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Customer Service Versus Customer Experience … What’s the Difference?

ShepHyken

It is one of the most common questions I’m asked in interviews: What’s the difference between customer service and customer experience (also known as CX)? While I’ve written about this before, my original article about customer experience was more about how to create a more interactive experience.

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Where Is Gamification Going? Some ‘New Rules’; Or, Stated Another Way….

Beyond Philosophy

Several years ago, one executive of a game design firm defined gamification as “a loyalty program on steroids, functional software that looks and plays like a game and a real world activity with feedback and challenges.” This example is consistent with some overall gamification trends. The post Where Is Gamification Going?

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Contact Center Gamification: What You Need to Know to Use Games for Improved Engagement and Performance

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Workforce Management Contact Center Gamification: What You Need to Know to Use Games for Improved Engagement and Performance Share Did you know that low employee engagement costs the global economy about $8.9 Luckily, there is: its called contact center gamification. Table of Contents: What is Contact Center Gamification?

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Guest Blog: How to Use Gamification to Improve Agent Motivation

ShepHyken

This week we feature an article by Tom Paton who writes about how customer service teams are using gamification as a way to improve performance and retention. Managing motivation can be a real struggle for customer service teams. What is gamification? Benefits of gamification.

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Gamification and Crowdsourcing Meet Customer Service

Win the Customer

Customer service is the new battleground for business competition. Any organization that wants to remain relevant today will need to ensure that they’re ready and willing to listen, engage, and respond to customers through the customer’s preferred communication channels in real time.

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The Difference Between Customer Service and Customer Experience Copy

ShepHyken

Every once in a while, someone will ask, “What’s the difference between customer service and customer experience?” Customer service really drove the customer experience. A customer could visit a store or business. Or a customer could call a phone number to ask a question, resolve a complaint, etc.

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Why Gamification Is Critical To Customer Service

Call Design

The customer service we experience today and our expectations of it are vastly different from what it was two years ago. As many brands no longer have physical stores and in-person sales representatives, building strong customer service through their contact centres has become essential. Pressure on Customer Service.