers have with your brand. Let me give you a real-life scenario of how it works in general.

Customer Experience 423

Customer Experience Social Media Customers Video 423

Steve DiGioia

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

What was the scenario? The post You Don’t Have To Be An Expert appeared first on Steve DiGioia Customer Service Blog. I’ll tell you one thing…. Put me in most situations and I’ll succeed. I’m able to fall back on my experience in multiple industries and remember how I approached a situation. Who was involved?

Social Media 208

Social Media Hospitality Video Tools 208

SurveySensum

JANUARY 26, 2024

When the package arrived, she found some glitches and contacted customer support for assistance. The responsiveness and effectiveness of the support team in resolving her issue became a pivotal moment in Claire’s customer journey. Claire’s story encapsulates the essence of a customer journey. What is a Customer Journey?

Customer Journeys 52

Customer Journeys Social Media Touchpoint Tips 52

ShepHyken

JANUARY 5, 2018

This week we feature an article by Ford Blakely about text messaging which can provide that instant, convenient and low-friction customer experience that delivers delight. Let’s face it, customer service is the lifeline of any company. When customers are angry, they tell the world about it. – Shep Hyken.

Customer Service 80

Customer Service Poor Customer Service Multi-Channel Study 80

SAP Customer Experience

OCTOBER 1, 2021

At SAP, our mission is to build intelligent enterprises by infusing our AI technologies into applications and business scenarios across all lines of business (HR, procurement, or finance), at scale. In this blog post, let’s focus on two concrete AI applications in the customer service area. Use Case #1 –.

Customer Service 88

Customer Service Technology Customers Chatbots 88

ReviewTrackers

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Testimonials Increase Conversions When implemented correctly, testimonials can convince a customer to make a purchase. The study also revealed that the first 5-10 reviews determined if the customer made a purchase, which makes it even more crucial that you make testimonials a major centerpiece when someone makes a purchase decision.

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Study Examples Customer Experience Data 128

CX Accelerator

APRIL 1, 2022

After service had been restored, I got a call from a customer. It just so happened to be from a customer to whom I had issued a service credit just a day earlier in hopes of restoring his confidence in our company. When I began to make my offer, the customer responded with something like: “Look.

Tips 266

Tips Contact Center Communication Connections 266

LiveChat

JANUARY 3, 2019

It was a good year for the LiveChat blog. Our blog was visited every month by over 100k visitors , who spend 8 minutes on each page on average. Let me proudly present a list of 12 killer posts we’ve published this year on LiveChat Blog. How we reached 100,000 unique views a month on LiveChat blog. It was just great.

Case Study 59

Case Study Chatbots Study Tips 59

ReviewTrackers

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Testimonials Increase Conversions When implemented correctly, testimonials can convince a customer to make a purchase. The study also revealed that the first 5-10 reviews determined if the customer made a purchase, which makes it even more crucial that you make testimonials a major centerpiece when someone makes a purchase decision.

Examples 123

Examples Study Customers Customer Experience 123

GetFeedback

AUGUST 7, 2019

Get visibility into the onsite service experience and take immediate action to improve your field service operations. We’ve all experienced the dreaded four-hour window waiting for cable service installation. Eventually he does, but it’s still a few more hours until the onsite service is complete.

Telecommunications 170

Telecommunications Transportation Survey Feedback 170

CSM Magazine

MAY 30, 2023

Jim Davies at Calabrio outlines 3 winning strategies for a seamless customer experience that are guaranteed to take you over the finish line in a record-setting way. Dropping the Baton In this scenario, the chatbot runs a good leg. Managing the hand-over from bot to agent is like taking part in a relay race. and “Why are you calling?”

Omni-Channel 52

Omni-Channel Self Service Chatbots Contact Center 52

NICE inContact

JUNE 20, 2019

But even if you’re already evaluating your chat and email interactions, you may need to expand your QM program to address an even bigger gap in the customer experience — your online assistants/chatbots and IVR. Here are five recommendations to help guide your chat and IVR evaluation process: 1) Understand what the customer is experiencing.

Chatbots 175

Chatbots Contact Center Self Service Social Media 175

ShepHyken

JUNE 17, 2016

This week on our Friends on Friday guest blog post my colleague, Ian Landsman writes about the importance of training and preparing customer service representatives to interact with customers. I agree that every employee should go through customer service training, and it should be ongoing. Shep Hyken.

