ShepHyken

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

Each week, I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. I have added my comments about each article and would like to hear what you think too. My Comment: We lead off this week’s Top Five roundup with an article of expert commentary compiled by Megan Jones at Call Centre Helper.

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ShepHyken

JULY 29, 2024

Each week, I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. I have added my comments about each article and would like to hear what you think too. My Comment: The Olympics have officially begun, so it seems appropriate to lead with this article in this week’s Top Five roundup.

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Win the Customer

JANUARY 9, 2025

This is where customer self-service comes in. AI plays a crucial role in enabling effective customer self-service. Here’s how product managers can use AI to build products that drive customer self-service: 1.

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ShepHyken

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Each week I read a number of customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. I have added my comment about each article and would like to hear what you think too. My Comment: With Valentine’s Day next Sunday, I thought this is an appropriate article to start this week’s Top Five roundup.

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ShepHyken

APRIL 15, 2019

Each week I read a number of customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. I have added my comment about each article and would like to hear what you think too. 6 Customer Service Pitfalls and How to Avoid Them by Sam Del Rowe. Self-service, messaging and chatbots are the focus of the article.

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ShepHyken

JULY 2, 2021

This week we feature an article by Devin Pickell, Growth Marketer at Nextiva. He writes about the do’s and don’ts of social media customer service. We already know more brands are using social media as a customer service channel for answering FAQs, customer complaints, and general support questions. . Provide speedy support.

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Customer Service Chatbots Accountability Self service 390

ShepHyken

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

This week we feature an article from Pawel Lawrowski, Head of Growth at Tidio. Poor customer service costs businesses over $75 billion a year in lost profits. Live chat and chatbots are the best tools to reduce the response time and improve the customer satisfaction rate. Like live chat, you can add chatbots to all websites.

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Customer Service Chatbots Education Feedback 385

CSM Magazine

APRIL 10, 2025

Personalized self-service has quickly become a necessity for businesses in an era where convenience and efficiency are non-negotiable for customers. But how can businesses, particularly retailers, deliver seamless, personalized self-service across various channels without compromising user satisfaction?

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ShepHyken

APRIL 2, 2018

Each week I read a number of customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. I have added my comment about each article and would like to hear what you think too. Three Important Considerations for Customer Service Surveys by Paul Selby. Here are my top five picks from last week. Yes and yes!)

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ShepHyken

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

Each week I read a number of customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. I have added my comment about each article and would like to hear what you think too. Top 5 Tips to Improve Social Customer Service by Kristina Knight. Here are five tips to improve social customer service.

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ShepHyken

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Each week I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. I have added my comment about each article and would like to hear what you think too. 3 Ways to Move From Customer Service to Customer Care by Patrick McCullough. So, if customer service isn’t a department, what do you call it?

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TechSee

MARCH 19, 2019

With many of these channels and tools enabling self-service, old-school KPIs are no longer sufficient. As self-service becomes more widely adopted in the customer service arena, gone are the days of two-minute performance-boosting calls asking to update an address. New Self Service KPI Metrics.

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ShepHyken

DECEMBER 11, 2020

This week we feature an article from Josh Snider, Product Marketing Manager at Khoros. H e explains how and why expanding customer care operations to include online chat and brand communities can elevate both self-service and customer care. “Hi, Read Shep’s latest Forbes article: Don’t Blame The Bot, Blame The Brand.

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Customer Service Life

MAY 11, 2022

This article was originally published on CustomerThink and is being reposted with the permission of the editor. For those that may not know, AnswerBot works in a couple of different ways to help boost customer self-service. Understanding the Key Metrics for Self-Service. Source: Pixabay.

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ShepHyken

APRIL 2, 2021

This week we feature an article by Hannah McCabe , Director of Demand at Stella Connect by Medallia. She shares common misconceptions about customer service and offers ways to fight them in order to provide great customer experiences. Misconception #2: Customers only want self-service options. In the U.S. of all sales.

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ShepHyken

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Each week I read a number of customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. I have added my comment about each article and would like to hear what you think too. This article included something worth considering. The article includes five ideas. Here are my top five picks from last week.

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Customer Service Customer centricity Marketing Self service 213

ShepHyken

APRIL 28, 2024

Each week, I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. I have added my comments about each article and would like to hear what you think too. This article includes five ways to manage the VIP experience, and of course, there’s technology, personalization, and more.

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Customer Service Advertising B2C Big data 193

ShepHyken

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

Each week I read a number of customer service articles from various online resources. I have added my comment about each article and would like to hear what you think too. The 7 Best Retailers for Customer Service b y Jamie Grill-Goodman. 10 Quotes To Inspire Better Customer Service by Sharpen.

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Customer Service Personalization Chatbots Self service 189

ShepHyken

JANUARY 23, 2017

Each week I read a number of customer service articles from various online resources. I have added my comment about each article and would like to hear what you think too. My Comment: This excellent article has three powerful tips. This article shares three questions to consider to help quantify CX success.

