ShepHyken

OCTOBER 26, 2018

This week we feature an article by Tim Richardson who writes about a hospitality experience gone bad and then reminds us what must be done to provide a great guest experience. – Shep Hyken. Think about an incredible service experience you’ve had recently. What about the service experience was extraordinary?

Consulting 275

Consulting Consulting Sales Marketing 275

ShepHyken

AUGUST 2, 2019

Whether on the phone or in person, it’s important to train your employees the right way to interact with your customers. Customer service is one of the most important parts of doing business. The relationships you create with your customers reflect directly on the success of your business. On the Telephone. Face to Face.

Customer Service 275

Customer Service Customer Support Personalization Management 275

ShepHyken

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

This week we feature an article by Kristin Erikson writes shares great customer service training tips and ideas that will help your company build brand advocacy. Remember customer service training is not something you di, it’s something you do. – Shep Hyken. The answer is as obvious as it is overlooked: improve customer service.

Customer Service 378

Customer Service Morale Sales Coaching 378

ShepHyken

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

This week on our Friends on Friday guest blog post my colleague, Mark Smith, writes about how crucial personalization can be to the customer experience. When you customize or personalize the experience, even during the sales process, you are delivering a better level of service. Shep Hyken.

Customer Experience 295

Customer Experience Personalization Marketing Analytics 295

ShepHyken

DECEMBER 9, 2016

This week on our Friends on Friday guest blog post my colleague, Stephan Delbos, writes about the importance of doing more than satisfying customers, you must delight them. There is a big difference between satisfied customers and loyal customers. What Emotions Mean for Customers. Satisfactory is a rating.

Customer emotions 306

Customer emotions Marketing Customer Experience Customer Service 306

ShepHyken

NOVEMBER 25, 2016

This week on our Friends on Friday guest blog post my colleague, Ricky Nowak, shares a customer experience she had recently with a hotel that didn’t exactly go well. It’s a great example of how not to give excellent customer service! Or, Make sure your staff knows that without customers they don’t have a job.

Morale 271

Morale Coaching Customer Service Customer Experience 271

ShepHyken

MARCH 22, 2019

who argues that digital transformation is bringing customer experience to an entirely different level. Communities were smaller, shopping was local, and technology wasn’t there to either help or confuse the customer. All this progress requires businesses to provide an “always on, always available” customer experience.

Customer Experience 267

Customer Experience Banking Technology Consulting 267

ShepHyken

OCTOBER 11, 2019

This week we feature an article by Joseph Michelli who has written a new book about how Airbnb has used convenience and personalization to deliver an amazing experience. Unfortunately, many senior leaders, managers, and frontline team members don’t understand that every business is a people business.

Technology 238

Technology Customer Experience Personalization Engineering 238

ShepHyken

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

This week we feature an article by Christa Heibel who writes about how important employee feedback is to a successful customer service experience and high CSAT ratings. – Shep Hyken. In my past experience as both a consultant and owner/operator of a BPO, I understand that CSAT surveys tend to get all the attention.

Feedback 235

Feedback Customer Experience Abandon rate Surveys 235

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. Email and Phone Support.

CRM 235

CRM Enterprise Benchmark outsourcing 235

ShepHyken

MARCH 29, 2019

This week we feature an article by Alexandr Galkin who writes about how retail management should focus on direct communication and/or a balanced pricing strategy and allow AI to manage price optimization. Customer experience comes first. Customers choose retailers with optimal prices. Definitely, no.

Customer Experience 259

Customer Experience Accountability CRM Enterprise 259

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…. Element #1: Fast. Element #3: Clear.

Customer Support 262

Customer Support Customer effort Self service Metrics 262

Babelforce

DECEMBER 2, 2021

In this post: The benefits of CX management Where should you start with CX management? The sub-disciplines of CX management Become a CX diplomat How to side-step the mistakes of CX management Building better customer experiences. Management, alternatively, is a process of action.

Customer Experience 52

Customer Experience Management Journey mapping Morale 52

ShepHyken

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

This week we feature an article by Hamzah Tariq who shares seven ways to improve the overall live chat experience for your customers. Businesses constantly try to improve the customer experience they deliver through new approaches, tools and strategies. . Don’t make customers wait when they initiate live chat requests.

Customer Experience 271

Customer Experience Technical Support Self service Best practices 271

ShepHyken

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

Johnson who writes about the importance of cross-team collaboration when providing B2B customer support. . A stand-alone customer support group can’t handle 100% of the issues they receive in the B2B industry. Customer Success / Account Management – Outside of support, this team interacts with customers the most frequently.

B2B 266

B2B Customer Support CRM B2C 266

ShepHyken

AUGUST 30, 2019

This week we feature an article by Lukas Sitar who writes about growing and sustaining customer lifetime value for the entire customer cycle. While many marketers look at metrics like conversion rates, net profit per sale, average value of a lead, and average customer order, they often overlook their customer lifetime value.

Airlines 259

Airlines Metrics Advertising Sales 259

ShepHyken

DECEMBER 14, 2018

This week we feature an article by Chanice Henry who writes about the importance of cyber security in providing a trustworthy experience for your customers. – Shep Hyken. Customer loyalty is built on trust. Every employee working with customer data needs to consider their treatment of data very carefully.

Customer Experience 256

Customer Experience Government Coaching Customer retention 256

ShepHyken

DECEMBER 29, 2017

This week we feature an article by Patrick Thuot who shares an infographic about how customer service can help the retail industry. A customer-centric approach can help any type of business succeed. – Shep Hyken. To entice those customers to come in-store requires there to be something worth coming in for.