Training 48

Training Customer Service Customer Service Representative Customer Service Training 48

ShepHyken

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

This week we feature an article by Catalin Corzini who shares information about how chatbots can provide a better experience and how to customize the customer journey when using chatbots. – Shep Hyken. Shortly, there were websites and businesses take advantage of the myriad of functionality that chatbots were providing to customers.

Chatbots 88

Chatbots Customer Journeys Customer Experience How To 88

Customer Bliss

AUGUST 13, 2019

Does this scenario sound familiar: I’ve had breakfast, lunch and a snack and the cable guy is still not here. Is it about your customer’s needs? That four hour window was created for the company, not for the customer, and certainly not for your mom. Lost wages + productivity = irate customers.

Case Study 136

Case Study Video Study Customers 136

BlueOcean

DECEMBER 18, 2018

You’re prepared for the future of customer service. And you’re ready for your outsourced customer service RFP to hit the road and bring you some stellar options for a new contact center partner. 1 Describe your current AI capabilities and services. #2 You’ve got your game face on. We want to make it easy for you.

Contact Center 195

Contact Center Self Service Chatbots Case Study 195

NICE inContact

MAY 23, 2019

We live in an omnichannel customer service world now. Emerging technologies and changing consumer demands fundamentally have shifted the way businesses interact with their customers. It’s added a great deal of complexities to the service process as well as to organizations’ relationships with their customers.

Self Service 138

Self Service Contact Center Omni-Channel Chatbots 138

NICE inContact

MARCH 28, 2019

Chat is a favorite interaction channel for customers and is increasingly offered as an option on websites and mobile apps. In our NICE inContact CX Transformation Benchmark , chat has the highest satisfaction of all channels with 47% of consumers saying they were very satisfied with chat, as it provides convenient, quick, and helpful service.

Chatbots 149

Chatbots Self Service Virtual Agent Contact Center 149

ChurnZero

DECEMBER 28, 2018

This has been quite a year for the ChurnZero blog. We’ve published +60 posts on a variety of Customer Success related topics like customer churn, product adoption, customer journeys and more. We even got a shout out from HubSpot as a top blog you should be reading in 2018. 10 Punny Customer Success Jokes.

Net Promoter Score 49

Net Promoter Score eBook Social Media Effort Score 49

AWS Machine Learning

MARCH 25, 2024

Amazon Transcribe is an AWS service that allows customers to convert speech to text in either batch or streaming mode. Amazon Transcribe can be used for transcription of customer care calls, multiparty conference calls, and voicemail messages, as well as subtitle generation for recorded and live videos, to name just a few examples.

Guidelines 83

Guidelines Resources Connections Communication 83

Team Support

JANUARY 22, 2024

Businesses are continually seeking innovative ways to enhance efficiency and improve the overall customer experience. In this blog, we will delve into the intricacies of automation, exploring its benefits, applications, and the core components that drive effective customer service automation. What is Automation?

Customer Service 59

Customer Service Knowledge Base Exceptional Customer Service B2B 59

NICE inContact

OCTOBER 11, 2019

The surveys were administered as part of our latest research project, the 2019 NICE inContact Customer Experience (CX) Transformation Benchmark. True omnichannel experience allows customers to move seamlessly across an organization’s service channels. appeared first on NICE inContact Blog.

Omni-Channel 121

Omni-Channel Self Service Meeting Contact Center 121

AWS Machine Learning

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Multi-modal data is a valuable component of the financial industry, encompassing market, economic, customer, news and social media, and risk data. All this is achieved using AWS services, thereby increasing the financial analyst’s efficiency to analyze multi-modal financial data (text, speech, and tabular data) holistically.

Financial 104

Financial Multi-Channel Marketing Analysis 104

NICE inContact

JANUARY 21, 2019

In our last blog article on the recent report, The Forrester Wave : Cloud Contact Centers, Q3 2018 , we highlighted the independent research group’s 32-point evaluation methodology and the depth and breadth of criteria asked of each vendor reviewed. And if that weren’t enough, our customers spoke for us as well! Proof in action.

Contact Center 136

Contact Center Course Report Analytics 136

NICE inContact

JUNE 26, 2018

In part one of the blog series, we looked at a framework for building a business case to invest in customer experience technologies. In part 2 , we looked at KPIs that drive enhanced customer experience and in part 3 , we looked at how contact centers can increase customer lifetime value.

Financial 194

Financial Customer Experience Contact Center Software 194