CSM Magazine

MAY 22, 2023

If you are looking for action plans to improve customer service, congratulations! Currently, many companies need to serve their customers well personally and through their websites since, after the pandemic, this mode of purchase became much more popular. You have admitted that your business can improve.

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Customer Service Competitive Advantage Poor Customer Service Social Media 52

Maru/HUB

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

This week we’ve been focused on customer service in the wake of new experiences in the way we shop, interact and provide feedback. An interesting study conducted by Aspect in 2017 revealed that amongst the 1,000 American consumers surveyed, nearly a third would rather clean a toilet than talk to customer service.

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Omni-Channel Consumers Self Service Effort Score 80

Help Scout

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

With access to fewer resources and generally leaner teams, small businesses need to be more creative and tactful in their approach to customer service. Armed with those insights and learnings, you should be able to get started on — or refine — your own customer service program to start delivering consistently exceptional support.

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Customer Service Self Service Tips Chief Customer Officer 127

ShepHyken

JULY 20, 2022

I’m going to break just a bit from my typical customer service/customer experience ideas and share another lesson: Different is better than better. . It might give you a competitive advantage, and more importantly, it will set you apart from others. So, it’s not that you are different. But something changed.

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Competitive Advantage Banking Fashion Contact Center 138

ProProfs Chat

JUNE 30, 2020

Customers wouldn’t see what you have to offer, but what you are willing to change for them. That’s the true essence of customer service experience. To help you understand this essence and develop better customer service strategies, we’ve curated a list of some of the best customer service books below.

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Customer Service Handbook Customer Satisfaction Loyalty 85

ShepHyken

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

In the realm of business—and especially customer service—we often talk about how to differentiate yourself from your competition. When I work with companies, I urge them to find what makes them unique and use it as a competitive advantage. I met Rodney at a conference where I was speaking about customer service.

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Competitive Advantage Conference Customer Service Training Course 131

Comm100

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

Sometimes we learn important customer service skills through training, or through years of hard-earned experience. But we still want you to be able to take advantage of the books that can transform your current customer support operations. Customer Service Culture. ” – Charles W.

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Customer Service Case Study Gamification Culture 100

ShepHyken

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

It might be a Frequently Asked Questions page on the company’s website or a video tutorial that teaches exactly what the customer needs without having to call customer support. Companies that realize the importance of speed are gaining a competitive advantage. Follow on Twitter: @Hyken. Copyright © MMXXI, Shep Hyken).

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Competitive Advantage Customer Focused Customer Service Training Video 128

NobelBiz

MAY 14, 2024

Conversational analytics stands as a crucial technology in customer service. It enables businesses to dissect and understand the nuances of their interactions with customers through voice and text. But what exactly is conversational analytics, and why is it becoming an indispensable tool in call centers?

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ShepHyken

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

Each week I read a number of customer service articles from various online resources. 3 Techniques to Help you Really Understand your Customers by Shay Namdarian. My Comment: Let’s start this week’s top five with a short article that has three simple tips to help you better understand your customer.

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Customer Service Hospitality Customer Centricity Competitive Advantage 82

ShepHyken

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

. Did Bezos really believe that Amazon should be so good they didn’t need a customer service department? Did he really have an empty chair in his meetings to represent the customer? Those are questions I asked Bill Price, Amazon’s first global vice president of customer service and the founder and president of Driva Solutions.

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Competitive Advantage Customer Focused Customer Service Training Meeting 70

ShepHyken

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

This allows you to understand how you can broaden your footprint with the customer and create a more meaningful relationship. Anybody can take your product, reverse engineer it, and offer a clone to their customers. Previously, he was the 11th employee of Salesforce working as the Chief Strategy Officer and CMO for eight years.

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Competitive Advantage Consumers Strategy Meeting 110

ShepHyken

JANUARY 8, 2021

They were the cornerstone of the service industry, and in many ways they still are. According to HubSpot, 90% of consumers argue that one channel alone is not enough in terms of customer service, instead preferring an omnichannel experience consisting of email, live chat, social media and contact centres.

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e-support Omni-Channel Competitive Advantage Customer Centricity 138

Talkdesk

APRIL 28, 2016

We are having a renaissance moment in the realm of customer service. More than ever, businesses have become focused on forging strong, meaningful relationships with their customers. With so much going on, it can be daunting to undertake an effort to reform your customer service. These are exciting times indeed!

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Customer Service Net Promoter Score Effort Score Call Center 45

Kustomer

OCTOBER 2, 2020

Optimal customer service is a must for companies that want a stellar reputation that keeps business flowing. In fact, according to our own research , 79% of consumers say customer service is extremely important when deciding where to shop, so delivering on consumer expectations has never been more important.

