CSM Magazine

AUGUST 8, 2019

Your call center is the face of your business to your customers. If your call center service has been less than stellar, now is the time to ramp up your performance with these seven easy tips. Streamline Calls Using IVR Options. Never Rush Customers When Queue is Full. Offer Breaks when Appropriate.

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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. Adrian Swinscoe.

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Customer Experience Customer Service Social Media Consulting 147

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. Adrian Swinscoe.

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CSM Magazine

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Hyper-Personalizing the customer experience is a successful method for customer acquisition and retention. The majority of businesses and call center who have implemented this strategy have exceeded their yearly business goals. And here the 4 strategies to hyper-personalize your customer experience.

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Customer Experience Strategy Call Center CRM 52

CSM Magazine

DECEMBER 13, 2023

In a competitive market, stellar customer service stands as the cornerstone of a thriving business. As a matter of fact, 49% of customers have left a brand due to poor customer service , as revealed in a study back in 2021. Note that most of these customers were once very loyal to the brands they supported.

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CSM Magazine

JULY 28, 2015

Until 2015, Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) was based on a simple math formula: outsourcing non-core services (including customer call centers) to more cost-efficient partners and markets to reduce spend. In 2015, BPO needs to move beyond managing call center bodies. This is no easy task.

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CSM Magazine

MAY 3, 2017

While the importance of customer service to the bottom line means that many business owners, managers, and customer support leaders will try to do everything themselves in this area, it can get very tricky trying to fit it all in every day. Read on for some tips you can follow to help you choose the right call-center service today.

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CSM Magazine

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Knowmax: Knowmax is a call scripting software that helps businesses to create inbound and outbound call center scripts. With Knowmax’s interactive decision trees module, complex Standard Operating Procedures(SOPs) can be organized into next best action steps to guide sales teams carry out mistake-proof customer interactions.

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CSM Magazine

MARCH 24, 2022

In retail, the customer is king. It is common knowledge that the retail industry thrives on positive customer interactions and feedback, so when reviewing the ways in which organizations can grow and remain competitive in their field, it is vital to craft plans that revolve around optimizing the customer experience.

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Talkdesk

JANUARY 16, 2018

This post was originally written by Emily Blazensky , Director of Marketing at VoiceBase, for Opentalk Magazine. . The thousands-upon-thousands of conversations that pour into call centers worldwide every day contain priceless information. In short, they’ll close more deals, sell more products and keep more customers happy.

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Talkdesk

JANUARY 16, 2018

This post was originally written by Emily Blazensky , Director of Marketing at VoiceBase, for Opentalk Magazine. . The thousands-upon-thousands of conversations that pour into call centers worldwide every day contain priceless information. In short, they’ll close more deals, sell more products and keep more customers happy.

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SurveySensum

JULY 14, 2020

The Super-Heroes of Customer Experience are here! Customer Experience – The new focus of 2020! Customer Experience has become a top priority for businesses in 2020. Here is a list of 150 Global Customer Experience Thought Leaders and Influencers who have taken Customer Experience to the whole new level.

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CSM Magazine

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Salesforce CRM and ServiceNow Integration is for customer service agents who must quickly provide consumers with the information they need on the spot. It eliminates manual data entry or inefficient searches, as this integration gives customer service reps instantaneous access to all relevant customer information.

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Contact Center Self Service CRM Customer Satisfaction 52

CSM Magazine

JULY 24, 2020

Customer satisfaction is the key to customer retention. Any customer who is satisfied with the way your brand treated them will very likely be back for more business—about 93% of them, according to HubSpot. In today’s business clime, most marketing, sales, and customer interaction happen digitally.

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CSM Magazine

JUNE 12, 2023

In today’s digital age, contact centers play a critical role in customer support, sales, and overall communication between businesses and their clientele. Unfortunately, these centers have also become a target for fraudsters looking to exploit the vulnerabilities inherent in these systems.

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COPC

AUGUST 4, 2016

I found this article in CRM magazine, Inbound and Outbound Converge in the New Contact Center , to be an interesting one because it discusses some of the changes in our industry that are being made possible by process and technology, but with an eye to improving the customer experience. By Leonard Klie – CRM magazine.

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CSM Magazine

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Now more than any other time of year, e-Commerce becomes a more dominant force in companies’ sales, and subsequently, online customer experience. The recommended strategy adopted by leading e-Commerce brands is to be proactive and personal with your customer experience. Tip #3: Streamline Call Center Communications Technology.

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CSM Magazine

AUGUST 27, 2019

In this article we’ll look at some of the benefits of outsourcing your customer service. From manufacturing to customer service, many companies operating internationally are now using outside firms to provide services at a lower cost. Here are some more reasons why you may want to outsource your customer support operation entirely.

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Talkdesk

JULY 20, 2017

This piece was originally written by Jon Braga, Customer Advocacy Thought Leader, for Opentalk magazine. In planning sessions, we talk about how we can improve the customer experience (CX). Your agents are most likely using three to four tools to resolve a single customer issue. Your customer will love this answer.

