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Bad Customer Service Isn’t the Problem. A Bad Culture Is the Problem

ShepHyken

Even several years before the pandemic began, The American Customer Satisfaction Index found the overall ratings slipping, even with brands most recognized for high levels of customer service. . It’s not like companies purposely provide poor customer service. A bad culture is the problem.

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Customer Service Training: Empowering A Service Mindset

Integrity Solutions

In the past, customer service centers were viewed as cost centers or expenses. Today, the organizations that are delivering a superior customer experience are proving just how outdated that perspective is. But great customer experiences don’t just happen.

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Customer Service Week: A Time to Celebrate Customers AND Employees

ShepHyken

It’s more than just the front line interacting with customers. If you have been following my work, you know my belief is that customer service is not a department—it’s a philosophy that is part of an organization’s culture and is everyone’s responsibility. That goes a long way toward creating a great customer experience.

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Why good customer service is the key to growing your SMB

Vonage

The answer is great customer service. Leaders at small-to-medium-sized businesses need to instill a culture of good customer service, which will aid growth – and continue to be the company culture as the business grows. Businesses grow organically when happy customers spread the word.

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Seven technologies to improve customer service in SMBs

Vonage

The one thing which hasn’t changed is that it’s the experience you offer customers that really differentiates you from the competition. And with technological developments ranging from mobile connectivity to speech analytics, businesses have more opportunities to enhance this experience than ever before. Customer Experience 3.0

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Creating a Winning Customer Service Culture is Within Your Grasp

Integrity Solutions

In one recent study , among many with similar findings, 78% of respondents said good customer service is fundamental to earning their loyalty and business. And retaining those customers is serious business: Just a 5% increase in customer retention can produce more than a 25% increase in profits.

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The Effects of Bad Customer Service and Why it’s Costing Your Company MILLIONS!

Michel Falcon Experience

I believe there are five things to consider to understand why your company is still delivering average or poor customer service which is impeding your growth. You Aren’t Hiring Customer-Centric People. It also gave me half a dozen sets of eyes and ears on the ground floor to advocate our customer experience efforts.