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Meeting Expectations Versus Managing Hope?????

ShepHyken

At a recent customer service presentation, the speaker who preceded me said that we must do better than simply meeting our customers’ expectations, and he shared some stories of truly amazing service experiences. So back to the idea of just meeting expectations. Then it was my turn to speak. Some people confuse expectations with hope.

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The Customer Service Ritual that Takes Place at Every Meeting

ShepHyken

Every Monday morning – or at least the first day of the week I’m in town – we have a team meeting. We begin each meeting with a ritual. It helps us keep customer service “front-of-mind” and is a positive way to start a meeting. There are many other rituals that get people in alignment and ready for a meeting.

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Leading virtual meetings

Myra Golden Media

With Covid-19, most meetings will be virtual. Learn how to make your virtual meetings productive and engaging in this short course.

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Guest Post: Customer Service Standards – Meet the Ones That Matter Most

ShepHyken

She shares why customer standards matter and how your organization can meet them. Bell In this article, we’ll discuss the customer service standards customers value the most and how to meet them. Want to stand out from the competition? Raise your customer service standards. Here’s what we’ll cover: What are customer service standards?

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3 Ways Brick-and-Mortar Retailers Can Improve Customer Experience

This report details three ways you can more effectively capture insights on who is visiting your stores and why, as well as if you are meeting their needs and delivering an exceptional customer experience. Now the question is: how to get CX right? Download the report to learn more!

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Why are in-person customer meetings so effective for retention?

ChurnZero

When 2023’s Customer Success Leadership Study suggested that 77% of CS teams meet with their customers in person, the finding was met with some skepticism. Yet, 2024’s results reiterate the trend, indicating that in-person customer meetings are here to stay, and that they make a difference. appeared first on ChurnZero.

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Why are in-person customer meetings so effective for retention?

ChurnZero

When 2023’s Customer Success Leadership Study suggested that 77% of CS teams meet with their customers in person, the finding was met with some skepticism. Yet, 2024’s results reiterate the trend, indicating that in-person customer meetings are here to stay, and that they make a difference. appeared first on ChurnZero.

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Maximizing Productivity in the Contact Center

In 2022, businesses recognized the value of optimizing their contact center operations to streamline processes, increase efficiency, and meet the rising expectations of their customers.

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How ZoomInfo Helps Overcome the Top Pain Points of Inside Sales

How can sales organizations meet the buyer along the journey at the perfect time? With more access to user reviews, analyst opinion, and industry research, decision-makers are more informed than ever while navigating what is now known as the “buyer’s journey.”. Download this eBook to find out!

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The New GTM Playbook: 18 Ways to Future-Proof Your Sales Team

More meetings. Longer sales cycles. Increasingly discerning buyers. Intensifying competition. Economic uncertainty. Go-to-market teams of every size, in every industry, are grappling with these challenges firsthand. Thankfully, there’s an answer.

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100 Pipeline Plays: The Modern Sales Playbook

Meet your modern sales playbook - See how high-performing sales and marketing teams increase pipeline year-over-year. For the first time, we’re sharing the winning plays that took us from scrappy startup to a publicly traded company. Use our proven data-driven plays to grow your pipeline and crush your revenue targets.

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Cold Calling Tips and Tricks

In fact, less than 2% of today’s cold calls actually result in meetings, and 63% of sales professionals say it’s what they dislike most about their jobs. In recent years, cold calling has become synonymous with rejection and failure.

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Research Study: Customer Perceptions of the Community Experience

Rather than assume that branded communities meet the expectations of the consumer, we wanted to figure out the “want behind the want” by asking if customer expectations around CX align with community offerings. What do consumers expect when it comes to CX?

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The Ideal Support Community for Your CX Team

Speaker: Adrian Speyer, Head of Community and Lead Evangelist for Higher Logic Vanilla

To meet this expectation, a company’s support stack needs to be comprehensive. Customers want to receive support through multiple different mediums. To create a premier offering, companies have turned to support communities. But not everyone gets it right.

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How to Maximize Customer Satisfaction Through Digital Channels

Speaker: Aarde Cosseboom, Contact Center & Customer Experience Advisor and Co-Host of the Another Cloud Podcast

Every day customers contact customer support and every day customer support agents help to meet their requests. But how are your customers reaching out? What steps occur before they are connected with an agent? And are your customers utilizing AI? Whether they are reaching out via chat, social media, or phone the end goal is always the same.