ShepHyken
FEBRUARY 9, 2018
This week we feature an article by Kristin Erikson writes shares great customer service training tips and ideas that will help your company build brand advocacy. Remember customer service training is not something you di, it’s something you do. – Shep Hyken. What is the most important thing you can do to improve relationships with your customers?
Myra Golden Media
FEBRUARY 6, 2018
Do you find it difficult to get customers to accept your word as final? Like, do they just come back and ask their question another way. Or even better, do they ask to talk to your manager? The thing is, we all need to get better at making our answer the final answer. It’s pretty easy to give a firm answer when you have the right approach. Making your answer the final answer comes down to two things.
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Callminer
FEBRUARY 2, 2018
Call center managers are tasked with myriad responsibilities, and they maintain responsibility for ensuring that their call center operation runs smoothly and efficiently. With managers often having large staffs of call center representatives to manage, regulatory compliance requirements to address, customer satisfaction to uphold, sales targets to hit, and more, it’s no surprise that call […].
Beyond Philosophy
FEBRUARY 15, 2018
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) meted out a $185 million fine that included a $100 million penalty to Wells Fargo in 2016 for their violation and abuse of consumer trust. The San Francisco-based bank, whose employees opened many fraudulent and unauthorized accounts in their customers’ name, now enjoys the dubious honor of shouldering the most substantial penalty the agency has issued since its formation in 2011.
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Contact Center Pipeline
FEBRUARY 7, 2018
We have all at one time or another uttered the phrase, “Now what?” According to TheFreeDictionary.com, this phrase means, “What is going to happen now? What kind of new problem has arisen?” In these days, the question is asked frequently and not always as it relates to the contact center. For the purpose of this […].
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ShepHyken
FEBRUARY 7, 2018
It drives me a little crazy when I receive an advertisement in the mail from my cable TV or phone company offering me an incentive to sign up with them. First, I’m already a customer and can’t understand why they can’t figure that out. Second, why is the price they are offering a new customer lower than what I’m currently paying? This concept, offering a new customer a better deal than an existing customer, is nothing new.
Peter Lavers
FEBRUARY 27, 2018
Amongst all the hype of customer experience, AI, chatbots and real-time personalisation, don’t forget that staff still need excellent customer service training – no matter how successful your company is right now! When customer support representatives start at a company, they usually get a bit of training upfront. They learn about a company’s support software, its products and services, and how to communicate and be empathetic in interactions.
Callminer
FEBRUARY 21, 2018
Investing in the right call center monitoring software is imperative for today’s call centers. Without call center monitoring, quality assurance can suffer, customer satisfaction inevitably wanes, and compliance issues can arise. But comparing and purchasing call center monitoring software isn’t as simple as it may seem. There are many variables to consider, and careful evaluation is necessary to find the right software to meet your call center’s unique needs.
Beyond Philosophy
FEBRUARY 8, 2018
You are irrational. Your friends are. Your manager is. I am, too. Unless you know a Vulcan, everyone you know is irrational. People are irrational by nature. In my latest book, The Intuitive Customer: 7 imperatives for moving your Customer Experience to the next level my co-author Professor Ryan Hamilton of Emory University and I explore the influence of our emotions on our behavior as customers.
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Understanding and improving your customer experience (CX) can have a massive impact on your bottom line. Choosing the right voice of customers (VoC) solution is a critical step to elevating CX. Frost & Sullivan researched more than 50 leading VoC vendors, analyzing both their “innovation index” and “growth index” to independently select the top 10 performers in each of these categories.
Contact Center Pipeline
FEBRUARY 15, 2018
When it comes to culture, lasting change starts at the top with the leadership team. “Employees are ready to be engaged and empowered,” says employee and customer empowerment expert Shawn Casemore, author of The Unstoppable Organization: Empower Your People, Engage Your Customers and Grow Your Revenue. “It’s the mindset shift in leadership that is the […].
Call Center Weekly
FEBRUARY 5, 2018
By Mitch Mitchell Depending what you consider as a good leader, you'll either believe there are lots of good leaders or very few good leaders. As someone who's been ensconced in leadership for a long time I can honestly say that there's a true dearth of effective leaders in the world. There are leaders who've been lucky to make a lot of money, but it says more about their business acumen than their leadership capabilities.
ShepHyken
FEBRUARY 28, 2018
Jeff Bezos, the CEO of Amazon, once said, “The best customer service is if the customer doesn’t need to call you, doesn’t need to talk to you. It just works.”. In other words, the best customer service is invisible. It just happens. The customer doesn’t have to ask for it. It just gets done the way it’s supposed to. What does get done isn’t always noticed, and shouldn’t be.
CX Global Media
FEBRUARY 12, 2018
You’ve got numerous reasons why you need to authenticate callers. But how you go about doing it could equate to burning the entire field in order to eliminate a few weeds. Are you worried that you’re wasting money and making stupid mistakes that are damaging the customer experience? Ahem, you should be. I need to confirm it’s you. Most likely in your contact center agents run callers through the routine of asking – Mother’s maiden name, date of birth and last four digits of you
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CX leaders are in a gold rush for AI, lured by the promise of cost savings and a revolution in service delivery. But simply deploying AI in your contact center isn't a magic bullet. There are hidden dangers that can derail your AI dreams. Recent incidents, such as the missteps of an AI chatbot deployed by Air Canada, have underscored the complexities and risks involved in leveraging AI in customer-facing roles.
Callminer
FEBRUARY 1, 2018
Call center managers are tasked with myriad responsibilities, and they maintain responsibility for ensuring that they are running a call center operation smoothly and efficiently.
