Customer Service Related Topics 
ShepHyken
OCTOBER 1, 2024
If you’re reading this article the day it comes out, then next week – the first full week of October – is Customer Service Week. I refer to this vision as a mantra , which is a sentence or less describing what you want your customers to experience. Over the years, I’ve shared many more ideas about Customer Service Week.
ShepHyken
SEPTEMBER 19, 2023
So, what does this have to do with business, specifically customer service and CX? In the customer service world, we should create a “game plan” to deliver an experience that is perfect, never requiring a customer to reach out to us because of problems. Plenty! In any team sport, the goal is to win.
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ShepHyken
OCTOBER 22, 2024
In the customer service world, we’re contacted by customers who have questions and problems. is an opportunity for a positive customer service conversation right from the start. Here are three ideas: Yes and No – If you’ve been in sales, you may have been taught that the goal is to get the customer to say yes.
ShepHyken
OCTOBER 15, 2024
Good customer service becomes noticeable for two reasons: A company or brand can be known for amazing customer service and experience. Customers may notice the employees’ attitude, how easy they are to do business with and more. However, over time, customers will notice that there are never problems.
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Innovation Insight: Coaching Tech to Boost Customer Service Performance" from Gartner shows practical ways to turn this around. In the research, Gartner found that “customer service and support supervisors, who are responsible for coaching, often lack availability and only spend an average of 30% of their time on it.”
ShepHyken
NOVEMBER 18, 2024
Each week, I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. Chewy CEO Sumit Singh explains that a “moat” of human-led customer service was built around the Chewy brand so that it can compete in the evolving marketplace. Here are my top five picks from last week.
ShepHyken
NOVEMBER 11, 2024
Each week, I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. 15 Strategies for Effective Customer Service Resolutions by Pratik Salia (Knowmax) Handling customer conflicts well isn’t just about resolving issues—it’s your chance to turn frustrated customers into long-term customers.
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New research reveals 92% of business leaders would like to provide additional training to their customer service representatives. JUST RELEASED! Soft skills training stands out as a priority area of investment and/or improvement.
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The Northridge Group’s State of CX 2023 Part II research report reveals that nearly 50% of consumers surveyed had knowingly spoken to a customer service associate working from home—and almost 75% of those respondents felt the associate's location did not impact the service or experience. JUST RELEASED!
Speaker: Noel Roberts, CTO and VP of Marketing, Aria Solutions
Join CCNG member Noel Roberts of Aria as he discusses how to leverage chatbots to deliver excellent customer service that improves the customer experience and drives ROI. We’ll look at some of the challenges facing organizations, including common pitfalls, and will recommend ways to avoid them.
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Check out The Northridge Group’s latest CX research report—the 7th annual CX survey of 1,000 customers and 250 business executives—to see additional statistics as well as insights that businesses can use to benchmark their customer service and improve the overall experience!
Speaker: Cognigy and CCT
Adding chatbots and voice bots are great first steps contact centers are taking to automate customer service. Customers of 2022 are more likely to expect brands to communicate with them on their channel of choice. But what about other digital channels?
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While integrating AI is necessary to provide high-quality digital customer service, it is only a piece of the communication platform puzzle. Creating a seamless customer and employee experience requires a full suite of functionality.
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