ShepHyken

JULY 13, 2021

Authentic Customer Conversations. Collecting, Sharing, and Acting on Customer Knowledge. Shep Hyken interviews Jason Ten-Pow, CEO and President of ONR, the CX consulting firm he founded in 2009. They discuss how businesses can create long-term and sustainable revenue and profits by talking to their customers.

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Consulting Consulting Marketing Customer Service 216

ShepHyken

JUNE 13, 2022

Each week I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. In 2009 only 18% of the value of the top 100 brands was in subscriptions. Shep Hyken is a customer service expert, professional speaker, and New York Times bestselling business author. Sign Me Up!

Customer Service 180

Customer Service Government Customer Experience Sales 180

ShepHyken

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Harvard Business Review (HBR) shows there is a link between employee engagement and customer satisfaction. When employees are engaged and motivated, they are more likely to deliver exceptional customer service. In their 2009 meta-analysis presented by Gallup, Harter et al.

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Employee engagement Morale Customer Experience Feedback 366

ShepHyken

MAY 1, 2023

Each week, I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. According to the research, since 2009, a stock portfolio of the publicly traded brands in Siegel+Gale’s research outperformed every major index with a return of 1,841%. Here are my top five picks from last week.

Customer Service 36

Customer Service Customer retention Education Surveys 36

ShepHyken

JULY 13, 2021

Authentic Customer Conversations. Collecting, Sharing, and Acting on Customer Knowledge. Shep Hyken interviews Jason Ten-Pow, CEO and President of ONR, the CX consulting firm he founded in 2009. They discuss how businesses can create long-term and sustainable revenue and profits by talking to their customers.

Consulting 180

Consulting Consulting Marketing Customer Service 180

ShepHyken

AUGUST 6, 2023

Each week, I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. 25 Ways to Proactively Spot Your Customers’ Pain Points by Call Centre Helper Magazine (Call Centre Helper Magazine) When struggling to deal with customer demand, a lot of contact centres try to recruit more people.

Customer Service 156

Customer Service B2C Customer retention Government 156

ShepHyken

JULY 31, 2018

Focusing on Business Intelligence and Customer Experience. Shep Hyken sits down with Scott Walker, the CEO of ethosIQ ,and discuss three levels of customer optimization, finding the correct customer service metrics to focus on, and why companies should give back to their communities. ? ?.

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ShepHyken

JULY 31, 2018

Focusing on Business Intelligence and Customer Experience. Shep Hyken sits down with Scott Walker, the CEO of ethosIQ ,and discuss three levels of customer optimization, finding the correct customer service metrics to focus on, and why companies should give back to their communities. ? ?.

Average Handle Time 195

Average Handle Time Metrics Customer retention Call Center 195

Win the Customer

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

Thanks to increasing connectivity, your customers can now voice their frustrations to everyone on social media. Research has shown that in the period between 2009 and 2014, the number of Twitter users using the platform for customer service doubled to 22%. So, which companies do social customer service right?

Customer Service 145

Customer Service Airlines Marketing Banking 145

Fonolo

MAY 16, 2019

Customer service is often not seen as the effective marketing tool that it is. It’s no surprise: on the surface, the two departments and their goals seem distinct from one another: Marketing is all about customer acquisition (or, attracting new customers), while customer service is all about customer retention.

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Marketing Customer Service Advertising Customer retention 124

ShepHyken

MAY 26, 2017

This week we feature an article by Bikash Mohanty about how important customer experience metrics are to your business. Companies that track and measure their customer service have a competitive advantage. seconds in 2009! They know when they are doing a great job, and more importantly, they know when they aren’t.

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Metrics Customer effort Customer Experience Surveys 243

Fonolo

JUNE 26, 2019

Back in 2009, Apple filed for a trademark on its buzz-worthy phrase, “There’s an app for that.” While many factors are at play here, the growth of the mobile app market has been partly driven by the fact that more and more businesses are integrating mobile apps into their customer service strategies.

