Social Customer Service… Then and Now
Contact Center Pipeline
DECEMBER 7, 2017
Social customer service has come a long way since I first wrote about it in Pipeline eight years ago (“The Impact of Word of Mouth in the Web 2.0 World,” June 2009).
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Contact Center Pipeline
DECEMBER 7, 2017
Social customer service has come a long way since I first wrote about it in Pipeline eight years ago (“The Impact of Word of Mouth in the Web 2.0 World,” June 2009).
ShepHyken
AUGUST 6, 2023
Each week, I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. 25 Ways to Proactively Spot Your Customers’ Pain Points by Call Centre Helper Magazine (Call Centre Helper Magazine) When struggling to deal with customer demand, a lot of contact centres try to recruit more people.
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ShepHyken
FEBRUARY 8, 2021
Each week I read a number of customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. Make Every Day Valentine’s Day by Showing Love and Empathy to Customers by Janelle Estes. Next generation is the new generation in customer experience by Carlos Lopez-Abadia. Follow on Twitter: @Hyken.
ShepHyken
MARCH 8, 2017
Customer service is what I’m all about. It is my life’s mission to help companies create a customer service experience that customers think is amazing. But, surely some company that is totally focused on their customers would already own it. In 2009 they paid $5.1 The post Who Owns Customer Service?
ShepHyken
JUNE 13, 2022
Each week I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. In 2009 only 18% of the value of the top 100 brands was in subscriptions. Shep Hyken is a customer service expert, professional speaker, and New York Times bestselling business author. Sign Me Up!
Contact Center Pipeline
DECEMBER 14, 2017
Last week’s post offered a brief look back at a couple of social customer care pioneers—two companies that led the industry in 2009 by demonstrating how customer service could be delivered through social channels.
ShepHyken
JULY 13, 2021
Authentic Customer Conversations. Collecting, Sharing, and Acting on Customer Knowledge. Shep Hyken interviews Jason Ten-Pow, CEO and President of ONR, the CX consulting firm he founded in 2009. They discuss how businesses can create long-term and sustainable revenue and profits by talking to their customers.
ShepHyken
JULY 13, 2021
Authentic Customer Conversations. Collecting, Sharing, and Acting on Customer Knowledge. Shep Hyken interviews Jason Ten-Pow, CEO and President of ONR, the CX consulting firm he founded in 2009. They discuss how businesses can create long-term and sustainable revenue and profits by talking to their customers.
ShepHyken
JULY 13, 2021
Authentic Customer Conversations. Collecting, Sharing, and Acting on Customer Knowledge. Shep Hyken interviews Jason Ten-Pow, CEO and President of ONR, the CX consulting firm he founded in 2009. They discuss how businesses can create long-term and sustainable revenue and profits by talking to their customers.
ShepHyken
SEPTEMBER 29, 2023
Harvard Business Review (HBR) shows there is a link between employee engagement and customer satisfaction. When employees are engaged and motivated, they are more likely to deliver exceptional customer service. In their 2009 meta-analysis presented by Gallup, Harter et al.
ShepHyken
JANUARY 5, 2018
Let’s face it, customer service is the lifeline of any company. Of course, getting new customers is just as important, but it’s useless if your customer service experience is suboptimal. According to Forbes , Businesses are losing $62 billion per year through poor customer service. Text Messaging.
CSM Magazine
OCTOBER 5, 2022
One of the major weaknesses of most organizations is top management’s lack of a customer service strategy. They fail to realize the strategic opportunity on how to use superior service as a vehicle to build market share and market dominance. All three companies provide Relentless Customer Service.
Nicereply
AUGUST 24, 2021
Messaging in customer service is on the rise, and surveys for support teams continue to gather data that indicates this trend is picking up steam. There is a trend in customer service to make business messaging quicker, easier, and more convenient. The results are staggering : WhatsApp tickets rose 219%.
Fonolo
MAY 16, 2019
Customer service is often not seen as the effective marketing tool that it is. It’s no surprise: on the surface, the two departments and their goals seem distinct from one another: Marketing is all about customer acquisition (or, attracting new customers), while customer service is all about customer retention.