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Consumers How To Retail e-support 80

Talkdesk

DECEMBER 30, 2019

With 2019 coming to an end, it is now time to check the rear-view mirror, reflect on the evolving realities throughout this year, and to look further up the road as new trends set the pace of a decade ahead for contact centers and customer service strategy.

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Contact Center Average Handle Time First Call Resolution Competitive Advantage 61

ShepHyken

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

Jeremy Watkin on How Listening to Your Customer Service Reps Can Give You a Competitive Advantage. Do you realize there is a hidden gem in your customer service department? But first… Shep Hyken discusses the power of the customer satisfaction survey. Customer Service Stop Words.

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Self Service Competitive Advantage Policies Customer Satisfaction 48

Magellan Solutions

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

The main role of an inbound call center is to provide quality customer service. It connects companies to customers and builds long-lasting business relationships. Does doing it in-house strengthen your competitive advantage? Just make sure to choose a reliable service provider. Why outsourcing works.

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Call Center Effort Score Competitive Advantage Customer Service Strategies 40

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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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. Adam Toporek.

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Customer Experience Customer Service Social Media Consulting 130

CSM Magazine

APRIL 28, 2016

Barrie Collins, Client Solutions Director at Agilisys, said: “These figures appear worrying in a business landscape where high quality customer experience has never been more important to achieve competitive advantage.

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Omni-Channel Survey Multi-Channel Competitive Advantage 40

CSM Magazine

JUNE 7, 2023

By now, you’re probably already familiar with the term “omnichannel” applied to customer service. In this article, we dive into definitions, benefits, and use cases to help you really understand what omnichannel means and how you can leverage omnichannel services to unify and improve customer and employee experience.

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Omni-Channel Customer Service Social Media Banking 98

Kustomer

AUGUST 11, 2022

While we’d like to think that every website visit has positive intentions, some customers may come to complain or discuss their negative experience. These situations often require an effective customer service conversation , one in which your agents can turn what started as a discussion with a dissatisfied customer into a positive situation.

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Customer Service Social Media Self Service Loyalty 98

Comm100

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

What started with Netflix’s sophisticated Machine Learning recommendation algorithms customized to every users’ preferences has now become the buzz in customer service and support. Why does personalized customer service matter? – It earns you loyal customers and boosts retention.

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Self Service Customer Service Strategy Chatbots 130

Think Customers

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

As business leaders focus their attention on growth, understanding customers’ needs and expectations, developing strong customer relationships, and driving loyalty are business imperatives. And the companies that deliver smarter customer support in the contact center will have a significant competitive advantage on every front.

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Contact Center e-support Competitive Advantage Chatbots 40

ProProfs Chat

JANUARY 30, 2020

Mobile Customer Engagement. When interacting with a business for customer service and support, 78% of consumers use mobile devices. While creating customer engagement strategies for your business, make sure that you do include the mobile usage angle too. Takeaway: Customer engagement and service go hand-in-hand.

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Customer Engagement Engagement Social Media Customers 136

Magellan Solutions

APRIL 4, 2024

Meet the future of customer service: live chat agents! In a world where instant gratification reigns supreme, customers demand personalized experiences like never before. Take advantage of this essential tool to transform online interactions and exceed consumer expectations. What are Live Chat Agents?

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Wait Times Guidelines Exceptional Customer Service Competitive Advantage 52

Kustomer

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Over the course of history, the typical support interaction has generally involved a customer reaching out to a business, typically by phone, and waiting in a support queue in the event of something going wrong. But in the world of customer service, timing is everything and proactive support can help. What Is Proactive Support?

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Self Service Effort Score Omni-Channel Chatbots 98

ShepHyken

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

This week we feature an article from Gladly, a customer service platform. But how can you stay efficient and drive revenue while still delivering radically personal customer service? Ticket-based approaches to customer service are a thing of the past. Gladly is a radically personal customer service platform.

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Contact Center Competitive Advantage Customer Service Examples 111

ShepHyken

DECEMBER 20, 2017

According to the Five9 Customer Index 2017 report , 77% of customers in the B2C space will not do business with you again if you give them bad customer service the first time they do business with you. Our customers are smarter than ever, at least as customer service is concerned. This is huge.

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Customer Service Competitive Advantage B2C Culture 109

Team Support

APRIL 3, 2020

For example, companies that “master” support operations can leverage their expertise as an impactful competitive advantage. The pressure to maintain a high level of support exists because of the impact the support team has on their business’ reputation.

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B2B Competitive Advantage Customer Confidence Customers 64