Customer Service 104

Customer Service Airlines Transportation Call Center 104

CSM Magazine

DECEMBER 5, 2017

Here are some of the top customer service predictions for 2018, brought to you by Fara Haron is CEO of CRM Solutions, Arvato. Consumers will be engaging with companies via these voice-enabled channels and will have higher expectations on the accuracy and their capability to help answer customer service issues.

Customer Service 80

Customer Service Gamification Self service CRM 80

Interactions

JANUARY 21, 2025

Utility outages due to extreme weather are accelerating customer service challenges for utility providers. power outages since 2000 have been due to extreme weather; heat season outages alone have increased by 60% since 2009, according to Climate Central. On average, the U.S. Eight in 10 major U.S. Eight in 10 major U.S.

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Interactive Voice Response Chatbots Virtual Agent Government 62

ijgolding

AUGUST 12, 2014

It is impossible to ignore the fact that customer service has gone all social on us. Customers just expect you to be able to deal as effectively with their problems communicated through Twitter as they do over the phone. So why are companies still not dealing with ‘social customer service’ very well?

Customer Service 92

Customer Service Customer Experience Management Consulting 92

Contact Center Pipeline

DECEMBER 28, 2016

Since the very first issue of Pipeline (March 2009), we have published a regular feature called Inside View. The column is devoted to recognizing best-in-class service providers and leaders, and highlighting their accomplishments.

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Contact Center Call Center Customer Service Customer Experience 100

Comm100

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

A Complete Guide to Omnichannel Customer Service. The state of customer service is always changing, and brands must keep up. Customers now use an average of nine different channels to connect with companies, and they expect the support they receive on these channels to be fast, convenient and personalized.

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Customer Service Multichannel Chatbots Healthcare 98

Amity

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

About the customer: Only 4% of dissatisfied customers will raise their voice about an issue. As early as 2009 , the number one request from customers was “better human service”, which they placed above the integration of different channels and enriched content. source ).

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Customer retention B2B Customer centricity Accountability 107

Comm100

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

How to Improve Customer Service. We all know that customer service is important, but just how instrumental it is to success of a company might surprise you. A massive 91% of customers agree that a positive customer service experience makes them more likely to make another purchase. Table of Contents.

Customer Service 97

Customer Service Chatbots Best practices Surveys 97

Nicereply

AUGUST 24, 2021

Messaging in customer service is on the rise, and surveys for support teams continue to gather data that indicates this trend is picking up steam. There is a trend in customer service to make business messaging quicker, easier, and more convenient. The results are staggering : WhatsApp tickets rose 219%.

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Customer Service APIs Airlines Chatbots 59

Transparent BPO

DECEMBER 11, 2019

For three years, I was the director of customer service and sales for a direct response company. We also felt by locating there we could offer high-quality services nearshore but at a lower cost than onshore. Impressed by what we found, we opened Transparent BPO’s first offshore site in Belize City in late 2009.

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outsourcing Education Call Center Marketing 109

Interactions

JULY 22, 2021

On top of all of this, it has created countless customer experience challenges which many organizations have been unable to meet. A recent study by the UK Institute of Customer Service found that complaints about poor customer service are at their highest levels since 2009. The research is clear.

Customer Service 62

Customer Service Wait times Technical Support Advertising 62

Liveops

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

Sharon Meeks DuBouse brings decades of experience to her work as a customer agent for Liveops. In fact, Sharon had not only an entire career before joining Liveops Nation in 2009, she was a leader in creating some of the nation’s first outsourced call centers in the 1980s. Tell me more about that.

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Call Center Consulting Consulting Contact Center 91

CSM Magazine

OCTOBER 5, 2022

One of the major weaknesses of most organizations is top management’s lack of a customer service strategy. They fail to realize the strategic opportunity on how to use superior service as a vehicle to build market share and market dominance. All three companies provide Relentless Customer Service.

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Customer Service Consulting Consulting Marketing 52

Taylor Reach Group

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

We recently had the opportunity to host the founder of Customer Services Audit and creator of Snapshotz™ Online , Deepak Selvaratnam , at Taylor Reach Group’s Headquarters, for a cheese and wine reception. Today more than 2100 centers have completed a Snapshotz™ audit. Today the dataset reflects more than 14 million data points.

