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5 Top Customer Service Articles For the Week of February 6, 2017

ShepHyken

(Elaine Fogel) Whether your business or organization has one or a hundred employees, it’s important to honor them, treat them with respect, and turn them into your best brand ambassadors. My Comment: Too many times a company (and employees of the company) focus on the outside customer and forget about the internal customer.

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How to Achieve an Effective Customer Care Plan

Helpware

The benefits of a well-structured customer care plan are essential as they assist in retaining customers and creating loyal brand ambassadors, both of which are essential to the long-term success of your business. The survival rate of small businesses is approximately 50% at the five-year mark.

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5 ways to prepare customer care agents for this holiday season

Liveops

Although customer care is typically regarded as a cost center, savvy brands know that 80% of their shoppers will return after a positive customer experience. That’s why customer care teams must work hard to deliver service on par with what customers are promised. Mobile is where it’s at.

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Guest Blog: Exceptional Customer Support Is Fresh, Not Canned

ShepHyken

Forced to listen to fake-happy ‘customer care’ puppets reading from scripts? The dissatisfaction you’ll be left with goes both ways: the cost of disappointed customers is high for companies, too. User lover blossomed: Moving from fans to brand ambassadors. Ever been put on hold for three hours?

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Creating Brand Distinction, Optimizing CX with Channel Management

HGS

The most iconic brands in the world are unparalleled due to unswerving and perpetual use of their distinctive brand features over many years. And this leads to deep brand penetration and retention in customers’ minds. As such, brand growth is born out of a commitment to these features. New Channel Proliferation.

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Achieve your business goals using outsourced customer care services

Blueship Call Center

You can achieve that aim without investing valuable time or money by choosing outsourced customer care services. Companies realize that a significant differentiation in today’s market is the excellent customer experience, which is why outsourced customer care services are becoming increasingly popular.

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Is Your Customer Care Team at the Center of Your Engagement & Loyalty Strategy? It Needs to Be.

Skybridge

But here’s what they’ll never forget: how they feel treated by your brand when make contact with you. How well is your customer care team measuring up? If you are looking for ways to turn customer care contacts into critical CX and loyalty moments, I hope you’ll reach out to us at Skybridge Americas.