ShepHyken

JUNE 13, 2016

Each week I read a number of customer service articles from various online resources. How Twitter’s Recent Changes Affect Customer Service by Dan Gingiss. My Comment: Twitter has become an important customer service channel. The Top 8 Customer Experience Trends in 2016 (Infographic) by David Younger.

Customer Service 208

Customer Service Upselling Customer retention B2C 208

ShepHyken

AUGUST 29, 2016

Each week I read a number of customer service articles from various online resources. 5 Smart Contact Center Strategies Designed to Improve the Customer Experience by Pam Bednarczyk. ShoreTel) Rising customer expectations and changing delivery preferences are forcing many companies to revisit their contact center processes.

Customer Service 0

Customer Service Journey mapping Contact Center Customer Care 0

ShepHyken

JUNE 27, 2016

Each week I read a number of customer service articles from various online resources. ON DEMAND: Microsoft’s 2016 Global State of Customer Service Report Reveal by Bill Peterson. She shared the new report, The Microsoft Global State of Customer Service. Millennials and Customer Service by Heerd.

Customer Service 185

Customer Service Metrics Customer Experience Surveys 185

ShepHyken

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

This week on our Friends on Friday guest blog post my colleague, Ben Roberts, writes about the link between customer service and online reviews. I also think customer service is an integral aspect of any business, and that by improving service, you build customers for life. Shep Hyken.

Customer Service 234

Customer Service Feedback Sales Marketing 234

Beyond Philosophy

DECEMBER 12, 2016

billion in sales, representing 12% growth for Cyber Monday sales in 2015. A survey by CFI group , global leaders for providing customer feedback, conducted a holiday retail report sponsored by Radial, an Omni channel commerce technology and operations provider. Per USA Today , this year’s Cyber Monday booked $3.45

Consulting 392

Consulting Consulting Sales Customer Experience 392

ShepHyken

JANUARY 27, 2017

This week on our Friends on Friday guest blog post my colleague, Shital Shah, writes about how with the right combination of technology and human touch, customer service doesn’t have to be difficult. She shares four excellent solutions to help manage your customer service more effectively. Shep Hyken.

Technology 242

Technology Customer Service Management CRM 242

Beyond Philosophy

DECEMBER 8, 2015

For now, here are some highlights, from a recent ambassadorship study conducted on behalf of the customer service operation of a major insurer: In prior engagement studies, our client had identified poorly performed employee attributes. appeared first on Beyond Philosophy | CX Consultants | Customer Experience.

Brand ambassadors 170

Brand ambassadors Customer Experience Enterprise Feedback 170

ShepHyken

JANUARY 14, 2024

Each week, I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. Consumer Trust Languishes at 2016 Levels by MarTech Cube (MarTech Cube) Consumers’ trust in the organizations they do business with has not recovered from its pandemic decline. Here are my top five picks from last week.

Customer Service 153

Customer Service Best practices Metrics Banking 153

Kayako

JANUARY 7, 2016

We looked back with our best posts from the customer support community in 2015, now we’re looking forward with predictions for 2016. We’ve asked support pros from Kayako and beyond what they think the biggest trends in customer support will be in the next 12 months. Gary McGrath , Customer Success Consultant.

Customer Support 56

Customer Support Self service Consulting Consulting 56

ShepHyken

JANUARY 14, 2024

Each week, I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. Consumer Trust Languishes at 2016 Levels by MarTech Cube (MarTech Cube) Consumers’ trust in the organizations they do business with has not recovered from its pandemic decline. Here are my top five picks from last week.

Customer Service 147

Customer Service Best practices Metrics Banking 147

Win the Customer

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

By pushing for the sale in all your Facebook posts and tweets, you end up ignoring many of your customers. How about being a bit more personal and actually communicating with your customers? Remember when customers were limited to using the telephone if they wanted to contact businesses?

Customer Service 145

Customer Service Airlines Marketing Banking 145

Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 4, 2018

These informative podcasts are designed to expand on the psychological ideas behind understanding customer behavior. Cognitive depletion is a concept we discussed in our book, The Intuitive Customer (Palgrave Macmillan, 2016). You can put it on a customer service survey or glean it from a customer quiz.

