Steve DiGioia

JULY 5, 2021

They deal with anxiety and health issues that weigh heavily, financial and personal matters that keep them up at night, and a host of other problems that make their day more stressful than needed. It’s not that difficult to do. Here’s how to do it. How to Brighten Someone’s Day. I can imagine how that must make you feel.

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ShepHyken

AUGUST 3, 2018

This week we feature an article by Eugene Aronsky who talks about good customer service versus bad customer service and how proper training and proper knowledge are key to answering any question that a customer may have. – Shep Hyken. Good customer service is essential for a successful business.”

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ShepHyken

AUGUST 19, 2016

This week on our Friends on Friday guest blog post my colleague, Jack Plantin, writes about the importance of customer support and options we can offer for around the clock support. 24/7 customer support is great to have, but it can expensive and time-consuming for small companies. He shares some excellent self-help ideas.

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Beyond Philosophy

AUGUST 18, 2022

One way to think of the two personalities is how they get their power. Situational Psychologists agree that we have differences, but those are less significant than how we interact with our environment. Neuroticism: Neuroticism measures how stressed you get and what stresses you. Self-Discipline, which deals with laziness.

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Beyond Philosophy

MAY 15, 2023

People cut back on what they perceive as the ‘nice to haves’ like training and conferences, and many businesses would include Improvement in their customer experience on this list. How confident are you to deliver an excellent Customer experience (CX) in 2023 as we enter these turbulent times? You’ll get 11 opinions.”

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Beyond Philosophy

MARCH 17, 2022

People ask me a lot if there is a difference between experiences and creating customer loyalty when you are a business-to-business (B2B) organization as opposed to a business-to-customer (B2C) one. And he is selling raw materials, which sounds like something that is more difficult to distinguish or to be specialized.

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Totango

APRIL 9, 2024

Is 2024 the year of customer success or sales? They unanimously agreed that 2024 is the year of the ICP (Ideal Customer Profile). The cohesion between these teams can significantly drive customer value and results, which impacts retention, expansion, and, ultimately, predictable growth.

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Beyond Philosophy

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

These differ in terms of how easy they are for us to do and how accurate they are. Understanding how customers evaluate pricing can help you correctly price your products or services. If I can give you a decoy or a more extreme option, that changes how you evaluate a price. It can be almost anything.

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Advertising Education Sales Marketing 221

ChurnZero

DECEMBER 27, 2019

I f ChurnZero were to release a greatest hits compilation of our top content, milestones, and life events in 2019, this blog post would be it. With over 70+ published blogs this year, we whittled down our list to the ten most popular posts from the ChurnZero team and friends. . Top 10 Blog Posts from 2019 .

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Beyond Philosophy

DECEMBER 20, 2019

Customer emotions have a strong influence on your Customer Experience outcome. From our research in our global Customer Experience consultancy, we know that over 50 percent of experience is about how a customer feels. . Organizations don’t consider customer emotions enough. It didn’t work. .

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CSM Magazine

JANUARY 24, 2024

No matter what business you have, you’re going to need some form of customer service. It’s the only way to ensure that your customers are getting the assistance they need. There will be someone who can’t work out how to add money to their account, or someone who has forgotten what the different poker hands are.

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Beyond Philosophy

MARCH 28, 2024

Listen to the podcast: “Colin, could you tell me the one thing that we need to do to improve our Customer Experience ?” There is no silver bullet solution for improving Customer Experience. Similarly, it isn’t very reasonable to think there is a solution for your customer that can also fix your experience without the effort.

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Beyond Philosophy

MARCH 31, 2020

As organizations emerge from this crisis, many are likely to face changing customer behavior and attitudes. Some of these will be driven by 1) the organizations’ response to the crisis and others will be driven by 2) changing customer habits and attitudes. But there are other, not-travel related customer experience shambles too!

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Beyond Philosophy

APRIL 23, 2020

Lorraine is demonstrating how the Endowment Effect works. The Endowment Effect is a concept in Behavioral Economics that refers to how people value things highly that they possess simply because it is theirs, and even when others do not. We have a mirror that has been resting against the wall in our garage for the last five years.

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Comm100

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Chatbots were designed to streamline customer interaction. They save you time and money on customer services, while also improving your customer satisfaction levels. Today we’re rounding up some of the most amazing ways in which chatbots can improve your customer satisfaction and take your business to the next level.

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ShepHyken

MAY 27, 2019

Each week I read a number of customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. Amazon Bringing One-Day Shipping To Prime Shows The Real Battle For Customers by Daniel Newman. As you read this article, think of how this relates to your business. Here are my top five picks from last week.

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Journey mapping Customer Service Employee engagement Morale 259

LiveChat

JANUARY 3, 2019

It was a good year for the LiveChat blog. Our blog was visited every month by over 100k visitors , who spend 8 minutes on each page on average. Let me proudly present a list of 12 killer posts we’ve published this year on LiveChat Blog. How we reached 100,000 unique views a month on LiveChat blog.

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TechSee

JUNE 10, 2021

Absolutely, your customers aren’t happy to wait for service. Of course, in-person contact puts employees and customers at risk. This blog challenges that status quo. However, these senior technicians are not skilled trainers, and junior technicians find them difficult to follow using only voice-based instructions.

