ShepHyken

AUGUST 17, 2020

Each week I read a number of customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. Customer Experience Emerges As A Critical Strategy For Small And Medium Sized Businesses by Maria Morais. My Comment: In the recent Consumer Sentiment survey conducted by McKinsey & Company, only a third of U.S.

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ShepHyken

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Each week I read a number of customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. 4 Things Your Contact Center Can Learn Now From Chewy on How To Improve Your Customer Experience While Still Keeping Your Agents Happy and Productive by Veronica Krieg. A Customer Service Perspective) Consider how L.L.

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ShepHyken

MAY 10, 2021

Each week I read a number of customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. 8 Ways to Win Customer Loyalty With Streamlined Customer Support by Samuel O’Brien. Customer expectations have changed (as in increased). Here are my top five picks from last week.

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ShepHyken

APRIL 27, 2020

Each week I read a number of customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. ” 15 Customer Service Strategies To Help You Deliver A 5-Star Experience by Forbes Coaches Council. ” Top 10 Digital Customer Experience Trends to Look Out For in 2020 by David Gasparyan.

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ShepHyken

JULY 6, 2020

Each week I read a number of customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. The most important customer service qualities in the next normal: Expertise, empathy, and speed by Vala Afshar. Expertise, empathy, and speed are the top three most important customer service qualities.

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ShepHyken

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

And of course, one of my favorite “holidays” is National Customer Service Week , which happens the first full week of October each year. Traditionally, Customer Service Week has been the time to highlight and celebrate the great work employees do to take care of their customers. This year it’s October 5-9.

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ShepHyken

APRIL 20, 2020

Each week I read a number of customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. Loyalty programs boost businesses’ ability to keep customers by Jill Young Miller. Surveys in the Time of Pandemic by Jim Tincher. How to enhance customer service with a consultative approach by Andrea Grodnitzky.

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TechSee

OCTOBER 21, 2020

With the pandemic’s restrictions and need for safety, enterprises face unprecedented operational challenges in their ability to deliver customer service. Many companies have been forced to adapt their support models to meet consumer expectations for service delivery. Service delivery companies are busier than ever.

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ShepHyken

MARCH 31, 2023

He shares the challenges that customer service representatives face and how companies can overcome them. Good customer service is something we cherish. Think back to your latest amazing customer service experience. Overall customer satisfaction has been on a steep decline since 2018.

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Customer Service Chatbots Surveys Personalization 170

NICE inContact

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Major transformations in customer experience and the contact center are well underway and accelerating this year such that businesses risk increases for companies being left behind by more agile competitors.

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TechSee

OCTOBER 9, 2018

trillion in spending — in the United States by 2020. This penchant for technology has shaped their consumer behavior and preferences, and brands must tailor their customer service strategies to suit Millennials’ attributes. They demand highly convenient and fast service. But they don’t stop there.

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ProProfs Blog

MARCH 27, 2020

It’s no secret that customer service is an essential aspect of every business. That said, many companies overlook their customer experience, and they don’t often consider it an ROI generating metric. Exceed beyond service . It sounds simple, but it’s a bit more complex than just “going the extra mile” for your customer.

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Fonolo

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Of all the years in recent memory, 2020 will stand out as one the most challenging and unexpected. Radial’s consumer insights survey indicated that 39% of shoppers intend to start their holiday shopping in October and early November, while 30% say they will begin on Black Friday and Cyber Monday. . But it’s not over yet.

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Consulting Consulting Finance Surveys 133

DMG Consulting

NOVEMBER 14, 2020

DMG Consulting Releases 2020 – 2021 Digital Customer Service Product and Market Report. Digital-first servicing drives improved CX and brand engagement. Who: DMG Consulting LLC, a leading provider of contact center, back-office and real-time analytics market research and consulting services.

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TechSee

MAY 4, 2021

Economic and logistical challenges have resulted in businesses turning to the gig economy to support and scale their customer service and sales efforts while lowering their fixed costs and in-house overhead. The Concept of GigCX: Freelance customer service agents. Why Customer Service is adopting the Gig Model.

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Customer Service Contact Center Agent burnout Call Center 182

Eptica

APRIL 8, 2020

Date: Wednesday, April 8, 2020 Author: Pauline Ashenden - Marketing Manager The state of UK customer service 2020 - struggling to improve. Published on: April 08, 2020. Author: Pauline Ashenden - Marketing Manager Digital channels are now a vital part of the customer relationship, across every sector.

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Customer Service Self service Benchmark Surveys 79

DMG Consulting

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

2020 Contact Center Investment Priorities. DMG’s annual survey of contact center investment priorities for the year has confirmed the anecdotal data we’ve been hearing from companies. 2020 is looking to be an outstanding year for contact center investments. Figure 1: Contact Center Technology Investment Priorities for 2020.

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TeleDirect

JANUARY 28, 2021

It’s hard to believe, but 2020 will soon be history. Since 2020 brought so many unprecedented challenges, year-end planning and projections for 2021 might not be on your radar – but they should be! 2020, among other things, was known as the Work From Home year. Bolster remote capability to handle work from home protocols.

