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63 Incredible Customer Service Statistics [Infographic]

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Experts agree that customer service expectations are on the rise. Every year, businesses lose billions in potential revenue thanks to one thing: poor customer service. Positive customer experiences, on the other hand, can help boost sales, retain customers and even bring in new ones.

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5 Top Customer Service Articles for the Week of July 9, 2018

ShepHyken

I enjoyed the author’s sarcastic approach to what companies do to fail their customers. (I I especially like the first one, which is to treat new customers better than your loyal customers.). Poor Customer Service Costs UK Businesses £37 Billion by Stephanie Liais. That’s almost $50 billion USD.)

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Customer Experience: The Golden Ticket to The Billion Dollar Club [INFOGRAPHIC]

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In the words of Tony Hsieh, CEO of Zappos, “Customer service shouldn’t just be a department, it should be the entire company.”. Poor Customer Service: An Overlook of Evident Fallouts . The result of poor customer service is pretty self-evident in the digital age.

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Is silo mentality hurting your customer experience?

Vonage

Silos may be a great way to store grain, but if you apply this idea to the organization of people, it can damage customer experience. From departments to regional offices to different communication channels, silos are an unavoidable part of business structure. Different channels of communication aren’t joined up.

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Guest Post: A Guide to Training Employees to Deliver Outstanding eCommerce Customer Service

ShepHyken

He shares six tips and strategies to share with your team for improving the eCommerce customer experience. Poor customer service costs businesses over $75 billion a year in lost profits. These are critical goals, e.g. “ Achieve XX percent customer satisfaction rate. ”. Consider different scenarios.

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Are you serving your customers or smothering them?

Vonage

If you are a company that runs on redundancy, you can wave goodbye to your customers. for the 3 rd or 4 th time you’ve failed to achieve good communication in your relationship. Save the customer time and you may save the relationship. While the personal connection is great, sometimes all a customer wants is a quick answer.”.

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The Complete Customer Service Training Guide

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If you fail to acknowledge them when creating the best customer service training program for e mployees, you can end up facing consequences like: Losing more than 50% of customers who end up leaving because of poor customer service. Communication skills that can leave lasting impressions.