Guru
DECEMBER 12, 2019
What’s the key to the success of direct-to-consumer brands like Glossier and BirchBox? Well, the name of this new breed of businesses says it all: it’s that direct relationship with consumers. And in a world in which many customers never even set foot in a physical retail store, your customer support team is in charge of establishing and nurturing the relationship with your customers.
Calltools
DECEMBER 11, 2019
It’s the most wonderful time of the year — and the busiest. Forty percent of all businesses say call volume increases by as much as 70 percent during the Christmas period. This could leave your call center agents overwhelmed. Increased call demand can soon ruin any festive cheer during the holidays. Overworked, overstressed call center agents can soon feel the pressure, and this will impact overall morale and productivity in your organization.
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Callminer
DECEMBER 13, 2019
Most business invest time, effort and scrutiny on the customer experience. However, its internal equivalent – the employee experience – receives far less attention than it deserves in many organizations. Although employees are not typically direct consumers of their company’s products and services, they affect its bottom line as creators of its offerings and market value.
Monet Software
DECEMBER 12, 2019
Anticipating the future is a core mission for any contact center. Inevitably, the CFO wants an accurate budget and the recruitment team needs to know how many full-time equivalents (FTEs) to bring on two months from now. With these demands alone, new call center analysts can easily be overwhelmed by the prospect of predicting costs and call volumes that include 12 months of forecasting.
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Unymira
DECEMBER 11, 2019
The hottest term in customer service in 2019 was “customer experience” or “CX” (not to be confused with the Mazda CX in Google search results).
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Myra Golden Media
DECEMBER 8, 2019
I’ve designed start-up chat support for banks, libraries, consulting companies, medical practices, and contact centers. When I set up a chat platform for my clients, I have two goals. First, I want to deliver a fast and complete support experience. Meaning, I want to answer the customer’s questions and solve any issues. And second, I want zero customer frustration.
GetFeedback
DECEMBER 11, 2019
With text analytics, you can examine open-text feedback for an organized, actionable, high-level view on the feelings and the comments your customers make about your company. Paying attention to open-ended feedback is crucial if you want a clear representation of your customer experience (CX). An added advantage of text analytics is that it helps uncover trends that you might not have even realized existed–questions you might not even be asking on your customer surveys.
Taylor Reach Group
DECEMBER 11, 2019
By Colin Taylor. “Make your employees happy and they will make your customers happy.” This simple maxim has been echoed by business leaders from Richard Branson to Herb Kelleher, and it is true. The challenge lies in how you make you employees or in the case of a contact center, your agents happy. It is your agents that interact with your customers, they are the ones who deliver service and have the greatest impact on your Customer Experience.
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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.
Playvox
DECEMBER 12, 2019
Motivating a team of customer service agents can be daunting for a team leader.
Totango
DECEMBER 12, 2019
A strong customer relationship can last for years. How do you begin to manage all the potential outcomes, needs, and variables that determine the path ahead? Break it down into small steps. The customer lifecycle management process segments the customer journey into stages, including onboarding, adoption, escalation, and renewal. This modular approach lets you focus on goals-based, results-driven KPIs that guide the customer and help them reap benefits from the use of your product.
ShepHyken
DECEMBER 13, 2019
This week we feature an article by Darcy Alexander who shares a checklist to guide us through the process of selecting the best CX vendors for our customer experience initiatives. When embarking on a customer experience (CX) change initiative, there are few decisions more critical to success than selecting the right vendor. Get it right, and you give the initiative the very best chances for success.
Russel Lolacher
DECEMBER 10, 2019
STRATEGY (strat·e·gy) /?strad?j?/. noun. “a plan of action or policy designed to achieve a major or overall aim.” Over the years, many a branded platform has been launched, with little to no long-term social media customer service strategy… or even a short-term one. It’s been very much about “getting out there” rather than dedicating the time and resources to make it successful.
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UJET
DECEMBER 10, 2019
The holidays are a busy time. With an influx of travel plans, gift buying, and end-of-the-year promotions, brands find themselves faced with the task of maintaining inventory, getting orders out the door, and ensure that their customers are left satisfied. This can create stress for everyone and all the requirements that come with serving consumers.
