ECXO

MARCH 15, 2024

The 7 Sins of Customer Experience If you fancy watching a quick video summary of this article, click the link below and enjoy: The 7 Sins of CX Are you ready to discover some awesome strategies that can help you take your customers’ experience to the next level? The third sin is poor communication.

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Experience Investigators by 360Connext

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

Many executives are interested in improving and understanding customer experience. When Oracle released their White Paper Why Customer ‘Satisfaction’ is No Longer Good Enough , the stats caused quite a stir, and rightfully so. 64% have made future purchases from a company’s competitors after experiencing poor customer service.

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C3Centricity

AUGUST 4, 2020

The current pandemic has clearly highlighted those companies who care about their customers and who provide them with customer service excellence. If you claim to be customer centric are you sure you’re truly walking the talk and not just talking about customer service excellence?

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InMoment XI

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

The Importance of CRM Databases in Competitive Analysis Customer Relationship Management (CRM) databases are essential tools for storing and tracking customer information, interactions, and sales history. Could your company fill this void with exceptional customer service and thereby win over disenchanted consumers?

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CSM Magazine

JUNE 12, 2023

This key performance indicator can also have an impact on customer satisfaction. As a result, understanding the relationship between real estate occupancy rate and customer service is crucial for investors and property managers alike. The real estate industry is known for its volatility and ever-changing dynamics.

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Beyond Philosophy

MARCH 2, 2020

We have all been in line or on hold for customer service , waiting for a company to get back to us. Then, when our wait time runs long and our patience runs short we get cranky and think, this customer service crew is really inept today. We discussed the profitability of lousy customer service on a recent podcast.

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CSM Magazine

DECEMBER 13, 2023

In a competitive market, stellar customer service stands as the cornerstone of a thriving business. As a matter of fact, 49% of customers have left a brand due to poor customer service , as revealed in a study back in 2021. Note that most of these customers were once very loyal to the brands they supported.

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Stella Connect

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

From Black Friday until well into January, your customer service agents will face overwhelming call and chat volumes. Considering the phone and chat speeds we saw last year among leading brands, customers will expect lightning-fast response times. Preparing Your Customer Service Team for the Holiday Season.

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Lumoa

JUNE 14, 2023

You’ve designed your NPS survey and emailed it to all your customers—and the results are in… but not those you were expecting. When it comes to gauging customer sentiment and loyalty, few metrics enjoy such widespread acclaim as the Net Promoter Score (NPS). Does it spell doom for your business? Think about it.

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Kustomer

APRIL 13, 2022

Great customer service is paramount for every customer-facing business. Online customer service can be challenging because of the lack of face-to-face interaction, but the fundamentals remain the same. You need to keep your customers happy by delivering a consistently excellent service experience.

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Joe Rawlinson

MAY 8, 2019

A business can be nothing without its customers. Whether they are high-end clients, repeat staples or one-off transactions, customers are customers, and all should be treated with the respect and benefit to your business that they deserve. Customer service starts with the means by which customers can contact you.

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Call Experts

JULY 27, 2023

A customer service call center serves as the backbone of a company’s customer service operations, providing a centralized hub where all customer inquiries, requests, and concerns are addressed efficiently and effectively. And high expectations from their customers.

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Kristina Evey

NOVEMBER 13, 2014

The POSITIVE Impact of Customer Service… I typically let you know how much poor customer service is COSTING your company. So, here’s the low down… 70% of customers cite the MAIN reason they stop doing business with a company is ONLY because of how they were treated. – McKinsey.

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CSM Magazine

JUNE 22, 2023

In recent years, the importance of effective customer service strategies has become increasingly evident for businesses across various sectors. One aspect of a customer service strategy is to leverage data to create personalized experiences, streamline processes, and improve overall customer satisfaction.

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ShepHyken

APRIL 15, 2022

This week, we feature an article by Manpreet Chawla, senior digital marketing specialist at Knowmax , a knowledge base management solution for enterprises looking to provide exceptional customer experience to their customers via enhanced agent satisfaction. Top 5 ways to create a robust customer experience strategy .

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Customers Rock!

MAY 4, 2012

As many of you know, I have been doing quite a bit of traveling lately, speaking about my book and sharing the Customers Rock! As most travelers are aware, the customer experience is especially important when you are away from home; it becomes something we are truly living. How do you create a great customer experience?

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CSM Magazine

APRIL 19, 2022

Customer service can make or break a business’s reputation. In fact, more than 95% of customers will never purchase from a company that provided poor customer service. Skilled and engaged agents bring a lot to a company. Outlined career paths make employees more engaged and productive.

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Win the Customer

OCTOBER 5, 2016

It should be obvious that how you treat your customers is a vital factor in business success, yet many companies become so focused on implementing their policies and procedures that customer satisfaction can get overlooked. It’s absolutely essential to continued success to provide the best possible customer experience you can.

