ShepHyken

SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

Each week I read a number of customer service articles from various online resources. People, especially our customers, want to know they are appreciated. Take a few minutes to thank someone in person, write a note, send an email or make a phone call. 8 Etiquette Tips to Inspire Customer Loyalty by Diane Gottsman.

Customer Service 284

Customer Service SaaS Customer Experience Marketing 284

ShepHyken

JULY 25, 2016

Each week I read a number of customer service articles from various online resources. The omni-channel strategy for customer service part 1: email by Heerd. My Comment: Email is still a viable way to communicate with customers. An Amazing Experience: Personalize your CX Today! by Colin Shaw.

Customer Service 195

Customer Service B2C Personalization Metrics 195

ShepHyken

JUNE 20, 2016

Each week I read a number of customer service articles from various online resources. World’s 3 MOST Customer Centric Companies: How do they do it!! Customer Guru) Here are our top three picks for the most customer centric companies and some lessons on how they manage to be customer-centric despite their size and diversity.

Customer Service 195

Customer Service Customer centricity Chatbots Airlines 195

ShepHyken

AUGUST 1, 2016

Each week I read a number of customer service articles from various online resources. Here are twelve ways to use social media to enhance the relationship you have with your customers. Consumer Disappointment with Customer Service Is Real by Dianna Labrien. Is the customer always right?

Customer Service 208

Customer Service B2C B2B Customer Care 208

ShepHyken

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Each week I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. Customer Service Is Free by Seth Godin. Seth’s Blog) Customer service is expensive. Three simple and powerful lessons: meet expectations, personalization, and “commerce anywhere” experiences.

Customer Service 194

Customer Service B2B B2C Personalization 194

ShepHyken

SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

Each week I read a number of customer service articles from various online resources. Create Great Customer Experiences with These Three Principles by Opinurte Team. Opinurate) Matt Watkinson has worked with some of the biggest businesses in the world on customer experience strategy, service design, websites and mobile apps.

Customer Service 0

Customer Service Analytics Customer Care Customer Experience 0

ShepHyken

JULY 4, 2016

Each week I read a number of customer service articles from various online resources. 3 Tips for Using Twitter as a Customer Service Tool b y Joe Wadlington. Hootsuite) Want to learn how to better engage with existing and potential customers on Twitter? Here are my top five picks from last week.

Customer Service 202

Customer Service Surveys Customer Experience Customer Support 202

ShepHyken

MAY 30, 2016

Each week I read a number of customer service articles from various online resources. The Great Customer Service Debate by Judith Aquino . 1to1 Media) Can companies trade the human touch for automation without sacrificing the quality of their customer service? Here are my top five picks from last week.

Customer Service 180

Customer Service Brand ambassadors Self service Surveys 180

ShepHyken

AUGUST 15, 2016

Each week I read a number of customer service articles from various online resources. Will Chatbots and AI Replace Federal Customer Service Reps? And the easier it is to do business with a company, the better chance for repeat business – and maybe even customer loyalty! This is reactive customer service.

Customer Service 174

Customer Service Chatbots Multichannel Customer Care 174

ShepHyken

MARCH 31, 2023

He shares the challenges that customer service representatives face and how companies can overcome them. Good customer service is something we cherish. Think back to your latest amazing customer service experience. Overall customer satisfaction has been on a steep decline since 2018.

Customer Service 168

Customer Service Chatbots Surveys Personalization 168

ShepHyken

DECEMBER 23, 2016

This week on our Friends on Friday guest blog post my colleague, Dianna Booher, shares 10 lessons learned from a poor customer service experience. As Dianna says, changing any of these dynamics can help elevate your customer service. Read Shep’s latest Forbes Article: Top Ten Business Books Of 2016. . Shep Hyken.

Customer Service 220

Customer Service Construction Personalization Management 220

aircall

DECEMBER 19, 2016

This year on the Aircall blog, we’ve looked at quite a few ways how to improve your business’ customer service. Now let’s take a look at and draw inspiration from the best customer service companies this year. Best customer service companies of 2016: all-star division.

Customer Service 74

Customer Service Advertising Transportation Customer Support 74

ShepHyken

JANUARY 2, 2017

Each week I read a number of customer service articles from various online resources. Kick-Ass Customer Service by Matthew Dixon, Lara Ponomareff, Scott Turner, and Rick DeLisi. My Comment: This article had me a the title: “Kick Ass Customer Service.” Here are my top five picks from last week.

