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16 Omnichannel Customer Care Tips For Holiday 2015

Vcaretec

One of the pillars of holiday customer care in 2015 is omnichannel support. Retailers cannot have any downtime across channels, from phone support, to their website, email, live chat, or on social media. At Vcare, we help clients get more out of their customer care channels, especially during the holidays.

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3 Signs Your Business Needs a Dedicated Customer Support Team

Return Customer

Your company may produce the best or only product of its type on the market, but without good customer support, your business will have a hard time holding on to customers. Your customers want quick and efficient support when they need it if they are not getting that they will go elsewhere. In addition, 97.6%

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The Best Posts From the Customer Support Community in 2015

Kayako

This year, we’ve seen the customer support community continue to grow, with small tribes setting up all over the internet and producing great support content. 2015 saw the support community talk a lot about making things easier for the customer through both customer experience and communication.

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Women in Leadership: My journey in Customer Experience

Talkdesk

In my first attempt as a customer support representative, I was denied any promotion because I was “too valuable” in my current role. In the second one, I got fired after a false accusation of being involved in a colleague’s scheme to steal money from customer accounts.

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Who Should Be Accountable for Customer Feedback Loops?

Kayako

That’s because so many departments are involved in the feedback process: Support receive it, marketers ask for it , and product managers solicit it, but few departments are held accountable for making use of feedback. Close the loop with the customer. Assign accountability for a customer feedback loop.

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A More Personal Personalized CX

Creative Virtual

engagement with the customer. This can be applied to marketing, sales, and customer support. Personalizing the customer’s experience can mean a lot of different things to different companies and in different scenarios. I was reminded of this last week when I received an email from Amazon with a product recommendation.

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Why the phone is still king for customer support

Vonage

How Verizon supported Melanie. Perhaps one reason is that many contact centers don’t support this channel the right way. A 2015 ICMI study found that 86 percent of contact centers don’t empower their agents. The Red Bench Principle: Making your customers feel they’re at the center of your world.