ShepHyken

MARCH 12, 2024

Last week, I wrote an article that compared the different concert experiences I had with two rock legends, Bob Dylan and Ringo Starr. The title of the article summed up the point I was trying to make: Do You Give Your Customers an Experience – Or Just a Transaction ? What are the adjectives that customers use to describe you?

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Advertising Customer Service Training Interaction Customer Experience 151

ijgolding

JANUARY 22, 2018

In our modern business landscape, especially with the ever-growing presence of social media in our daily lives, providing consistent positive customer experiences has become critical to maintaining a favourable brand reputation. Design your website with user-experience in mind. Take your relationship to the next level.

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Customer Experience Social Media Abandon Rate Conference 191

ShepHyken

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Whoever said “the customer is always right” didn’t hear this about this story. A customer walked into a Little Caesars restaurant and became angry when he was told he would have to wait a few minutes for a pizza. I’ve said it before – I don’t agree with the saying that the customer is always right. Fire them as a customer.

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ShepHyken

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Many of you who read my articles or watch my videos may not have jobs related to customer service or CX measurement, but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t pay attention to what I’m about to share. Here’s why this is important to you, even if you aren’t in a customer-facing role. Does the Customer Come Back?

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Metrics Customer Service Measurement Customer Service Training 153

ijgolding

AUGUST 12, 2014

It is impossible to ignore the fact that customer service has gone all social on us. Part of the problem is that customers do not recognise channels – they recognise the company they are interacting with. So why are companies still not dealing with ‘social customer service’ very well?

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Social Media Customer Service Customer Experience Roadmap 230

ShepHyken

JANUARY 16, 2024

When it comes to customer service and customer experience (CX), there is a difference between perception and reality. First, how we think our customers perceive our customer service and CX is often not the reality. It’s what our customers say. It’s just our perception.

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Customer Service Customer Centricity Customer Service Training Survey 143

ShepHyken

DECEMBER 26, 2023

I want this year to be your best year ever for creating amazing customer service and experiences. But as it applies to the customer experience, I thought it would be fun to share some ideas we need to do more of. How fast do you respond to customers? Customers appreciate a quick response.

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ShepHyken

OCTOBER 10, 2023

It’s about the entire customer experience. Imagine if your organization were bold enough to state that the value it delivers to customers would make price irrelevant. It’s the value provided in the customer experience. The title of this article may sound like a lesson in sales, but it’s much bigger than that.

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Culture Customer Service Training Employee Experience Course 150

ShepHyken

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Last week, I introduced you to The Customer Hierarchy of Needs based on Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs. Before you can have a strong customer experience, you must have a good employee experience. If one of your customers speaks the same language, doesn’t it make sense to let that employee talk to the customer?

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Insurance Employee Experience Culture Customer Service Training 149

ShepHyken

MARCH 26, 2024

There is some very practical wisdom in these motivational and inspiring quotes that we can apply to the customer service and CX world. Think of the best customer experiences you have had. They made your experience enjoyable and easy. It is incredibly complicated, but the Amazon experience is so easy!

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Entertainment Sports Customer Service Training Training 87

ShepHyken

OCTOBER 1, 2023

Each week, I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. In an age where products and services are often similar, it’s the memorable and positive interactions that truly distinguish one brand from another. The first is from the customer’s experience.

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Customer Service Contact Center Average Handle Time Customer Service Strategies 65

ShepHyken

DECEMBER 6, 2023

In a confrontation with a customer, you have a goal: win the customer , not the argument. I’ve written about this before, and it’s worth coming back to this topic from another angle with a different example. First, an interaction with a customer should never result in an argument. It’s not about blame.

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Customer Service Training Customers Interaction Customer Service 149

ShepHyken

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

So, what does this have to do with business, specifically customer service and CX? 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. Plenty! In any team sport, the goal is to win.

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ShepHyken

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

As customers, we appreciate it when someone we’re doing business with does more than we expect. Even if we don’t consciously recognize it when it’s happening, the value of that “something extra” makes us enjoy the experience and want to come back. As a customer, which employee would you want to do business with?

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Customer Service Training Customer Service Training Customer Experience 146

ShepHyken

JANUARY 30, 2024

Many companies still believe that customer service is what happens when something goes wrong. However, that is only one part of customer service. The bigger picture is that customer service happens throughout a customer’s entire experience while doing business with you.

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Customer Service Training Training Customer Service Marketing 97

ShepHyken

MAY 30, 2023

The owner of this four-office podiatry practice with seven doctors and 25 staff members, Dr. Mark Green, has always focused on creating a positive, unique and frictionless patient experience. No pun intended.) His answer was to create an on-hold experience that would make people say, “Please put me back on hold!”

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Wait Times Customer Service Training Customer Service Customer Experience 155

ShepHyken

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Someone asked me a question: Sometimes I’m so frustrated when I call a company’s customer service number. And if you really think you are 100% right and the customer support agent is wrong, consider ending the call and calling back to speak with a different agent who may respond differently. So that’s my advice for the customer.

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Customer Service Social Media Customer Service Training Training 137

ShepHyken

AUGUST 5, 2020

What gets in the way of creating a great customer service experience for you and/or your organization? Is it a process that is clunky, inconvenient and difficult for the customer? As she moved into this role, she realized the opportunities that would come from providing a better customer experience.

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Customer Service How To Exercises Customer Service Training 159

ShepHyken

OCTOBER 31, 2023

But if the company leaders know how much they can give away without losing money and incorporate it into a competitive price, they may have a value proposition that gets and keeps customers. Southwest Airlines is the perfect example of this. It markets the heck out of Two Bags Fly Free®. On the contrary, I’m a huge fan of free.

