ScreenSteps Call Center
JANUARY 14, 2021
Have you noticed that your virtual trainings haven't gone quite as well as your classroom trainings did? Reps quit out of the blue after the first week. No one's interacting (except for that ONE who always chimes in before anybody else can contribute).
Education Services Group
JANUARY 15, 2021
Customer Success platforms are transforming the way internal and customer-facing teams work efficiently and produce exceptional customer experiences. If the time has come to introduce a Customer Success tool into your tech stack , taking an initial approach to understand the user experiences of your Customer Success team is critical. An internal discovery phase with CS tool users serves as an integral step when introducing this new tool to your organization.
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Toister Performance Solutions
JANUARY 14, 2021
Some feuds are timeless. You have the Capulets and Montagues. The Hatfields and McCoys. And of course, there's marketing and customer service. What's their beef? I talked to both departments to get their sides of the story. The answers revealed a fundamental problem that plagues many companies. Here’s what they had to say. What does marketing want from customer service?
ShepHyken
JANUARY 13, 2021
If you’ve been following my work, you know I’m a huge fan of the Ritz-Carlton. I was recently on a Zoom presentation with Horst Schulze , first president and co-founder of the Ritz-Carlton chain. When Horst speaks, I listen and take lots of notes. One of the questions he was asked had to do with empowerment, specifically about the $2,000 the Ladies and Gentlemen – what Ritz-Carlton calls its employees – are allowed to spend to ensure a guest has a great experience.
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Myra Golden Media
JANUARY 13, 2021
We kicked off De-escalation Academy yesterday, and a student asked a question that I think is important for us to discuss here. His question was: “Our team is working 99% by email, will we able to apply everything that we learn here and translate it into a purely written environment? Any advice is appreciated.” Customers escalate in chat and email interactions intensely!
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Beyond Philosophy
JANUARY 15, 2021
As we all interact more online than we ever have before, digital experiences are becoming an essential part of your CX. Like a physical experience, digital experiences should center around customers and focus on what they want so you can get what you want, customer-driven growth. However, there is also nothing wrong with giving people a little Digital Nudge in the right direction.
ShepHyken
JANUARY 15, 2021
This week we feature an article from Thomas Fordham, Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer at TAP London. H e shares different strategies to help your business monitor and measure customer satisfaction. Customer experience is crucial for businesses looking to retain existing customers and attract new ones. But monitoring it is sometimes easier said than done.
CCNG
JANUARY 13, 2021
At the recent CCNG Fireside Live Chat held in December I had the opportunity to provide my reflection on 2020 and what I predict will happen in 2021 alongside two other industry colleagues, Poly and Avtex. I want to share where we need to laser focus our attention in 2021: Voice channel Phone calls continue to be the primary choice of contact especially during the pandemic and I don’t foresee the trend of having a human-to-human conversation changing anytime soon.
CX Accelerator
JANUARY 11, 2021
by Jeremy Watkin and Community. The all-too-sudden and tragic passing of former Zappos CEO, Tony Hsieh has sent a ripple through the business world, and the customer experience (CX) community is no exception. In the past, I’ve often chuckled upon reading about Zappos in a book or hearing the name mentioned in a keynote address as a model for customer-centricity.
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What does customer service excellence look like in 2024? According to our report with insights from CX expert Shep Hyken, customer expectations are at an all-time high, and there’s a bigger shift toward self-service and leveraging AI capabilities.
Beyond Philosophy
JANUARY 9, 2021
Ep 169 Vital for 2021 – Digital Nudging Will Revolutionize Your CX. Whether you realize it or not—and even if you don’t know what they are—you use Digital Nudges in your online experience today. Digital Nudges are the interactions you have with customers online in your experience that inspire their actions. Every online experience has them, but not all of them are deliberate.
ShepHyken
JANUARY 11, 2021
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. How to Measure Your Customer Experience Maturity by Sharon Florentine. (CMSWire) A customer experience (CX) maturity assessment is a great way for an organization to understand where it is on its path to customer-centricity and identify where further interventions mig
CX Global Media
JANUARY 13, 2021
Sean Ryan was put in charge of an engineering team that had more experience than he had been alive. He wanted them to be more focused on the customer, but he could not possibly dictate any decision to them because they were more experienced than he was. Not really knowing what he could bring to the table, Sean tried to figure out what value that he could bring to the team, and he realized that if he could create space for them from the bureaucracy within the company, then they would be able to p
Fonolo
JANUARY 14, 2021
Fostering an inclusive work environment is essential if you want a high-performing contact center team. If you haven’t been paying attention, agent attrition has continued to rise, according to our State of the Contact Center 2020 report. And high turnover rates won’t just hit you in the wallet — it also impacts morale, which will affect any new hires.
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Start building the AI workforce of the future with our comprehensive guide to creating an AI-first contact center. Learn how Conversational and Generative AI can transform traditional operations into scalable, efficient, and customer-centric experiences. What is AI-First? Transition from outdated, human-first strategies to an AI-driven approach that enhances customer engagement and operational efficiency.
