UJET
SEPTEMBER 20, 2018
The customer journey is a great way to conceptualize the time it takes for customers to become aware of your product all the way through to shouting their praise from the rooftops. Each step the customer takes moves them closer, or further away, from your intended goal.
Callminer
SEPTEMBER 19, 2018
The CallMiner Index UK uncovered that call centres play a pivotal role in a consumer’s decision to switch their suppliers or stay loyal. In fact, the report reveals that 68% of customers are very or extremely likely to switch suppliers if they have a bad experience with a call centre. The total who say they are planning to switch is 62%. However, many more people (84%) switched in the last 12 months.
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JM Robbins & Associates
SEPTEMBER 17, 2018
Life in the contact center can be rough. It’s a volatile business that relies on a perfectly blended combination of people, processes, and technologies to ensure success every single day. And, while this is true of every contact center, it is the smallest of the bunch (think 75 seats or less) that can experience the reality of this volatility at exponentially heightened levels.
Beyond Philosophy
SEPTEMBER 20, 2018
People do not say what they mean or, it seems, what they are thinking. Why? If we aren’t saying what we mean, then what are the implications for our Customer Experience? Honest communication can not only improve communication, but it can also enhance workplace quality and Customer Experience. We spoke with a special guest (and friend of mine), Steven Gaffney, author, Certified Speaking Professional and founder of the Steven Gaffney Company about this topic on our recent podcast.
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ShepHyken
SEPTEMBER 19, 2018
The other day I was at my hotel waiting for my client to pick me up for a meeting. I wanted a quick breakfast, so I went to the hotel’s coffee shop to pick up some oatmeal. They had instant oatmeal in a cup. The cashier added the hot water and $4.00 later I was on my way. I sat down at an open seat in the hotel lobby and noticed that my oatmeal looked more like soup that oatmeal.
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Steve DiGioia
SEPTEMBER 17, 2018
no wonder why today’s service is so poor! This original article was written by Steve DiGioia. One of my biggest frustrations is that today’s “ younger generation ” doesn’t have a decent point of reference to what we call good customer service. You can’t give good service when you have a need for instant gratification and the onslaught of limited service businesses and self-service kiosks have changed the overall service experience from what it was years ago.
Beyond Philosophy
SEPTEMBER 21, 2018
We all want to sell more, so how do we do this? Are you using this powerful sales technique? The best organizations are, the worse, not so much. Learn what you should be doing. The post Are You Using this Powerful Sales Technique? appeared first on.
ShepHyken
SEPTEMBER 21, 2018
This week we feature an article by Ian Moyse who writes about how important it is to examine the customer journey you are providing. You must deliver a consistent, convenient and frictionless experience. – Shep Hyken. Who would have thought that in 2018, with all the technological evolutions we have already lived through in the past 10-15 years, from Cloud Computing, Smartphones, Social Media, Drones, Big Data, Virtual Reality(VR), Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the Internet Of Things (IoT),
Callminer
SEPTEMBER 19, 2018
Net Promoter Score, Customer Satisfaction Score, and Customer Effort Score are scoring methods a business can use to track and calculate customer experience success.
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Call Center Weekly
SEPTEMBER 17, 2018
I was recently at a business conference at a highly regarded venue. The presenter was wonderful and provided lots of strategies, techniques, and solutions for those in attendance. Participants walked away with a wealth of knowledge and takeaways ready to implement in their companies. The food was great. The venue provided a light breakfast, delicious lunches, snacks, and a wide variety of sodas and water.
CX Global Media
SEPTEMBER 17, 2018
Don’t Waste Your Money on Empathy Training! Empathy training is a waste of time and will have little to no effect on the customer experience in your contact center. If you want to build empathy skills in agents, you need to have the right mindset and take the right actions. Don’t waste your money on empathy training alone, do this instead. Many, if not all of these 7 elements can be found in contact centers where empathy is part of the customer experience.
ShepHyken
SEPTEMBER 17, 2018
Each week I read a number of customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. Here are my top five picks from last week. I have added my comment about each article and would like to hear what you think too. The Violence of The Customer Experience by Mary Drumond and Guilherme Cerqueira. (Worthix) The Customer Experience Economy is the most violent economy in the history of capitalism.
Callminer
SEPTEMBER 18, 2018
The CallMiner Index UK uncovered that call centres play a pivotal role in a consumer’s decision to switch their suppliers or stay loyal.
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Call Center Weekly
SEPTEMBER 19, 2018
How do you create actionable goals, from the knowledge acquired at a conference? I’ve always considered conferences to be valuable experiences that allow me to learn more about our industry, and to stay on top of trends, technology and innovation. Connecting with peers is one of my favorite aspects of conference attendance, as we share wins and struggles of often relatable challenges.
