ShepHyken

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

My Comment: My friend and colleague Jay Baer, author of Hug Your Haters, is an expert on social media and customer service. The author of this article, Matt Hunkler, reports on three of Jay’s thoughts regarding social customer care. There is One Quality that Builds Loyalty and Trust by Renuka Rayasam . Follow on Twitter: @Hyken.

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ShepHyken

APRIL 17, 2017

Getting More Referrals = Letting People Your Customers Care About Know About Brands That Care About Them by Joseph Michelli. Joseph Michelli) Here are some broad approaches to activating promoter behavior in your loyal customer base. Here are my top five picks from last week. Follow on Twitter: @Hyken.

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ShepHyken

MAY 1, 2017

My Comment: If you’ve been following me at all you know I’m a huge fan of social media customer care. 3 Tips for Successful Social Customer Service by Krysta Gahagen. For information on The Customer Focus™ customer service training programs go to www.thecustomerfocus.com. Follow on Twitter: @Hyken.

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ShepHyken

AUGUST 14, 2017

For information on The Customer Focus™ customer service training programs go to www.thecustomerfocus.com. The post 5 Top Customer Service Articles for the Week of August 14, 2017 appeared first on Shep Hyken. Follow on Twitter: @Hyken.

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Vcaretec

JUNE 6, 2022

We’ve made it easy for you to check this off your list with our Big List of Customer Care Events and Conferences. Attendees come from all different industries representing various functions including: call center/contact center, customer care, customer service, customer experience, operations, IT/Tech support and more.

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CCNG

OCTOBER 19, 2022

AmericanExpress, 2017) Only 43% of CX executives are highly confident in their company’s CX proficiencies and preparedness for the future. Oracle, 2018) 53% of organizations don’t believe they make it easy for customers to handle their issues/requests. PwC, 2017). Customer Centricity Are you obsessed with your customers?

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ShepHyken

JUNE 12, 2017

For information on The Customer Focus™ customer service training programs go to www.thecustomerfocus.com. The post 5 Top Customer Service Articles For the Week of June 12, 2017 appeared first on Shep Hyken. Follow on Twitter: @Hyken.

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Bright Pattern

JANUARY 22, 2019

Signs.com is leading the way, and their stellar work earned them the recognition of the ICMI Global Contact Center Awards for Best Customer Care in 2017. So, what’s the secret to delivering exceptional live chat support?

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NICE inContact

JANUARY 24, 2018

Cloud contact center deployments that began in customer care may have been extended to other business areas. Two topics come to mind: participating fully in corporate digital transformation initiatives and investigating uses of artificial intelligence in customer care. Digital Transformation. Artificial Intelligence.

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ShepHyken

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

ROI’s on the Prize: Twitter Links Social Customer Care and Willingness to Pay by Lia Winograd. When a customer tweets to a company and receives a response, the customer is willing to spend 3-20% more. Be sure to read through the entire article as there are some good suggestions to focus on in 2017.

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Russel Lolacher

OCTOBER 28, 2019

74% of Millennials (18-34) and 58% of GenX (35-54) have a better opinion of organizations that provide social media customer care – Microsoft . The secret weapon in social customer care isn’t that much of a secret, it’s all in the name. The average person spends two hours on social media every day. – CTV news (2017).

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ShepHyken

AUGUST 17, 2021

When you consider the different scenarios that individuals are put in, dealing with different contacts every day, they have a lot of people they have to interact with, whether that’s the customer directly or the supervisor at the company they’re supporting. in 2017 after 10 years with the company in senior leadership roles.

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ShepHyken

AUGUST 7, 2017

4 Simple Yet Innovative Tips To Boost Customer Care (without sacrificing your tech budget!). LinkedIn) Here are 4 simple yet innovative tips that help change the way customer care operations are run and improve the customer experience for the better. The author reached out to 14 experts to get their opinions.

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Connecting the Dots

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

It’s something no brand wants to be associated with, but new data from the Customer Rage Survey shows that more companies have customers experiencing rage than they may think. The post Top Takeaways From The 2017 Customer Rage Study appeared first on Customer Care Measurement & Consulting (CCMC).

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Connecting the Dots

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

It’s something no brand wants to be associated with, but new data from the Customer Rage Survey shows that more companies have customers experiencing rage than they may think. The post Top Takeaways From The 2017 Customer Rage Study appeared first on Customer Care Measurement & Consulting (CCMC).

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Connecting the Dots

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

It’s something no brand wants to be associated with, but new data from the Customer Rage Survey shows that more companies have customers experiencing rage than they may think. The post Top Takeaways From The 2017 Customer Rage Study appeared first on Customer Care Measurement & Consulting (CCMC).

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DMG Consulting

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

DMG Consulting Releases 2017 Workforce Optimization Mid-Year Market Share Report. What: Releases 2017 Workforce Optimization Mid-Year Market Share Report. What: Releases 2017 Workforce Optimization Mid-Year Market Share Report. When: Today, 1 November 2017. million between the first half of 2016 and 2017.

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DMG Consulting

JANUARY 17, 2018

DMG Consulting Releases 2017 – 2018 Workforce Optimization Product and Market Report. What: Releases 2017 – 2018 Workforce Optimization Product and Market Report. New architectures and intelligent automation position WFO sector to suceed. To order your copy of the Report, visit www.dmgconsult.com.

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DMG Consulting

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

DMG Consulting Releases 2017-2018 Cloud-Based Contact Center Infrastructure Market Report. 11/30/2017. What: Releases 2017 – 2018 Cloud-Based Contact Center Infrastructure Market Report. What: Releases 2017 – 2018 Cloud-Based Contact Center Infrastructure Market Report. When: Today, 30 November 2017.

