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Guest Blog: Customer Service Training Ideas to Help Build Brand Advocacy

ShepHyken

This week we feature an article by Kristin Erikson writes shares great customer service training tips and ideas that will help your company build brand advocacy. Remember customer service training is not something you di, it’s something you do. – Shep Hyken. What is brand advocacy?

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Customer Service Is Like Dating

ShepHyken

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. I always joke about that phrase.

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8 Ways to Refresh Your Support Teams’ Customer Service Training – Part 2

Peter Lavers

In our new guest blogger Jason Grills ’ first instalment of this blog , he shared four great customer service training ideas that will refresh your support service and take it to a higher level. The post 8 Ways to Refresh Your Support Teams’ Customer Service Training – Part 2 appeared first on Think CX.

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Top 5 Customer Service & CX Articles for Week of January 8, 2024

ShepHyken

Each week, I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. Whatever drives repeat business – and ideally, customer loyalty – is a good program. My Comment: Some customer service and CX principles are universal, regardless of the industry. I agree with the title.

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8 Ways to Refresh Your Support Teams’ Customer Service Training – Part 1

Peter Lavers

They continuously invest a large amount in improving customer service by training employees. It’s not always about the knowledge and education – sometimes, it’s more about team building and motivation training. My next blog will consider four more ways to Refresh Your Support Teams’ Customer Service Training.

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Improvements to Make If You’re Getting Bad Customer Service Survey Results

Vonage

Disappointing results on a customer service survey can be more than demoralizing. They can bode ill for future financial results and even directly threaten your livelihood. Build out your broad-based customer service standards and guidelines. . Double down on customer service training.

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Top 5 Customer Service & CX Articles for Week of January 22, 2024

ShepHyken

Each week, I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. My Comment: We open this week’s Top Five roundup with four experts from Gartner who share their thoughts about the top three customer service and support trends for 2024. Here are my top five picks from last week.