Unymira
APRIL 10, 2019
When it comes to customer service, the conversation often revolves around new technologies that will help improve your Key Performance Indicators such as Net Promoter Score, First Call Resolution Rate, and more.
The Call Center School
APRIL 11, 2019
How one agent can make a substantial difference. Research has shown that the main reason customers choose not to return is not because of pricing or product issues. Most customers don't return due to poor service. Your frontline agents can make all the difference. They can give every single customer a reason to return. Sound like a lot of power? Well, it is.
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Advantage Communications
APRIL 9, 2019
Smart business owners will know that satisfying each and every customer is essential for the long-term success of your business. However, while one negative experience may seem small compared to all of your good customer experiences , the effects of losing one customer is probably far greater than you’d expect.
Serenova
APRIL 9, 2019
Every generation comes with its own preferences and habits. Millennials and Gen Z are no different. For years, contact center agents were largely run by Baby Boomer and Gen X agents. Accordingly, processes were created to best suit them. However, as many contact center managers know, those same processes may not work for their Millennial (born between 1981 and 1996) and Gen Z (born in 1997 and later) counterparts.
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ShepHyken
APRIL 10, 2019
One of our Shepard Letter subscribers, who asked to remain anonymous, recently shared a story worth telling. To protect him from the backlash he’s concerned about, we’ll change his name to “protect the innocent,” as the saying goes, just in case someone from his company reads this. So, we’ll just refer to him as Bob. As part of his onboarding process, Bob was put through customer service training.
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Myra Golden Media
APRIL 8, 2019
I got my first management title when I was twenty-six years old. The person I’d beat out for the position had been with the company 26 years, and in one hiring decision, this woman, who wanted my job, become my direct report. She’d been with the company since before I was in kindergarten. And now I was her boss. Nobody said my new management job would be easy.
Callminer
APRIL 9, 2019
We’re delighted that CallMiner has been named by Call Centre Helper as one of the Top 10 providers of Contact Centre Software and Technology for the third year running with Eureka Coach.
ShepHyken
APRIL 12, 2019
This week we feature an article by Joel Gottesman who shares tips to ensure that seasonal employees provide an excellent customer experience. This past season, retailers hired more than 575,000 seasonal employees to help manage the holiday rush. Macy’s planned to hire 80,000 seasonal workers, while Target promised roughly 120,000 seasonal jobs. Many of these employees were tasked with challenging customer-facing positions.
Beyond Philosophy
APRIL 12, 2019
People like choices. They just don’t like choosing, at least not when there are too many options. However, if you give people the option of shopping where there are only two options or where there is a wide selection, people will nearly always choose to shop where there are many choices. Then, when they get there, they can’t make a decision and feel frustrated and disappointed about it.
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TechSee
APRIL 10, 2019
In the highly competitive telecom industry, customer experience is a critical factor in building and maintaining a competitive advantage. A recent report by Forrester takes this concept one step further by proving that improving customer experience in telecoms delivers a boost to all KPIs. Drive Revenue with Great Customer Experience 2017 indicates that after the auto industry and upscale hotels, telecoms has the third highest potential for increasing revenue by improving CX.
Callminer
APRIL 8, 2019
Using analytics and gamification is an effective way to encourage successful agent engagement with the right incentives to measure, monitor, and promote the KPI’s vital to your company’s success.
ShepHyken
APRIL 8, 2019
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. To Provide the Best Customer Experience, Be Proactive by Frank Konkel. (NextGov) “Be where your customers are” and other helpful tips from customer experience professionals.
Beyond Philosophy
APRIL 12, 2019
People like choices. They just don’t like choosing, at least not when there are too many options. However, if you give people the option of shopping where there are only two options or where there is a wide selection, people will nearly always choose to shop where there are many choices. Then, when they get there, they can’t make a decision and feel frustrated and disappointed about it.
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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.
CrazyCall
APRIL 9, 2019
There are dozens of hundreds of rankings devoted to sales influencers and experts across different industries and the world in general (we’ve also published one ). But there’s one thing all of them have in common. Those lists don’t include enough women. We’ve decided to remedy the situation and created a list of 18 saleswomen who in our view play an essential role in the world of sales. 1.
Callminer
APRIL 10, 2019
We’re delighted that CallMiner has been named by Call Centre Helper as one of the Top 10 providers of Contact Centre Software and Technology for the third year running with Eureka Coach. In 2012, CallMiner lead the way in the industry with the first version of a genuine automated performance feedback portal for contact centre agents, supervisors and coaches.
