ChurnZero

DECEMBER 29, 2020

Like a box of chocolates, you never know what you’re gonna get during life in the pandemic. Top 10 Blog Posts from 2020. 9 Well-Meaning Yet Harmful Phrases to Avoid with Customers. This article is a roundup of the not-so-obvious phrases you should avoid saying to a customer no matter how well-intentioned or deserved.

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ShepHyken

JANUARY 18, 2021

Each week I read a number of customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. 21 Tips for 2021 Customer Experience Excellence by Lynn Hunsaker. ClearAction) Here are 21 tips for achieving 2021 customer experience excellence in these areas and beyond. Here are my top five picks from last week.

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Beyond Philosophy

JULY 9, 2020

A genuine effort to understand your customers’ emotions is essential to your Customer Experience design. Also, when you can segment based on customers’ behavior and the needs the behavior indicates, you can customize your experience to appeal to each segment. My oldest daughter has a new baby.

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Enghouse Interactive

JANUARY 13, 2021

Blog Series #1 of 4: New decade! Customer First” drives success. Customer service has become the top business priority. Getting out in front of competitors, by emulating the most successful companies, will help shortcut timelines. Successful companies ** spend more (4% of revenue vs. 1.7%) on CX technology.

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Beyond Philosophy

MAY 2, 2024

Sonia Montella asked for a detailed explanation of customer loyalty and why we need it. Many people think that customers who buy over and over are loyal. Sure, loyal customers will always buy, but people who buy over and over are only sometimes loyal. I have a few things from a psychological perspective that make up loyalty.

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ShepHyken

JULY 26, 2021

Each week I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. Negative Employee Experiences Can Translate Into Poor Customer Service, Report Says by Emilie Shumway. (HR workers surveyed by consulting firm Eagle Hill said that the employee experience impacts their ability to serve customers.

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Beyond Philosophy

AUGUST 11, 2022

Many of my followers weighed in with their own experiences that tell a truth that is hard to swallow, the world has changed for good, but it’s not good for customers. She thinks customer service is out the window and that getting a good experience is a pleasant change from the usual. It turns out I am not alone in my assessment.

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ShepHyken

APRIL 18, 2022

Each week I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. Tracking Customer Experience? The Drum) Ask any brand to rate their customer experience on a scale of one to 10 and most will probably choose a high number. (The This is the ‘customer experience gap.’

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Enghouse Interactive

JANUARY 5, 2021

Due to the pandemic we’ve seen major shifts in the contact centre, with existing trends such as remote working accelerating and customer needs changing dramatically. In this post, we highlight some of the key developments of last year in a review of our top blogs from 2020. Optimising for contact centre remote working.

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Calabrio

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

In fact, the pace of change is only accelerating affecting nearly every facet of our lives, from how we bank, shop and socialize to how we respond to a pandemic. Contact centers have to adapt and continuously evolve in order to meet customer expectations. More than half a century later, his lyrics couldn’t be more relevant.

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ShepHyken

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Each week I read a number of customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. The 6 Top Customer Experience Trends in 2021 by Julien Rio. The pandemic is a watershed moment for digital transformation in customer service by Vala Afshar. Here are my top five picks from last week.

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Chip Bell

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

First, thank you Chip for allowing me to offer this guest blog. Chip is one of the most talented and seasoned customer experience professionals globally, and I am grateful for his colleagueship and support. Most business owners and leaders want to provide experiences that drive customer engagement, loyalty, and referrals.

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Totango

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has forced brands to elevate customer experience to stay competitive. This accelerated a digital-first customer success transformation that was already in motion before the pandemic. Why Do You Need to Elevate Customer Experience? What Does It Take to Elevate Customer Experience?

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ChurnZero

JANUARY 11, 2024

Most company budgets that earmark dollars for customer success intend for it to go towards headcount. We’ve conducted an annual survey of customer success leaders for four consecutive years. One of the questions we ask is about customer success budget. 2023 customer success budgets Economic context: U.S.

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Nicereply

DECEMBER 29, 2020

Whether you have visited our blog or listened to the Customer Experience Leaders Chat podcast, we are incredibly happy and grateful for you. So as we approach the end of the year, it’s the perfect time to look back and show you our best blogs and podcasts published in 2020. 5 Most Favorite Blog Posts Published in 2020.

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ShepHyken

AUGUST 29, 2022

Each week I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. 10 Ways To Keep Your Existing Customers Around for the Long-Term by ASBN Newsroom. Atlanta Small Business Network) The biggest marketing cost most small businesses face is that of acquiring new customers.

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Bill Quiseng

MARCH 1, 2021

Believing in this mantra for years, as an avid reader of the books by Dr. Joseph Michelli, I have learned so much about delivering the World’s Best Customer Experience through his insight starting with his book, The Starbucks Experience: 5 Principles for Turning Ordinary Into Extraordinary. What is the purpose of my business?

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VirtualPBX

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

In today’s fast-paced business world, staying connected and effectively managing communications is paramount to success. VirtualPBX’s auto attendant feature intelligently routes calls to the right department or person, enhancing efficiency and customer service. Auto Attendant: Gone are the days of manual call routing.

