ShepHyken

APRIL 24, 2017

Each week I read a number of customer service articles from various online resources. Hidden Secrets of Exceptional Customer Service From Amazon, PriceFixer, Netflix and Tesla You Could use to Command Your Customers’ Loyalty by Vicky Law. My Comment: Want to learn from some of the masters of customer service?

Customer Service 174

Customer Service Surveys Personalization Consulting 174

ShepHyken

OCTOBER 16, 2017

Each week I read a number of customer service articles from various online resources. My Comment: This article starts with the following sentence: “Your frontline employees, like your sales associates, technicians and customer service reps, often know what’s wrong in your company before you do.” Engage your front liners.

Customer Service 198

Customer Service Marketing Customer Experience Sales 198

ShepHyken

APRIL 17, 2017

Each week I read a number of customer service articles from various online resources. 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.

Airlines 198

Airlines Customer Service Customer retention Customer Care 198

ShepHyken

MARCH 20, 2017

Each week I read a number of customer service articles from various online resources. No More Nonpologies: Apologize to Customers Like You Mean It by Leslie O’Flahavan. Here are three tips for writing a heartfelt apology to a customer. Social care is not just “customer service on social media.”

Customer Service 189

Customer Service Scripts Customer Care Sales 189

ShepHyken

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

Each week I read a number of customer service and experience articles from various online resources. The top five things you hate most about customer service by Sarah Ingrams . Whether you’re buying new gadgets, planning a holiday or managing your finances, everyone has to deal with customer service from time to time.

Customer Service 168

Customer Service Benchmark Customer Care Finance 168

ShepHyken

JUNE 15, 2018

This week we feature an article by Ayush Chaudhary who writes about the social media customer support experience. Social customer service allows you to take the interactions with your customers to an even higher level. – Shep Hyken. Think of it as a telephonic IVRS analog for customer support.

Chatbots 198

Chatbots Customer Support Healthcare Scripts 198

ShepHyken

AUGUST 21, 2017

Each week I read a number of customer service and experience articles from various online resources. Tips On How To Handle Racist Customers by Kelechi Okeke. CXService360) What do you do when a customer hurls racist remarks at an employee (you) or other customers? Will it frustrate customers?

Customer Service 47

Customer Service Customer centricity Customer Support Customer Care 47

ShepHyken

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Each week I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. Total Retail) The holiday season guarantees a seasonal spike in customer support tickets, resulting in a 42 percent increase. Go to The Customer Focus to learn more about our customer service training programs.

Customer Service 236

Customer Service Chatbots B2C B2B 236

ShepHyken

JANUARY 8, 2018

Each week I read a number of customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. Industry Experts Offer Up 2018 Predictions on Retail Customer Experience by Judy Mottl. My Comment: The 2018 customer service and experience predictions continue to roll in. Follow on Twitter: @Hyken.

Customer Service 0

Customer Service B2B Contact Center Technology 0

ShepHyken

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Each week I read a number of customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. CX50 2020: Great customer experience starts with company culture by Morag Cuddeford-Jones. Level-up Your Customer Service With These 4 Dynamite Strategies by Tom Sagi.

Customer Service 206

Customer Service outsourcing Contact Center Customer Support 206

ShepHyken

AUGUST 7, 2017

Each week I read a number of customer service and experience articles from various online resources. Is The Customer Service “Department” Becoming Obsolete? My Comment: This is an interesting article with a provocative title: “Is the Customer Service Department Becoming Obsolete?” by Mike Wittenstein.

Customer Service 155

Customer Service Chatbots Customer Care B2B 155

ShepHyken

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

Each week I read a number of customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. Can awful airline customer service be overridden with AI and analytics? This article by Scott Kendrick of Callminer is about how the airlines are using (or should be using) AI to support their customers.

