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How Much Does It Cost to Give Great Customer Service?

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I recently wrote an article in Forbes about how to get customers to pay more. The focus, of course, was on customer service and experience. Research has irrefutably proven that customers will pay more for a better experience. He wasn’t talking about upgrading a coach seat on a plane to a first-class seat.

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The Customer Service Ritual that Takes Place at Every Meeting

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It helps us keep customer service “front-of-mind” and is a positive way to start a meeting. By the way, this is the same exercise we teach in our customer service training programs. As mentioned, for us it’s customer service. It can be as simple as returning a call quickly or stepping in to help in a crisis.

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Playing to Win in Customer Service

ShepHyken

In close games, when my team is up by one or two goals, I remember my school days when our coaches encouraged us to continue playing to score, even when we were winning, versus switching to more defensive play to prevent the other team from scoring. So, what does this have to do with business, specifically customer service and CX?

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5 Top Customer Service Articles For the Week of March 8, 2021

ShepHyken

Each week I read a number of customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. Why marketing can no longer ignore customer experience by Jason VandeBoom. Digiday) Customer experience is rapidly becoming more designable, more accessible and more creative. Follow on Twitter: @Hyken.

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Gartner® Research: Boost Customer Service Performance with Smart Coaching Tools

Preparing for impactful coaching sessions shouldn't be a bottleneck to success. Innovation Insight: Coaching Tech to Boost Customer Service Performance" from Gartner shows practical ways to turn this around. Access the complimentary research to learn how to maximize your coaching effectiveness.

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Let’s Play 20 Customer Experience (CX) Questions – Part TWO

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Whats your favorite metric to measure customer success? While Im a big fan of a simple metric like NPS, when it comes to customer success and service, I coach my clients to think about TTH, as in Time to Happiness. Deferring to my annual customer service and CX research, year after year the public chooses Amazon!

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No Toilet Paper – Is Customer Service Getting Worse?

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Some people claim that customer service is getting worse. Customers are getting smarter and expecting more. The customer service “bar” is raised by great companies who teach us what good customer service should be. Sometimes a bad customer service example is a great learning opportunity.

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60-Day Plan: Practical Upgrades for Your Remote Contact Center

Speaker: Roger Lee, VP Customer Success, Gridspace

Authenticating customers and agents with voice biometrics. Providing data-driven coaching in live calls. For many businesses, the contact center is now the primary conversational touchpoint with customers, creating extra pressure for agents to deliver exceptional customer service.

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Developing Agent Empathy Through Emotional Intelligence

Speaker: Dave Seaton CCXP, Founder & Principal at Seaton CX

Practicing empathy is not only foundational to good customer service––it improves customer satisfaction. But how do contact center leaders assess, manage, and coach agents to show empathy? Take away valuable exercises and job aids to coach agents and improve empathy skills in your contact center.

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60-Day Plan: Practical Upgrades for Your Remote Contact Center -- a Webinar Replay

Speaker: Roger Lee, VP Customer Success, Gridspace

Authenticating customers and agents with voice biometrics. Providing data-driven coaching in live calls. For many businesses, the contact center is now the primary conversational touchpoint with customers, creating extra pressure for agents to deliver exceptional customer service.

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Executive Report: The Customer Data Too Often Overlooked by the C-Suite

A recent Calabrio research study of more than 1,000 C-Suite executives has revealed leaders are missing a key data stream – voice of the customer data. Download the report to learn how executives can find and use VoC data to make more informed business decisions.