Contact Center Pipeline
JANUARY 14, 2021
Think about this. 2020 has (thankfully) come to an end, but the rapid and largely unrestrained spread of COVID-19 has upended our normal way of life and caused tremendous economic losses. On top of that, we just completed a bitterly contested presidential election. While all this was happening, important things were happening on the legislative […].
ShepHyken
JANUARY 12, 2021
The New, Better Customer Experience. How to Drive a Customer-Centric Culture. Shep Hyken interviews Dennis Wakabayashi , the VP of CX Solutions Delivery for RR Donnelley. They discuss strategies for creating customer-centricity by improving the employee and customer experiences. Top Takeaways: There are two halves to customer centricity. One is the great leaders of CX, who are inspirational catalysts for creating customer-centric culture.
GetFeedback
JANUARY 11, 2021
Top tips to provide better service that’ll benefit your business and your customers.
Fonolo
JANUARY 12, 2021
This blog will give you a brief overview of all the virtual hold competitors. Virtual Hold is the name of VHT’s original virtual queuing software. Virtual Hold Technology is the grandad of virtual queuing and helped pioneer virtual queue management for the call center. Genesys Virtual Hold Competitor. Genesys Virtual Queuing. Genesys virtual queuing is called Virtual Queuing, one of the original competitors to VHT’s Virtual Hold product.
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Harness the True Power of your Contact Center In today’s fast-paced business environment, selecting the right contact center solution is critical for enhancing customer experience, improving operational efficiency, and optimizing costs. This comprehensive guide will walk you through the essential factors to consider when choosing a contact center software that aligns with your business needs.
Contact Center Pipeline
JANUARY 13, 2021
Introducing your power team to enhance cloud communications and contact center performance across SD-WAN. 8×8 and Aryaka cloud-based services deliver the flexibility, simplicity, and scalability of the SaaS cloud consumption model, and Aryaka’s global footprint offers a perfect foundation for 8×8’s UCaaS and CCaaS offerings to achieve peak global performance.
Steve DiGioia
JANUARY 14, 2021
Customers need to know that you have their best interests at heart. As business owners or managers, we get too bogged down with the day-to-day machinations of business and forget the ultimate goal; to satisfy our customer’s needs. We forget what Peter Drucker famously said that the purpose of a business is to create and keep a customer. We focus more on payroll than the proper staffing needed to service our customers.
GetFeedback
JANUARY 14, 2021
20 essential customer loyalty survey questions and surveying best practices.
Aspect
JANUARY 14, 2021
2020 was a difficult year for enterprise organizations across the globe, one that also forced digital transformation at an unprecedented rate – the contact center industry was not spared this shift. Our industry has never experienced a global pandemic and subsequent multi-market meltdown as a plausible scenario. But as the markets have recently indicated, there is optimism as recovery is looming on the horizon.
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Contact Center Pipeline
JANUARY 12, 2021
Woe is me” is defined as “an overdramatic, often comical way to express sadness or disappointment at an unfair situation.” Well, there you have it… the definition describes quite well what many of us are currently feeling. I don’t know about you, but “woe is me.” I’m kind of sick of all the “COVID” offers […].
HelpCrunch
JANUARY 13, 2021
These questions might pop up in your head from time to time: What is thought to be good customer service? How can I be sure that my team is fully armed with the necessary tools? [ … ]. The post 7 Commonly Accepted Customer Service Standards to Live Up To appeared first on HelpCrunch blog.
Voiance
JANUARY 13, 2021
Approximately one million people in the US are functionally deaf, and 6 million people report that they are hard of hearing. How they prefer to communicate depends on their education, the age they became Deaf, and the severity of their deafness.
C3Centricity
JANUARY 13, 2021
Traditionally C3Centricity publishes a list of the most popular customer-centricity posts on its blog in January and this year is no exception, despite covid’s extraordinary impact on businesses the world over. Many people were working from home this year, were you? If so, then I’m sure that because you avoided commuting most days, you had the chance to discover some new blogs and podcasts.
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Faster response times mean happier customers Are your customers on hold too long? Nearly half of consumers find hold times unacceptable, and a quarter will leave your brand because of it. Our latest report reveals how companies are affected by wait times and the impact on customer satisfaction. Read the report to get insights into the impact of long hold times and areas for opportunities.
TechSee
JANUARY 14, 2021
If you’ve ever been tempted to smash your wireless router or take a bat to your smart thermostat out of sheer frustration, then you already have a pretty good idea of why we do what we do at TechSee. Never heard of TechSee? That’s ok, we may be a relatively new startup (founded in 2015) but we are really starting to make a splash, so expect to hear more about us going forward.
TELUS International
JANUARY 12, 2021
Learn more about how robotic process automation (RPA) can be used in healthcare to drive better health outcomes and patient experiences (PX).
CSM Magazine
JANUARY 15, 2021
Applying analytics to pinpoint customer relevancy. The value of positive customer experience continues to grow. The 2019 Gartner Customer Experience Management Survey found that 86% of respondents say they will compete based on customer experience (CX) two years from now. The challenge for CX leaders is to build a multichannel communication strategy to reach customers either in a way they want or via channels they prefer.
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