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5 Top Customer Service Articles of the Week 10-25-2021

ShepHyken

(No Jitter) Many customers still prefer email and voice channels for customer service requests over chatbots. My Comment: How do customers prefer to reach out to you for help and support? Many companies are trying to move the initial contact to chatbots. But will that perception shift?

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Customer Service Versus Customer Experience … What’s the Difference?

ShepHyken

It is one of the most common questions I’m asked in interviews: What’s the difference between customer service and customer experience (also known as CX)? While I’ve written about this before, my original article about customer experience was more about how to create a more interactive experience.

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Shep’s 2021 Top 10 Business Predictions

ShepHyken

While people have embraced self-service solutions and digital selling experiences, COVID-19 saw customers who normally would be happy with the digital experience reaching out to companies just to talk to someone who cares. More than ever, empathy is at the root of a successful human-to-human interaction. Now, it’s expected.

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5 Top Customer Service Articles of the Week 5-31-2021

ShepHyken

My Comment: The idea behind knowing your customer effort score is to determine the amount of friction your customers go through to interact with your organization, usually because of a customer complaint or support issue. My belief is that all interactions of the customer’s journey should be considered.

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Top 5 Customer Service & CX Articles for the Week of February 20, 2023

ShepHyken

The gold in the article is his simple three-step approach to building a customer-focused culture. The Six Degrees of Customer Experience by Computerworld (Computerworld) How do you create an outstanding customer experience? It’s no easy task, as customers’ wants and needs move quickly. ‘I’m

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5 Top Customer Service Articles of the Week 12-6-2021

ShepHyken

Yet service without care is like a doctor without a soothing bedside manner. Yes, the patient receives the necessary treatment, but the success of the treatment is devalued by the frustration of the interaction. My Comment: I’ve been preaching for years (since my first book over 30 years ago) that customer service is not a department.

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The Omnichannel Experience – What the Heck Does That Mean??

ShepHyken

A pop-up window asked if I needed help, so I started to interact via chat. It could have been an AI-infused chatbot or a human typing back. The result was a request to send a video of the problem or have a video chat, like Facetime, with them so they could see if I was properly charging and turning on the unit.