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Nicereply

JUNE 12, 2023

Good customer service training is one of the most important components of your support team’s success. Customer service isn’t just a box to check. It’s the pillar that enables customer success, unlocks customer satisfaction, creates brand loyalty, and propels organizations towards sustainable growth.

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COPC

JULY 17, 2018

In our periodic blog series, Ask the Experts, we ask COPC Inc. experts questions about specific areas for improving operational performance in call centers, customer experience (CX) operations, vendor management organizations, and procurement. . How and when we plan to deliver the improvements . In this edition of?Ask

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ProProfs Blog

JANUARY 31, 2019

Winning new business and then providing world-class customer service is surely not without its ups and downs. You do your best to build out a team—inside sales, outside sales, customer success—to get them to work as an efficient, customer-focused unit. Related Read: Customer Service Skills that Every Employee Needs.

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Nicereply

MAY 2, 2022

All jobs are stressful to some degree, but it’s particularly tough for customer support agents. Working in customer support involves a high level of job-related stress. Your support team is emotionally responsible for the well-being of your customers, and constantly demonstrating empathy all day can lead to fatigue.

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Global Response

OCTOBER 2, 2023

They have a call center and provide quick, efficient service to their customers, but their agents are known for being hasty, serious and unfeeling. The whole process is pretty painless and straightforward, and you feel taken care of—no matter how difficult your situation. But how does all of that impact your business?

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Lumoa

JANUARY 3, 2023

Surveys are one of the most useful tools out there for gathering quick feedback from customers, and understanding what motivates them. Designing surveys is an important part of market research, and it requires a great deal of thought and care. Carlos Del Corral is an expert on crafting quality surveys. Survey Design Best Practices.

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Nicereply

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Customer service teams are the superheroes of the business world. The customer service team, of course! They play a crucial role in ensuring customers are satisfied and keep coming back for more. Creating a compelling experience for customers makes the customer service representative role demanding, regardless of the industry.

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JustCall

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Did you know when is the toughest test for a customer service agent? Well, that's when handling an angry customer. Customers that are at the peak of their emotions and not ready to listen to any of your answers. In the daily life of a customer service agent, less than 3 % in a day is actually angry customers.

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ClientSuccess

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Often, CSMs get into the customer success space because they like the excitement of working with customers or the challenge of helping users through their day-to-day problems. One area in the customer success lifecycle where some CSMs tend to get nervous is renewal conversations. Q: Is there growth potential?

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ChurnZero

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

This is a guest article by Michael Su , senior consultant of Customer Success, The Success League. Customer Success is still a young field and a new concept for many companies. When I ventured out to build my first Customer Success department at a tech software company, my leadership team thought I was nuts.

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Nicereply

MAY 26, 2020

Soft skills are more difficult to quantify or teach. Super important too, but how do you measure someone’s teamwork skills? Because soft skills can be more difficult to quantify and certify, they can get neglected in personal development goals and reviews. What skills are required to be successful in customer service?

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Nicereply

JUNE 21, 2021

Often overlooked support skills can elevate your service offering to a more delightful, high-quality customer experience. Customer Service is a difficult job. Many customer-facing roles deal with high-pressure situations, emotional customers, negativity and insults, delivering bad news, and many other draining activities.

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CustomerSuccessBox

MAY 17, 2022

A similar scenario occurs with the customers as well and is no different. So, how do you deal with angry customers? To deal with them, you first need to know what actually happened and the reasons why they’re angry. 4 main reasons that make customers angry. 4 main reasons that make customers angry.

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Aspect

APRIL 20, 2020

I wrote this to share my current perspective with customers, partners and employees. While there is so much that has gone on over the last several weeks, it has been difficult to capture it all in the moment. I certainly did not have a sense that I would be writing this blog, sheltered in place, weeks later.

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ClientSuccess

JANUARY 16, 2023

Providing exceptional customer success begins with listening to your customers. It’s essential to create an environment of trust and open communication, where customers feel heard, valued, and appreciated. As a customer service leader, it’s up to you to ensure that their valuable feedback is not only collected but acted upon.

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JustCall

MARCH 21, 2022

That’s why you need sales training to ensure that the behaviors that help win deals can be codified and shared with new hires and trainees. This blog looks at how sales training should be approached by breaking it down into a clear 4-week timeline and how to structure your training into modules that can make it more effective.

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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. However difficult these past months have been, we surely made the most out of it. Without further ado, here’s a round-up of our favorite blog posts and podcast episodes of the year.

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Nicereply

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Support Operations has become more popular because of the advancement of the tools in the market and an increased focus on customer-centricity. When implemented correctly, Support Ops will enhance your customer experience and help you deliver higher-quality support services. What is Intelligent Support Operations?

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JustCall

MARCH 28, 2023

When you’re dealing with remote sales teams placed in different corners of the globe, it can be particularly challenging to meet targets. As a sales leader, it is difficult to craft a sure-shot plan on how to manage a remote sales team. Want to know how you can also amp up your game? Read the blog to learn more!

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