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Toister Performance Solutions

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Customer service is getting worse. Companies are struggling to avoid service failures and keep their customers happy. But a third report and two top customer experience experts offer a glimmer of hope. But first, let's look at the state of customer service. Is customer service getting worse?

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Customer Service Surveys Consulting Consulting 141

ProProfs Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Efforts to retain customers, help you formulate effective loyalty programs that your customers enjoy being a part of. Let’s take a look at customer loyalty statistics and observe the various ways that help a business improve and boost customer loyalty. Customer Loyalty Statistics 2020 You Shouldn’t Miss.

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ShepHyken

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

Each week I read a number of customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. The #1 Guide To Customer Experience Conferences in 2020 by Krishna Charan. My Comment: Every wonder what customer service and customer experience conferences to attend.

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ProProfs Blog

JANUARY 30, 2020

In this blog, we aim to collate various customer engagement statistics in one place that will give you an idea about various aspects of engagement with customers. Customer Engagement Statistics 2020 Explained. Mobile Customer Engagement. That number increases to 90% when working with millennials.

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Fonolo

OCTOBER 29, 2020

The 2020 holiday shopping season will look very different from others in recent memory, thanks to COVID-19. To stay ahead of the curve, retailers will need to stay alert to changing trends in their customers’ behaviour — but most importantly, they must prepare to support them when they run into challenges. Think you’re ready?

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ShepHyken

APRIL 30, 2018

Each week I read a number of customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. 16 Statistics Showing Data’s Influence on Customer Experience by Tricia Morriss. My Comment: Data and personalization ate HOT topics in marketing and customer experience. Some are exciting.

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Customer Service Personalization Self service Metrics 206

Comm100

MARCH 13, 2023

Comm100’s latest higher education survey asked current students in North America what they thought about chatbots and the service that they can provide. You can download the survey results for free below. Read more Report 1. An incredible 99% agreed that it is ‘at least somewhat important’. This comes as no surprise to us.

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Chatbots Surveys Education Wait times 80

ShepHyken

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Eradicating Mediocrity in Customer Service. How to End “Good Enough” Customer Service. They discuss Simplr’s latest CX research report and strategies for collecting and utilizing customer feedback to eliminate mediocre customer service. Deflection is not a customer-centric concept.

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Nicereply

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

When it comes to knowing what customers really want, data can be illuminating. Zendesk’s 2020 Customer Experience Trends Report dropped earlier this month, combining the data of the 45,000 companies using Zendesk with an external survey of thousands of agents, managers and customers. What does this mean for you?

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ShepHyken

JANUARY 6, 2021

Every year I write my customer service and customer experience (CX) predictions in my Forbes.com column. So, here are my Top 10 Predictions for 2021: Customers continue to get smarter. Our customers keep getting smarter about customer service and experience. Customers are becoming impatient.

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Chatbots Surveys Self service Personalization 427

TechSee

JANUARY 26, 2021

Challenged by continuing uncertainty and perhaps uncharted territory, it has never been harder to predict what lies ahead in the world of consumer trends and customer service. We may not have a crystal ball – but we can take a look at five key customer service trends that leading analyst firms agree on.

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CSM Magazine

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Customer Service should be a human experience. Countless companies have lost sight of that crucial fact, often relying on chat or never-ending touch-tone menus that frustrate customers immensely. So much so, that those disgruntled customers often choose to take their business elsewhere. Lost customers mean lost profit.

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ShepHyken

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

According to Deloitte’s 2019 Global Call Center Survey , customer service topped the agenda for most firms. 85% of respondents believed that the customer experience was vital to success. 78% of participants believed that improving customer service came a close second. Video Chat. Final Notes.

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Fonolo

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

At Fonolo, we’ve been wary of reading too much into channel preference data and cohort studies , but there is no denying that SMS is becoming a more significant part of customer service interactions. In fact, by 2020, around 50 million consumers will opt-in to receive business SMS. Do Survey Customers Through SMS.

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Interactions

JANUARY 26, 2023

The telephone is still a popular customer service and support channel, but unstructured voice communications present security risks and compliance challenges, particularly in a work-from-home (WFH) environment. To learn more about how Interactions Trustera keeps sensitive customer data safe, check out our webinar.

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Cisco - Contact Center

AUGUST 3, 2020

Cisco Webex Contact Center CCaaS honored for improving customer service technology and customer experience. I’m excited to announce that Webex Contact Center was among the 2020 Contact Center Technology Award winners, presented by CUSTOMER Magazine this month. Award Winner Second Year in a Row. Learn More.

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ShepHyken

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Top Takeaways: Scott Harris defines creating ‘wow’ as helping your customers always get more out of CX and going over and above in delivering for your customers. If you wait until the end of an interaction to survey your customers, you are essentially surveying the memory of an experience.

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Nicereply

APRIL 13, 2022

AI became the go-to word in meeting rooms when teams spoke about innovation since 2020. Recently, AI impact (not only in customer service) has been so high that the global AI market value might reach $267 billion by 2027. It’s time for AI to continue evolving and boosting the customer service experience.

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ShepHyken

JANUARY 8, 2021

They were the cornerstone of the service industry, and in many ways they still are. According to HubSpot, 90% of consumers argue that one channel alone is not enough in terms of customer service, instead preferring an omnichannel experience consisting of email, live chat, social media and contact centres.

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