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United Airlines Computer Outage Is Customer Service Crisis Case Study

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Last week United Airlines had a computer outage that lasted two and a half hours and caused 200 flight delays and six cancellations. Keep in mind, this wasn’t a single unhappy customer complaining to a gate agent at the airport. And it may not be a computer glitch, but a weather problem that causes airline delays.

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Guest Blog: Are You Setting the Right Customer Experience Goals?

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This week we feature an article by Tim Houlne who writes about the importance of integrating technology into your business to provide the optimum customer experience. – Shep Hyken. Time to start planning for your 2019 customer experience initiatives. Would you consider that a great customer experience?

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Guest Blog: How Companies are Using Bots to Enhance Customer Experience

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This week on our Friends on Friday guest blog post my colleague, Manuel Grenacher, writes about how using bots can help manage and improve the customer experience. Used properly, I believe bots can be an customer service excellent tool. Shep Hyken. Booking an appointment—say, a plane ticket—used to be so easy.

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5 Top Customer Service Articles For the Week of October 3, 2016

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This is a world-wide celebration and some great people in Rwanda remind us that the celebration is not only for customers, but for employees as well. Southwest Airlines Puts Its Heart Into The Customer Experience by Stan Phelps. Purple Goldfish) Two years ago Southwest Airlines launched new branding for the airline.

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5 Top Customer Service Articles For the Week of October 10, 2016

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When a flying experience goes south, travelers feel desperate for help and seek the reassurance that it will all work out. However, US airlines aren’t exactly known for their warm and fuzzy customer service. Flyers can feel abandoned, as if the airline doesn’t even care. They don’t like travel hassle.

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5 Top Customer Service Articles For the Week of March 26, 2018

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Each week I read a number of customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. Southwest Airlines Had a Brilliant Reaction When a Passenger’s Wi-Fi Wouldn’t Work by Bill Murphy Jr. How Chewy Built a $3 Billion Business Based on Customer Experience by Mike DuPuy.

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5 Top Customer Service Articles For the Week of May 29, 2017

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Each week I read a number of customer service and experience articles from various online resources. How good is your company’s internal customer experience? McKinsey & Company) To excel with customers, frontline employees need high-level service from core support functions. by Nicolas Maechler.

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