Interactions
JULY 22, 2021
On top of all of this, it has created countless customer experience challenges which many organizations have been unable to meet. A recent study by the UK Institute of Customer Service found that complaints about poor customer service are at their highest levels since 2009. The research is clear.
ShepHyken
JULY 11, 2022
Each week I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. 3 Ways to Create a Better Customer Experience That Increases Conversions by Joel Comm. In the last six months alone, one in ten workers said they had quit their jobs, resulting in the highest UK quit rate since 2009.
Fonolo
JUNE 26, 2019
Back in 2009, Apple filed for a trademark on its buzz-worthy phrase, “There’s an app for that.” While many factors are at play here, the growth of the mobile app market has been partly driven by the fact that more and more businesses are integrating mobile apps into their customer service strategies.
ShepHyken
JULY 31, 2018
Focusing on Business Intelligence and Customer Experience. Shep Hyken sits down with Scott Walker, the CEO of ethosIQ ,and discuss three levels of customer optimization, finding the correct customer service metrics to focus on, and why companies should give back to their communities. ? ?.
ShepHyken
JULY 31, 2018
Focusing on Business Intelligence and Customer Experience. Shep Hyken sits down with Scott Walker, the CEO of ethosIQ ,and discuss three levels of customer optimization, finding the correct customer service metrics to focus on, and why companies should give back to their communities. ? ?.
CSM Magazine
DECEMBER 5, 2017
Here are some of the top customer service predictions for 2018, brought to you by Fara Haron is CEO of CRM Solutions, Arvato. Consumers will be engaging with companies via these voice-enabled channels and will have higher expectations on the accuracy and their capability to help answer customer service issues.
Win the Customer
NOVEMBER 14, 2016
Thanks to increasing connectivity, your customers can now voice their frustrations to everyone on social media. Research has shown that in the period between 2009 and 2014, the number of Twitter users using the platform for customer service doubled to 22%. So, which companies do social customer service right?
CSM Magazine
APRIL 18, 2024
We knew we wanted a cloud-based system and it very quickly became apparent that the BigChange methods and processes were aligned with what we needed to achieve, and the functionality and vision was there to save us resource from day one, boost customer service and support us as we continue to grow.”
Talkdesk
DECEMBER 26, 2018
Established in 2009, Boostability was founded on a simple business model: to create affordable and effective SEO for the small business marketplace. The post SEO and Marketing Powerhouse Boostability Chooses Talkdesk to Power Customer Service appeared first on Talkdesk. And it’s worked.
ShepHyken
MAY 1, 2023
Each week, I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. According to the research, since 2009, a stock portfolio of the publicly traded brands in Siegel+Gale’s research outperformed every major index with a return of 1,841%. Here are my top five picks from last week.
Inbenta
FEBRUARY 1, 2024
RESOURCES Webinars Horizn Product Digital Demos Enhancing Your Customer Service with Interactive How-To Demos When customers can’t navigate your products or services, it can be frustrating. From how to log in to how to manage their account, customers can either call for support or struggle to figure it out themselves.
Contact Center Pipeline
DECEMBER 28, 2016
Since the very first issue of Pipeline (March 2009), we have published a regular feature called Inside View. The column is devoted to recognizing best-in-class service providers and leaders, and highlighting their accomplishments.
TMP Direct
APRIL 29, 2015
Customer Service Fast Facts. Loss of customer loyalty: “Contact centers leave 18% of customers with unresolved issues. More than half of customers with unresolved issues (56%) are at risk of defection, or have already decided to leave.” customers with unresolved issues indicate the same.
Helpware
JULY 14, 2017
Show Off Your Customer Service Team. If your customer service received great ratings from customers, don’t just hide in some backpages. Take the last 20 or so customer reviews and make it the focus of attention on your customer service page. So go public with your customer support team.
Transparent BPO
DECEMBER 11, 2019
For three years, I was the director of customer service and sales for a direct response company. We also felt by locating there we could offer high-quality services nearshore but at a lower cost than onshore. Impressed by what we found, we opened Transparent BPO’s first offshore site in Belize City in late 2009.
Certified Languages International
MARCH 16, 2022
Her business has flourished, and today LSA offers a range of language services, including remote interpreting, face-to-face interpreting, language assessments, and document translation. After working in a variety of positions to get to know the business, she took over as CEO from Bill Graeper (CLI’s founder) in 2009.
