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JANUARY 23, 2024

Participating users are called Local Guides, and they share their knowledge and customer experiences by writing reviews, adding pictures and videos, updating information found on business listings, and answering questions about various locations on Google Maps. How Do Customers Become a Local Guide?

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Strategy Management Video Feedback 260

BlueOcean

MARCH 20, 2017

They had been outsourcing their customer service to a call center with a predominantly “work-at-home” (WAH) model and one of the first questions they asked us was about work-at-home agents. The post What’s the State of Work-at-Home in Customer Care in 2017? About five years ago, we entered a discussion with a prospective client.

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Customer Care Contact Center Call Center Average Handle Time 189

ShepHyken

DECEMBER 20, 2018

Shep Hyken’s Best Customer Service and Experience. Articles, Videos & Podcasts from 2018. Top 5 Articles to Share With Your Team: Five Customer Service Must-Do’s For 2018. That’s Not My Department” and 10 Other Phrases Customers Hate. Treat Your Current Customers Better than Your New Customers.

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Video Customer Service Customer Experience Customer Service Training 121

TechSee

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Whirlpool’s leading UK consumer brand, Hotpoint, has made exemplary advancements in customer experience. In an increasingly digital world, Hotpoint is driving purposeful innovation to meet the evolving needs of its customers. “Our customers can contact the company through the phone or via social media around the clock.

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Customer Experience Call Center Innovation Social Media 124

ShepHyken

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

This week, we feature an article by Prabhjot Singh at Knowmax , a company that empowers customer experience teams to improve engagement through AI-powered knowledge management. He talks about the trends that customer service and experience professionals can expect for the remaining months of 2023.

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Self Service Trends Customer Service Chatbots 60

TechSee

APRIL 4, 2023

While searching on the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) site on the term “customer service”, the phrase “act as if you like your customer” comes up. Basically, this is the same idea as “treat the customer as a friend”. The key to the best customer service in the home building industry is using available technology.

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Industry Customer Service Customer Care Customer Service Strategies 109

Russel Lolacher

DECEMBER 20, 2021

A lot goes into providing social customer care during an emergency event considered a “once-in-2000 year flood” As the team leading public engagement and digital communication for BC’s provincial transportation, it’s done with a process that prioritizes intentional effort, accessibility and empathy.

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Customer Care Transportation Social Media Government 59

BlueOcean

AUGUST 26, 2019

Blue Ocean, a North American provider of customer care solutions, is excited to announce the new face of Blue Ocean at blueocean.ca. When Blue Ocean embarked on the website redesign journey, the primary goal was to center the focus around the total customer experience. We invite you to explore the new blueocean.ca

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Customer Experience Video Customer Care Tips 136

BlueOcean

AUGUST 20, 2020

Over the years, we’ve written many articles singing the praises of on-site visits with potential customer care outsourcers. And most outsourced customer care companies are leveraging wide-spread work-from-home models with facilities operating at a fraction of their previous capacity. The right outsourcer gets it.

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BlueOcean

APRIL 24, 2024

This holds especially true in the world of outsourced customer service, where your vendor is literally representing your brand and your values. These days, most employees are more than familiar with the stereotypically hours-long, rote harassment training sessions (complete with videos from the 90s.)

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Contact Center Policies Effort Score Government 177

CSM Magazine

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

For customer care teams, a new McKinsey report paints a stark reality. With app-free visual support software, agents can efficiently diagnose customer concerns at scale. The result: faster problem-solving, fewer truck rolls, and happier customers – all of which save companies money. Here, I’ll show you how. #1:

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Oracle

JUNE 11, 2019

At ModernCX 2019 , Brian Fanzo, Millennial Keynote Speaker and CEO of iSocialFanz took over as interviewer and met with Ann Handley , WSJ Best-Selling Author & Digital Marketing Pioneer, on the show floor to discuss the true meaning of customer experience and how it’s evolving this year. Evolving beyond departmental silos.

