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Guest Post: When You Need to Scale Up Customer Service… But Your AI Just Doesn’t Quite Cut it Yet

ShepHyken

Every customer in the world, including myself, will always choose “talk to a person” or “connect to a representative” as the first choice over a call. When small teams don’t have the time, there’s a solution to still continue improving AI customer service: with human touch. It’s natural to look for automated solutions first.

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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. This forces the customer to get angry enough that he or she asks to speak to a person who has authority.” Keep the customer journey in mind.

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Finding Greater Success as a Leader in your Call Center: 5 Soft Skills Every Manager Needs to Get a Leg Up on the Competition

SharpenCX

Soft skills are often seen as personality traits. These are skills like time management and organization, oral and written communication skills, or the willingness to collaborate. Your job also requires you to care for and manage a whole team of individual personalities with needs and career goals. Time Management.

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How to Become a Customer Service Expert in 30 Days

Nicereply

In late 2008 Malcom Gladwell published his book Outliers: The Story of Success. Notice that these things are not personality traits, but skills – things you can develop and learn over time. It may feel like you’re drinking from a fire hose of metrics or drowning in talk about soft skills. Remember, this is only temporary.