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Act Like an Owner – Revisited!

ShepHyken

One of my favorite concepts to cover in my customer service keynote speeches is to act like an owner. I originally wrote about this in 2011 and shared the story of an 18-year-old server at a pizza restaurant who took so much pride in his work that the guests thought he owned the restaurant. Connect with Shep on LinkedIn.

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Guest Post: Customer Experience: Expectation vs. Reality

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This week we feature an article by Tanya Ahmed, a Digital Marketer of Vantage Circle , a cloud-based employee engagement platform. She writes about what customers expect from companies in 2021 and what they actually get. Consumers today expect speedier access to services than ever before. Only collect vital data .

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Amazing Business Radio: Diana Oreck

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Diana Oreck on How to Be a Customer Service Rock Star. What lessons can we learn from rock stars in the world of customer service and customer experience, like Ritz-Carlton? In these workshops, attendees are asked, “What is a quality that all customer-focused employees possess?”

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5 Facts to End the ROI Debate on Customer Experience

Beyond Philosophy

In the United Kingdom, the NCSI portfolio earned a return of 59 percent from April 2007 to June 2011, and the FTSE 100 had a negative return of 6 percent.” In addition, higher levels of customer satisfaction are tied to high levels of positive cash flows with low volatility, and positive earnings surprises. Source: Bautomation.com. ).

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Top 51 Customer Service Leaders – Best Customer Experience Influencers

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Customer service leaders come in all shapes and sizes. This is especially true in the customer service industry. Customer Experience (CX) has catapulted into one of the most important aspects of determining business success. Top 51 Customer Service Leaders and CX Influencers (Editor’s Choice): Adam Toporek.

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Startups’ top priority in 2022: Nailing the customer experience

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So why aren’t all startups doing more with their customer experience data? Top customer experience challenges startups face. Founders and startup CEOs also indicated that a variety of teams own their customer experience program, from customer service to product and marketing teams to C-level executives.

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Guest Blog: Five important trends impacting customer service today and into 2019

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What are some of the key trends that will mold business and customer service operations in 2019? Dick Bucci of Pelorus Associates, a market research, consulting, and marketing communications firm that specializes in the contact center industry, dives into 5 trends impacting customer service and which companies need to stay on top of.