Experience Investigators by 360Connext

OCTOBER 6, 2014

Customer experience is about so much more than call-center scripts or proper protocol around customer complaints. The best companies, the ones we know as customer experience leaders, adopt a customer focused view to everything. Silos make understanding the customer journey that much harder.

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CSM Magazine

MAY 8, 2024

While fear and uncertainty over its effect on jobs and the future of societies persist, a growing number of organizations are intrigued by the idea that AI could allow them to offer consistent, always-on customer service more cost effectively. How would your customers describe what it’s like to do business with you?

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ShepHyken

APRIL 11, 2018

His plea was, “We are so NOT customer-focused, and we need to be!” He then shared what may be one of the most crystal-clear examples of the difference between a company that is customer focused and one that isn’t. Whether you’re customer-focused or not, this exercise is helpful. Follow on Twitter: @Hyken.

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Customer Focused Self Service Touchpoint Banking 101

ShepHyken

JANUARY 20, 2021

What you need is a bullet point list of all the places customers interact with you. Execute: If you take the time to do this right, you’ll have identified a number of interactions. Follow these simple steps and start to improve your customer service, even if it’s just by 1%! Make a list of these touchpoints.

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Customer Service Customer Journeys Exercises Touchpoint 160

Vonage

MARCH 26, 2018

The estimated price tag of losing customers due to poor service has reached $1.6 according to Accenture’s Digital Disconnect in Customer Engagement report. Providing a seamless omni-channel service that makes sense for your customer base is essential. trillion in the U.S., Here’s what we learned.

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InMoment XI

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

It’s easy to fall into the trap of thinking that customer expectations are always changing, and you’ll never be able to keep up. However, all your customers want the same thing: to be able to interact with their brand on their terms. Multichannel strategies, on the other hand, may involve using multiple channels independently.

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Kristina Evey

OCTOBER 8, 2014

Which Comes First – The Customer or Your Staff? Customer service is an obvious and crucial focus for any company looking for sustainable financial success. You MUST focus on customers. Customers today are leaving businesses that take them for granted. We try to give customers everything they want… and more.

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ShepHyken

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Each week I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. What Kind of CX Do Customers Really Want? No Jitter) Many customers still prefer email and voice channels for customer service requests over chatbots. (No Here are my top five picks from last week.

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Customer Service Loyalty Programs Chatbots Loyalty 147

ShepHyken

OCTOBER 18, 2017

Many people think of customer service as a department. If you’ve been following me, you’ll know my belief is that customer service is a philosophy , not a department. Direct interaction can come in many forms. It can be the traditional customer service team who fields questions and complaints.

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Eptica

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Date: Friday, February 19, 2021 Author: Pauline Ashenden - Demand Generation Manager How to build mental muscle memory for customer service success. Learning from Santa’s customer service success. Learning from Santa’s customer service success. Published on: February 19, 2021. Share this page on: Tweet.

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Customer Service How To Customer Service Training Customer Focused 104

ShepHyken

JUNE 13, 2018

What does a good customer experience look like at your company? What does good customer service look like? It will be interesting to see if your team recognizes the difference between experience and service. It’s every interaction, human or otherwise, that you have with the brand. In just ten words he nailed it!

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ShepHyken

AUGUST 9, 2017

Your people attend customer service training. They learn techniques and tactics on how to deal with complaining customers, angry customers or customers who just need a little support. This is what customer service training is all about. A customer-focused mindset includes the desire to serve.

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Magellan Solutions

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Have you heard that 81% of buyers say that experiencing good customer service increases their likelihood of making a repeat purchase ? Exceptional customer service is a guiding light, capturing attention amidst many options. The goal is for customers to see your business as excellent and become passionate advocates.

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Customer Service Exceptional Customer Service Customer Satisfaction Customer Centricity 52

ShepHyken

MARCH 30, 2022

We just released our annual customer service research where we surveyed more than 1,000 consumers and asked what customer service experiences are most likely to cause you to come back. All a typical customer wants is for someone to be nice to them, with a willingness to take care of them. That seems pretty simple.

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Customer Service Strategies Customer Service Strategy Self Service 68

ShepHyken

JULY 12, 2021

Each week I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. The Top Customer Service Trends: Digital Channels Overtake Service Options by Phillip Britt. Customer Service Competency Class Now a Requirement for Fordham Admission by Isabella Scipioni.

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Vonage

FEBRUARY 4, 2016

Leadership has to be focused on the strategies that will have a lasting impact on the customer-focused culture. Keep purpose on your agenda, bring it to each meeting and incorporate it into decisions that affect the team, the customer and your bottom line. Stay focused to engage. Talk purpose.

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ShepHyken

JUNE 28, 2021

Each week I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. America’s Best Customer Service Companies by Newsweek. My Comment: We start off this week with Newsweek’s list of America’s BEST customer service companies. Here are my top five picks from last week.

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Customer Service Government Customer Service Training Loyalty 145

ShepHyken

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Each week I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. The Great CX Debate: Should Customer Experiences Be Effortless or Exceptional? 7 Best Practices to Handle (and Ace) Customer Interactions by Aayushi Sanghavi. (G2) Here are my top five picks from last week.

