Myra Golden

DECEMBER 10, 2018

Your customers want friendly employees, but more than that, they want reliability and for you to stand by your word. If you’re not a dollar store, there’s an excellent chance your customers prefer quality and performance over super cheap. That’s the goal, too, for your customer experience.

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Myra Golden

DECEMBER 9, 2019

This is the 7-point call strategy I use when my work is to improve the telephone customer experience in a call center. Customer Care. Short video on how to acknowledge a customer’s emotion: 3. Yield to Callers (Don’t interrupt or over talk customers). Open with a lead-in. Good morning. This is Penny.

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Strativity

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

Throughout Strativity’s 17+ years in CX consulting, we’ve developed fundamental principles to help our clients avoid roadblocks and accelerate success with their customer experience initiatives — and now we’re sharing what we’ve learned with CX leaders like you. Build understanding and engagement with Customer Journey Mapping.

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Myra Golden

MAY 7, 2020

They’re likely seeing a rise in customer frustration. Here are some engagement ideas I’m hearing from people in my virtual workshops. Get creative to make virtual meetings engaging and fun. They need contact, connection, and communication – and the break from serving customers. They need to exhale.

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One Millimeter Mindset

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Let’s move forward with a facilitated pandemic storytelling workshop. Instead, this internal customer discovery exercise allows you all to uncover what external clients really value. Retaining Clients leverages Innovative Customer Retention Strategies. Take action instead of engaging in endless reflection!

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Myra Golden

JUNE 13, 2017

Have you ever checked out my onsite training workshops? Workshop attendees have said, “ Myra’s positive attitude really makes me feel that one person can completely change another’s state of being ” and “ Each one of us walked away with something new, and all of us feel we could have sat and listened to her for days! ”.

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Myra Golden

DECEMBER 2, 2021

First, my husband and I had to clear out my entire studio – the one we built during the pandemic for my engaging, fun, live digital workshops. Next, we have to set up my original studio because I will facilitate four live digital workshops for clients next week. It took a whole lot of work to film two courses this week!

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Myra Golden

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

I should also mention that when I approached the employee, he was fully engaged with his cellphone. His assumption led to me having a very poor customer experience. In my customer service workshops, I teach your employees how not to make assumptions, and I explain this concept in an unforgettable way.

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Wootric CX Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

These authors, speakers, thought-leaders and dedicated customer experience professionals have all helped contribute to the widespread adoption of CX, not just as a strategy, but as a higher goal. Why we love Amy: She’s head of Customer Advocacy at MindTouch. Angus Yang. Why we love Augie: He’s the Sr. Blake Morgan.

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Myra Golden

JUNE 2, 2016

Myra Golden Customer Service Training Highlight. Verbal Aikido: A non-agressive, highly effective strategy for handling difficult customers. Thanks to the Internet and social media, customers are more savvy now than ever before. In short, the role of customer service now ranks as one of the 10 most stressful jobs in the U.S.

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Myra Golden

JULY 1, 2019

A lot of people are curious about self-service options in public libraries and in retail, but many customers will avoid trying self-service if it seems complicated. A great way to get customers to try self-service is for you to just mention the option. In that way, you’ll be empowering your customer. It’s quick and easy.

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Myra Golden

MARCH 19, 2017

Every interaction your employees have with customers is an opportunity to make the customer experience easy, helpful and friendly. The wrong words can cause dis-ease in customers, or leave customers thinking you don’t care. Customers, especially if they happen to be angry, need options. I’m fine.”.

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Peter Lavers

MARCH 26, 2015

Customer Experience Management is a hot topic in many companies, who have realised that they are no longer ‘in control’ of all the channels, media or messages that their customers utilise to engage with their brand. contact/DM plans) rather than engender genuine engagement and dialogue.

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Myra Golden

JUNE 2, 2016

Myra Golden Customer Service Training Highlight. Verbal Aikido: A non-agressive, highly effective strategy for handling difficult customers. Thanks to the Internet and social media, customers are more savvy now than ever before. In short, the role of customer service now ranks as one of the 10 most stressful jobs in the U.S.

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Myra Golden

APRIL 15, 2017

I went and delivered that training and a few days after that work, my client sent me the following reaction via email: Myra delivered two full-day workshops for us, and we could not be more pleased. Her personal stories and experiences were insightful and valuable. • Myra is a wonderful and engaging speaker. That’s okay.

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Strativity

APRIL 19, 2016

Customer experience design and management consulting firm, Strativity Group, Inc. Peters appointment marks the next step in Touchpoint Dashboard’s launch of a full suite of products and professional services, including local journey mapping workshops and trainings that will begin in the second-half of 2016.

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SurveySensum

JULY 14, 2020

The Super-Heroes of Customer Experience are here! Customer Experience – The new focus of 2020! Customer Experience has become a top priority for businesses in 2020. They have not only brought new perspectives on the table but have redefined the customer experience exceptionally!

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Myra Golden

MARCH 6, 2017

The night before a workshop I delivered last week in Charleston, SC I called the Mellow Mushroom for delivery. led to rapport-building conversation and such a friendly and unique experience for me. He made me feel completely comfortable with my many customizations. And he gave me an engaging and genuine interaction.

