Spearline
FEBRUARY 20, 2020
Telephone Echo. What is Telephone Echo? What causes Telephone Echo? What is Echo Cancellation? 1. What is Telephone Echo? Echo is a headache and frustration that often invades telephone communications. Echo is the phenomenon wherein speakers hear their own voice echoed back after a brief delay. Although some technologies mitigate many causes, echo is still a problem even with the advent of VoIP.
Callminer
FEBRUARY 19, 2020
There are numerous issues for which call center managers and leaders must account in running a successful customer support operation. From actively keeping track of shifts in the industry’s technological standards and accommodating economic imperatives to handling other critical processes within the realm of human resources , there are enough potential challenges to tackle in typical call center operations to keep entire management teams reasonably busy year-round.
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Beyond Philosophy
FEBRUARY 17, 2020
Technology, human behavior, Customer Experience are intersecting through the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and taking marketing in a new direction. To understand how it requires a better understanding of what the inventor of the hashtag Chris Messina’s calls Conversational Commerce. We spoke to Messina on a recent podcast about this concept and how it applies to customer-driven growth.
Contact Center Pipeline
FEBRUARY 19, 2020
For years we’ve been obsessing over meeting the customer’s every need, answering every question, and simplifying every interaction. And yet we’ve largely overlooked a fundamental aspect of good customer experience (CX): solving problems before they occur. Doing more work behind the scenes can significantly impact the customer’s perception of your business, which is where predictive […].
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Inbenta
FEBRUARY 20, 2020
Customer self-service ROI. When monitoring the performance of a self-service initiative, there are a variety of different KPIs to keep track of in order to allow ROI to be measured. One of the main indicators that can be taken into account is contact economy, which is based on the number of contacts avoided by phone or email. While figures vary depending on solution providers, it is commonly admitted that implementing a self-service tool allows businesses to reduce the number of incoming contact
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HelpCrunch
FEBRUARY 20, 2020
Check these 7 elements of topnotch customer service management to make sure you're nailing it. The post 7 Steps to Unbeatable Customer Service Management appeared first on HelpCrunch blog.
ShepHyken
FEBRUARY 21, 2020
This week we feature an article by Mathew Cooper, a Content Marketing Head at POS Plaza. He shares tactics to help ensure a point-of-sale system will enhance the customer experience. In today’s highly competitive and constantly advancing retail industry, there is no place for ordinary customer service. Modern consumers are smart – they have countless shopping options, and thus are too impatient for checkout delays, long queues and incompatible payment options.
Totango
FEBRUARY 21, 2020
As the digitization of the marketplace reaches near-saturation, organizations will compete for customers based on value derived—and this will be driven by customer success. Flexible subscription and recurring revenue models mean the customer is in control of their service and tech partnerships and reserve the right to move on to a competitor. Customer success and retention have therefore become critical to achieving maximum customer lifetime value.
Toister Performance Solutions
FEBRUARY 20, 2020
I always call to order pizza. My favorite pizza place, Mountain Mike's , has an online ordering system. But that would require me to create an account, remember a password, and click through a bunch of options each time I wanted to place an order. That seems like too much trouble since I don't order pizza very often. Instead, I call and a friendly employee answers right away.
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Beyond Philosophy
FEBRUARY 21, 2020
Where AI Meets CX: The Remarkable Future for Humanizing Brands. Artificial Intelligence (AI) will transform the customer experience in many ways in the coming years. One area that we see interesting applications of AI Technology is the brand personification and social media management. This new way of creating meaningful interactions with your customers will build emotional engagement with your company, even though the entity doing it is not a human being.
ShepHyken
FEBRUARY 19, 2020
In the updated and revised edition of The Cult of the Customer , I cover the concept of amazement. This may be old news to my followers, but it is worth repeating. Amazement does not come from a WOW or over-the-top experience. Those happen on occasion, especially when problems are handled well. But on a day to day basis, amazement happens when you deliver experiences that are consistently and predictably above average.
Callminer
FEBRUARY 18, 2020
To help you address your operational challenges in the call center we've highlighted these major concerns businesses typically encounter.
Contact Center Pipeline
FEBRUARY 20, 2020
Here we are… welcome to 2020! We have just completed the second decade of this new millennium. “Change” is the best word to describe the overarching force as we kick off another new year. Change and learning go hand in hand and some lessons are deeper and more meaningful than others. Some lessons bring pleasure […].