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Eptica

OCTOBER 16, 2020

Author: Pauline Ashenden - Demand Generation Manager Lockdowns caused by the pandemic led to contact centres switching to remote working for their agents, often overnight. You might also be interested in these posts: Key to profitability - how UK customer experience is changing over the long-term. Share this page on: Tweet.

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Totango

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has forced brands to elevate customer experience to stay competitive. This accelerated a digital-first customer success transformation that was already in motion before the pandemic. Why Do You Need to Elevate Customer Experience? What Does It Take to Elevate Customer Experience?

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Aspect

MARCH 23, 2020

This current crisis has driven the reality home for me that what Aspect does is a significant cog in the wheel of the overall global response to the COVID-19 pandemic. By leading technology teams over the years, we have also learned that two things are critical to successful outcomes: collaboration and optimism.

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Totango

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has forced brands to elevate customer experience to stay competitive. This accelerated a digital-first customer success transformation that was already in motion before the pandemic. Why Do You Need to Elevate Customer Experience? What Does It Take to Elevate Customer Experience?

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Eptica

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Author: Pauline Ashenden - Demand Generation Manager The last year has transformed contact centres, with the majority forced to switch to remote working due to pandemic lockdowns. Looking forward, the world of work has changed forever, leading to a need for a hybrid working model within customer service.

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Totango

MARCH 30, 2021

For one thing, how would you scale your customer success operations quickly enough to meet the demand that this type of growth requires? Watch the Webinar: Steps to Scale Your Customer Success Operations Overnight. 8 Steps for Scaling Customer Success. Plan strategically in order to scale successfully.

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Spearline

JUNE 2, 2022

It’s been widely noted that the last two years of pandemic have forced an acceleration of the digital transformation of many companies, not least those operating contact centers. In a Gartner poll of customer service and support leaders, respondents said they expected their tech spend to grow substantially in 2022 – up 7.6%.

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Totango

JULY 15, 2021

The role of a Chief Customer Officer (CCO) is a fairly new addition to the C-suite, but it has been on the rise over the past several years as companies are better understanding the importance of creating a customer-centric culture within their organizations. So, what does a Chief Customer Officer do and why is this role so important?

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BlueOcean

MARCH 19, 2024

On the Blue Ocean blog, we talk a lot about the process of sourcing a strategic partner for your outsourced customer care program. We know a seamless outsourcing transition is essential for maintaining operational efficiency and customer satisfaction, and you need to go on the transition journey with a team of people you barely know.

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ChurnZero

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Searches for customer retention peaked in early 2022. . Searches for customer churn neared their all-time high around the same period. . The pandemic. Companies couldn’t rest on their laurels; it was hold onto their customers or float into the abyss. . Unfortunately, there wasn’t a page in the playbook to turn to. .

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Eptica

MAY 28, 2021

Date: Friday, May 28, 2021 Author: Pauline Ashenden - Demand Generation Manager How Housing Associations can transform customer service in 2021. Author: Pauline Ashenden - Demand Generation Manager Customer satisfaction is a key metric for Housing Associations – and the focus on customer service is increasing post-pandemic.

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Creative Virtual

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Happy Customer Service Week! It’s the first full week of October, and that means it is time once again for the annual week-long global celebration of the importance of customer service, the people who deliver that service, and the impact it has on business success. By Mandy Reed, Global Head of Marketing.

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TechSee

AUGUST 14, 2023

TechSee’s Annual Influencer List For a second year, everyone at TechSee is proud and excited to share our annual list of influential leaders in the space of digital customer service. As the Head of Customer Support and Engagement at HotDoc, she is responsible for leading the customer support and engagement strategy.

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Totango

JUNE 26, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic increased the risk of customer churn across almost every industry. COVID-19’s effect on customer churn may have already begun, but there is still plenty you can do to increase customer engagement and retain the customers you have worked hard to win. What Customer Success Can Do.

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aircall

AUGUST 4, 2021

Experts claim that while this will depend on the pandemic and vaccine distribution, companies will likely start making flexible work schedules permanent. A recent survey conducted by global consulting firm PwC found that most executives and employees expect the hybrid workforce to become more widespread in the second quarter of 2021.

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Call Design

JUNE 22, 2020

While the world is slowly returning to normal after a global pandemic, now is the time to identify how your contact centre can be improved. For some organisations, there may be an influx of calls from customers asking about your services. Providing a great customer experience. How automation helps.

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CSM Practice

MAY 13, 2020

CSM Practice is now in its third week observing possible changes with the COVID-19’s effects on customer success management through our weekly survey. Our goal is to take the temperature of how Customer Success teams are impacted by the Coronavirus crisis.

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Aspect

MARCH 30, 2020

Last week I discussed that Business Continuity for both Aspect as well as our customers has taken on a whole new dimension. The true measurement of success is really whether your company has Technology Continuity as well as Workforce Continuity. Leadership Continuity, in this case, is not another form of succession planning.

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ChurnZero

AUGUST 11, 2020

This is a guest blog post by Anita Toth, Chief Churn Crusher. . Did you know that 60% of SaaS companies reported a negative impact on customer retention and upsell deals due to the pandemic? Customer retention, along with new customer acquisition, has been challenging for most companies when the pandemic hit.

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