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Airlines Customer Service Training Marketing Customer Service 134

ShepHyken

AUGUST 8, 2023

CX is the abbreviation for customer experience. Somehow, someone decided X is a better abbreviation for experience than E is. For example, there is UX, or user experience , which is the experience the customer has with your products and services. DX stands for digital experience. Label them.

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Customer Service Training User Experience Customer Experience Employee Experience 117

ShepHyken

OCTOBER 17, 2023

That may be the case for the cat, but it’s not so in the world of customer service. A good customer service rep, salesperson, or anyone interacting with a customer should be curious. The idea of curiosity in customer service is simple. You may even let the customer know you’re taking notes.

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ShepHyken

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Why does a company send out a customer satisfaction survey? Generally, it is to find out if they did a good job or what they can do to make the experience better. I won’t argue that some brands have customers who are more willing to take longer surveys; however, Brittany and I were talking in general terms.

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ShepHyken

JANUARY 10, 2024

I’m always looking for good customer service stories that teach or remind us about creating an amazing customer experience. There are at least three lessons we can learn from this story: Laziness: That should never be an excuse for providing poor customer service. Put the right people on the front line.

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Travel Customer Service Airlines Poor Customer Service 93

ShepHyken

JANUARY 3, 2024

I recently wrote two articles in my weekly Forbes column with my top predictions and trends for customer service and customer experience. Smarter Customers This is the same prediction I’ve started with for several years. Smarter Customers This is the same prediction I’ve started with for several years.

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Trends Customer Service Customer Service Training Customer Retention 95

ShepHyken

OCTOBER 24, 2023

That employee is the type of team member who will do whatever they can to take care of their internal and external customers. Because they do what it takes and know, “If I don’t do it, who will?” Shep Hyken is a customer service/CX expert, award-winning keynote speaker, and New York Times bestselling author.

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Customer Service Training Video Course Customer Service 141

ShepHyken

DECEMBER 19, 2023

If I asked 10 people who they thought could be planet Earth’s most customer-centric company, I bet a majority would have the same answer. For now, you can guess. Cindy, from my office, had a customer service issue. This is a perfect example of the modern customer support experience. And this part is important.

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Omni-Channel Customer Centricity Company Self Service 87

ShepHyken

MAY 24, 2023

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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Sports Hospitality Customer Service Training Customers 131

ShepHyken

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

It’s time to come back to a very important topic in customer service and customer experience. Uninformed customers – in this story, passengers – who know or feel something is wrong could become frustrated. It also falls under leadership and management. The topic is communication and transparency.

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Communication Airlines Customer Service Training Leadership 91

ShepHyken

JUNE 27, 2023

Simplify the Customer Experience I love good barbeque. My comment: This is customer service 101. And when you combine friendly service with a great product, price becomes even less relevant. That doesn’t mean you can’t find ways to simplify the customer experience, your internal processes, and more.

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Exercises Touchpoint Customer Service Training Customer Service 122

ShepHyken

AUGUST 29, 2023

I had no idea that years later, I would write about this example in one of my books, Amaze Every Customer Every Time. And by the way, selling with service is a great sales strategy! The result of these experiences is everything I speak and write about. He sold me a better hinge that was less expensive.

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ShepHyken

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Over the years, I’ve observed customer behavior, and some of my conclusions were confirmed by my customer service and CX research, known as the Achieving Customer Amazement Study (sponsored by Five9 ). Customers don’t consciously realize it, but the first time they do business with you, they have uncertainty.

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Policies Meeting Customer Service Training Customers 97

ShepHyken

AUGUST 16, 2023

There was one customer ahead of me in the drive-through lane. Of course, there is more than just hiring, training, and staffing, but the point is not to be so quick to blame the employee for a bad customer experience. The short version of the story is this. At about 9:15 p.m., I assumed he was placing an order.

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Customer Service Training Training Leadership Course 118

ShepHyken

JANUARY 23, 2024

If you’re making your customer go through the same process multiple times, you’re creating a negative customer experience. As I typed the same thing onto each form repeatedly, I thought, “What a waste of time for the customer – or, in this case, the patient.” Don’t bog the customer down. I’m okay!)

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Insurance Banking Customer Service Training Retail 87

Customer Guru

AUGUST 21, 2018

Continuing with our list (in alphabetical order) of customer experience (CX) influencers (experts, consultants, and authors), we are sharing a few names of leaders leaders that every CX enthusiast must follow and take inspiration from. John is an “Ex-Disney Guy” and Customer Experience Coach.

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Customer Experience Customer Journeys Consulting Customer Experience Professionals 115

ShepHyken

MAY 16, 2023

I like the title of this article, but perhaps a more appropriate title might be: Customer Service Is Like Being Married. The buying cycle for a customer typically includes a little research, talking to a salesperson, making the purchase, and whatever happens after the sale. And that is far from the end.

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Customer Service Advertising Customer Service Training Sales 121

ShepHyken

JULY 4, 2023

Instead, I focused on how to use the information to efficiently get the correct answer. So, how does this apply to customer service? Many people think that AI will be used to replace customer support agents – and even salespeople. They believe all customer questions can be answered digitally with AI-infused technology.

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Conference Customer Service Training Customer Service Study 129

ShepHyken

AUGUST 1, 2023

One of them asked us to work with her team on a customer experience initiative that included every company employee. One of the regular assignments for their employees is to share examples of how they created a Moment of Magic® for a customer or colleague. It proves Katie was listening to her customer.

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Hotels Travel Exercises Customer Service Training 117