Customer Service 223

Customer Service Customer centricity Service level Marketing 223

ShepHyken

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

This week on our Friends on Friday guest blog post my colleague, Brie Tascione, writes about the importance of improving the customer experience in the healthcare industry to improve loyalty and reduce frustration. Any service industry today must keep up with the technological advances when communicating with their customers.

Healthcare 318

Healthcare Advertising Education Technology 318

ShepHyken

JANUARY 18, 2019

This week we feature an article by Tim Houlne who writes about the importance of integrating technology into your business to provide the optimum customer experience. – Shep Hyken. Time to start planning for your 2019 customer experience initiatives. Would you consider that a great customer experience?

Customer Experience 232

Customer Experience Airlines Average Handle Time Contact Center 232

Peter Lavers

JULY 14, 2017

I had the pleasure this week of being invited to Wimbledon by IBM to see for myself how their systems, artificial intelligence, and cognitive tools (Watson) underpin the customer experience. Surely the “customer experience” is all about the physical experience that the lucky few enjoy in a little piece of London SW19 once a year?

Customer Experience 164

Customer Experience Management B2B Analytics 164

ShepHyken

OCTOBER 14, 2016

This week on our Friends on Friday guest blog post my colleague, Pascal van Opzeeland, writes an informative article about the popularity of messaging apps and how they are impacting customer service. What will this mean for the way you do service – and how will it impact your customer communications? Shep Hyken.

Customer Service 314

Customer Service B2C Airlines Management 314

ShepHyken

APRIL 7, 2017

This week on our Friends on Friday guest blog post my colleague, Swati Kungwani, writes about the value of customer complaints to a business. Customer behavior is becoming more dynamic. According to the reports, “It is in the hands of the companies to prevent 85% of the customer churn caused due to futile poor service.”.

Advertising 270

Advertising B2B Employee engagement CRM 270

ShepHyken

JULY 12, 2019

This week we feature an article by Hugues Meyrath who says that by integrating machine learning and AI capabilities into your processes, you can optimize the performance of your facilities and staff to drive a positive customer experience. At the heart of this is the need to create better customer experiences and deliver new services.

Customer Experience 266

Customer Experience Technology Enterprise Analytics 266

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. Step by Step How to Start a Travel Blog How to start a travel blog is simpler than you might believe. Will you make videos for your blog too?

Engineering 75

Engineering Analytics Best practices Customer Support 75

ShepHyken

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

This week we feature an article by Heather Hamilton who shares why investing in a point of sale (POS) system can empower your staff and improve the employee experience. – Shep Hyken. From stock management to sales reports, customer loyalty, and much more, a POS system streamlines your efficiency in ways that pen and paper just can’t.

Sales 220

Sales Personalization Feedback Management 220

ShepHyken

MAY 19, 2017

Berk about the importance of responding quickly to customer comments and reviews. Ask your customers to post online reviews. When providing customer service, speed saves relationships. When a customer writes a complaint online, review, tweet, post, etc., But only 8% of customers believe they are. don’t ignore them.

Customer advocacy 183

Customer advocacy Consulting Consulting Customer Service 183

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

JivoChat

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Do you know how to create a blog on WordPress? With just a few steps, you can have your own blog up and running. The platform is simple to use and allows you to create a website for free, which gives you the opportunity to develop customized web pages and publish the content you wish. . Make a Plan For Your Blog.

Engineering 75

Engineering Best practices Accountability Personalization 75

ShepHyken

MAY 5, 2017

This week on our Friends on Friday guest blog post my colleague, Dan Rood, writes about the precious commodity of time and why we must use the latest technologies to help customers save time and have amazing customer experiences. That perfectly describes an omnichannel customer experience platform.

Self service 199

Self service APIs Surveys Analytics 199

ShepHyken

OCTOBER 19, 2018

Self-learning machines can improve your website visitors’ personalized experience in a multitude of ways. For example, algorithms are able to digest complex customer data and provide relevant content to individuals at the right time. So, how is AI changing customer experience? Introduction: AI in CX. _.

Customer Service 276

Customer Service Automotive Chatbots Airlines 276

Beyond Philosophy

AUGUST 16, 2016

There’s a nice metaphor here that can be applied to the development and execution of customer experience management programs, particularly the elements that are dependent upon skilled, user-friendly data development and management. Think of customer experience results as the cornbread.

Customer Experience 150

Customer Experience Management Consulting Consulting 150

ShepHyken

MARCH 8, 2019

This week we feature an article by Jason Milleisen who shares three simple rules that will set you apart from your competition and help provide great customer service. I once heard about a car dealership who had customer satisfaction scores that were the impressively high. Shep Hyken. You read that correctly. Remember The Golden Rule.

Consulting 270

Consulting Consulting Personalization Customer Service 270

ShepHyken

APRIL 12, 2019

This week we feature an article by Joel Gottesman who shares tips to ensure that seasonal employees provide an excellent customer experience. This past season, retailers hired more than 575,000 seasonal employees to help manage the holiday rush. Many of these employees were tasked with challenging customer-facing positions.

Customer Service 268

Customer Service Education Healthcare Customer centricity 268

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

ViiBE Blog

AUGUST 17, 2021

ViiBE Blog. What is the purpose of customer experience management? Customer experience. This is why customer experience management, meaning a process of tracking customer expectations and undertaking relevant actions, has become one of the focus points of businesses across different industries.

Customer Experience 52

Customer Experience Management Automotive Brand ambassadors 52

ShepHyken

DECEMBER 13, 2019

This week we feature an article by Darcy Alexander who shares a checklist to guide us through the process of selecting the best CX vendors for our customer experience initiatives. When embarking on a customer experience (CX) change initiative, there are few decisions more critical to success than selecting the right vendor.

APIs 254

APIs Enterprise Government Customer Experience 254