Team Support

MAY 31, 2023

Chatbots are fast becoming part of the digital core of tech tools that companies utilize as a secret weapon to increase their competitive advantage in the customer service arena. Today’s chatbots are more focused on enhancing the customer experience by offering immediate answers to common challenges.

Chatbots 98

Chatbots Customer Service Competitive Advantage Self Service 98

ShepHyken

MAY 21, 2018

Each week I read a number of customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. 5 Ways Starbucks is Innovating the Customer Experience by Liz Barrett Foster. QSR) In the fight to win back its brick-and-mortar customers, Starbucks is leveraging technological and experiential methods.

Customer Service 83

Customer Service Customer Service Strategies Employee Experience Innovation 83

Advantage Communications

JULY 30, 2020

In a lot of our blogs, we talk about just how important the customer experience is to a successful customer service strategy.

Contact Center 91

Contact Center Culture Company Customer Service Strategies 91

ShepHyken

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Last week, I introduced you to The Customer Hierarchy of Needs based on Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs. This week, we focus on our employees. Before you can have a strong customer experience, you must have a good employee experience. For example, an employee may speak a foreign language.

Insurance 148

Insurance Employee Experience Culture Customer Service Training 148

CSM Magazine

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Leaders are now at an unprecedented inflection point where Employee Experience (EX) has become equally as critical as Customer Experience (CX) to the success of the organization. Conversations about the future of work, employee engagement and empowerment have been propelled to the forefront of customer service strategies.

Technology 52

Technology Customer Service Contact Center Employee Engagement 52

ShepHyken

MAY 12, 2020

Proactive Customer Service in Times of Change. Building Resilience into Your Customer Service Strategy for Today… and Beyond. They discuss how digital technologies can support employees in delivering outbound, proactive customer service that truly delights. Enable an outbound experience. “If

Video 97

Video Technology ROI Employee Experience 97

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.

Trends 94

Trends Customer Service Customer Service Training Customer Retention 94

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.

Culture 148

Culture Customer Service Training Employee Experience Course 148

ShepHyken

JANUARY 12, 2021

The New, Better Customer Experience. How to Drive a Customer-Centric Culture. They discuss strategies for creating customer-centricity by improving the employee and customer experiences. Top Takeaways: There are two halves to customer centricity.

Customer Centricity 75

Customer Centricity Return on Investment Employee Experience Leadership 75

ShepHyken

APRIL 1, 2019

Each week I read a number of customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. Customer Service Is Poised for an AI Revolution by Vala Afshar. ZDNet) AI is viewed by customer service decision makers and agents alike as a boon to the customer and employee experience.

Customer Service 99

Customer Service Social Media Chatbots Trends 99

ShepHyken

AUGUST 21, 2020

He shares 5 habits of companies that went through dramatic transformation and still managed to improve the customer experience. 5 Habits of Companies that Improve Customer Experience Through Change. Prioritize human needs (customers, partners and employees). Adopt new behaviors.

Customer Experience 247

Customer Experience How To Culture Groups 247

Customer Bliss

AUGUST 3, 2018

“A very small increase in customer retention can yield a huge impact on profitability.” How Net Promoter Companies Thrive in a Customer-Driven World. Rob Markey is a partner at Bain & Company and leads the customer strategy and marketing practice. 7 Customer Experience Insights You Can Apply to Your Organization.

Leadership 120

Leadership Chief Customer Officer Social Media Loyalty 120

ShepHyken

MARCH 18, 2019

Each week I read a number of customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. 1 0 Tips to Build a Customer Centric Work Culture by Vandita Grover. My Comment: Consistent accolades about a company’s customer service and experience don’t happen by accident.

Net Promoter Score 87

Net Promoter Score Customer Service Omni-Channel Customer Centricity 87

Think Customers

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Customers like options. They want to choose how to customize their products, services, and even the channels in which they interact with brands. To keep up, companies are scrambling to enable more customer experience channels for sales and service. Customers want to interact with brands on their own terms.

Customer Journeys 52

Customer Journeys Self Service Contact Center Omni-Channel 52

ShepHyken

JULY 20, 2021

The End-to-End Customer Experience. Improving CX through Customer Workflows. Shep Hyken interviews John Ball, the Executive Vice President and General Manager of Customer Workflows at ServiceNow. They discuss how companies can create a great end-to-end customer experience and enhance productivity through process mapping.

Chatbots 155

Chatbots Employee Experience Customer Engagement Engagement 155

Think Customers

MAY 13, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated change in customer service. Daily at-home life for customers and agents has forced organizations to look closer at digital transformation as a serious opportunity to provide scale and cost savings to human touch to people when they need it most. 1: Employee experience is a necessity.

Customer Service 52

Customer Service ROI Roadmap Innovation 52

ShepHyken

MAY 23, 2022

Each week I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. Customer Experience Leaders Can Learn from Baseball by Lynn Hunsaker. 3 Common Customer Complaints and How to Address Them by DP Taylor. Here are my top five picks from last week.

Customer Service 64

Customer Service Sports Tips Customer Service Training 64

Integrity Solutions

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Differentiating on service isn’t just a smart strategy for growth; increasingly, it’s a survival strategy. In a world where customers have more options available to them — and more ways to vent frustrations publicly — you can’t afford to drop the ball on excellent customer service. But just who is that?

Customer Service 67

Customer Service Self Service Banking Culture 67

ShepHyken

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Ten years ago, I wrote an article about why delivering an amazing customer experience is important. It’s the consistent and predictable experience that makes customers trust you and come back. Our customer experience research found that 83% of people trust a company or brand more if it delivers good customer service.