Contact Center Pipeline
SEPTEMBER 19, 2018
As some folks gaze into the future, they see a world filled with smartphones where users routinely text instead of call. With that in mind, they’re reluctant to invest in voice-based technology—especially IVR—given an expectation that its days are numbered. But wait! Phone calls still constitute a substantial volume, if not the majority of contacts, […].
Fonolo
SEPTEMBER 19, 2018
Tweet. As early as the 19th century, “tweet” was a charming term in the English language, evocative of the gentle vocal stylings of small birds. Now it refers to the music of a rather different beast , one that, at its loudest, can deafen and defeat businesses. Twitter, among other social platforms, has in recent years become a mighty digital megaphone for many frustrated (or conversely, happy) customers.
TechSee
SEPTEMBER 20, 2018
February 12, 2018, 10:14 am. A recorded call within a call center in Stockholm, Sweden. Agent: Thanks for calling Förenad TelCo*, how can I help you? Customer: Hi, I am having a problem…. shhh, sweetie, shhhh…. Agent: What’s the problem? Customer: I’m having a problem with my Internet. It’s….just one second, please. Shhh, baby, mommy’s coming in a minute, shhh.
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Concentrix
SEPTEMBER 20, 2018
The post Customer Experience: Turning Insights into Action appeared first on Concentrix.
Contact Center Pipeline
SEPTEMBER 20, 2018
“Ride our bike for 50 days; if you don’t like it, return it, no questions asked.” “Cancel your subscription for those razor blades—it’s OK, we understand.” “Try our bank for a little while, and if you don’t like how we help, we will send you off with £100; thank you, please come back when we […].
Aspect
SEPTEMBER 19, 2018
Millennials often get saddled with a negative reputation. But now that this generation has become the single largest age group in the U.S. workforce, and is projected to spend $1.4 trillion annually by 2020, they are a force that businesses can’t afford to overlook. As the first generation of digital natives to enter the workforce, they changed how businesses interact with customers, forcing these companies to rethink how to deliver exceptional customer service. .
C3Centricity
SEPTEMBER 17, 2018
How Can You Provide Better Services For Your Client? This is a great question isn’t it? It was asked recently on Quora and I answered it, as I do many posed on topics such as brand building and customer understanding. But this question is I believe very different from most of those asked on Quora. That’s because it is one that every company, product, service and brand should be asking!
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Amity
SEPTEMBER 18, 2018
When it comes to content marketing, the most important goal is facilitating interactions that create loyalty. If you get content marketing right, people will be excited to engage with your brand over and over. You’ll be more than a brand; you will be seen as a source of useful information and leadership. You will also be able to associate your brand with things that people consider meaningful and important.
Contact Center Pipeline
SEPTEMBER 18, 2018
In today’s digital era, customers expect the same level of service no matter how they contact you. They don’t view your brand as a series of channels, rather they see it as one single cohesive unit. “They expect to interact with brands from anywhere, at any time and on any device, making it imperative for […].
HelpCrunch
SEPTEMBER 20, 2018
No matter what job you're doing, there's always some room for optimization. Check out these 10 live chat tricks recommended by industry experts. The post Want to optimize your live chat? Try these 11 tricks recommended by experts appeared first on HelpCrunch blog.
Customer Experience Matters
SEPTEMBER 17, 2018
Hopefully you know by now that Temkin Group has labelled 2018, The Year of Humanity. We’ve been trying to propel people to embrace diversity, extend compassion, and express appreciation. We’ve been doing research as part of that effort. In our latest consumer benchmark study of 10,0000 U.S. consumers, we added questions about how often people demonstrate those three behaviors.
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Taylor Reach Group
SEPTEMBER 18, 2018
By: John Cockerill. Recently TRG needed to hire a new social media coordinator. We decided to do initial interviews using online video via Skype. Our colleagues, vendors, and customers are often remote, traveling, on client sites or situation where video is the best way to communicate. Video interviews also only take a little time out of candidate’s days.
Kayako
SEPTEMBER 20, 2018
In the current climate, customer experience is one of the main battlegrounds for sales organisations, often out-ranking factors like product and price. This can be especially true within the field of B2B sales, where customers are more informed than ever before, have higher expectations than in the past, and where existing customers are perfectly willing to switch to one of your competitors if you fail to provide the kind of experience they demand. .
Transparent BPO
SEPTEMBER 18, 2018
I recall my first day of being a team leader of a remote monitoring team. I was extremely excited about the promotion and opportunity but remember the anxiety and thoughts of “no one told me how to do this properly.” So, like many people thrust into this new role, I hit the internet and tried […] The post 7 Keys to Effective Contact Center Team Leadership appeared first on Transparent BPO.
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