ViiBE Blog

APRIL 8, 2021

Customers typically contact call centers when they are unable to resolve a problem with a product or service on their own. The key to satisfying the customer in search of a solution is the call center experience. How do you describe a call center experience?

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Myra Golden

APRIL 28, 2021

This morning I hosted a webinar for leaders of customer service departments and operations. I walked everyone through how to prepare customer service specialists to apply psychological tactics to bring down the temperature in interactions and de-escalate. I’m concerned about training my agents and supporting them.

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Integrity Solutions

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

It’s easy to say that we put the customer first, but what does that actually look like in practice? In the past, customer service centers were viewed as cost centers or expenses. Today, the organizations that are delivering a superior customer experience are proving just how outdated that perspective is.

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Stella Connect

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

You’ve dealt with it before and there’s no doubt you’ll face the same challenge again: call center turnover. In customer service, the revolving door of agents joining your team and exiting in a few months or only a year seems to be normal. Call center turnover occurs for several different reasons.

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Comm100

OCTOBER 30, 2017

Contact center management is a difficult job. Even as an outsider, if you’ve spent any time at all working alongside a call center or contact center you’ve probably seen the same mistakes being made by management over and over regardless of the company, the market, the product or customer base.

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Stella Connect

APRIL 17, 2018

If you’re in a contact center performance management role, you’ve probably invested a lot of time and energy in your customer service training and customer service coaching programs. To help you get started, we’ve compiled a list of 29 customer service training and coaching tips.

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Kustomer

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Truly successful contact center agents require more guidance than just initial onboarding and training. If managers can learn how to train well from the beginning and eventually shift to customer service coaching, then anxiously micromanaging employees can become a failed tactic of the past.

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Stella Connect

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

When designed effectively, call center quality monitoring scorecards can bring a ton of value to customer service organizations, particularly call center teams. . Customer-Centric Companies Use Call Center Quality Monitoring Scorecards to… #1: Ensure consistency across the organization.

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Stella Connect

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Over my career, I have run and visited many contact centers. They are such a great source of information on the customer experience the organization is providing. I have learned so much by just sitting with an agent and listening to calls. Explaining Empathy in Customer Service. What gets incented gets done.

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Integrity Solutions

MARCH 3, 2020

The most persistent contact center challenges can be overcome by making coaching a part of the culture and developing your agents’ listening and problem-solving skills. For several years we’ve been participating in Customer Contact Week (CCW), the world’s largest customer contact event series.

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Comm100

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

When you are doing your job well, knowledge matters – and in the customer service industry, that is even truer than in others. The service sector as a whole has experienced steady but sustained growth over the past decade (approx. Free Download] 50 Customer Service Training Activities for Live Chat and Telephone Teams.

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ShepHyken

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Each week I read a number of customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. 12 Ways to Celebrate Customer Service Week by Vanessa Brangwyn. While many people think this is a celebration about our customers, it is just as much a celebration about our people who take care of our customers.

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Integrity Solutions

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

The past few years have seen a dramatic increase in investments in AI, data analysis and other technologies designed to increase contact center efficiency. But in spite of all the technology that’s now available, the #1 factor contributing to whether or not your contact center achieves its objectives hasn’t changed.

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ShepHyken

AUGUST 16, 2021

Each week I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. 16 Great Customer Service Tips and Examples by Tom Coombe. Small Business Trends) Customer service in the U.S. Small Business Trends) Customer service in the U.S.

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ShepHyken

JULY 4, 2022

Each week I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. 7 Top AI Trends in Customer Service by Zendesk. EnterpriseAI) Ever-evolving technology is constantly changing how customer service is done. Here are my top five picks from last week.

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Stella Connect

MARCH 12, 2018

Employee engagement is one of the biggest drivers of customer service quality and employee retention. Most customer service leaders know it’s important (critical, even) to recognize and reward service excellence. But many of them don’t have a formal call center rewards program in place.

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CSM Magazine

MARCH 31, 2022

Voice is the fastest form of human communication and has long been the backbone of the customer service industry. In this article, we will discuss the basics of voicebot technology and how it is changing the customer service industry. How are voicebots changing the customer experience? Collect customer information.

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ShepHyken

MARCH 21, 2022

Each week I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. 15 Stats About Post-Covid Customer Service by Blake Morgan. Chief on that list is updating customer service efforts. Our customer service research supports the theme.

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ShepHyken

JUNE 1, 2020

Each week I read a number of customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. 3 Things That Will Boost Your Reputation For Great Customer Service by Mark Armstrong. These days, there are three things I focus on when it comes to customer service. Follow on Twitter: @Hyken.

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ShepHyken

JANUARY 22, 2023

Each week, I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. AI improves field service quality and customer experience by Vala Afshar (ZDNET) Research shows that 80% of high performing field service organizations use artificial intelligence.