Airlines 195

Airlines Customer Service Chatbots Analytics 195

ShepHyken

JANUARY 13, 2017

This week on our Friends on Friday guest blog post my colleague, Bryan Peterson, shares signs that may indicate it’s time to outsource your customer service. Outsourcing can be a viable alternative and it must be something your customers trust and have confidence in. – Shep Hyken. And good customer service is everything.

outsourcing 192

outsourcing Customer Service call center solutions Call Center 192

ShepHyken

JUNE 29, 2018

This week we feature an article by Laura Bourne who shares four important factors that can help you achieve success and avoid customer service problems. – Shep Hyken. Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning. There is no denying that loyal customers are the bread and butter of an organization.

Customer Service 206

Customer Service Feedback Coaching Management 206

Kayako

JANUARY 5, 2017

Customers value the quality of customer service as much as price and quality of products. According to an American Express study , “Americans will spend 9% more with companies that provide excellent service.” Recent trends in customer service show that companies can delight their customers while generating revenues.

Omni-channel support 47

Omni-channel support Customer Experience Customer Service Multi-channel support 47

CSM Magazine

JANUARY 15, 2025

While no one can truly comprehend the extent of the impact it will have, there is no doubt that AI and chatbots for customer support are being embraced by more and more companies. It can be a huge help, improve customer satisfaction and engagement, and enable you to work through questions faster and more efficiently.

Chatbots 52

Chatbots Customer Support Technical Support Banking 52

ProProfs Blog

AUGUST 19, 2020

For example, who could forget the dreadful incident of the United Express Flight 3411 in 2017? Here is a quick recap: Right before an overbooked United Express flight took off on April 9, 2017, airplane staff were recorded manhandling and forcibly removing passengers to make room for airline employees. . Let us get started!

Customer Service 158

Customer Service Airlines Customer centricity Multichannel 158

CCNG

OCTOBER 19, 2022

(Gartner, 2021) 8 in 10 consumers report that businesses are meeting or exceeding their expectations for service, compared to 67 percent in 2014. In fact, 40% say businesses have increased their focus and attention on service, a significant increase in just three years (up from 29% in 2014). more likely to buy again, 5.6x

Customer Experience 195

Customer Experience Journey mapping Metrics Surveys 195

ProProfs Blog

JANUARY 17, 2020

Every single company in the world wishes to offer delightful customer service. . But, a lot of companies don’t have a plan in place when things go wrong during the customer service process. This is one of the biggest examples to date that emphasizes on the importance of customer service recovery. .

Customer Service 146

Customer Service Feedback Surveys Customer Support 146

Kayako

JANUARY 12, 2017

It’s easy to rush into 2017 without appreciating the good parts of 2016: there is now a lot of great content out there that supports you, the customer advocating superhero! How do you round off a year that’s been so good to the customer service industry? What do Kayako’s founders recommend?

Customer Experience 98

Customer Experience Chief Customer Officer Customer centricity B2B 98

ProProfs Blog

APRIL 16, 2020

Do you contact customer service vs. technical support ? Let’s not get into the debate of which one is more apt in these situations because you start by trying the self-servicing options first. Left with no choice, you try getting hold of a customer service agent on the phone.

Customer Service 144

Customer Service Self service Customer Support Technical Support 144

Comm100

DECEMBER 22, 2016

We hope your customer service department saw a lot of improvements in 2016. But no matter where you stand at the end of the year, every team is wondering the same thing: what will 2017 bring? Third party messaging applications, like Facebook messenger and Kik, will become mainstream channels for customer service.

Customer Service 51

Customer Service Benchmark Multichannel Airlines 51

Callminer

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

A new need for more adaptive service options, including improved omnichannel customer experience, has shown up as a strong trend with few signs of letting up. For instance, when they go from email support to calling the customer service team. “A Customers want a variety of channels to contact your agents.

Call Center 376

Call Center Technology Banking Contact Center 376

Mindtouch

OCTOBER 19, 2017

Announcing the TOP 124 Salesforce Influencers of 2017 (both listical and digital asset provided below). Connect with influencers at events like Dreamforce and The Customer Focus Effect. 2017 Top 124. SALESFORCE INFLUENCERS Specializing in Customer Engagement – Download the Digital Asset Here. Jason Summers , Sr.