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ProProfs Blog
FEBRUARY 21, 2020
I love using live chat because it’s simple, easy, and helps me get a solution instantly. But what about you out there, reading this? Has it leveled up your customer support process? Well, from what I’ve seen and heard from other business owners – yes, live chat definitely brings a lot of value addition as a support tool. That’s because you get to save a lot of time since you can manage more customers and website visitors at the same time.
ShepHyken
FEBRUARY 18, 2020
The Customer Experience Revolution. How to Fish the “Big Data Lake” for Customer Experience Insights. Shep Hyken interviews Claire Sporton. They discuss the importance of investing in the customer experience and how CX professionals can communicate that need with leadership and executives. Top Takeaways: It isn’t enough to simply gather data.
Callminer
FEBRUARY 16, 2020
Here are the most effective tools and best practices you can incorporate into your company's use of Voice of the Customer tech and techniques.
Contact Center Pipeline
FEBRUARY 18, 2020
Contact Center Pipeline’s AUTHOR WALL OF FAME Lori Bocklund is President of Strategic Contact, an independent consulting firm that helps companies optimize the value of their customer contact technology and operations. Area of Expertise: Contact Center Technology, Strategy and Operations What is your background in the industry? I was hired by AT&T in 1987 with […].
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ProProfs Blog
FEBRUARY 21, 2020
Every company deploys the best customer support team, but what really matters is how they deal with customer issues. . You, too, must have a hardworking customer support team, isn’t it? But, as a small business, is that enough? . Customers’ expectations from companies are on the rise, and one slip down can lead to brand abandonment. . So what happens if your customer support team can’t handle the number of customer calls or they don’t know how to deal with the questions?
ShepHyken
FEBRUARY 16, 2020
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. 10 Ways To Provide a Cutting-Edge Retail Customer Experience by Janelle Estes. (Street Fight) What does that look and feel like?
Lumoa
FEBRUARY 19, 2020
There are two types of surveys: relationship surveys and transactional surveys. Relationship surveys measure the overall health of your relationship with your customers. Transactional surveys are used when measuring something about a specific interaction with a customer.
Concentrix
FEBRUARY 18, 2020
CX powerhouse named for best of Global Outsourcing for 12th year Concentrix has been named to the IAOP 2020 Global Outsourcing 100, which recognizes the world’s best outsourcing service providers and advisors. This list process includes a rigorous independent review by a panel of IAOP customer members with experience selecting outsourcing service providers and advisors.
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Etech
FEBRUARY 18, 2020
Project management is the backbone of businesses. Managers are responsible for more than just managing people. To add to the need for managing regular business operations, there are often separate projects that require special attention, such as starting a new marketing project for a call center. But what is project management ? In a general sense, it refers to the organizing and managing tasks from start to finish for a particular venture.
TeleDirect
FEBRUARY 20, 2020
What’s the ONE major factor that ultimately determines your customer service capability? According to some business owners, it’s all about speed. A rapid, responsive customer service communication platform lets clients know their issues are taken care of. Speed is important, no doubt about it. If you’re slow to respond to any inquiry about products & service (including, of course, your own customer service portal), customers will eventually seek a solution elsewhere.
Integrity Solutions
FEBRUARY 15, 2020
Limiting beliefs in sales can become a huge barrier to reaching higher levels of success. To get past these limiting beliefs, we have to understand where they come from in the first place, and why they’re so powerful. There’s nothing quite like the feeling of accomplishment that comes off of a great year in sales. Hitting that aggressive goal, or maybe even surpassing it — it’s exhilarating.
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Fonolo
FEBRUARY 20, 2020
Today’s consumer is busier than ever. Digital technology hasn’t just made instant communication possible, consumers have come to expect it. This new but rapidly proliferating expectation of ‘always-on’ support — particularly from tech companies — has businesses scrambling to find ways to meet it. Artificially intelligent automation could help provide this level of customer support, as long as it’s executed well.
TeamSupport
FEBRUARY 21, 2020
Everyone in the business world has had an experience where it didn’t feel like they mattered to a vendor or business. It’s a difficult feeling knowing your voice isn’t being heard, or even worse ignored by someone you’re trusting to meet your business needs. However, these situations can be avoided with your own customers by hiring support team members who legitimately care about them AND know how to properly display this care in conversations.
Nicereply
FEBRUARY 18, 2020
It’s important to have an easy-to-remember framework that you can fall back on when bad customer experiences occur. If you work in customer service, I’m willing to bet that dealing with unhappy customers is not your favorite part of your job. Despite your best efforts, it’s simply a fact that from time-to-time every customer service person has to deal with customers whose expectations were not met and who are now upset or frustrated.
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