Call Experts

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

“Customer Service” is one of the most commonly used phrases in business. But, do you ever wonder: what is customer service? It is best defined as supporting your customers’ needs by offering and delivering professional, top-notch assistance before, during, and after their requirements are fulfilled.

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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. Face to Face.

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InMoment XI

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Your company’s reputation is arguably more important than your product or service. These tools are essential for understanding how your customers are talking about your brand. Respond to customer feedback, both positive and negative, to show transparency and dedication to customer satisfaction.

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Lumoa

JUNE 14, 2023

You’ve designed your NPS survey and emailed it to all your customers—and the results are in… but not those you were expecting. When it comes to gauging customer sentiment and loyalty, few metrics enjoy such widespread acclaim as the Net Promoter Score (NPS). In this blog post, we’ll answer all these questions and more.

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NICE inContact

JUNE 25, 2019

It’s common for blogs related to customer service and customer experience to talk about how the increasing ubiquity of social media requires fundamental changes in the way that brands should conceive of customer service. Gone are the days when customers were willing to wait on hold for a response.

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ShepHyken

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

This week we feature an article by Nogol Tardugno who tells us how to get our contact center interactive voice response (IVR) to deliver the best customer experience. Any reports of the death of interactive voice response (IVR) as a customer service channel have been greatly exaggerated.

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Uniphore

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

The partnership between Uniphore and Tech Mahindra combines Uniphore’s AI and automation-driven technology with Tech Mahindra’s service expertise. Uniphore and Tech Mahindra jointly create exceptional customer experiences and improve service outcomes by supporting customer service automation.

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Lumoa

AUGUST 8, 2023

Effectively analyzing survey results can provide numerous benefits, such as enhanced customer satisfaction, increased sales, and improved brand loyalty. So, if you’re ready to transform your customer feedback into a driving force for positive change, dive into this article and learn how to make the most of your customer surveys!

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BlueOcean

MARCH 26, 2018

In the customer support space, AI is changing the customer experience for better or for worse depending on the elegance of your deployment. This blog by Information Age is a great reminder of how artificial intelligence still hinges on human guidance. Say hello to the future: the robots are right here.

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NICE inContact

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

Interactive voice response (IVR) has been a staple of customer service for many years. Together with its “big brother”, the voice portal, IVRs have been part of contact center solutions for decades, and there is no reason to believe that they will go away any time soon. Optimize Routing. Offload Routine Interactions.

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Call Experts

APRIL 14, 2023

IVR systems are designed to streamline communication and customer service for businesses through automation and simplifying interactions with callers. McKinsey explains that at one North American call center alone, over 10 million customer requests are handled by IVR technology annually. What are the Benefits of IVR Systems?

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Lumoa

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

The future of customer experience is decided. We asked 15 experts with world reputation in Customer experience the same question and the results might surprise you. Every each of them answered the following questions: How do you see the future of customer experience? Probably not. How to overcome those challenges?

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CSM Magazine

JANUARY 13, 2022

“Excellent customer service is the number one job in any company. It is the personality of the company and the reason customers come back. Without customers, there is no company.” – Connie Elder. For businesses, the entire customer pool is available through social media. What is social customer service?

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NICE inContact

APRIL 4, 2019

Businesses of all types and sizes use virtual receptionists to route their customer’s calls based on a menu selection. . The virtual attendant ‘understands’ your choice from the tone made when you press the key on your DTMF phone. appeared first on NICE inContact Blog. They are easy to recognize: F or this, press 1.

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Kayako

OCTOBER 8, 2015

Founder of CoSupport , and host of UserConf, the only customer support conference, Sarah Hatter will be joining Sarah Chambers, Head of Support here at Kayako for a webinar on Thursday 15th October to discuss the common communication mistakes support teams make. How to improve customer self-service. Sign up for it now.

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GetFeedback

JULY 19, 2019

We used to get so excited to talk about the Voice of the Customer (VoC). It sounds so appealing to really hear the customer in their own voice, to understand their intentions and understandings. How to set up your Voice of the Customer (VoC) program for success. Gather your champions. Understand the journey.

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NICE inContact

MARCH 29, 2019

At the simplest level, an IVR (Interactive Voice Response) is an automated interface that allows you to interact with callers to gather data, and potentially resolve an issue without having to direct that caller to an agent. Selecting the “delivery” option brought me to a customer service rep that had the correct skills regarding delivery.

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BirdEye

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

This blog post details the top social media best practices a business needs to use social media to its full potential. Establishing a strong presence on social media can help businesses: Influence consumer behaviors as social media channels have become one of the places where customers go to understand more about a business.

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Kustomer

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

In this episode of Customer Service Secrets, Gabe Larsen is joined by Paolo Fabrizio, author, speaker, and customer service expert, to discuss digital customer service. Listen and subscribe to our podcast on these platforms: What Is a Digital Customer Experience? That makes a difference.”

