ShepHyken

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

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. It’s the same for certain aspects of customer service. Not that much!

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Beyond Philosophy

MARCH 8, 2017

Neither of them provides a Customer Experience worth mentioning—at least not in a positive light. We asked the Customer Experience professionals there to name a Telecom they admired for the experience they provided. Rather than this be a rant let’s look at the key issues with Telecom’s Customer Experience?

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Customer Experience Customer centricity Engineering Consulting 312

ShepHyken

JULY 22, 2019

Each week I read a number of customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. 8 Tips for Improving Social Media Customer Service by Fara Haron. My Comment: Companies are using social media customer care/service to increase loyalty and gain market share.

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Customer Service Customer Care Marketing Customer Experience 305

ShepHyken

JULY 31, 2020

She explains the difference between customer service and customer experience and shares how implementing both into your business creates success. Customer experience and customer service are often used interchangeably and are the buzzwords for businesses in the age of instant gratuity.

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ShepHyken

AUGUST 7, 2019

The company’s reputation for amazing customer service is almost a cliché in the customer service world. Zappos stories have become customer service legends. There are many others, and this is just one of the reasons Zappos is recognized as one of the top customer service companies on the planet.

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ShepHyken

OCTOBER 24, 2016

Each week I read a number of customer service articles from various online resources. My Comment: If customer service is the new marketing, and personalization is the hottest strategy, then this article is a must-read. How Nike Is Beating Brands Like Apple and Adidas at Twitter Customer Care by Christopher Heine.

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Government Customer Service Customer Care Personalization 302

ShepHyken

AUGUST 5, 2019

Each week I read a number of customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. 3 Small Aspects Of ‘Customer Experience’ That Make A Big Competitive Difference by Gary Lyng. 3 Strategies for Humanizing the Digital Customer Experience by Vibhas Ratanjee and Teresa Tschida.

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ShepHyken

OCTOBER 22, 2018

Each week I read a number of customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. Facebook Messenger is becoming a great customer support channel, and more than 300,000 companies are on it with their chatbots as the first line of customer service. Guthrie-Jensen Consultants, Inc.)

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Customer Service Chatbots Consulting Consulting 57

ShepHyken

OCTOBER 10, 2016

Each week I read a number of customer service articles from various online resources. The JetBlue Story: Customer Service in an Industry Americans Hate by Sharpen. However, US airlines aren’t exactly known for their warm and fuzzy customer service. How Do You Celebrate National Customer Service Week?

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ShepHyken

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Customers want their concerns resolved swiftly, without having to wait in line or being handed from one executive to another. . A good customer experience (CX) begins with a 24-hours seamless website user experience, followed by top-notch customer care, and concludes with the receiving of the product/service purchased from you. .

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ShepHyken

JANUARY 28, 2019

Each week I read a number of customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. What Do Customers Really Think Of Your Brand? My Comment: Too often an organization’s leadership believes the experience and service they provide a customer is better than it actually is.

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Customer Service Customer Care Contact Center Customer Experience 264

ShepHyken

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

Each week I read a number of customer service articles from various online resources. Surprises Await When You Pretend To Be Your Own Customer by Steve DiGioia. Steve DiGioia) Stop complaining about your customers. In a perfect world, if you did you would have a wonderful experience. It’s worth it.

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Bill Quiseng

MAY 29, 2024

Concurrently, business leaders and CX influencers dub customer service representatives as the frontline. They may logically say that customer service is the frontline because they are front and center with customers. However, as customers, we emotionally feel we are doing battle with the customer service frontline.

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Bill Quiseng

OCTOBER 9, 2024

So, I encourage you to remind yourself and your colleagues every day about each one of The Rule of Three QUI TAKEAWAYS to Customer Service and Customer Experience. I am here to tell you that if you’re not in the Top Three, you don’t even exist in the minds of your potential customers. But I digress.

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Customer Experience Customer Service Customer Care Personalization 174

ShepHyken

DECEMBER 20, 2018

Shep Hyken’s Best Customer Service and Experience. Top 5 Articles to Share With Your Team: Five Customer Service Must-Do’s For 2018. That’s Not My Department” and 10 Other Phrases Customers Hate. That said, there are still plenty of other phrases and words we, as customers, hate to hear.

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Customer Service Technology Customer Care Customer Experience 309

ShepHyken

JULY 21, 2024

Each week, I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. Everything I Need To Know About Customer Experience I Learned From A Jack Nicholson Movie by Chip Bell (Forbes) Excellent customer experience is an assertion, not a response.

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ShepHyken

OCTOBER 31, 2016

Each week I read a number of customer service articles from various online resources. 13 Haunting Customer Service Statistics by Tricia Morris. Microsoft) Here are 13 haunting (and daunting) customer service statistics that are keeping brands, and especially CSRs, up at night.

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Customer Service Customer Experience Customer Care 313

ShepHyken

MARCH 30, 2018

Depending on whether your Customer Care department is an extension of your marketing or your customer service strategy, the KPIs you give yourself may be different. Type: Customer Centric. Customer Satisfaction (CSAT) is the most common KPI companies track when it comes to Customer Care.

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ShepHyken

APRIL 1, 2019

Each week I read a number of customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. Customer Service Is Poised for an AI Revolution by Vala Afshar. ZDNet) AI is viewed by customer service decision makers and agents alike as a boon to the customer and employee experience.