Government 353

Government CRM Personalization Customer Experience 353

CX Global Media

OCTOBER 22, 2018

Joe currently heads Coca-Cola’s Inside Sales and Service team with that business-to-business sales and reactive service calls to over 77,000 CCBCC customers. Prior to Coke, Joe served as a Director in Individual Client Services at TIAA, a Fortune 100 financial services company.

Employee engagement 45

Employee engagement Contact Center Morale Coaching 45

Vcaretec

JUNE 6, 2022

Customer satisfaction numbers must remain high, even as shopping volumes increase. That means that retailers need to be able to scale up their customer service teams seamlessly. And not only that, but as customer spending increases, so do repeat purchases.

Customer Care 97

Customer Care Customer Support Customer Service Sales 97

TechSee

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

Visual engagement has been proven especially effective across a wide range of sales, marketing and customer service and support scenarios, providing the quickest route to success and resolution in a number of use cases. According to Oracle , energy providers worldwide spend about $30 billion dollars every year on customer care.

Customer Service 132

Customer Service Call Center Enterprise Banking 132

CSM Magazine

APRIL 8, 2021

Lots of executives talk about their focus on customer service. Over the decades I’ve been researching and speaking, it has become very clear to me that: The most successful organizations in the world—business, government, and non-profit—keep customer service at the center of their work. I like to follow service leaders.

Customer Service 110

Customer Service Advertising Airlines Government 110

Callminer

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Sales Pursuits. Should your company need to put more effort into handling sales-related activities such as order management and appointment scheduling, it can help tremendously to pass this work on to a dedicated team. Many companies are coming up short with customer support. ” – E.

Call Center 207

Call Center outsourcing Contact Center Finance 207

Vonage

OCTOBER 24, 2016

When a company reaches the top, does customer service quality still matter? I recently organized a service bench-marking visit to Singapore for 22 Korean sales and service trainers. Key learning point for customer service quality. Customer service quality will still matter. Your Service.

Airlines 102

Airlines Customer Service Education Sales 102

Vonage

AUGUST 30, 2016

In fact, we always seem to grow our Dreamforce presence year over year – bigger parties, bigger sponsorship and bigger customer showcases. We’ve kicked off our Dreamforce 2016 prep with a Gold Sponsorship, and we’ve officially launched our microsite , which details our party, booth information and meeting details.

Sales 86

Sales Analytics Personalization Customer Experience 86

Eptica

JANUARY 12, 2017

Date: Thursday, January 12, 2017 What were the top customer service trends of 2016? To help we’ve analyzed all 100+ posts published on the Eptica blog in 2016, and picked a top ten, based on a combination of readership and industry feedback. Is a lack of consistency letting your customer service down?

Multichannel 59

Multichannel Customer Service Contact Center Benchmark 59

Win the Customer

JULY 13, 2016

’s largest chain store, has decided to stop playing music in its stores following feedback from customers, the retailer announced at the end of May 2016. Complaints from customers and anti-noise groups, coupled with extensive research, prompted the policy change. percent more sales than fast-tempo music.

Sales 97

Sales Marketing Feedback Customer Service 97

Comm100

JANUARY 14, 2016

Consequently, as newer technologies enable more ease in performing business transactions, consumers will have higher expectations when it comes to customer service and sales support. In recent years, consumers have placed greater importance on the quality of customer service than on the price and quality of products alone.

Customer Service 0

Customer Service Self service Advertising Airlines 0

Beyond Philosophy

MAY 24, 2016

A recent Keller Fay blog, for example, reported results from the 2016 Edelman Trust Barometer, an annual survey which measures the public’s trust in business, government, and institutions. 82% use word-of-mouth marketing techniques to increase brand awareness, and 43% expect this form of marketing to directly increase sales.

B2B 236

B2B Government B2C Consulting 236

Eptica

OCTOBER 28, 2016

Date: Friday, October 28, 2016 Turning service into sales with chat. Published on: October 28, 2016. Author: Angus Prentice Good customer service leads to happier, more loyal customers who stay with you longer, spend more and are more likely to recommend your business to family and friends.

Sales 79

Sales Multichannel Abandon rate Upselling 79

Return Customer

JULY 10, 2019

More and more companies are finding systematic ways to invest resources for better customer service, and this will continue to happen. Let’s check out a few important customer experience statistics as they foreshadow the future of customer service. Huffpost ). Image Source. Microsoft ). Accenture ).

