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Amazing Business Radio: Nate Spears

ShepHyken

Shep and Nate also discuss how to continue to create personal interactions in this digital age and the future of customer support. In this episode of Amazing Business Radio, you will learn many ways to provide an exceptional customer service experience – and who doesn’t want that?! What questions will this episode answer?

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A History of Customer Support Technology

TeamSupport

Here’s a look back at how customer support technologies evolved over the last century, and a peak at where they’re going next. 1960s-1970s: Emergence of Call Centers The concept of providing on-demand customer support began with call centers in the 1960s. Fun fact: TeamSupport was founded in 2008!

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Show and Sell: 3 Ways Customer Service can be Used as an Effective Marketing Tool

Fonolo

The mega-brand hit $1 billion in annual sales in 2008 and was sold to Amazon for $940 million in 2009. For most of its formative years, Zappos had minimal advertising, and the company grew mainly by word-of-mouth, and from the business of repeat customers. Zappos became Zappos because of the exquisite customer support it offered.

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Part 1: Helping Companies Build Stronger Customer Relationships

TeamSupport

They sat down with TeamSupport co-founder and COO Eric Harrington to talk about customer support in the time of COVID and building strong customer relationships. CIO Review: In your interactions with customers, what sense do you get of the challenges they face now in the CRM space and how is TeamSupport?

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International Contact Centre Operations Tips & Best Practices

Callminer

A 2008 report by CFI group explained that when customer service professionals are perceived to converse softly and clearly, they resolve customer issues 88% of the time. “The nature of a call center operator’s job is very sensitive, as there is account information available every time they assist a customer.

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Evolution of the support rep: from outsourced to in-office

Kayako

The customer support rep role has travelled the world and back. His outsourced hires were acting directly as customer support reps for his old business BrainQUICKEN. They were tasked to deal with enquiries like these: A customer didn’t receive a shipment. A customer had an item held at customs.

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MarTech Interview with TeamSupport CEO Robert C. Johnson

TeamSupport

In 2008, when working for a former company where they could not find a true B2B (business-to-business) customer support solution, my colleague and TeamSupport Co-founder, Eric Harrington , and I set out to build one. And our customers have that same level of preparedness, visibility, and empowerment to help their customers.

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