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Customer Service Chatbots Engineering Analytics 264

ShepHyken

OCTOBER 14, 2019

Each week I read a number of customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. 6 Customer Service Tenets Used By Amazon To Create Effortless Experiences by Dan Gingiss. Its nothing you wouldn’t expect from a company recognized for being truly customer-focused.

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Customer Service Best practices Finance Customer centricity 51

ShepHyken

OCTOBER 3, 2016

Each week I read a number of customer service articles from various online resources. Customer Service Week: Appreciating Clients and Employees Gives You an Edge by Sandra Idossou. My Comment: This week is International Customer Service Week. Here are my top five picks from last week. One thing stands out.

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Airlines Customer Service Customer retention Education 312

ShepHyken

JULY 25, 2018

Customer service and customer experience (CX) have become as hot of topics as any in business. It’s become a customer expectation. Don’t deliver on the CX and the customer will find someone – or some company – that does. And, even if it is different, do our customers care?

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Customer Experience Customer Care Customer Service 227

ShepHyken

AUGUST 7, 2017

Each week I read a number of customer service and experience articles from various online resources. Is The Customer Service “Department” Becoming Obsolete? My Comment: This is an interesting article with a provocative title: “Is the Customer Service Department Becoming Obsolete?” Turns out: a lot.

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ShepHyken

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

Each week I read a number of customer service and experience articles from various online resources. A Pop Culture Guide to Customer Care Training by Matt Searfoss. TCFCR) Looking for a guide to build your customer care training session off of? Five Ways to Humanize Customer Service by Jeff Toister.

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Customer Service Self service Customer Care Technology 214

ShepHyken

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

Take a recent experience of my own involving British Gas, whereupon being let down on a maintenance agreement and requesting to lodge a complaint, I entered into their process to be told the complaints team would get back to me within 8, yes 8 weeks! .’ – (Source: American Express Customer Service Barometer 2017).

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Customer Experience Big data Technology Chatbots 277

ShepHyken

MAY 29, 2017

Each week I read a number of customer service and experience articles from various online resources. How good is your company’s internal customer experience? McKinsey & Company) To excel with customers, frontline employees need high-level service from core support functions. by Nicolas Maechler.

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Airlines Customer Service Chatbots Customer Care 260

ShepHyken

MARCH 26, 2018

Each week I read a number of customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. You’ll love this story about how a member of the airline’s social media customer care team took care of a passenger during her flight. . Here are my top five picks from last week.

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Airlines Customer Service Customer Care Best practices 215

ShepHyken

DECEMBER 11, 2019

With all the focus on how technology—including AI, data, personalization and more—can drive a better customer experience, I wanted to shift my focus back to basics. Here are the first ten of twenty ideas as to how you can up your customer service game in 2020. It was quite long, so I decided to split it into two parts.

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ShepHyken

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Each week I read a number of customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. Customer Service Rookie Mistakes That Could Be Tarnishing Your Business Image! CustomerThink) Let’s face it, poor customer care support service can cost a business a fortune!

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ShepHyken

DECEMBER 19, 2016

Each week I read a number of customer service articles from various online resources. 5 Technologies for Delighting Connected Customers by Vala Afshar. Next in Tech) Consumers and business buyers expect emerging tech to change their experience with your company. Here are my top five picks from last week. That’s 48 ideas.

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ShepHyken

MAY 28, 2018

Each week I read a number of customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. The Customer Journey Begins – and Sometimes Ends – With Your Employees by Katherine Evans . CMSWire) Today’s customers don’t just expect high quality and excellent service at a fair price — they demand it.

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Customer Service Entertainment Customer Care Customer Experience 198

ShepHyken

MARCH 31, 2018

Over the last few years, customer service has shifted from traditional phone support toward social media channels like Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and others. Dan Gingiss started the Social Customer Care Track and interest has grown exponentially. Social Media Changes Customer Service. Even millions!

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Marketing Customer Service Airlines Self service 226

ShepHyken

DECEMBER 14, 2018

Yet, in some organizations and CX teams push back against data security protocols on the pretense of cyber processes adversely affecting ease of use and customer service. Also, we could see new customer experience -centric security controls place a bigger strain on budgets. appeared first on Shep Hyken.

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ShepHyken

OCTOBER 19, 2018

Other areas of personalization include tailored product recommendations, personalized content widgets, and customized overlays that fire on exit intent. Of course, these kinds of functionalities typically rest with marketing, yet they very much impact the overall customer experience. So, how is AI changing customer experience?

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ShepHyken

MAY 17, 2017

I recently had the good fortune to meet Frankie Saucier , the former director of social media customer service (also known as social care) for a major cable company. When the cable goes out, upset customers call, email, tweet, post on Facebook, etc. This is a form of proactive customer service.

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ShepHyken

DECEMBER 10, 2018

Each week I read a number of customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. Crazy Ideas About Customer Service You Would Like To Try Again by Guy Sheetrit. My Comment: The title implies some of these customer service ideas are crazy. But customer service?

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ShepHyken

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

This week, we feature an article by Prabhjot Singh at Knowmax , a company that empowers customer experience teams to improve engagement through AI-powered knowledge management. He talks about the trends that customer service and experience professionals can expect for the remaining months of 2023.

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