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International Contact Centre Operations Tips & Best Practices

Callminer

“A 2014 survey suggested that 69% of customers feel that their call center experience improves when the customer service agent doesn’t sound as though they are reading from a script. It requires a certain level of trust and transparency to have operators providing customer support in a remote location. “To

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3 Reasons To Rethink Your Customer Idea Portal

Playvox

UserVoice popularized the concept in 2008, but now there are many providers of idea management software, used by companies like Spotify , Airbnb , and Microsoft. Instead of treating your idea portal as the only source of truth for customer needs, treat it as one of the inputs into your customer research process.

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Contact Center Trends 2021: The CX Watershed

Fonolo

ContactBabel surveyed 221 contact center managers and found that 63% of the time, the telephone is still the best communication method for complaints. Though most businesses have observed the need for social support, 29.3% of them are still not utilizing it; instead, they’re redirecting customers to another channel.

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Evolution of the support rep: from outsourced to in-office

Kayako

The customer support rep role has travelled the world and back. His outsourced hires were acting directly as customer support reps for his old business BrainQUICKEN. They were tasked to deal with enquiries like these: A customer didn’t receive a shipment. A customer had an item held at customs.

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17 Must-Read Books for Support Managers

Nicereply

Being a support manager is a demanding job that requires constant learning. These 17 books contain critical lessons that every support manager will benefit from. Every customer support manager has a busy life. A book about customer success and customer support 9. Priorities are constantly competing.

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Improving Sales & Support Initiatives in the Financial Services Industry

aircall

Hints of economic decline can lead to a national recession, such as the Great Recession that occurred after the financial crisis of 2008. The Importance of Customer Support for Financial Services. Customer support services back up sales teams, building on relationships to ensure their customers are satisfied for the long term.

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Understanding Negative NPS Score: Causes, Impact and Solutions

Lumoa

You’ve designed your NPS survey and emailed it to all your customers—and the results are in… but not those you were expecting. When it comes to gauging customer sentiment and loyalty, few metrics enjoy such widespread acclaim as the Net Promoter Score (NPS). That’s a huge mistake. But that’s not all.