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Stella Connect

MARCH 2, 2018

For growing companies with ambitious customer service goals and limited resources, staffing call center teams can be tricky. What’s the magic number of agents you need for a team just big enough to meet demand and serve customers well? The Erlang C Formula: Balancing Customer Service Goals with Call Center Costs.

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ShepHyken

JANUARY 7, 2019

Each week I read a number of customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. ” Beyond Chatbots: How Artificial Intelligence Can Humanize the Customer Experience by Dan Gingiss. However, when it comes to customer experience, the best results will occur when machines and humans work together.”

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Stella Connect

JANUARY 28, 2022

Here are our six tips for delivering better customer service right away. . 6 Tips for Delivering Better Customer Service. #1: 1: Align your customer service team’s approach with customer expectations. 2: Reduce customer effort and response times. Demonstrating empathy . #2:

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Storyminers

JULY 6, 2020

We’re honored to be honored for our work alongside so many of our customer service and customer experience colleagues. This is especially true in the customer service industry. Customer Experience (CX) has catapulted into one of the most important aspects of determining business success. Adam Toporek.

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Stella Connect

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

Contact center attrition is one of the biggest challenges brands face. The continuous cycle of hiring and onboarding new agents and ramping them up to full productivity can cost a customer service organization roughly $10,000-$15,000 per employee. Then there’s the impact on service quality. No ‘Press 1’ nonsense.”

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Storyminers

JULY 6, 2020

We’re honored to be honored for our work alongside so many of our customer service and customer experience colleagues. This is especially true in the customer service industry. Customer Experience (CX) has catapulted into one of the most important aspects of determining business success. Adam Toporek.

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Vonage

OCTOBER 22, 2015

Which technologies really can improve customer service? We’ve compiled the opinions of John Goodman, a leading customer experience researcher and author of Customer Experience 3.0: High-Profit Strategies in the Age of Techno Service , who shared his findings in our webinar, ‘ Customer Experience 3.0:

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Myra Golden

JULY 28, 2016

How to Talk to Customers: Human relations skills to help your employees deliver a delightful customer experience. How to Talk to Customers: Human relations skills to help your employees deliver a delightful customer experience. Call Control: How to politely control calls using conversational Aikido.

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Myra Golden

JUNE 2, 2016

Three Unique Professional Development Events for Customer Service Professionals. How to Handle Difficult Customers Using Verbal Aikido. 5 Aikido Principles for Creating Calm, Defusing Anger and Moving to Closure with Difficult Customers. Creating calm with difficult customers is not a matter of using aggressive tactics.

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Myra Golden

JUNE 2, 2016

Three Unique Professional Development Events for Customer Service Professionals. How to Handle Difficult Customers Using Verbal Aikido. 5 Aikido Principles for Creating Calm, Defusing Anger and Moving to Closure with Difficult Customers. Creating calm with difficult customers is not a matter of using aggressive tactics.

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Comm100

JUNE 19, 2018

The ICMI Contact Center Expo which took place at the end of May was no different – with a strong keynote lineup and insightful sessions to attend, it was a fantastic event for anyone looking to top up their knowledge on everything CX. I think there’s a few things here that can be applied in any contact center.

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ShepHyken

MARCH 27, 2017

Each week I read a number of customer service articles from various online resources. Customer Experience, Innovation and the Slow Death of Famed Brands by Augie Ray. Sure, things have changed, but the fundamentals can still be found in many of the “new ways” we approach creating customer loyalty.

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Stella Connect

JANUARY 25, 2018

In recent years, we’ve seen a major shift in brands’ approaches to customer service delivery and contact center performance management. How will emerging and growing trends change the customer service equation? More Companies Will Make Customer Service a Strategic Priority.

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Myra Golden

JULY 29, 2016

How to Talk to Customers: Human relations skills to help your employees deliver a delightful customer experience. How to Talk to Customers: Human relations skills to help your employees deliver a delightful customer experience. Call Control: How to politely control calls using conversational Aikido.

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Myra Golden

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

When I managed a call center, I would regularly pick up donuts or pastries. I wanted to treat my small team today for working so hard over the weekend and yesterday into the evening on the big project of moving our entire eLearning roster and training modules to a new hosting site. Thanks so much for calling us today.

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Myra Golden

JULY 29, 2016

How to Talk to Customers: Human relations skills to help your employees deliver a delightful customer experience. How to Talk to Customers: Human relations skills to help your employees deliver a delightful customer experience. Call Control: How to politely control calls using conversational Aikido.

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Myra Golden

DECEMBER 17, 2015

You know your customer service is not where it needs to be. You know your agents aren’t delivering the level of service your customers expect and deserve. There are 2 reasons why your agents are failing at the customer experience. They aren’t establishing rapport with customers. Customer: “Hi Bill.

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