ShepHyken
APRIL 9, 2019
Service Utopia with Guest Jeff Nicholson. Crafting a Frictionless Service Experience for Employees and Customers. Shep Hyken interviews Jeff Nicholson. They discuss self-service, points of friction and effort, and Jeff’s newest whitepaper, “ Achieving Digital Customer Service Transformation.”. The Interview with Jeff Nicholson: Practically every industry is experiencing a shift to self-service.
Contact Center Pipeline
APRIL 9, 2019
It’s a well-known fact that customers hate to wait. In a recent survey on consumer attitudes, researchers discovered that 35% of the respondents stopped doing business with some of their favorite brands after just one episode of waiting too long for a customer service agent to resolve their issue. In light of these facts, it’s […].
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Taylor Reach Group
APRIL 9, 2019
By Colin Taylor. Clients frequently ask me what is the single most important activity they should undertake to ensure that their center is operating and performing at an optimal level. Like all of us they are looking for the magical, simple solution to their issues and challenges; just one thing; the magic pill, silver bullet, panacea that makes their jobs as center managers easier and more productive.
ProProfs Blog
APRIL 12, 2019
A loyal customer base is the cornerstone for any successful business. More so for Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) companies since acquiring new customers on a B2B level is much more difficult. This makes customer retention a necessity for SaaS-based companies. Churn rate is a key metric that needs to be evaluated by all SaaS-based organizations. Churn is pretty much the rate at which customers who subscribe to a service stop using it.
Kristina Evey
APRIL 10, 2019
Customer Experience is based on customer feedback and engagement. With the presence of review sites such as Yelp, TripAdvisor, and … Read More To Respond or Not Respond to Customer Feedback – That is the CX Question. The post To Respond or Not Respond to Customer Feedback – That is the CX Question appeared first on Kristina Evey.
Contact Center Pipeline
APRIL 11, 2019
Consumer expectations are higher than ever. To build a customer experience that will meet those expectations, organizations need to “know them better,” “help them faster,” and “wow them everywhere.” Many companies have elevated CX to the top of the priority list, and along with it, the contact center. Top organizations are integrating new tools and […].
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Integrity Solutions
APRIL 10, 2019
Clients may not currently view you as a partner, and that’s because success in the past didn’t depend on it. But clients’ expectations have changed, with the choice being evolve or risk being left behind. By Donna Horrigan. Over the past few years, CPAs have seen a dramatic change in the way they run their businesses, particularly as evolving technologies reshape traditional accounting.
ProProfs Blog
APRIL 9, 2019
How does it feel when your customers compliment the business for providing instant support? It feels great, isn’t it? However, connecting with customers in real-time can be a challenge through existing communication media such as emails and phone calls. That’s where live chat software comes to your rescue. What is Live Chat Software? A live chat software is a service platform that helps organizations provide instant customer support and information.
GetFeedback
APRIL 8, 2019
The question of what is a good NPS score is popular among brands who value customer experience. A Net Promoter Score, or NPS, has become a necessary customer experience metric. In fact, an estimated 65% of companies track NPS scores , making it the most coveted customer experience metric measured by companies. Your NPS score is based on customers responding to one question: “How likely are you to recommend us to a friend or colleague?”.
Contact Center Pipeline
APRIL 10, 2019
Contact centers are among the fastest-growing segment in the healthcare industry. Since the 1990s, hospitals have been consolidating and forming “systems.” These systems have also been absorbing physician private practices and centralizing functions. It is relatively painless to centralize finance, billing and IT from an “emotional” perspective. The bigger challenge comes when front office tasks […].
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Fonolo
APRIL 10, 2019
Contact center software and CRM software have been on a slow collision course for decades. It’s not hard to understand why: They both deal with customer communication so the boundary was destined to get blurry. Now that both worlds are increasingly cloud-based, the collision is accelerating. How can we make this more concrete? How can we figure out how far along the process is?
Taylor Reach Group
APRIL 12, 2019
By Colin Taylor. While working on a call center consulting engagement with one of the largest garbage companies in the country we encountered what was likely the most difficult customer I have ever experienced. We were working in a mid- sized call center and discussing their customers. The company serviced urban, suburban and rural customers in the city and many of the surrounding towns.
GetFeedback
APRIL 11, 2019
While you can’t reach out to each customer individually, it’s nice when you can get as close as possible. The problem is that it’s challenging. You want to provide great customer experiences to every possible customer group, but that’s difficult to do, even with a relatively small organization. Customer segmentation is the solution you need. Defining customer segments.
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