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Michelli Experience

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

The company is a chain of video stores. If you are old enough to recall the video rental phenomena, the landscape for that industry was dominated by Blockbuster and Hollywood Video, but there were a panoply of local video providers as well – one in virtually every strip mall. Customer service is our top priority.

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Video Leadership Entertainment Financial 145

Customer Bliss

JUNE 26, 2019

In this week’s Daily Dose video, I share an excerpt from a keynote I presented recently that focuses on the lessons of my most recent book, Would You Do That To Your Mother. . The following is a lightly edited transcript of the video below. Honor Customers’ Time. So do you honor customers’ time and their clock?

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How To Video Course Metrics 201

CSM Magazine

APRIL 5, 2018

Priya Iyer, Chairman & CEO at Vee24 looks at the the growing trend of AI in the contact centre and how it will affect the customer experience. Or can contact centres start to leverage the move towards AI and create a more customer-focused environment that will result in higher levels of customer care?

Customer Care 40

Customer Care Chatbots Average Handle Time Video 40

Bill Quiseng

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Highlight your culture by introducing your core values, describing the empowerment processes that employees can use to exceed customer expectations and offering specific stories when employees went above and beyond for your customers. Don’t bore your employees with rote customer service training. Appreciate.

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Customer Centricity Exceptional Customer Service Culture Customer Service Training 195

Zeisler Consulting

JANUARY 23, 2024

I know I rail on about VoC (truth be known, that’s not my strongest topic of expertise; I’m much more of a Process Engineer)…Sure, VoC and Customer Insights inform the work we do to improve and better align our Customers’ Experiences with our Brand Promise, but it’s really just the first step.

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Survey Meeting Video Feedback 93

ShepHyken

AUGUST 31, 2021

Creating Consistent Exceptional Customer Experiences. They discuss how to create experiences that customers want to talk about. Top Takeaways: An Experience Maker is that person in an organization that wears the customer hat at all times. They think through every business problem from a customer’s perspective.

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Social Media Video Leadership Brands 141

Bill Quiseng

MAY 18, 2015

This week’s guest post is from Rhonda Basler , director of Customer Engagement at Hallmark Business Connections. I have been a longtime fan of her blog so I’m honored that she is sharing her customer experience insight here. What does it take for your business to create remarkable experiences for your customers?

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Customer Care Social Media Trends Customers 60

Think Customers

MARCH 15, 2016

Last week at Enterprise Connect , one of the most talked-about topics was video, especially as it can be used by customer care agents to communicate with customers. But thanks to the emergence of WebRTC, Skype for Business, and other developments, these barriers aren't nearly as formidable as they'd once been.

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Contact Center Video Customer Care Communication 40

Lithium

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

What effect this has on a brand depends heavily on how robust the brand’s marketing, community, and customer care systems are. In an age when everyone can be a video journalist or digital columnist, a brand’s simple mistake can end up costing hundreds of thousands, if not millions of dollars.

Airlines 52

Airlines Self Service Effort Score NPS 52

Blake Morgan

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Every business, regardless of industry, location, or size, depends on communication to create a fantastic customer experience. You can’t build relationships, get feedback, understand customers, or share information without being a great communicator. You can watch the video of our full discussion below. You just have to listen.

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Customer Focused Communication Tips Customer Care 59

Customer Bliss

JULY 16, 2019

In this week’s Daily Dose video, I share a short video inspired by the lessons of my most recent book, Would You Do That To Your Mother. . The following is a lightly edited transcript of the video below. Is it designed for the company or the customer? ” Honor your customers’ dignity. ” ? ?

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Case Study Hospitality Study Video 143

CSM Magazine

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Customer Service should be a human experience. Countless companies have lost sight of that crucial fact, often relying on chat or never-ending touch-tone menus that frustrate customers immensely. So much so, that those disgruntled customers often choose to take their business elsewhere. Lost customers mean lost profit.

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Customer Service Social Media Multi-Channel Poor Customer Service 52

Lithium

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

What effect this has on a brand depends heavily on how robust the brand’s marketing, community, and customer care systems are. In an age when everyone can be a video journalist or digital columnist, a brand’s simple mistake can end up costing hundreds of thousands, if not millions of dollars.

