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Women in Leadership: My journey in Customer Experience

Talkdesk

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. Following six years of a challenging journey as a call center agent, I joined Talkdesk® as a technical support representative in 2015.

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The Holidays Are Retailers' Last Chance To Inspire Customer Loyalty

Vcaretec

Retailers also may have attrition during the season, likely around 15%, and that needs to be accounted for during the interview phase. Customer support representatives need to also have support, in the form of human resources, IT, and care analysts ready to on-board, offer technical support, and monitor your care analytics.

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4 Chatbot Customer Service Use Cases for Every Industry

Comm100

With a little learning and guidance from Comm100’s bot architect team, I built our bot from scratch with no technical knowledge. I think anyone who has a social media account can build a Comm100 Chatbot.” – Lachlan Todd, Communications & Systems Coordinator at Thompson Rivers University. Tangerine Telecom.

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Why the phone is still king for customer support

Vonage

Melanie, a Verizon Wireless technical support rep, took a minor frustration and turned it into a great experience. Pressed the number for technical support. How Verizon supported Melanie. Perhaps one reason is that many contact centers don’t support this channel the right way. Let me tell you why.

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The Top Trends in Customer Service for 2016

Comm100

According to Forrester Research , 42% of the global population will own a smartphone by the end of 2015. Gone are the days when companies could offer only phone and email options for customer service and technical support. As the data suggests, the time for companies to move to proactive support methodologies is now.

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NEC and Frank Viola - "Raising a Family" - My Q&A on Frank's Retirement

Jon Arnold

My first project was to develop a call accounting system for NEC’s flagship product, the NEAX 22 series. This group provided our sales group both sales and technical support through high level presentations, complex configurations, responding to RFP’s, etc. On November 21, 2015 we held the first SSG Alex Viola Memorial Car Show.

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Top 51 Customer Service Leaders – Best Customer Experience Influencers

Netomi

Prior to joining Temkin Group, she implemented the CX strategy and managed the Voice of the Customer program for Crowe Horwath LLP, one of the top 10 public accounting and consulting firms in the US. He joined Comcast as executive support manager in 2007 during a period of high-profile public relations issues.