Customer Service 192

Customer Service Self service Feedback Customer Care 192

ShepHyken

JANUARY 30, 2017

Each week I read a number of customer service articles from various online resources. Keep these in mind the next time a customer service crisis occurs. Customer Service of the Future: 3 Most Important Customer Experience Trends by Justyna Polaczyk. Here are my top five picks from last week.

Customer Service 203

Customer Service Airlines Customer Experience Personalization 203

ShepHyken

APRIL 3, 2017

Each week I read a number of customer service articles from various online resources. Customer Service Track Shines at Social Media Marketing World by Dan Gingiss. In 2016, the conference organizers added a Customer Service track to the list of 20 or so other tracks. Want Loyal Customers?

Customer Service 192

Customer Service Marketing Personalization Customer Experience 192

ShepHyken

JUNE 17, 2016

This week on our Friends on Friday guest blog post my colleague, Ian Landsman writes about the importance of training and preparing customer service representatives to interact with customers. I agree that every employee should go through customer service training, and it should be ongoing. Shep Hyken. Positivity.

Customer Service 209

Customer Service Education Customer Support Management 209

CSM Magazine

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

As technologies and consumer expectations develop, the customer service landscape is evolving at an accelerated rate. Customers (and companies) faced unprecedented problems causing query volumes to spike, which put huge pressure on customer service teams. Arguably, in 2021 the industry experienced a seismic shift.

Customer Service 98

Customer Service Chatbots Customer Care B2B 98

ShepHyken

JANUARY 27, 2017

This week on our Friends on Friday guest blog post my colleague, Shital Shah, writes about how with the right combination of technology and human touch, customer service doesn’t have to be difficult. She shares four excellent solutions to help manage your customer service more effectively. Shep Hyken.

Technology 232

Technology Customer Service Management CRM 232

ShepHyken

MARCH 10, 2017

This week on our Friends on Friday guest blog post my colleague, Steven Macdonald, shares the results of a study examining how companies around the world respond to customer service requests. The results from the study revealed an alarming picture of how companies ignore some of the most fundamental best practices in customer service.

Customer Service 221

Customer Service Technical Support Benchmark Best practices 221

Provide Support

JULY 25, 2016

Ditch the Script: How to Personalize Real-Time Customer Service. Today we are pleased to share a guest posting by Stephan Delbos , a social customer service expert from Brand Embassy. If only social customer service agents had it so easy. Published in Provide Support Blog , 2016. Read more.

Scripts 47

Scripts Personalization Customer Service Contact Center 47

Comm100

JANUARY 14, 2016

Consequently, as newer technologies enable more ease in performing business transactions, consumers will have higher expectations when it comes to customer service and sales support. In recent years, consumers have placed greater importance on the quality of customer service than on the price and quality of products alone.

Customer Service 0

Customer Service Self service Advertising Airlines 0

Beyond Philosophy

DECEMBER 8, 2015

Our research process brings in several components which build on, but differ markedly, from traditional, or standard, employee satisfaction and engagement techniques: For one difference, the attributes we examine actively include a significant proportion that are customer focus-related. . There’s a lot more to tell.

Brand ambassadors 170

Brand ambassadors Customer Experience Enterprise Feedback 170

Creative Virtual

OCTOBER 6, 2022

So, it’s no surprise that language is a common barrier in both personal and business interactions. Back in 2014, the International Customer Management Institute (ICMI) published a report titled The Growing Need for Multilanguage Customer Support. Offering native language support can really improve your support experience.

Virtual Agent 64

Virtual Agent Customer Service Engineering Self service 64

ShepHyken

DECEMBER 14, 2016

When it comes to customer service, everyone can be a leader. With that in mind, what I’m about to share isn’t as much about customer service (although it could be) as it is about stepping up with the characteristics and traits that can make you a leader – someone others want to emulate and act like.

Personalization 237

Personalization Customer Service Management 237

Win the Customer

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

By pushing for the sale in all your Facebook posts and tweets, you end up ignoring many of your customers. How about being a bit more personal and actually communicating with your customers? Remember when customers were limited to using the telephone if they wanted to contact businesses?