Consulting 91

Consulting Consulting Engineering CRM 91

ProProfs Blog

MAY 6, 2020

The above screenshot comes from the Deloitte Millennial Survey of 2017 that shows the percentage of millennials reporting that their employers have adopted flexible arrangements. What makes managing a remote customer service team so daunting? To find an answer to this question let us shave a look at some of the stats.

Management 162

Management Customer Service Best practices Entertainment 162

TechSee

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

Growing trend of customer service on demand. Today’s consumers also have high expectations for customer service. Providing customers with fast, helpful service and easily accessible information is no longer a nice-to-have, it’s a need-to-have in order to keep customers satisfied and avoid churn.

Customer Service 116

Customer Service Real estate Call Center Enterprise 116

TechSee

MARCH 13, 2018

Artificial Intelligence was the talk of 2017. The customer service industry, in particular, pinned high hopes on AI, expecting that upon its introduction to the market, smart machines would truly transform the customer experience. as well as a PR blitz by some of the leading technology enterprises.

Customer Service 95

Customer Service Chatbots Virtual Agent Technical Support 95

ShepHyken

JUNE 28, 2019

In the contact center industry, for example, there are fewer phone conversations going into customer support centers than in the past. But the phone conversations that are handled by human agents are generally becoming longer and more complicated as simpler inquiries are handled through self-service options.

Contact Center 294

Contact Center Self service Banking Airlines 294

TechSee

JUNE 25, 2019

It seems like every company in every industry wants to harness the power of AI to enhance operations and positively impact the lives of their customers. A Tata Consultancy Services survey found that 31.7% of major companies around the world are currently using AI customer service technologies, the second most common use of AI after IT.

Technology 122

Technology Customer Service Gamification Contact Center 122

Nicereply

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

When you’re able to reassess how you’re working and clean things up, you can set your customer support team up for an even better year serving your customers moving forward. Customer support team can apply the annual tradition to their work too. Customer Satisfaction. Ticket Volume. Ticket Backlog.

Customer Support 97

Customer Support Metrics Feedback Accountability 97

Vonage

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

Half of consumers move on after poor customer service. In NewVoiceMedia’s whitepaper, Serial Switchers Strike Again , we learned that 49 percent of consumers switch companies after receiving service that does not meet their expectations. Poor customer service costs business billions annually.

Multichannel 87

Multichannel Self service Contact Center Advertising 87

Callminer

DECEMBER 17, 2019

The need for competent customer support is growing. “59% of customers say that they have higher expectations for customer support than they had a year ago.” Many companies are coming up short with customer support. Larger call centers may struggle with higher turnover. ” – E.

Call Center 207

Call Center outsourcing Contact Center Finance 207

TeamSupport

JULY 8, 2020

The right B2B customer support software means never having to say goodbye. When you implement a B2B customer support software like TeamSupport, you can measure how happy or frustrated your customers might be and take proactive steps with customers who might be in danger of leaving.

B2B 86

B2B Customer Support Metrics Technology 86

Solvvy

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

With more people using apps, web-based services, and fintech solutions, businesses must overcome the challenge of providing the best possible customer service to these new customers. What is a Customer Service Chatbot? However, chatbots don’t require customers to ask a question in a particular way.

Chatbots 62

Chatbots Metrics Customer Support Customer Service 62

TechSee

MAY 1, 2018

While more than 90% of utility companies’ overall budget is dedicated to infrastructure and other operating costs, with less than 10% allocated towards customer service, the picture is very different when it comes to AI. Gartner reports that the vast majority of utilities’ investment in AI is earmarked for customer service.

Analytics 132

Analytics Call Center Chatbots Self service 132

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. Customer service is becoming simultaneously more complex, and more crucial to success.

Customer Service 54

Customer Service Self service Brand ambassadors virtual call center 54

TechSee

JANUARY 18, 2018

billion active units in 2017, representing 63% of 8.4 However, despite the consumer desire to self-install, they did not find the process easy, with 30% of consumers having to give up mid-process and contact a customer service agent for assistance after failing to self-install successfully. According to Gartner, Inc.,

Customer Service 95

Customer Service Self service Technical Support Surveys 95