Customer Experience 67

Customer Experience Customer Service Training Loyalty Customer Retention 67

Playvox

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

But quality management is a vital area of your business — it’s what ensures your customers get top-notch service. of their revenue due to bad experiences. With sky-high customer expectations and the increasing use of digital channels, keeping service quality high is no easy task.

Contact Center 78

Contact Center How To Multi-Channel eBook 78

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.

Customer Experience 115

Customer Experience Customer Journeys Consulting Customer Experience Professionals 115

Call Experts

JANUARY 29, 2020

Often, companies use analytics and dashboards to optimize programs, create custom reports, understand team workflows, analyze different trends, and keep the team focussed and happy. With all of these items to monitor, it’s easy to forget to prioritize your customer’s journey. . How can you monitor your customer experience?

Customer Experience 78

Customer Experience Customer Journeys Contact Center Call Center 78

ShepHyken

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Last week, I shared ten ideas to drive a better customer experience in 2020. Without any further delay, here are ten more ways to create a better customer experience in 2020. Create your customer service mantra. The mantra is a simple phrase—one sentence or less—that sums up your customer service culture.

Customer Service 123

Customer Service Customer Experience Tips Social Media 123

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.

Customer Service Training 117

Customer Service Training User Experience Customer Experience Employee Experience 117

ShepHyken

MAY 16, 2018

A successful customer experience strategy is a result of the company’s culture. In other words, and I’ve said it many times before, what’s happening on the inside of the company is going to felt on the outside of the company by the customer. Let’s look at the EX, which is the Employee Experience.

Employee Experience 96

Employee Experience Hotels Video Culture 96

ShepHyken

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Create Value for Your Customers. Helping Customers Recover and Plan for a Successful Future. Shep Hyken interviews Teresa Anania , Vice President of Customer Success at Zendesk. They discuss strategies for helping customers find value throughout the entire customer journey.

Customer Satisfaction 90

Customer Satisfaction Customer Success Employee Experience Customer Journeys 90

ShepHyken

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

This week we feature an article by Sowmya Juttukonda, content developer & digital media strategist at Knowmax , a knowledge management system to enhance customer service. She shares the advantages of a single source of truth for customer service. Importance of a single source of truth in customer service.

Customer Service 70

Customer Service Knowledge Base Data Retail 70

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.

Exercises 121

Exercises Touchpoint Customer Service Training Customer Service 121

ShepHyken

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

If you show your employees a little love this Valentine’s Day, they will reciprocate with a little love for you, your company, and your customers. What appears to be a mass exodus of employees is an illusion for two reasons: First, the Baby Boomer generation is at retirement age, and that’s a big part of the working population.

Customer Service Training 123

Customer Service Training Training Employee Experience Company 123

Bold360

MARCH 5, 2020

Our recent CXNext Live guest, Michael Pace , Director of Global Experience at Virgin Pulse, got me thinking about my old professor. Michael makes a very convincing argument for great employee experience preceding all great customer experience. You need to support your employees from the moment you hire them.

Culture 59

Culture Employee Experience Insurance Government 59

ShepHyken

JULY 27, 2022

One of my favorite sayings is, “What’s happening inside an organization is felt on the outside by the customer.” You can’t expect to consistently deliver a great customer experience if you aren’t creating a great employee experience. Some companies conduct exit interviews for employees who have chosen to move on.

Culture 67

Culture Employee Experience Customer Service Training Training 67

Customers Rock!

MAY 5, 2011

And it is thanks to you, my faithful Customers Rock! The book is called The Hidden Power of Your Customers: Four Keys to Growing Your Business Through Existing Customers , being published by John Wiley & Sons. In fact, one of the reasons I started Customers Rock! But customer service is not enough.

Social Media 198

Social Media Customer Centricity Case Study Loyalty 198

ShepHyken

APRIL 16, 2024

While this applies to any job in any type of company, I want to emphasize the importance of thinking this way as it applies to the customer experience. What is the likelihood a customer would return if their customer service or CX rating of you was just … good enough ? Good enough” is not good enough.

Hotels 150

Hotels Customer Service Training Customer Service Training 150

ShepHyken

JANUARY 29, 2018

Each week I read a number of customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. Customer Service Report 2018 by Olga Kolodynska, Justyna Polaczyk, Malgorzata Buksinska and Lukasz Labedzki. LiveChat) The report contains key customer service findings from 2017 and trends for 2018.

Customer Service 93

Customer Service Social Media Tips Trends 93

ShepHyken

JUNE 4, 2018

Each week I read a number of customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. Stop Trying to ‘Delight’ Customers, Says CX Expert Paul Greenberg by Noreen Seebacher. My Comment: The title might surprise you; “Stop Trying to Delight Your Customers.” Feldberg & Tami Kim.

Customer Service 76

Customer Service Airlines CRM Social Media 76

Call Center Pros

AUGUST 27, 2018

‘’The customer is always right.’’ But the important thing here is to know that it isn’t the only key to make customers happy. There is a ton of philosophies, tools and strategies that customer service professionals can use in order to gain more customers and, even more important, gain loyal customers.

Customer Service 40

Customer Service Call Center Loyalty Customer Service Strategies 40

Think Customers

OCTOBER 28, 2020

As financial leaders plan their next move, we’ve identified key customer experience trends and best practices that will help companies earn customer loyalty today and in the future. If we look at the customer data, their clear preference is for organizations to simply solve the problem. Why is this so important?

Financial 52

Financial Insurance Banking Customer Journeys 52