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

ShepHyken

We see numerous instances of contact center operators focusing more on improving the tactical side of operations like reducing average handle time or getting more surveys filled out while ignoring the more strategic goal of improving efficiency and eliminating the redundant. Would you ever use that airline again?

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Qualtrics Announces Consumer Trends That Will Shape 2023

CSM Magazine

In fact, talking to a helpful, empathetic service agent matters more to customers than having a short wait time. A personable service agent has a bigger impact on consumer satisfaction than a short wait time. By contrast, consumers with a short wait time were 2.7

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3 Keys to Q4 Contact Center Success in 2021

Outsource Consultants

This includes excessive hold times, overwhelmed agents, poor customer satisfaction, and ultimately brand harm. Delta Airlines is hiring 5,000 professionals to help support their customers, but still expects lengthy hold times (some as long as 9 hours) to persist into the fall. It’s no wonder customers have such low expectations.

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How to Implement Customer Service Policies for Your Growing Business

ProProfs Blog

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. . Now, it would be wrong to say that such a big airline company did not have a devised structure of customer service policies.

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What’s the Deal with Air Canada?

Fonolo

It was just last year that Air Canada was flying high after being named Best Airline in North America by Skytrax, an independent U.K. research firm that surveys 20 million global travelers yearly. On paper, our beloved national airline, this flag carrier, is a nerdy octogenarian with an affinity for collecting accolades.

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7 Mistakes You’re Making in Customer Service

Quiq

CX fell for 19% of brands in 2022—the highest proportion of brands to drop in one year since the survey’s inception. Airlines and hotels are among the top industries seeing a drop, brought on by both internal and external factors. But there are some things you could be doing to exacerbate customer wait times.

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13 Best Practices for Call Queue Management in Your Call Center to Improve Your Customer Experience

SharpenCX

Proactively serving up helpful info in your IVR – like disclosing excessive wait times – prevents queue overflow and pointless agent interactions. Set maximum queue sizes or wait time restrictions. Set thresholds to watch for peak wait times. Include updates and important messages in your IVR.