CSM Magazine
DECEMBER 6, 2021
In fact, 2021 is forecast to be one of the most treacherous holiday seasons since the Great Recession of 2008-2009. You can’t physically fulfill a backorder for a customer who’s been waiting days, weeks or even months for a product to show up at the door. The Great Resignation is also upon us. Tip #5: Take Advantage of Technology.
ShepHyken
MAY 26, 2017
This week we feature an article by Bikash Mohanty about how important customer experience metrics are to your business. Companies that track and measure their customer service have a competitive advantage. seconds in 2009! They know when they are doing a great job, and more importantly, they know when they aren’t.
Anexa BPO
JUNE 15, 2022
Customer patience has worn thin , and they are no longer willing to accept the effects of COVID-19 as an excuse for poor CX. In fact, prior to the crisis, more than half of consumers were dissatisfied with customer service, saying that their expectations weren’t being met. Anexa is one such industry leader.
Robert Davis
JULY 16, 2018
In The New York Times, Stephanie Rosenbloom explained why footwear sales in October 2009 reached $1.5 They provide companies with a meaningful and relevant customer goal—one that pays off. It is proven to establish emotional connections with their customers. RCDA and CX.
ijgolding
AUGUST 12, 2014
It is impossible to ignore the fact that customer service has gone all social on us. Customers just expect you to be able to deal as effectively with their problems communicated through Twitter as they do over the phone. So why are companies still not dealing with ‘social customer service’ very well?
Certified Languages International
MARCH 16, 2022
Her business has flourished, and today LSA offers a range of language services, including remote interpreting, face-to-face interpreting, language assessments, and document translation. After working in a variety of positions to get to know the business, she took over as CEO from Bill Graeper (CLI’s founder) in 2009.
Liveops
FEBRUARY 8, 2019
Sharon Meeks DuBouse brings decades of experience to her work as a customer agent for Liveops. In fact, Sharon had not only an entire career before joining Liveops Nation in 2009, she was a leader in creating some of the nation’s first outsourced call centers in the 1980s. Tell me more about that.
Chad Schaeffer
SEPTEMBER 12, 2014
In May of 2009, 8 years later, I remember working with one of the world’s largest consumer packaged goods companies and for the first time talking about adding social media support to the contact center. Wow have times changed in the past 5 years with the emergence of social customer service!
Talkdesk
AUGUST 19, 2016
While these facts are undeniably fascinating and enviable, the biggest attribute to their success is their incomparable customer service. According to USA Today, Amazon was the #1 company for customer service last year. It is now valued at $250 billion, with its stock soaring 70% in the final nine months of 2015.
Talkdesk
AUGUST 19, 2016
While these facts are undeniably fascinating and enviable, the biggest attribute to their success is their incomparable customer service. According to USA Today, Amazon was the #1 company for customer service last year. It is now valued at $250 billion, with its stock soaring 70% in the final nine months of 2015.
CSM Magazine
FEBRUARY 7, 2023
Customers are like elephants; they have amazing memories. This means they will never forget a truly wonderful or absolutely horrible service experience. So, in these tough economic times, what are the best customer service strategies to provide elephant-astic experiences? Unleash the chatbot!
Chip Bell
JANUARY 15, 2019
who served as NASA Administrator from 2009 until he retired in 2017. He was appointed NASA Administrator by President Obama in 2009. There is one little factoid tucked in his impressive resume that got me thinking about delivering service that soars. Intrepid, an aircraft carrier docked in the Manhattan harbor. Bolden, Jr.
DMG Consulting
MAY 21, 2020
5 Customer Service Trends That Point to a Promising Future. By Donna Fluss. View this document on the publisher’s website. COVID-19 is frightening for good reason. There is no vaccine, no known cure, and no medicines that have proven to minimize its impacts.
Russel Lolacher
APRIL 10, 2017
I remember in 2009, when I joined Twitter, it was a. The post Twitter is Dead, Long Live Twitter (Ask your Customers) appeared first on The Upsell. I’ve heard a lot about how Twitter is dying as a social media platform lately. Apparently no one is on it and we are wasting our time.
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