Beyond Philosophy

APRIL 21, 2022

Marketers want to target specific customers to get them to buy their product or service. However, different customers want different things delivered in different ways—and for different reasons. So, with all these differences, how do you find the customers that want the same things and target them the same way? The answer is in customer segmentation, and we have five rules to share on how to segment properly.

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CCNG

APRIL 20, 2022

This King of Rock' n Roll quote may be the purest basis for considering any personal or business challenge. Honesty forms the bedrock from which all legitimate success derives, and customer contact organizations challenged with attracting and retaining personnel should obsessively seek and share truth to create a culture of trust that can elevate employee and customer experience along with business performance.?

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SmartAction

APRIL 20, 2022

Agent attrition. These two words are enough to make any call center manager cringe these days. While historically, the rate of agent attrition averages between 35% to 40% , that number has risen dramatically in part due to the ongoing pandemic and the Great Resignation. These days, new hire turnover is often higher than 90% in the first 90 days, according to Mark Miller, global customer service advisor at J.D.

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ShepHyken

APRIL 20, 2022

There are many ways to deal with complaints or angry customers. I’ve written a number of articles on the different ways to do so, and today I want to add an excellent technique. . The idea is to say something that lets the customer know you understand the problem, you’re in sync with their concerns, and you empathize with their frustration, anger or whatever emotion they’re exhibiting.

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Contact Center Pipeline

APRIL 21, 2022

What exciting times for our industry. Voice technology has come such a long way and according to my interview with Edward Miller, the Founder and CEO of LumenVox, we still have so much opportunity ahead with speech software. I love his vision for speech and voice biometrics in our contact centers. Q. What makes LumenVox […].

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Eptica

APRIL 19, 2022

Date: Tuesday, April 19, 2022 Author: Pauline Ashenden - Demand Generation Manager How can you reduce contact centre response times? Published on: April 19, 2022. Author: Pauline Ashenden - Demand Generation Manager They say patience is a virtue. But not in customer service. Most consumers today want their queries turned around as quickly as possible, without having to wait.

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ShepHyken

APRIL 22, 2022

This week, we feature an article by Luke Jamieson, Regional Director at Centrical , the next-gen employee engagement and performance platform. He writes about the importance of engagement and employee experience to an organization’s productivity to business success. According to Gallup, highly engaged teams are 21% more productive. What’s the connection between engagement and productivity and how do you achieve this nexus?

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Satrix Solutions

APRIL 21, 2022

Is your company thinking about: • Changing your customer service or support model? • Refining your product offering? • Developing a new solution? • Evolving your messaging and positioning? These are just a few common examples of the types of decisions that can have a profound impact on a company’s ability to retain, acquire, or expand customer engagements.

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HelpCrunch

APRIL 21, 2022

Most of us at this point in our lives have probably used chatbots. But have you ever wondered how they work? What types of chatbots are there? How do we interact with them? Before we [ … ]. The post 10 Types of Chatbots and How to Choose the Best One for Your Business appeared first on HelpCrunch blog.

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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.

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Working Solutions

APRIL 21, 2022

In any business, there’s always room for improvement. Virtual customer service is no different, as it remains a vital element in growing your reach and retaining those valuable current customers. One bad service interaction may have a ripple effect that impacts your entire business negatively. That’s why consistently researching ways to improve the quality of […].

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ShepHyken

APRIL 18, 2022

Each week I read many 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. Tracking Customer Experience? Measure Outcomes, Not Indicators by Mike Cooper. (The Drum) Ask any brand to rate their customer experience on a scale of one to 10 and most will probably choose a high number.

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Creative Virtual

APRIL 21, 2022

By Mandy Reed, Global Head of Marketing. 42% of Americans would rather clean a toilet and 46% would rather go to the dentist than call customer support. These stats, just two of many in the 2022 Achieving Customer Amazement Study , likely have you nodding in agreement thinking about your own painful customer service experiences. Long wait times, disengaged agents, multiple call transfers, repeating yourself over and over – calling customer support has a bad reputation for a reason.

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Totango

APRIL 18, 2022

Selecting the right customer success platform for your organization can be challenging. To help you navigate the process, we’ve developed a four-part blog series about the mistakes you should avoid when choosing a CS platform. In this article, we’ll look at the mistake of not putting customer success into the hands of your whole team. . We’ve all been there.

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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.

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Education Services Group

APRIL 22, 2022

The Reason. My wife and I have been married for almost seven years. We were the couple that got married fast and haven’t looked back for a second. She is my best friend and the only person who knows me completely and wholly. Of course, I loved her before we got married, but there was a specific moment on our honeymoon as she walked along the beach a few paces ahead of me, the clear water gliding across her feet as they slightly sank in the sand, the sun softly approaching the waterline of the Gu

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ShepHyken

APRIL 19, 2022

The Choreography of Customer Service. The 5 Core Concepts to Customer Service. Shep Hyken interviews Chris Lynam , Customer Service Expert and multi-franchise owner of Arthur Murray Dance Studios. He is the host of the podcast, Off the Floor , and the author of the new book, The Choreography of Customer Service: High Touch Service in a Touch-Free World.

