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We Work Hard to Make It Look Easy

ShepHyken

Whether it’s sports, entertainment, or business, some people are so good that what they do looks easy. I Googled the quote to find out who to attribute it to and found numerous variations: In sports, Ken Griffey Jr., They made your experience enjoyable and easy. Connect with Shep on LinkedIn.

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Make the Complicated Simple

ShepHyken

I quoted several people from sports, entertainment and business. When I’m asked to give a customer experience keynote speech , one of the points I like to make is the importance of simplifying the complicated. And we must do the same in business. Customers don’t want or like complication, confusion, or friction.

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Playing to Win in Customer Service

ShepHyken

So, what does this have to do with business, specifically customer service and CX? Plenty! In any team sport, the goal is to win. In the customer service world, we should create a “game plan” to deliver an experience that is perfect, never requiring a customer to reach out to us because of problems.

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Sometimes Customers Are Just Having a Bad Day

ShepHyken

No matter how hard you try to please some customers, they aren’t happy. And speaking of reality, no matter how good you are at creating an amazing customer experience, the customer’s perception counts. However, I didn’t have the same experience. Other customers are very nice people just having a bad day.

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Which Customers Do You Want to Keep?

ShepHyken

Customer Service is the same. All customers are good customers. Every business has customers – or should I call them former customers – that companies choose not to do business with. So, as I was saying, all customers are good customers. Yet, some customers are better than others.

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5 Top Customer Service Articles of the Week 6-13-2022

ShepHyken

Each week I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. CustomerThink) Some of us are old enough to remember when subscriptions were limited to just sports clubs, newspapers, and magazines. Why AI Customer Journeys Need More Friction by Renée Richardson Gosline.

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What is the call center experience?

ViiBE Blog

Customers typically contact call centers when they are unable to resolve a problem with a product or service on their own. The key to satisfying the customer in search of a solution is the call center experience. The call center experience is the overall interaction between the customer and the call center.