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Vonage

AUGUST 11, 2015

Businesses can pour money into elaborate advertising campaigns, but poor customer service can undo all that hard work instantly. Excellent customer service can be as good (and often better) for your brand than a well-orchestrated PR campaign: get your customers to do the talking for you!

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Stella Connect

DECEMBER 15, 2021

It’s time for these types of frustrating customer experiences to become a thing of the past. Brands that don’t risk significant customer churn. Get a sneak peek of the insights below to find out the top customer support trends every business needs to know for the new year and beyond. .

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Vonage

OCTOBER 22, 2015

Which technologies really can improve customer service? We’ve compiled the opinions of John Goodman, a leading customer experience researcher and author of Customer Experience 3.0: High-Profit Strategies in the Age of Techno Service , who shared his findings in our webinar, ‘ Customer Experience 3.0:

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Kristina Evey

MARCH 18, 2015

Bad customer service – we’ve all experienced it. The server at the restaurant that is condescending and rude, thus ruining our dining experience. Poor customer service is rampant these days. The impact of poor customer service on your business is more than just the occasional upset customer.

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Vonage

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

It’s natural to always be on the lookout for ways to improve customer service at your organisation – but, sometimes, we’re so busy looking elsewhere that we don’t recognise what’s right under our own noses. The fix: Provide customer service that’s proactive as well as reactive. Ignoring employee engagement.

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ShepHyken

JANUARY 5, 2018

This week we feature an article by Ford Blakely about text messaging which can provide that instant, convenient and low-friction customer experience that delivers delight. Let’s face it, customer service is the lifeline of any company. When customers are angry, they tell the world about it. – Shep Hyken.

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Customer Enthusiast

DECEMBER 31, 2019

Most people don’t choose to deliver poor customer service; they just don’t choose to deliver exceptional customer service. The post Three Truths of Exceptional Customer Service appeared first on Steven Curtin. Awareness is key. People don’t know what they […].

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ShepHyken

APRIL 8, 2019

Each week I read a number of customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. To Provide the Best Customer Experience, Be Proactive by Frank Konkel. NextGov) “Be where your customers are” and other helpful tips from customer experience professionals.

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Ecrion

JULY 22, 2019

Every year, businesses lose over $75 billion in potential revenue thanks to one thing: poor customer service. And while studies show that about 1 out of every 26 customers complain about poor customer service, over 90% of those dissatisfied customers simply stop working with your business — and never come back.

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Vonage

JANUARY 3, 2017

Here, we examine what leads customers to complain on social media, and how businesses can avoid many of these problems with an omnichannel customer experience. Why are customers complaining in the first place? While the cost of bad service might seem huge, it’s actually 1.2 billion less than in 2013.

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ShepHyken

MAY 12, 2019

Each week I read a number of customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. Bad Experiences Aren’t Always The Problem for Companies by Mary Drumond. Likewise, negative experiences aren’t a guarantee that customers will leave. Here are my top five picks from last week.

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Ann Michaels and Associates

JULY 9, 2020

Customer service adjustments. My concern is more along the lines of people using the pandemic a an excuse for poor customer service. However what I wasn’t impressed with was the customer service. How could COVID be affecting your customer service? Local Steals and Deals.

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Vonage

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

The days of winning over your customers’ hearts and minds based solely on the quality of your product or service are over. This leaves delivering a speedy, personalized and friendly customer experience as the best way to differentiate your business from its competitors. Consumers won’t trade price for bad service.

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Comm100

AUGUST 24, 2016

We all want our customers to be happy with our products and services. As much as we want to assure the total satisfaction of each and every one of our customers, unfortunately, this is a practical impossibility. The problem might be with the quality of your product/service. You rarely—or never—have repeat customers.

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Ecrion

JUNE 9, 2020

As customer expectations rise, customer experience is emerging as a key brand differentiator. Statistics show that brands that provide a superior customer experience generate 5.7 Companies that put their customers first are 60% more profitable than less customer-centric counterparts. Was it easy?

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CSM Magazine

MARCH 18, 2021

Poor customer service and perseverance in long waiting loops – what we have begrudgingly accepted as the norm can be changed with the help of modern AI software. Cognigy , an internationally successful pioneer in customer service automation, offers one of the leading Conversational AI platforms (think voice- and chatbots).

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Playvox

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Focused on serving the needs of customers, helping them solve problems, teaching them how to use products, and answering their questions, customer service agents are central to business growth and effective operations. The Future of Customer Service Channels is Now. Face-to-Face Video Communications.

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Beyond Philosophy

MARCH 8, 2017

Neither of them provides a Customer Experience worth mentioning—at least not in a positive light. We asked the Customer Experience professionals there to name a Telecom they admired for the experience they provided. Rather than this be a rant let’s look at the key issues with Telecom’s Customer Experience?

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Cyara

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

For example, a recent incident springs to mind, where DPD, a delivery service company’s customer service bot was coaxed into writing a poem about its poor customer service! Wonderfully Natural Interactions The hope: We all prefer engaging in a proper conversation over the monotony of ‘Press 1 for sales’.

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