ShepHyken

JULY 21, 2017

This week we feature an article by Jason Grills about how to use live chat agents properly in order to delight your customers. I believe that as a quick first line of support, live chat is a great alternative. The implementation of live chat software is an easy task to achieve.

Customer Support 229

Customer Support Chatbots Personalization Education 229

ShepHyken

DECEMBER 1, 2017

This week we feature an article by Stephanie Jones about the importance of human interaction in the customer service world. While bots are helpful in many ways, the human touch is still so imperative, and so craved by the customer. – Shep Hyken. Bots lose their appeal when a customer has a complex issue.

outsourcing 197

outsourcing Answering services Personalization Accountability 197

ShepHyken

JANUARY 20, 2017

This week on our Friends on Friday guest blog post my colleague, Jason Grills, writes about the importance of good customer support and the impact it can have on your business. Customer support agents must understand just how important their roles and responsibilities are to the customer experience. Shep Hyken.

Customer Support 215

Customer Support Technical Support Contact Center Customer Experience 215

ShepHyken

JUNE 23, 2017

I like the live chat option becasue I can immediately get in touch with a representative to ask my questions without having to wait. Live Chat Software. Live chat is a one-to-one online communication channel. Shep Hyken. E-commerce sites have taken retail online and with such its audience.

Banking 190

Banking B2C Advertising B2B 190

ShepHyken

MARCH 9, 2018

This week we feature an article by Gemma Baker who writes about how the customer service world has changed with the development of digital communication channels. – Shep Hyken. It is no secret that customers are turning towards digital communication channels when contacting organizations. Provide a Quicker Answer.

Customer Service 189

Customer Service Chatbots Advertising Technology 189

ShepHyken

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

This week on our Friends on Friday guest blog post my colleague, Shaista Haque, writes about the millennial generation’s use of technology and how it is affecting their customer experience. The millennial consumer must be understood in order to deliver an Amazing customer service experience.

Analytics 315

Analytics B2B Technology Enterprise 315

ShepHyken

DECEMBER 21, 2018

This week we feature an article by Prasad Reddy who shares 10 ways to improve CSAT scores by enhancing customer satisfaction. – Shep Hyken. Customer satisfaction is at the core of your business health and growth. In this age of social media, unhappy customers can cause extensive damage to your brand. Respond quickly.

CRM 235

CRM Best practices Customer Service Metrics 235

ShepHyken

NOVEMBER 23, 2018

This week we feature an article by Pascal van Opzeeland who writes about the quality of customer support and what it takes to provide great customer support. – Shep Hyken. What makes a customer support interaction good or bad? To be good, a customer support interaction needs to be…. Use fewer, better words.

Customer Support 168

Customer Support Customer effort Self service Metrics 168

ShepHyken

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

This week we feature an article by Andy Steuer who shares valuable information about how to use virtual web assistants to optimize productivity in areas of customer service, customer support, CRM management and more. – Shep Hyken. Customer Service. Support Tickets and CRM Management.

CRM 235

CRM Enterprise Benchmark outsourcing 235

ShepHyken

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

One key is to always deliver value to your customers to keep them coming back. – Shep Hyken. Does it seem like your competitors have an advantage over you when it comes to attracting new customers? Or that too many customers are dissatisfied with your service? What do you like about it or dislike?

Customer Service 192

Customer Service Advertising Scripts Feedback 192

ShepHyken

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

This week we feature an article by Brian Cantor who gives us a list of ways to achieve success and consistency when communicating with customers on any channel. – Shep Hyken. Making for a jointly admirable and problematic reality, the customer contact community often takes a lofty, wide-eyed approach to strategy and technology.

Abandon rate 236

Abandon rate Journey mapping Average Handle Time Customer centricity 236

Fonolo

JANUARY 14, 2020

Which customer service blog posts helped to shape the last decade for you? . When we look back at the customer support industry in 2010, we see a very different beast to the one we work in today. Here, we cover the 20 best customer service blogs and influencers to follow in 2020. Shep Hyken.