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Myra Golden

JULY 11, 2019

In this article, I’m going to show you how to spot when it’s time for you to step up, and help a customer use self-service, much like the airport employee did for me. Self-service at the library must be a smooth and quick experience. This means it has to be easy for customers, and customers have to “like” using self-service tools.

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Myra Golden

NOVEMBER 23, 2018

Consider three of my recent experiences with companies. Minutes before a workshop, I was seated stage-right as my client gave me an impressive introduction to the audience. Just a few hours after my “Chopped Afro” experience, I stopped in the airport restroom. But Starbucks isn’t the only company with issues with insensitivity.

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SmartKarrot

MARCH 3, 2022

Role: Director, Customer Success Location: Remote, Chicago, IL, US Organization: Limeade As a Director of Customer Success, you will lead and manage a team of remote SAEs focused on enterprise customers while maintaining high levels of employee engagement, customer satisfaction, revenue retention, and growth.

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Myra Golden

JULY 16, 2019

After I deliver a customized, engaging customer service workshop, I help my clients reinforce the main ideas. We’re just trying to measure the customer experience. I remember sitting down with Ava, a customer service supervisor, to discuss her Quality Form. Yes, I’m serious.

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Myra Golden

OCTOBER 11, 2016

Last Friday during a full day workshop in Austin, I got 8,000 steps just during the training. The chat was personalized, he remained engaged, Jomar effectively made an emotional connection with me and the chat was short and sweet. My Fitbit chat experience got me thinking about something I do all of the time. No kidding!

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Myra Golden

JANUARY 10, 2017

“When I needed soft skills and call controls eLearning modules for our Walmart.com customer care agents, it quickly became apparent that Myra’s materials were the gold standard.” Learning Designer, Customer Care, Walmart eCommerce. Watch this short overview video to learn more Myra’s customer service eLearning.

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Myra Golden

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

In my all-new Telephone Skills e-learning course , I teach your employees how to put customers at ease and build rapport over the phone by acknowledging their customer’s concern, just like the lady at American did for me. you are asked to actively participate in each module, and there are action items you take away.”.

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Myra Golden

JANUARY 10, 2017

“When I needed soft skills and call controls eLearning modules for our Walmart.com customer care agents, it quickly became apparent that Myra’s materials were the gold standard.” Learning Designer, Customer Care, Walmart eCommerce. Betty Doyle, Sr. Learn more or try for free.

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Myra Golden

JULY 25, 2017

If your customer is raising his voice, cutting you off, or is clearly upset, he is stuck in the right side of the brain. To help this customer calm down, you’re going to have to move him to the left side of the brain. What you want is for your customer to operate in the left side of their brain, or their logical side.

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Myra Golden

OCTOBER 11, 2016

Last Friday during a full day workshop in Austin, I got 8,000 steps just during the training. The chat was personalized, he remained engaged, Jomar effectively made an emotional connection with me and the chat was short and sweet. My Fitbit chat experience got me thinking about something I do all of the time. No kidding!

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Myra Golden

OCTOBER 19, 2018

It’s rare that I don’t write to you about customer service issues. But I want to talk about balance, not just because it’s so important to me, but because I know achieving peace and balance will help you be a better manager, leader, or customer service professional.

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Myra Golden

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

The employee I spoke with made the two biggest mistakes customer service employees can make in the beginning of a call with a patient – or “would-be” patient. In my customer service training workshops, when we focus on telephone soft skills, I tell my clients to always use a lead-in.

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Myra Golden

MARCH 17, 2017

How to handle a customer’s credit card. When you have to deliver bad news to a customer, and this was bad news, you must always be discrete, regretful, and if you can, be hopeful. When a customer’s credit card is declined, they are in an awkward and vulnerable situation. Work to put the customer at ease.

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Myra Golden

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

One of the goals for my customer service training in Cerritos, California yesterday was to help employees follow-up with colleagues, to close the loop so that everybody was up to date on what’s being done to fix issues for customers. I designed a short lecture and a small group discussion to address this. See how we do it.

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Stella Connect

JUNE 5, 2017

The Journey to Customer Centricity – People Powered, Customer Driven Strategy (Keynote). A customer-centric culture radiates outward, and endears brands to their customers. EVP and Chief Customer Officer, Frontier Communications. An Outside in Customer Experience Strategy for a Brave New World (Closing Keynote).

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Myra Golden

MARCH 18, 2020

One night I stood less than two feet away from an angry customer who slapped my co-worker during a Blue-light Special. Years later, as a call center manager, challenging customers and frequent escalations forced me to search for reliable approaches to delivering bad news and de-escalating intense interactions.

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Michel Falcon Experience

APRIL 11, 2019

My approach to customer experience strategies to grow a business. Because when you pay for your groceries, a customer says thank you to the person that takes payment, and is out of thank you’s by the time they pass you as the bag boy. I had the aspirations to grow this big experience, design advisory firm in my early 20s.

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Myra Golden

JUNE 5, 2018

Tomorrow morning I’m headed to Phoenix to deliver a workshop at the Salesforce Trailblazers for the Future Conference. Before I wrap things up in my office today and prepare for tomorrow’s early flight, I’m sharing with you three things you can do to pre-empt an escalation with a customer. Do you take time just for you? Don’t Push.

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