Customer Service 20

Customer Service Benchmark Consulting Consulting 20

CSM Magazine

DECEMBER 6, 2021

In fact, 2021 is forecast to be one of the most treacherous holiday seasons since the Great Recession of 2008-2009. You can’t physically fulfill a backorder for a customer who’s been waiting days, weeks or even months for a product to show up at the door. The Great Resignation is also upon us. Tip #5: Take Advantage of Technology.

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Journey mapping Contact Center Chatbots CRM 97

TechSee

DECEMBER 5, 2017

To ensure high levels of customer satisfaction, companies must provide stellar customer service anytime, anywhere, and through any touch point. 1. Casengo is a cloud-based customer support software platform that enables companies to provide customer service through social networks, email or chat.

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Contact Center Technology Self service Call Center 116

Talkdesk

DECEMBER 26, 2018

Established in 2009, Boostability was founded on a simple business model: to create affordable and effective SEO for the small business marketplace. The post SEO and Marketing Powerhouse Boostability Chooses Talkdesk to Power Customer Service appeared first on Talkdesk. And it’s worked.

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Marketing Customer Service contact center solutions Contact Center 43

CSM Magazine

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Companies focused on long term success understand the importance of investing in efficient customer service recovery to restore their reputation when it’s put on the line. Way back in 2009, United Airlines baggage handlers broke Dave Caroll’s $3500 guitar during a flight from Halifax to Omaha. About the Author.

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Airlines Customer retention Marketing Customer Service 78

Chad Schaeffer

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

In May of 2009, 8 years later, I remember working with one of the world’s largest consumer packaged goods companies and for the first time talking about adding social media support to the contact center. Wow have times changed in the past 5 years with the emergence of social customer service!

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Airlines Customer Service Banking Contact center software 48

Win the Customer

DECEMBER 15, 2015

Are You Experienced Enough in Customer Experience? Although many organizations affirm to having a focus on developing customer experience and investing in customer service, Bain research from 2005-2009 showed that only 1 in 9 organization actually excelled in all of the critical categories related to customer relations.

Customer Experience 64

Customer Experience Customer advocacy Consulting Consulting 64

Helpware

JULY 14, 2017

Show Off Your Customer Service Team. If your customer service received great ratings from customers, don’t just hide in some backpages. Take the last 20 or so customer reviews and make it the focus of attention on your customer service page. So go public with your customer support team.

Customer Service 40

Customer Service Brand ambassadors Wait times Customer Support 40

CSM Magazine

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

The assembled experts reported that, at the end of March 2020, they had between 15% and 50% of contact centre colleagues working from home and that this had caused particular challenges for customer service colleagues working overseas. Cathal is an engineer who loves applying emerging technology to solve everyday problems.

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Wait times Chatbots Enterprise Banking 98

AWS Machine Learning

APRIL 18, 2023

On August 21, 2009, the Company filed a Form 10-Q for the quarter ended December 31, 2008. On August 21, 2009, the Company filed a Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2008. On August 21, 2009, the Company filed a Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2009. per diluted share, compared to $5,716,000, or $0.33

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Talkdesk

AUGUST 19, 2016

While these facts are undeniably fascinating and enviable, the biggest attribute to their success is their incomparable customer service. According to USA Today, Amazon was the #1 company for customer service last year. It is now valued at $250 billion, with its stock soaring 70% in the final nine months of 2015.

Customer Service 41

Customer Service Customer centricity Accountability Call Center 41

Talkdesk

AUGUST 19, 2016

While these facts are undeniably fascinating and enviable, the biggest attribute to their success is their incomparable customer service. According to USA Today, Amazon was the #1 company for customer service last year. It is now valued at $250 billion, with its stock soaring 70% in the final nine months of 2015.

Customer Service 40

Customer Service Customer centricity Accountability Call Center 40

Bill Quiseng

MAY 8, 2017

In 2006 and in 2009, John was awarded the Technology Executive of the Year, and the Titan of Technology awards by the CTA. Filed under: Customer Experience , Customer Service. He has been recognized several times for his involvement in the tech industry.

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CRM Analytics Technology Education 83