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17 Must-Read Books for Support Managers

Nicereply

Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive, and Others Die By Chip Heath and Dan Heath Published: 2007 Length: 291 pages Why do urban legends, conspiracy theories, and bogus news stories circulate effortlessly while important ideas ―ideas from scientists, teachers, or journalists― often go unnoticed? Books on communication 1.

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4 Tips to Avoid the Customer Service Mistakes I Made 10 Years Ago

Customer Service Life

In 2007, in the midst of the Global Financial Crisis, any prospect of new business was welcome. If you’re anything like me, you may be tracking too many metrics. In addition to the metric, this also presents the opportunity to open up a valuable feedback loop with your customers. Know and track the right KPIs.

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To Mark the Spot with Benchmarking or Not?

CX Journey

So how do we tie this story to customer experience? I make the connection vis-Ă -vis benchmarking your voice of the customer metrics, e.g., NPS, customer effort score, satisfaction, and loyalty. The things that work today may not work tomorrow; the experience you deliver today may not meet customer needs tomorrow.

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Beyond customer effort score – Understanding and avoiding “chronic suck”

Tethr

And many pushed back on the suggestion that they use a metric like our newly invented Customer Effort Score (CES) over traditional measures like CSAT or NPS. It seems everywhere you turn, practitioners and thought leaders alike have embraced the idea of reducing customer effort.