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5 Top Customer Service Articles of the Week 8-1-2022

ShepHyken

Customer Service Teams Are a Brand’s Best Ambassadors by Patti Crume. SmartBrief) Frontline service employees are often a consumer’s first human interaction with a company. Linkedin Pulse) The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company carries an experience excellence mystique. Want to “deliver delight” to your customers?

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Five Ways Hotels Can Build a Successful Digital Strategy for Improving Guest Experience

Avaya

If research has shown us anything, it’s that companies across virtually every sector are realigning around digitization. So much so that 80% of companies identify digital transformation as their top strategic priority, and nearly half of CIOs plan to spend 50% or more of their time in digital activities by 2021 (compared to 13% currently).

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Avtex Hires Brian Lannan as Vice President of Retail Experience

CSM Magazine

Avtex, a TTEC Digital company, announced today the hiring of Brian Lannan as Vice President of Retail Experience. In his most recent role, Brian led the Guest Experience team at Target, where he was responsible for experience strategy and insights, guest-centric culture development, voice of guest, and brand and reputation insights.

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Engage Every Guest like a VIP

ENGAGE.cx

It starts with you jumping online to check out the availability with your favorite hotel company at your targeted destination. This version of great customer experience within the guest journey can be achieved today – and with the right customer engagement solution, it can be achieved without spending a ton of money.

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5 Essentials for a Happy Business Travel Experience

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

It’s easy to complain about the parts of the travel experience we don’t like, like airplane passengers who ask to switch with me so I could get the middle seat when they want the aisle seat I’m assigned. 360Connext serves mid-market companies and larger by helping them evaluate their true customer experience.

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Services Before Sales Sells More Chicken! (Disney Agrees)

Storyminers

Walt Disney Company [ DIS ] is also proof that service before sales sells better. Disney, like Chick-fil-A has taken customer experience to heart. This method of using the guest experience as the focal point for strategy has positive side-effects: It naturally instills service values into the culture.

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Hospitality Leaders: Don’t Put Front Office Innovation on the Back Burner

Avaya

So, why do 65% of customers still believe they put in more effort than a brand to resolve service issues? Why do 87% think companies fail to deliver consistent brand experiences? We especially see this in one of today’s most customer-centric industries: hospitality.