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ShepHyken

MARCH 31, 2023

He shares the challenges that customer service representatives face and how companies can overcome them. Good customer service is something we cherish. Think back to your latest amazing customer service experience. Overall customer satisfaction has been on a steep decline since 2018.

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Customer Service How To Handbook Chatbots 68

ShepHyken

JULY 19, 2021

Each week I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. Internal Customer Service: What You Must Know by Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead. Here are 18 of the most reliable ways to make sure your internal customer service is up there with the best. by Mary Drumond.

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Customer Service Chief Customer Officer Contact Center Customer Service Training 148

Help Scout

APRIL 29, 2021

Your customer service culture is not what your fancy “Customer Guarantee” promises, and it’s not whatever you say it is in your new employee handbook. It’s worth noting that companies with any of these primary cultures can still deliver good customer service experiences. Strategies for company executives.

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ShepHyken

DECEMBER 23, 2020

You call the customer service hotline. A pleasant customer support agent picks up the phone and enthusiastically greets you, ready to help resolve your problem or answer your question. For the sake of simplicity, let’s say the problem just happened and the customer immediately phones the company.

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ShepHyken

AUGUST 18, 2023

In today’s fast-paced business landscape, providing exceptional customer service is paramount to the success of any organization. As customer demands grow, companies are turning to Artificial Intelligence (AI) to enhance their customer support capabilities.

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Customer Satisfaction Customer Service Exceptional Customer Service Employee Engagement 62

ShepHyken

MAY 31, 2021

Each week I read a number of customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. 5 Ways to Drive Brand Loyalty and Customer Lifetime Value by Ian Simons. (Ad I bet you’ll find keeping your existing customers is far less expensive than acquiring new ones.). by Stephanie Falkner.

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ShepHyken

APRIL 9, 2021

Did you know 90% of Americans consider customer service as the key factor when deciding whether to do business with a company? If you’re a customer-focused organization, you need to prioritize customer service. Customer Service Telephone Skills to Master. The first impression is the last.

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ShepHyken

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

And of course, one of my favorite “holidays” is National Customer Service Week , which happens the first full week of October each year. Traditionally, Customer Service Week has been the time to highlight and celebrate the great work employees do to take care of their customers. This year it’s October 5-9.

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Customer Service Poor Customer Service Customer Service Representative Course 127

NICE inContact

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

So much of the conversation surrounding customer service and customer experience is focused on the customer that at times we forget about the necessity of taking good care of customer service agents. Why might customer service agents be unhappy? An agent’s schedule can be brutal.

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Customer Service Contact Center Omni-Channel Airlines 136

ShepHyken

MARCH 22, 2021

Each week I read a number of customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. Forget Customer Experience. CMSWire) ECM and content services, while related, are not the same. The Benefits of Empowering Your Customer Service Team by Marisa Sanfilippo. Forget Employee Experience.

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Customer Service Employee Experience Customer Service Training Strategy 137

ShepHyken

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Each week I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. Are You Asking the Right Customer Experience Questions? My Comment: Our customer service research indicates that US consumers consider an easy return policy a reason to come back. by Janelle Estes.

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Customer Service Customer Service Training Policies Loyalty 124

ShepHyken

JANUARY 4, 2017

To kick off the start of 2017 I could share my “Top Seventeen Ways to Deliver Great Customer Service in 2017.” One of the most important ways to improve customer service is to make sure that everyone in an organization (company) is in alignment with the customer service and/or experience vision.

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Customer Journeys Customer Focused Culture Touchpoint 98

Kayako

JANUARY 24, 2018

Armed with that empathy and over ten years in the business, there’s been one consistent signal that stands out from the noise in this year’s customer service trends: customers want effortless experiences. Customers hate putting in effort to get problems resolved. Kayako makes customer service simple and personal.

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SurveySensum

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

You reach out to their customer service, and within seconds, a friendly chatbot listens to your issue properly and provides you with the answer, gathering valuable customer feedback. That’s the power of good customer service! In this blog, we’ll explore seven customer service trends for 2024.

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CSM Magazine

JANUARY 31, 2024

With increasing digital advancements, people tend to look for personalized services and automated self-service options, which help save time and give prompt responses. This saves time and helps the customer focus on fixing their problem rather than making long calls and filling out forms.

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ShepHyken

DECEMBER 6, 2023

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. The best people in customer service, sales, or any frontline customer-facing job avoid escalating a confrontation to the level of a dispute.

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ShepHyken

DECEMBER 17, 2023

Each week, I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. My Comment: I’ve always felt the best loyalty program doesn’t come from points, miles, or perks but from an amazing customer experience. and amazing customer service. Here are my top five picks from last week.

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Customer Service Customer Centricity Loyalty Programs Culture 61

ShepHyken

JANUARY 31, 2018

I’ve written about the customer service gap before. The second version of the gap focused on narrowing the distance between you and your customers. The closer you are to your customers, and the more you are meeting their needs, the narrower the gap is between you and your customer.

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ShepHyken

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Each week I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. 6 Ways To Create Customer Experience Consistency Throughout Your Organization by John R. Franchise Update Media) Is the level of experience your customers receive dependent on which employee they encounter?

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Customer Service Retail Competitive Advantage Tips 86