Customers That Stick
DECEMBER 12, 2019
Last week we took a look at the three biggest customer experience game changers of the past decade, the 2010s; now, we’re going to look into our crystal ball and I’m going to try to predict what the three biggest customer experience game changers of the next decade, the 2020s, will be. But first, what do we mean by a game changer? It’s simply something that materially redefines how we look at or execute around customer experience.
ShepHyken
DECEMBER 11, 2019
With all the focus on how technology—including AI, data, personalization and more—can drive a better customer experience, I wanted to shift my focus back to basics. To this end, I recently published an article in Forbes about ways to create an amazing customer experience in 2020, and I thought it would be enjoyed by our Shepard Letter subscribers as well.
Myra Golden Media
DECEMBER 10, 2019
I rarely trek grocery store aisles these days. I order online and either have my food delivered, or I get my bags brought right out to my car. At the grocery store yesterday, I rolled my window down as the employee approached, dragging the cart behind her. I smiled, and when she got to my window, I practically sang, “How are you?”. And you know what the employee said to that?
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LiveVox
DECEMBER 10, 2019
8 Ways an Integrated Ticketing System Supercharges Your Contact Center The benefit is kind of right there in the name, isn’t it? An integrated ticketing system helps you manage customer cases, conversations, data, and more. This means you can streamline workflows, make life easier for customers and agents, and focus on what matters — solving. The post 8 Ways An Integrated Ticketing System Supercharges Your Contact Center appeared first on Livevox.
Toister Performance Solutions
DECEMBER 10, 2019
Advertising disclosure: This blog participates in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites. "You've ruined Christmas!" I've lost count how many times angry customers yelled that at me when I was working in retail, first in a clothing store and later in a call center.
ShepHyken
DECEMBER 10, 2019
The Empathy Machine. Using AI to Guide Employees Toward Better Customer Care. Shep Hyken interviews Joel Makhluf. They discuss the need for more awareness and empathy among customer service agents and how AI and technology can provide that. > Top Takeaways: Artificial intelligence (AI) is a powerful tool. When used correctly to support customer service representatives and call center agents, it can help humans be “more human.”.
Myra Golden Media
DECEMBER 10, 2019
Customers are shrewd and impatient. They’re not going to mess around with a customer service employee who feigns (or lacks) authority to resolve issues. Customers will put their “get me a manager” card on the table in a hair’s breadth. And managers get frustrated with this, but it’s your fault, managers. You teach customers to escalate by holding all the power in your headsets. .
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Convoso
DECEMBER 11, 2019
You want to convert more leads faster. But the rising cost of leads is killing your CPA, which, in turn, is preventing you from bringing more prospects through your funnel.
Beyond Philosophy
DECEMBER 13, 2019
Why the Strength of Customer’s Emotion is Critical. Customers’ emotions are a critical part of Customer Experience. Our research shows that over 50 percent of a Customer Experience is about customer emotions. Furthermore, we know that emotion drives customer behavior. Having awareness of what emotions your experience evokes when and why is critical to your Customer Experience Outcome.
Callminer
DECEMBER 12, 2019
There is no single perfect approach to improving the employee experience. Here are some best practices for creating an ideal experience within your company.
Myra Golden Media
DECEMBER 9, 2019
Date of birth? Last name? Zip code? Have you ever had a conversation with a customer service person, and it went something like that? A lot of people ask questions this way. The problem with talking in little bytes is, it sounds robotic. And it’s hard to create rapport with customers if you sound mechanical. Think about the difference in placing a fast-food order where the person says, “Pull forward.” versus, “My pleasure.
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CX Accelerator
DECEMBER 10, 2019
How A Simple Vision Board Changed My Year & A How-To Guide For Building Your 2020 Board. By Becky Roemen. If you haven’t ugly cried in a Target parking lot have you even Adulted? We’ve all had those times in our lives where we think ‘this is it, the world just might crumble around me, there is no feasible way I can do it all’. For me, this time in my life was mid-August 2018.
Beyond Philosophy
DECEMBER 10, 2019
Does Giving Gifts Mean More Business? It is the season of giving. No doubt, many of you sent out your gifts to your clients, suppliers, and other business associates already. But will your gifts result in more business? They might, and they might not. Like most things about interpersonal relationships, it depends on a lot of different variables. Researchers study gift giving and have for many years.
Callminer
DECEMBER 10, 2019
Here are 25 valuable strategies and expert tips for improving customer engagement - the totality of interactions between your company and its clientele.
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