Customer Service 136

Customer Service Chief Customer Officer Contact Center Call Center 136

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. Today’s consumers demand service 24/7, 365 days a week.

Contact Center 122

Contact Center Self service Analytics Banking 122

JivoChat

AUGUST 22, 2023

Learning how to start a travel blog will help you share your passion for visiting different places and getting to know cultures from other countries all around the world. You can also give tips about how to organize a trip, save money traveling, and prepare the luggage for different places and seasons of the year, for instance.

Engineering 75

Engineering Analytics Best practices Customer Support 75

Enghouse Interactive

OCTOBER 13, 2020

AI Makes It Possible (Blog Series). Understanding Why Transforms the Customer Experience. Blog #2 of 4: Seeking th e Root Cause and Affecting the Right Outcome. This works, but only when using the right dataset. To address that, there are limitations to be overcome and diverse approaches to be considered.

Scripts 95

Scripts Interactive Voice Response Analytics Contact Center 95

ShepHyken

APRIL 28, 2017

This week on our Friends on Friday guest blog post my colleague, Murph Krajewski, writes about the importance of a single customer view when it comes to serving your customers. This will help lead you to forming important relationship with your customer. – Shep Hyken. Customer service needs customer data.

Customer Service 226

Customer Service Contact Center Technology Big data 226

ShepHyken

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

He shares how companies can use QR codes to improve customer service and experience. We have all encountered QR codes at some point in our lives, and their popularity has only grown throughout the coronavirus outbreak. The truth is QR codes are used for numerous purposes.

Customer Service 161

Customer Service Feedback Advertising Customer Experience 161

Comm100

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Chatbots are quickly becoming a long-term solution for customer service across all industries. A good chatbot will deliver exceptional value to your customers during their buying journey. It boosts customer engagement because it’s quick, simple, and puts the user in the driver’s seat. How Do Chatbots Work?

Chatbots 86

Chatbots APIs Analytics Upselling 86

ProProfs Blog

AUGUST 14, 2020

Imagine being in your customers’ shoes. That my friend is a tale of bad customer experience. As a business owner, understand that customers don’t just wish to buy a product and leave. As a business owner, understand that customers don’t just wish to buy a product and leave. This prompts you to start looking for support.

Analytics 174

Analytics B2B Education Feedback 174

ProProfs Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2020

To make instant help possible, you’ll need live chat software to manage support during the holidays on your website besides offering phone and email platforms. But simply adding live chat to your website won’t be enough. How Can Live Chat Help During the Holidays? Let’s get started.

Management 147

Management Chatbots Sales Upselling 147

OctopusTech

JULY 31, 2023

Customer engagement and happiness have emerged as the cornerstones of successful eCommerce businesses in today’s growing digital market. As competition heats up, businesses choose live chat outsourcing method to attempt to separate from the crowd and create genuine connections with their customers.

outsourcing 62

outsourcing Sales Upselling Abandon rate 62

Comm100

SEPTEMBER 4, 2022

Note: This blog post was originally published in January 12th, 2017. More companies all the time are experiencing the benefits of live chat , but how does one maximize these benefits? With the right mix of automation, communication, and personalization, any agent can provide customers with an outstanding experience.

Best practices 97

Best practices Customer Service Abandon rate Benchmark 97

CSM Magazine

JUNE 7, 2023

By now, you’re probably already familiar with the term “omnichannel” applied to customer service. In this article, we dive into definitions, benefits, and use cases to help you really understand what omnichannel means and how you can leverage omnichannel services to unify and improve customer and employee experience.

Customer Service 98

Customer Service Multichannel Banking Marketing 98

ProProfs Blog

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Ever wondered how challenging it must be for your operators to handle multiple chats at the same time? What if they make a mistake while managing multiple chats or one of their responses prompts the visitor to leave the website before getting a solution? Why Handling Multiple Chats is a Challenge.