Beyond Philosophy
FEBRUARY 22, 2018
I’m a great fan of Apple, and not just because I use their products. For years, Apple has distinguished itself as a company that knows how to build an emotional connection with its customers. Because of that connection, Apple claims legions of loyal fans. But with its recent missteps in its handling of iPhone battery issues, one has to wonder: has Apple lost touch with its customer base?
Contact Center Pipeline
FEBRUARY 1, 2018
When it comes to creating an exceptional service culture, nothing is more important than a team’s ability to collaborate well. Both the agent and the customer experience will be exponentially better with 360 degrees of partnership—agents partnering with each other to share knowledge and solve problems, leadership partnering alongside agents to understand the front line, […].
Call Center Weekly
FEBRUARY 22, 2018
By Sean Hawkins I recently spoke with an agent for my insurance company, in the hopes of clearing up a misunderstanding concerning my policies. Well, things didn't go as easily as expected. For starters, I called the wrong the number. It seems the contact number on my statement was not the correct for me to call. Mind you, it was correct, but having two policies in two different states seems to cause some internal confusion on their part.
Speaker: Laura Noonan, Chief Revenue Officer at CallFinder + Angie Kronlage, Director of Program Success at Working Solutions + April Wiita, Vice President of Program Success at Working Solutions
Are you still manually reviewing calls? 🤔 It's time for a change! The traditional method of manual call monitoring is no longer cutting it in today's fast-paced call center environment. Industry experts Angie Kronlage and April Wiita from Working Solutions are here to explore the power of innovative automation to revolutionize outdated call review processes!
ShepHyken
FEBRUARY 14, 2018
What if your customers said they would be willing to pay you twice what you normally charge? All they want in return is an amazing customer service experience. Really? That’s it? That’s all they want? We already give great customer service. This will be a piece of cake! (Or, will it?). If someone is willing to spend more, they will surely expect to get more value, and that value should be in the form of a better customer experience.
Myra Golden Media
FEBRUARY 5, 2018
How to Respond to the Yelling or Cursing Customer – Plus More Diplomatic Phrases to Help You Regain Control in 9 Common Situations with Difficult Customers. Get your packet now and share with your employees.
Callminer
FEBRUARY 20, 2018
Without call center monitoring, quality assurance can suffer, customer satisfaction inevitably wanes, and call center compliance issues can arise. But it isn’t as simple as it may seem.
Beyond Philosophy
FEBRUARY 5, 2018
The new cashierless Amazon Go store is open for business in Seattle , and it could revolutionize the way we shop. At least that’s what some people think. Personally, I’m not so sure. Amazon Go is an 1800 square foot market, with a mix of prepared foods, typical convenience store merchandise and the kinds of grocery items you’d normally find at Whole Foods, which Amazon also owns.
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Contact Center Pipeline
FEBRUARY 14, 2018
On a single night in 2017, 553,742 people were experiencing homelessness in the United States, according to the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Millions more live on the brink every day—one life event away from losing income, housing or both. For those who have experienced it, what often starts off as a temporary hiccup […].
CX Global Media
FEBRUARY 8, 2018
Innovation is white hot right now as organizations are realizing incremental improvement is not fast enough to retain competitive advantage. If leaders are asked to increase productivity by 10%, their focus becomes efficiency and automation; but, if asked to increase productivity 100%, the focus becomes reinvention and transformation. Service innovation has for years been a central part of my consulting practice, especially those industries with excessive customer contact: hotels, banks, hospita
ShepHyken
FEBRUARY 23, 2018
This week we feature an article by Nathalie Herrman who writes about three key principles that are at the root of all great customer service. She also reminds us that the customer experience begins with the employee experience. – Shep Hyken. I recently found myself on the receiving end of a recording that told me for the tenth time after being on hold for fifteen minutes that, “Your call is very important to us.
Myra Golden Media
FEBRUARY 23, 2018
I overhead one of my employees saying to an upset customer, “Sir, I work in our corporate office. I had nothing to do with the problem you’re talking about.”. She attempted to get the customer to calm down. But you know what? That didn’t calm the customer. Her words made the customer even more intense. I pulled my employee aside, and I explained to her that she was escalating the situation with the very words she hoped would get the customer to back down.
Speaker: Nicholas Zeisler, CX Strategist & Fractional CXO
The first step in a successful Customer Experience endeavor (or for that matter, any business proposition) is to find out what’s wrong. If you can’t identify it, you can’t fix it! 💡 That’s where the Voice of the Customer (VoC) comes in. Today, far too many brands do VoC simply because that’s what they think they’re supposed to do; that’s what all their competitors do.
Callminer
FEBRUARY 7, 2018
Read the Santander Case Study, see how they leverage the CallMiner Eureka platform to stay compliant while maximizing revenue.
Beyond Philosophy
FEBRUARY 3, 2018
Colin Shaw and Professor Ryan Hamilton discuss the episode we discuss the ‘ Peak-end rule ‘ and it’s affect on Customer Experience. The peak?end rule is a psychological heuristic in which people judge an experience largely based on how they felt at its peak (i.e., its most intense point) and at its end, rather than based on the total sum or average of every moment of the experience.
Call Center Weekly
FEBRUARY 21, 2018
What are some gamification best practices you recommend, to ensure success? Although the term “gamification” is relatively new the practices is as old as contact centers themselves. Prior to having software solve all our needs we used to “gamify” the workplace through peer or team competition. Often with some sort of corkboard display to track and monitor the completion and performance.
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