Customer Service 145

Customer Service Airlines Marketing Banking 145

Fonolo

MAY 29, 2019

With the powerful tool of social media, customers everywhere now have an expansive platform with which to voice their feelings about their customer service experiences. Of course, companies hope that their customers use these social platforms to sing the praises of their brand. It’s not a great track record.

Technology 78

Technology Customer Service Chatbots Call Center 78

Contact Center Pipeline

JANUARY 16, 2018

Contact Center Nation is where passionate fans of the customer experience come to learn, share, connect and collaborate. We bring dynamic groups of Contact Center, Customer Service and Customer Experience Professionals together in person and virtually.

Contact Center 159

Contact Center Personalization Customer Experience Customer Service 159

Beyond Philosophy

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

We spoke to Messina on a recent podcast about this concept and how it applies to customer-driven growth. Messina coined the phrase Conversational Commerce in 2016 to describe all the changes happening in the way we interact with customers in the consumer marketplace. In other words, brands behave like humans in these channels.

Airlines 415

Airlines Call Center Consulting Consulting 415

Natalie Petouhof

JANUARY 19, 2016

Tweet I’m here with my colleagues, Holger Mueller @holgermu and Doug Henschen @ DHenschen , covering the #OracleCloud Summit 2016 in NYC at the Waldorf Astoria @ WaldorfNYC. BTW the Waldorf Astoria has great customer service!!!). This shows that one of the real values of data is customer’s behavior.

B2B 60

B2B SaaS B2C Advertising 60

ShepHyken

DECEMBER 26, 2017

Top Takeaways: Leaders of organizations need to have strong personal brands for the employees to rally around and get behind. Not only is this important for entrepreneurs, it is better for large organizations to have leaders with strong personal brands as well. You don’t have to create an entirely new product or service.

Personalization 174

Personalization Marketing Customer Service 174

Provide Support

SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

Customer Service Tips. Your customers like to be liked and to feel they are important. It tells customers who you are and how you feel and what kind of service to expect from you. After all, everyone likes to do business with a friendly sales person. Published in Provide Support Blog , 2016.

Customer Service 77

Customer Service Sales Marketing Personalization 77

SharpenCX

MAY 27, 2021

trillion in annual losses from bad customer service. And 82% of customers have stopped doing business with a company because of their bad customer experience. . Statistics like these make almost every customer service leader shudder (the good ones, at least). Companies see more than $1.6 What’s more?

Contact Center 67

Contact Center Customer Service Interactive Voice Response Chatbots 67

Fonolo

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

I see the CX industry finding new, faster and more efficient ways to meet their customers’ needs, maybe through the use of new technology, while also balancing a deeply personal, empathetic human connection.”. Sometimes, you just need to speak to a person. That includes our experience as customers. AI is here to stay.

Contact Center 176

Contact Center Gamification Call Center Average Handle Time 176

CSM Magazine

DECEMBER 14, 2015

Temkin Group, a leading customer experience firm, has published its annual list of customer experience trends. As a part of these publications, Temkin is calling 2016 “The Year of Emotion.” ” Here are the 10 customer experience trends to watch in 2016: 1. Predictive Analytics Personalizing.

Customer Experience 45

Customer Experience Journey mapping Analytics Metrics 45

Contact Center Pipeline

MAY 3, 2016

Their message says you can reach a real person in the U.S., based customer service. Have you seen the new Discover Card commercial? day or night. They won’t waste your time trying to sell you a bunch of other products you don’t really need. Here to help. Not to sell. Hmmm… interesting strategy. All […].

Contact Center 100

Contact Center Personalization Customer Service 100

Win the Customer

JUNE 23, 2016

One of the big challenges for brands using social media for customer service —and also making an effort to proactively reach out to customers with live chat and chatbots on their website—is striking a balance between customer service automation and real human connections. So in the end a complete approach is key.

Customer Service 94

Customer Service Chatbots Personalization Marketing 94

Natalie Petouhof

MARCH 10, 2016

Tweet Direct Marketing News is honored to announce the 2016 Honorees to the Marketing Hall of Femme! On April 8, 2016, we’re celebrating all of their outstanding achievements and more. These incredible women have storied careers, take risks, and push the industry and their companies forward with their edgy marketing strategies.

Marketing 40

Marketing Education Technology Personalization 40