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CSM Magazine

MAY 24, 2021

According to a recent survey by GoDaddy, 78 percent of customers say that competent customer service reps are critical in creating a satisfactory interaction. It’s not enough for your team to have the technical expertise or product knowledge to respond effectively to customers. Leverage your CRM system.

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CSM Magazine

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

For many years, companies have operated their customer service as a reactive program. In other words, post-sale customer service was designed to wait for a problem to arise, then react. Today’s companies are shifting to a proactive customer service model. Put the Right Tools in Place. Create a Follow-Up Flow.

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CSM Magazine

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Consider a scenario in which your customer care personnel are experienced yet exhausted. You know you want to customize each customer engagement, but finding the balance between successfully listening to consumers and keeping them going through the pipeline is increasingly challenging. Strategies to Scale Customer Service.

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Customer Service Strategy Customer Care System 52

CSM Magazine

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

This means that you can collect and quickly reach the answers to questions from your customers. The advantages of self-service: A self-service customer portal is one of the most powerful applications for knowledge management. How can customer relationships be improved with knowledge management?

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CSM Magazine

JANUARY 12, 2022

Savvy customer service managers know the substantial compliance risk created by any communication that goes to the wrong recipient under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act. According to the Federal Communications Commission, callers must obtain consent from the person actually called, not the person they intend to call.

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CSM Magazine

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

MetTel employees have been recognized for demonstrating superior billing-related customer service and going above and beyond for clients during the pandemic. This is the seventh consecutive year MetTel has won Stevie Awards for Customer Service. This is the seventh consecutive year MetTel has won Stevie Awards for Customer Service.

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CSM Magazine

DECEMBER 10, 2021

The AWS Partner Network (APN) recognized VoiceFoundry’s work to help customers elevate their customer experience leveraging Amazon Connect. The AWS Partner Awards also recognize AWS Partners whose business models continue to evolve and thrive on the AWS Cloud as they work with customers.

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CSM Magazine

MAY 30, 2016

The reasons to embrace Customer Experience Management can be various, but the common truth is that businesses now find it hard to resist jumping on the bandwagon too as the age of the customer is finally and irrevocably here. marketing automation (think customer journey mapping and personalized content marketing).

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CSM Magazine

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Columbus version 9 builds on the software’s digital transformation capabilities, introducing additional features to personalize multi-channel customer engagement and generate better business intelligence. Columbus manages the interactions between diverse systems, people and channels to deliver personalized customer experiences.

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Management Multi-Channel Call Center Communication 52

CSM Magazine

APRIL 25, 2022

Creating a great customer experience starts with understanding and improving the employee experience. Of course, this has had a negative effect on customer experience for many companies. Employees do better at their job when they have access to the right information, like a 360-degree view of the customer they are serving.

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Talkdesk

JULY 31, 2017

This interview is with Mike Milburn, Chief Customer Officer of Service Cloud at Salesforce. This conversation originally appeared in Opentalk magazine. You meet with customers all the time. When it comes to call centers and service centers what are people focusing on today compared to a decade ago?

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Talkdesk

JULY 31, 2017

This interview is with Mike Milburn, Chief Customer Officer of Service Cloud at Salesforce. This conversation originally appeared in Opentalk magazine. You meet with customers all the time. When it comes to call centers and service centers what are people focusing on today compared to a decade ago?

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Innovation Omni-Channel Average Handle Time Contact Center 40

Verint

MARCH 2, 2016

CRM Magazine – Roundtable Webinar. Verint’s Greg Sherry, vice president, marketing, will present “Why Voice of the Customer Is Essential Now—Understand What Customers and Prospects Are Thinking Before It’s Too Late” at 2 p.m. March 2; Webinar.

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CSM Magazine

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

For agents this means fast, easy access to comprehensive customer information, with everything they need in one place. These can be shared drives, phone/PBX, webchat, email, CRM systems, SMS/messaging and social media management tools, as well as a plethora of other internal messaging systems. Legacy infrastructure doesn’t deliver.

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Omni-Channel Tools Social Media Abandon Rate 59

CSM Magazine

DECEMBER 14, 2018

The company’s DC BRIDGE® customers will be authenticated by keystroke, facial liveness, and voice biometrics, offering seamless user experience across the customer communication lifecycle. Our mission is to let customers talk to your business as easily as they talk to their friends,” said Gary Brandt, CEO of TEN DIGIT. “ID

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CSM Magazine

DECEMBER 20, 2016

In 2016, the questions of ownership and business impact of customer experience management are still open. Learn more from the CRM consulting perspective. They say executive buy-in makes for an easier road to the happy customer, thanks to allocated budgets and all-round support with resources. Who should own customer experience?

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Currency Alliance

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

Loyalty marketing, however, has been restrained (or, arguably, sheltered) by monolithic tech, and probably a lack of interest, as other, sexier marketing innovations stole center-stage. There is a growing divide in customer experience delivered by brands whose digital transformations are progressing well, and those being left behind.

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Bold360

DECEMBER 1, 2016

Customer experience (CX) software helps companies gain valuable insight into their audience’s mindset to tailor products, services, and support to customers’ needs and expectations. With myriad features and functionality, evaluating customer experience software isn’t a cut-and-dry process. In fact, sometimes it can seem.

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