Wait times 141

Wait times Management Customer Support Customer Service 141

Comm100

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

In today’s hyper-connected, personalized customer service isn’t just a isn’t just a nice-to-have; it’s a must. While we’re all familiar with the basics, like using a customer’s name in an email, today’s innovators are going far beyond these conventions to deliver personalization.

Personalization 69

Personalization Chatbots Surveys Engineering 69

Comm100

MARCH 21, 2023

With more options than ever before for customers, switching brands is easy. Organizations need to take every advantage they can get, and providing excellent customer service has become one of these key differentiators. Live chat software has become increasingly popular within customer service, and for good reason.

Customer Service 67

Customer Service Chatbots Self service Surveys 67

Comm100

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Customer experience (CX) is the convergence of three elements – human, process, and increasingly, technology. As more and more touch points between businesses and customers are established, the expectation to provide a seamless customer experience across channels has turned into a necessity.

Customer Experience 52

Customer Experience Chatbots Feedback Self service 52

ProProfs Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2020

This trend of call centers for chat support shifted to contact centers for chat support when internet usage became quite popular. And that’s not the only change businesses had to accommodate while running a contact center for chat support. Challenges Faced by Contact Centers. That’s not all.

Contact Center 130

Contact Center Call Center Feedback Wait times 130

Comm100

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Businesses today thrive on efficiency, and the customer service domain is no exception. With the rise of technology, businesses have started to adopt customer service automation software to scale their operations without ballooning headcount. What is customer service automation software?

Customer Service 73

Customer Service Interactive Voice Response Multi-channel support Multichannel 73

Enghouse Interactive

AUGUST 26, 2020

It’s Not an Option – It’s Expected (Blog Series). Register for our upcoming w ebinar “How and Why Customers Use Self-Service” with Steve Morrell, Managing Director and Principal Analyst of ContactBabel . Blog #1 Into the Vortex “Cross Channel is the New Omni-Channel”. Choices Expected.

Self service 58

Self service Contact Center CRM Customer Support 58

ProProfs Blog

OCTOBER 16, 2020

We’ve seen live chat in action as the customer service and support tool. Live chat leveraged as a sales tool not only improves conversion but also simplifies and shortens the sales funnel. Live Chat Sales Funnel: How it Works. How did the visitor solve this problem so far?

Sales 148

Sales CRM Abandon rate Marketing 148

Nicereply

MARCH 30, 2022

Do you know 70% of customers have already decided to support a company that delivers great customer service? Every brand aspires to create an impact in its customers’ lives. The first step is always to value your customers’ time and preferences. Being proactive in understanding your customers.

Customer Service 96

Customer Service Scripts Call Center Customer Support 96

ProProfs Blog

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

I love using live chat because it’s simple, easy, and helps me get a solution instantly. Has it leveled up your customer support process? Well, from what I’ve seen and heard from other business owners – yes, live chat definitely brings a lot of value addition as a support tool. Using Excessive Emojis.

CRM 165

CRM Personalization Customer Support Feedback 165

Comm100

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Customer service is always changing, and there’s no better symbol of the shift in today’s customer service than chatbots. The technology driving chatbots has improved drastically in recent years, and organizations are now racing to introduce automation to their customer service.

Chatbots 76

Chatbots Self service Wait times Customer Service 76

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.

Chatbots 59

Chatbots B2B SaaS B2C 59

ProProfs Blog

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Numbers help you reflect on how your business is performing and if your efforts are reaping the benefits you expected. They even help you understand if your customers are satisfied or not. There are multiple customer satisfaction metrics that your business can use to get answers to questions like “Is my customer satisfied?”

Metrics 148

Metrics Abandon rate Surveys Feedback 148

ProProfs Blog

JUNE 26, 2020

It’s not just great communication skills that make a customer support operator great at their job. 62% of customers say that a representative’s knowledge and resourcefulness play a key role in creating a good experience. Learn the commonly used customer service and support lingo. But, where to start?

Customer Service 179

Customer Service APIs Customer Support Feedback 179