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ShepHyken

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Each week I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. I have added my comment about each article and would like to hear what you think too. This article pokes hard at the people/companies that are fixated on surveys – and suggests doing something more important than looking at numbers.

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ShepHyken

DECEMBER 19, 2023

I’ll share that company’s name at the end of this article. For now, you can guess. Cindy, from my office, had a customer service issue. She answered a few questions, and once the technology identified her problem, a chatbot popped up. She was digitally “hand-held” through the process, which included the chatbot.

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Help Scout

JUNE 8, 2021

Artificial intelligence (AI) shows incredible promise in 2021, but the experience of interacting with an AI chatbot is more like talking to a distracted toddler than it is to Tony Stark’s Jarvis. Still, using AI chatbots for customer service makes plenty of sense. A chatbot could do that before your team even gets notified.

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ShepHyken

APRIL 23, 2021

This week we feature an article by Devin Pickell, a Growth Marketer at Nextiva. He shares customer service best practices that successful brands use to help their customers on social media. Another intuitive and frankly underutilized way brands can use social media is for addressing customer service inquiries. .

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ShepHyken

JANUARY 21, 2024

Each week, I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. I have added my comments about each article and would like to hear what you think too. My friend, Chip Bell, has written a great article that aligns with my belief that for the right reasons, it’s okay to fire the customer.

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ShepHyken

DECEMBER 25, 2019

If you’re reading this article the day it comes out, it’s Christmas Day. Have good self-service options. Customers are getting used to taking control of their issues by going to websites, interacting with chatbots and more. Another way of putting it is this: teach customers how they can avoid problems during busy times.

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ShepHyken

AUGUST 14, 2023

Each week, I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. I have added my comment about each article and would like to hear what you think too. This article is about that – and more. If customer retention is important to you (and you know it is), then hurry up and read this article!

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Babelforce

JULY 15, 2021

Self-service support seems too good to be true. Most of the time you can set up knowledge bases and chatbots in a matter of days or weeks. And, with the right tools, it’s easy to offer phone-based self-service support too. And, with the right tools, it’s easy to offer phone-based self-service support too.

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SmartAction

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

In today’s fast-paced business landscape, customer self-service has become a pivotal aspect of delivering exceptional customer experiences. As we look towards 2024, the world of customer self-service is at a crossroads, with new challenges and opportunities on the horizon. Key Trends in Customer Self-Service 1.

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24-7 InTouch

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Customer self-service can be improved with the help of interactive bots that offer features like FAQ documents and links within a contained conversation. The opt-in feature can start the initial conversation through chatbots, potentially resolving issues faster.

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Inbenta

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Even though there is no “real” benchmark for automated self-service solutions, we’re going to try to give you some indications of the kind of results you can realistically expect from such solutions. But first, what is customer self-service? Which metrics to measure self-service KPIs? Call deflection rate.

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ShepHyken

AUGUST 12, 2022

This week we feature an article by Soumya Juttukonda, a content developer & digital media strategist at Knowmax , an AI enterprise knowledge base solution to enhance customer service. Create self-service solutions. She shares how you can reduce customer support tickets and enhance customer experience.

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ShepHyken

JANUARY 27, 2017

However, if you’re working for a large organization that receives hundreds of customer service tickets a day, use an automated chatbot. The chatbot, using AI, will be able to intelligently assist customers and answer questions quick and simply. Read Shep’s latest Forbes Article: A Worker’s Right To Disconnect From Work.

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TeamSupport

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Most businesses maintain some sort of customer self-service tools, whether it’s a chatbot or guide bot framework or a collection of knowledge base articles. Chances are your business maintains some sort of a self-service option, but does your business do a good job of promoting that to your customers?

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ShepHyken

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

This week, we feature an article by Laura Bassett, Vice President of Product Marketing at NICE CXone , a complete platform for delivering an end-to-end customer experience. Chatbots and virtual assistants have made self-service a natural first point of contact for many customers.

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ConvergeOne

JANUARY 17, 2023

There’s nothing like a chatbot that can’t answer your questions or listening to endless on-hold music to wait for a customer service representative. These scenarios, however, are reflective of today’s customer service environment. But customers still need service.” The solution?

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OctopusTech

APRIL 28, 2025

The article explores the future of artificial intelligence customer service and how the current improvements continue to affect organizations. The Evolution of Customer Support AI powered customer service is transforming the way organizations handle and address customer issues.

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ShepHyken

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

This week we feature an article by Brian Cantor who gives us a list of ways to achieve success and consistency when communicating with customers on any channel. – Shep Hyken. Goal: Adopt Chatbots. Customer-centric organizations do not invest in chatbots for the sake of “keeping up with the Joneses.” It Had Better Be!

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