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Provana

APRIL 21, 2022

While all collection-focused contact centers want to improve their agent performance and processes, they simply cannot handle the sheer volume of calls they need to review without the use of speech technology. Without speech analytics, firms must still devote several FTEs to manual call review – and that’s not even for 100% call coverage! Adopting speech analytics technology will enable you to automate comprehensive call monitoring, yet this in and of itself does not replace the need for a QA ex

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kommunicate

APRIL 20, 2022

Last Updated on April 20, 2022 Disruption -</noun> the action of completely changing the traditional way that an industry or market operates by using new methods or technology. Usage: “No industry is immune to digital disruption.” When Amazon started as an online book store way back in the 90s, Jeff Bezos knew that he wanted [.]. The post Dukaan + Kommunicate – Take Your Small Business Online & Keep Customers Happy appeared first on Kommunicate Blog.

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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!

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Nicereply

APRIL 21, 2022

Video is one of the most engaging, accessible, and eye-catching ways of promoting and successfully marketing a business nowadays. The rise in video use by so many brands has demonstrated the tremendous value that this type of marketing can bring to a company. Video marketing is helpful at every stage of a marketing funnel – from attracting initial leads at the first instance to closing a sale and converting at the other end.

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ChurnZero

APRIL 22, 2022

Did you hear that ChurnZero’s Customer Success team are finalists for a 2022 CODiE Award, the software industry’s only peer-recognized awards program? We’re in the running for Client Success Team of the Year. As a Customer Success company, this award couldn’t be closer to our hearts. CS is everything we do, and it’s what we’re here to help you do.

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Call Experts

APRIL 21, 2022

You juggle many responsibilities like call overflow if you’re a small business owner. While you may be able to handle all of your duties yourself at first, as your business grows and changes, it becomes more difficult to wear every hat. You may need to hire employees to handle some of the tasks that run your company. One significant role is customer service.

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VirtualPBX

APRIL 19, 2022

Curbside Pickup with VirtualText. When the pandemic hit, a curbside pickup was a shopping convenience that became a lifeline to consumers. As “click-and-collect” growth boomed in unison, curbside pickup orders rose to 190% in North America alone. Though the height of the pandemic has subsided, some companies have seen the safety and benefits of this service.

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Nicereply

APRIL 18, 2022

Support is often seen as an entry level role to technology. This notion sets up a unique ability to introduce eager and engaged people from a variety of backgrounds to frameworks that help build out their future career. Desiree Gregory, Director of Global Support at DroneDeploy , shares that this is the reason she loves working in support. She is excited to help bring people into tech and views support as the door to do it.

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ChurnZero

APRIL 22, 2022

You can’t build or scale a high-performing team if process gets in the way of productivity. Is your Customer Success (CS) team stuck in a copy-paste-repeat cycle ? While the human aspect of CS will never fully disappear, automation can free your team of repetitive processes and customer engagements. When thoughtfully applied, automation makes digitized touchpoints and human touchpoints indistinguishable.

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IdeasUnlimited

APRIL 21, 2022

Introduction. Customer service continues to be a key factor in the success for most businesses. Handling customer queries on a daily basis is crucial for B2C and even B2B companies that rely on high value clients for their revenue and continued operations. Customers are the most crucial aspect of any successful business. They’re the ones who can make or break a company’s reputation.

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Lumoa

APRIL 21, 2022

“When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.”   –  Dr. Wayne Dyer Act 1 The Customer Support Blues “Does Customer Support have enough of a mandate to drive improvements in customer satisfaction?” When I started thinking about writing a piece on transforming customer support, this question immediately came to mind. It was the most “liked” question during our recent webinar – “Using Insights to Hear Your Customers, Engage Your Employees, and Improve Your Profit

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Customers expect to be able to interact with your organization whenever and however they want. They also expect your agents to have insights into their journeys so that they don’t have to repeat themselves as they move through various channels. And, if they’re not able to, they just might find one of your competitors who will offer the flexibility they are looking for.

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Fonolo

APRIL 19, 2022

Staffing and scheduling in the call center is much easier said than done. Mostly because of the sheer volume of factors to consider. Try aligning time-off requests with operational needs, or managing agent availabilities with unexpectedly high call volumes, and you’ll quickly understand how tall an order this can be. Call center managers need to balance call volume data, operational requirements, and agent skill-sets to create a solid agent schedule.

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Nuance

APRIL 22, 2022

Burnout has long been an issue that has plagued frontline healthcare workers. The COVID pandemic has increased burnout both in its intensity and scale with more physicians reporting feelings of burnout. Pre-pandemic, 42% of physicians said they were burned out and 64% say it has intensified due to the pandemic. It is estimated that burnout costs U.S. healthcare organizations $4.6B [.

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SQM Group

APRIL 19, 2022

When a call is unresolved, customers are five times more prone to defection than if they experienced FCR. This is because call centers are the last line of defense for stopping customers from defecting.

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