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SurveySparrow

APRIL 30, 2024

Online reviews are like a digital mirror for your business – they reflect perceptions of your brand through the eyes of your customers. Like the magic mirror in ‘Snow White’, they also have immense power, because they are the factor that will help a customer decide whether to choose you or your competitor.

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ShepHyken

DECEMBER 16, 2016

This week on our Friends on Friday guest blog post my colleague, Jeff Dahms, writes about one of the most important parts of the customer relationship, authenticity. Being authentic is required by all of us in order to deliver an Amazing customer experience. You have a program in place to track Voice of the Customer data.

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Win the Customer

DECEMBER 25, 2019

The significant benefits of effectively engaging with customers on social channels make the investment worthwhile. “Social care” isn’t anything new, but providing effective multi-channel customer service that includes social care can be pose significant challenges for organizations big and small.

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CX Journey

DECEMBER 20, 2017

An effective customer service solution has always been a tool that helps businesses stand out. However, customers recently have come to expect more from businesses in terms of service, forming a landscape that’s saturated with options, and thus hyper-competitive. What does this mean for how you communicate with customers?

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Ecrion

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

While your brand will never casually stroll around the street, the truth is that it already talks to your customers, target market, and employees every day through its brand voice and tone. . In this post, we’ll make sure you know the differences between brand tone and brand voice. Your voice is all about?expressing

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Vonage

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

It’s natural to always be on the lookout for ways to improve customer service at your organisation – but, sometimes, we’re so busy looking elsewhere that we don’t recognise what’s right under our own noses. The fix: Provide customer service that’s proactive as well as reactive. Getting the tone wrong.

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Doing CX Right

SEPTEMBER 19, 2020

Who owns customer service? 8 strategies to get great customer service based on YOUR actions: 1. Approaching with clear goals and a curious, rather than accusatory stance, will set the right tone. Pay attention to HOW you speak to customer service associates as well as WHAT you say.

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BirdEye

MAY 15, 2023

Do you want to create an engaging and memorable customer experience? But creating such a plan isn’t easy — it requires knowledge of marketing techniques, research into customer behavior, and understanding how people interact with brands. Your business will need to know who your customers are and how to connect and interact with them.

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Customers That Stick

OCTOBER 2, 2014

Her work in customer experience, employee engagement, leadership, teamwork, transforms how people think, act, and interact. Kate, what was your first job and what did you learn about customer service in it? Dealing with the public is great training for customer service. It makes or breaks customer experience.

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CSM Magazine

APRIL 25, 2023

Writing high-quality customer service emails takes good skills, but even if you have never written such emails before, you could still do a good job. Without further ado, here are the best AI writing tools to write better customer service emails. #1 All you need is the right set of tools to help you during the process.

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SurveySparrow

JULY 31, 2023

Did you know that listening to your customers can revolutionize your business? Your customers have the power to fine tune your business. By systematically gathering, analyzing, and managing customer feedback , businesses gain invaluable insights that fuel growth and enhance customer experiences. Let’s dive in!

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Help Scout

APRIL 29, 2021

Your customer service culture is not what your fancy “Customer Guarantee” promises, and it’s not whatever you say it is in your new employee handbook. It’s worth noting that companies with any of these primary cultures can still deliver good customer service experiences.

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Customers That Stick

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Signal stripping is a term I came up with back in 2016 to explain the differing dynamics of different customer service channels. We’re wired to read other people — to read their body language, their tone of voice, their facial expressions — mostly so we can determine if they are a threat or not.

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Kustomer

JUNE 13, 2022

Kustomer research discovered that CX professionals believe live chat (79%), social media (72%) and SMS (56%) will become more popular in the next three years while legacy channels like voice will stay the same. According to our research , 72% of consumers expect their problems to be solved instantly upon contacting customer service.

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Customers Rock!

MAY 28, 2012

When not blogging, on Twitter, or on Facebook, she is marketing WikiThreads , her small business featuring Dallas t-shirts and logo embroidery. Thanks for chiming in on Customers Rock!, That’s the perspective many customer service experts have had toward social media-based customer service, or social CRM.

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Brandwatch CX

JANUARY 29, 2024

What channels will fit your products or service? It’s full of people looking for ways to improve their business, they’re already receptive to a blog post about improving ROI or dealing wth crises. Unsurprisingly, our social posts and content do well there as our product and target customer fit.

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SurveySensum

APRIL 1, 2024

Research indicates a customer trust directly correlates with brand loyalty. And loyal customers make purchases 90% more often and are inclined to spend more during each transaction, contributing to better cash flow for the brand. Why is Customer Trust Important for Startup Brands? Let’s get started!

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Integrity Solutions

OCTOBER 14, 2020

The Behavioral Styles ® model is an easy-to-use tool for assessing the behavioral characteristics that fall within four distinct customer communication styles: Talker, Doer, Controller and Supporter. Studies show that over 80% of customer dissatisfaction is rooted in emotional issues rather than intellectual ones.

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