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Guest Blog: The Hidden Workings of Top Customer Support Teams

ShepHyken

This puts a lot of extra pressure on businesses to deliver exceptional customer service. It’s not enough to have a great product—that product also has to come with great customer experience. For businesses that have become the benchmark for top customer service, what are they doing differently?

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Guest Blog: Five Tips to Providing a Five Star Experience

ShepHyken

This week we feature an article by Katie Mares who explains how any business or organization can provide its customers with a five-star experience. The best way I can describe ‘customer service’ is by using the word transaction. Service’ is what we do, it is a product or the transaction to receive the product.

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Bad Customer Service Rarely Results in Profitability

Beyond Philosophy

We have all been in line or on hold for customer service , waiting for a company to get back to us. Then, when our wait time runs long and our patience runs short we get cranky and think, this customer service crew is really inept today. We discussed the profitability of lousy customer service on a recent podcast.

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5 Top Customer Service Articles of the Week 6-28-2021

ShepHyken

Each week I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. America’s Best Customer Service Companies by Newsweek. My Comment: We start off this week with Newsweek’s list of America’s BEST customer service companies. Here are my top five picks from last week.

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5 Top Customer Service Articles of the Week 7-5-2021

ShepHyken

Each week I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. Experience Hotel Blog) The Experience Hotel team decided to conduct a survey on the impact of the different types of emails you can send to your customers. They may even make you rethink how you email your customers.

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When Sales and Customer Service Collide

ShepHyken

Lately, I’ve been thinking about how sales and customer service combine to create an experience – hopefully a positive one. She created an experience for her customer. She created an experience for her customer. This is where sales and customer service collide. Here’s the short version.

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Empathy in Customer Service: A Key Differentiator for Top Call Centers in the US

TeleDirect

Empathy in Customer Service: A Key Differentiator for Top Call Centers in the US When evaluating the top call centers in the US , businesses often prioritize efficiency, technology, and scalability. What Is Empathy in Customer Service? FAQs About Empathy in Customer Service Q: Can empathy be taught to call center agents?