Airlines 52

Airlines Self Service Effort Score NPS 52

ShepHyken

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Each week I read a number of customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. Customer Service Rookie Mistakes That Could Be Tarnishing Your Business Image! CustomerThink) Let’s face it, poor customer care support service can cost a business a fortune! by Deeksha Dadu.

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Customer Service Self Service Customer Centricity Video 86

BirdEye

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Establishing a strong presence on social media can help businesses: Influence consumer behaviors as social media channels have become one of the places where customers go to understand more about a business. Who are your customers? What do they care about? Invite existing customers to follow you on social media.

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Social Media Guidelines Video Analytics 105

Lumoa

JUNE 9, 2020

Just as with customer experience in every other business segment, eCommerce customer experience is growing increasingly important in our current economic climate. A clear CX strategy will help you stand out from the big crowd and ensure customers don’t churn because of ineffective purchase processes and bad experiences.

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Ecommerce Customer Experience Customer Journeys Feedback 208

Comm100

AUGUST 23, 2018

It’s 2018, and customer expectations are changing faster than ever. While some businesses have struggled to withstand the shifting tides, others have reacted in a timely enough fashion to keep up (at least minimally) with changing customer expectations. Organic Mobile Experiences Blur Channel Lines.

Exceptional Customer Service 100

Exceptional Customer Service Customer Service Chatbots Hotels 100

TechSee

MAY 28, 2019

Call deflection is the process of routing a customer enquiry to an alternative service channel. The goal is both to ensure customers receive the answers they are seeking in the most efficient manner and to reduce the number of inbound calls routed to human agents. Proactive customer communications. Now that’s true success!

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Self Service Strategy Chatbots Contact Center 122

ShepHyken

DECEMBER 11, 2019

With all the focus on how technology—including AI, data, personalization and more—can drive a better customer experience, I wanted to shift my focus back to basics. Here are the first ten of twenty ideas as to how you can up your customer service game in 2020. Send a surprise “gift” when your customers are least expecting it.

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Customer Service Customer Experience Fashion Video 118

ShepHyken

JANUARY 28, 2019

Each week I read a number of customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. What Do Customers Really Think Of Your Brand? Which-50) Every marketer has heard a horror story where a brand went viral for horrible customer experience with social media enhancing the frequency of those stories twofold.

Social Media 97

Social Media Customer Service Customer Care Insurance 97

ShepHyken

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

Each week I read a number of customer service and experience articles from various online resources. A Pop Culture Guide to Customer Care Training by Matt Searfoss. TCFCR) Looking for a guide to build your customer care training session off of? Show these videos to your team.

Self Service 81

Self Service Customer Service Customer Service Training Customer Care 81

ShepHyken

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

Each week I read a number of customer service and experience articles from various online resources. The top five things you hate most about customer service by Sarah Ingrams . Whether you’re buying new gadgets, planning a holiday or managing your finances, everyone has to deal with customer service from time to time.

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Customer Service Net Promoter Score Self Service NPS 63

Vonage

MARCH 26, 2018

Personalized customer service is about treating people as individuals. In an age where customers can buy into your products and services from almost anywhere in the world, this has become increasingly complex. Your company’s marketing department should be able to supply demographic data and customer information.

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Omni-Channel Self Service Customer Experience Social Media 145

ShepHyken

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

She writes about what customers expect from companies in 2021 and what they actually get. Customers want their concerns resolved swiftly, without having to wait in line or being handed from one executive to another. . Companies failing to meet good customer experience lose out on their customers ( American Express Survey 2011 ).

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Customer Experience Self Service Advertising Customer Expectations 98

Lithium

JUNE 27, 2022

If your brand is wondering whether they should turn on Instagram DMs via Khoros , first ask yourself, "Are your customers using Instagram?". Give customers the private support they need in the channels they love. A simple IG customer Care playbook will make a massive difference in turning casual shoppers into customers for life.

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Self Service Social Media Customers Brands 52