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NICE inContact

MAY 12, 2017

2017 was arguably the biggest and best year ever at Enterprise Connect 2017 for those who care about contact centers. In 2017, it became increasingly clear that tracking a customer’s journey needs to be part of a broader corporate imperative to coordinate marketing, selling, service and customer care.

Enterprise 48

Enterprise Contact Center Cloud contact Banking 48

ShepHyken

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

Why Memory Is Your Most Powerful Tool For Building Customer Relationships by Yannis Kotziagkiaouridis. Forbes) Leading brands like Amazon and Apple have set a new standard for attentive and thoughtful customer care, and companies striving for success today must meet or even exceed it. . Memory” can be a big part of that.

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ShepHyken

JULY 17, 2017

How Enterprise Chatbots Platforms Will Change Customer Service by Murray Newlands. Business2Community) The key to good customer care is making your customer’s experience with your brand seamless, easy, and great. However, because customers are more informed than ever, they expect more. Follow on Twitter: @Hyken.

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Customer Service Chatbots Government Customer centricity 77

Mindtouch

APRIL 17, 2017

We compiled the list of 2017’s TOP 100 Customer Success Strategists who are well known and reputable around the world so that you can: Easily find a community of thought leaders in one place. Erin Fogerty, Affinio, Senior Customer Success Manager, @efogess, LinkedIn. Check here to see if you made the cut and get your badge!

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RichCall

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

Global Contact Centre Benchmarking Report, Dimension Data 2017. The The 2017 Global Benchmarking Report (pdf) suggests that the top trends are: CX as the differentiator (82.%). connected customer journeys with 9 channels in most contact centers. Bruce Temkin , a customer experience transformist. of companies.

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CSM Magazine

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

After more than a decade as the USA’s leading customer service and contact event, CCW (Customer Contact Week) is coming to Europe in 2017 for the first time ever.

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Beyond Philosophy

MARCH 20, 2017

Customer-centric organizations are 60% more profitable than non-customer focused organizations (Deloitte and Touche). Forrester Research declares 2017 the year that businesses become customer-obsessed. Providing ‘value’ to the Customer. I have just read a great new book called Value-ology Palgrave McMillan, 2017.

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COPC

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

and Execs in the Know have published survey results of the 2016 Customer Experience Management Benchmark (CXMB) Series Consumer Edition, which focuses on customer journey insights from the consumer’s perspective. While the preference for Traditional Care remains strong, there was a slight pullback in 2016.

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Fonolo

JANUARY 31, 2018

There is still a large untapped market for cloud solutions though, with 56% of contact center respondents in our 2017 survey stating that they did not use any form of cloud-based functionality at all.”. China Merchant Bank’s bot [served on WeChat] handles more natural customer conversations… 1.5 Who wrote it: Interactions.

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Contact Center Chatbots Finance Healthcare 141

aircall

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

In 2017, customer service trends will continue to drive success. Customer service is the new marketing, don’t you know? Some customer service trends will fall by the wayside, others will be increasingly decisive. Omnichannel isn’t just a buzzword; de facto, it is one of the customer service trends which are here to stay.

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Customer Service Self service Brand ambassadors virtual call center 54

Connecting the Dots

JULY 13, 2020

By leveraging good science, Scott, along with the CCMC team, has assisted leaders in all industries in strategic investments in customer care that lead to favorable return on investment. Scott’s business partners, Marc Grainer and John Goodman , were involved in the first of its kind 1976 study on customer care.

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Connecting the Dots

JULY 13, 2020

The 2020 National Customer Rage Study was featured recently in the Wall Street Journal. The WSJ highlighted one of the good news findings in this year’s Customer Rage Study: 32% of customers were satisfied, up from 21% in 2017. ” Read more here.

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ShepHyken

AUGUST 7, 2017

4 Simple Yet Innovative Tips To Boost Customer Care (without sacrificing your tech budget!). LinkedIn) Here are 4 simple yet innovative tips that help change the way customer care operations are run and improve the customer experience for the better. The author reached out to 14 experts to get their opinions.

Customer Service 43

Customer Service Chatbots Customer Care B2B 43

ShepHyken

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

(Buffer) Imagine being able to predict the next big thing on social media, knowing what social media will look like in 2017 and beyond and how will brands use social platforms to connect with their audience. I’m surprised at how many companies have not yet embraced social media for marketing and customer care.

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ShepHyken

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

.’ – (Source: American Express Customer Service Barometer 2017). For every customer who complains, there are 26 customers who don’t say anything.’ – (Source: Lee Resources International). 82% of customers have left a company because of a bad customer service experience.’ – (Source: Rightnow).

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ShepHyken

MARCH 14, 2017

According to the report, 85% of business executives believe that customer experience is a key competitive differentiator. Further, empowered customers expect their customer service to be personalized. How does AI fit into the customer experience? How can customer service differentiate you from your competition?

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Enterprise Call Center Customer Care Marketing 208

ShepHyken

JUNE 2, 2017

Sprint Wireless overhauled their customer care program, providing their call-center agents with real-time recommendations to improve retention. As a result, they’ve reduced their customer churn rate by more than 50 percent since 2014.

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ShepHyken

MARCH 9, 2018

Gartner also reported that by 2020, 72% of customer interactions will involve an emerging technology such as machine-learning applications, chatbots or mobile messaging, up from 11% in 2017. This type of technology is still very juvenile and even the top tech giants such as Facebook were receiving high failure rates during 2017.

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