Customer Service 109

Customer Service Journey mapping Advertising Chatbots 109

CSM Magazine

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

As technologies and consumer expectations develop, the customer service landscape is evolving at an accelerated rate. Customers (and companies) faced unprecedented problems causing query volumes to spike, which put huge pressure on customer service teams. Arguably, in 2021 the industry experienced a seismic shift.

Customer Service 98

Customer Service Chatbots B2B Customer Care 98

Comm100

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

The customer service landscape is forever changing as technologies and consumer expectations develop, but 2021 has seen a shift of proportions that we have arguably never experienced. Query volumes spiked as customers (and companies) faced unprecedented problems, placing huge stress on customer service agents.

Customer Service 104

Customer Service Chatbots Surveys Customer retention 104

Provide Support

SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

Customer Service Tips. Your customers like to be liked and to feel they are important. It tells customers who you are and how you feel and what kind of service to expect from you. After all, everyone likes to do business with a friendly sales person. Published in Provide Support Blog , 2016.

Customer Service 77

Customer Service Sales Marketing Personalization 77

Vonage

DECEMBER 7, 2015

For most travelers, there are three options: wait in line at the airline’s ticket desk, dial the airline’s customer service line, or seethe quietly at the airport bar. Today’s service providers understand their customers’ evolving demands for seamless, more personalized service via their channel of choice.

Self service 54

Self service Customer Service Sales Management 54

Call Center Weekly

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

a Canadian training company that helps contact centers improve their sales and customer retention results. A call center expert, Mike serves on the Advisory Council of the Greater Toronto Area Contact Center association, and was Master of Ceremonies for their 2012-2014 and 2016 Annual Conferences.

Contact Center 149

Contact Center contact center associations Banking Education 149

Beyond Philosophy

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Target Corporation has had a number of challenges over the past few years, from abruptly closing all of their Canadian stores to a 2016 earnings shortfall, plummeting stock price, and a rather negative sales outlook for 2017 (first quarter EPS was 6% lower than first quarter 2016). Top 10 WOW Customer Service Stories From 2017.

Customer Experience 150

Customer Experience Construction Consulting Consulting 150

ProProfs Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Social Media & Customer Loyalty. Hard to Attain Customer Loyalty. Customer Loyalty Through Customer Satisfaction. Customer Loyalty Program Improving Sales. Mobile Customer Loyalty. Customer Loyalty Brands. Customer Service Loyalty. Retail Customer Loyalty. million to 3.8

Customer retention 164

Customer retention Sales B2B Marketing 164

Natalie Petouhof

JANUARY 19, 2016

Tweet I’m here with my colleagues, Holger Mueller @holgermu and Doug Henschen @ DHenschen , covering the #OracleCloud Summit 2016 in NYC at the Waldorf Astoria @ WaldorfNYC. BTW the Waldorf Astoria has great customer service!!!). I’m walking into a situation where there is an issue that has not been resolved.

B2B 60

B2B SaaS B2C Advertising 60

Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

How these practices mesh and produce desired employee and customer value was nicely summarized by Claudia Saran, a KPMG Principal. Build this into every employee’s career path, and the employee, customer, and enterprise will be richer for it. You Also Might Like… 6 Key Statements to Propel Your Customer Experience Program.

Banking 223

Banking Enterprise Consulting Consulting 223

TechSee

APRIL 10, 2018

Gartner reports that the worldwide customer management BPO market is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of over 5.2% (CAGR 2016 through 2021). The 2016 Global Outsourcing Survey by Deloitte revealed that clients now expect enhanced and specialized services from outsourced consultants.

Call Center 139

Call Center Technology outsourcing Self service 139

Comm100

JUNE 15, 2022

If you’re on the fence about introducing a chatbot to your organization’s digital support strategy, here are four common chatbot customer service use cases, alongside customer stories that show the best chatbot examples and how they can be used in practice. Canadian Blood Services. Tangerine Telecom.

Chatbots 97

Chatbots Customer Service Wait times Technical Support 97

Eptica

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

Date: Wednesday, November 30, 2016 The push for mobile customer service. Published on: November 30, 2016. The rise of mobile is driving customer service change in five key ways: 1. Omnipresence We have our phone with us all the time – and get worried and stressed if we leave the house without it.

Customer Service 72

Customer Service Multichannel Personalization Sales 72