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Top 5 Customer Service & CX Articles for the Week of August 7, 2023

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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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Who Owns Customer Service?

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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?

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5 Top Customer Service Articles of the Week 6-13-2022

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Each week I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. It was originally established in London as a way to expand newspaper sales. In 2009 only 18% of the value of the top 100 brands was in subscriptions. Here are my top five picks from last week. Sign Me Up!

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Show and Sell: 3 Ways Customer Service can be Used as an Effective Marketing Tool

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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.

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How Covid has Exacerbated the Customer Service Issue

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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. In fact, online sales hit $791.70

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Amazing Business Radio: Scott Walker

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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. ? ?.

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The Lowdown on Downloads: 3 Customer Service Apps to take on your Summer Travels

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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.