ShepHyken

DECEMBER 9, 2019

Each week I read a number of customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. 10 Customer-Centric Questions to Create Irresistible Value by Josh Linkner. How a customer service project is helping Southwest Airlines realise its 360-customer vision by Nadia Cameron.

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Beyond Philosophy

APRIL 15, 2019

Defining and managing your customer service culture is a significant issue for many organizations. Today we share some important considerations for establishing your customer service culture as well as the best practices of the leading customer service organizations. Then, you implement it.

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Beyond Philosophy

DECEMBER 28, 2023

We hosted the Global Customer Service Experience Director of Alvarez & Marsal Alex Mead ( alexmead@sky.com ) recently to talk about it, and I wanted to share what we discussed here with all of you, too. Suppose you are at an airport, the airline cancels your flight, and you sit in a call center queue.

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ShepHyken

MAY 8, 2017

Each week I read a number of customer service and experience articles from various online resources. 10 Content Marketing and Customer Experience All-Stars by James A. FCR) I recently flew on one of the major airlines and observed many opportunities for improvement (a phrase we like to use in contact centers).

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CCNG

JUNE 14, 2023

I quickly called the airline to see what could be done to rectify the situation. Still after 10 years, I remember that conversation with that agent, and go out of my way to use that airline. In today's competitive market, providing an outstanding customer experience is more important than ever.

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ShepHyken

MARCH 31, 2018

Over the last few years, customer service has shifted from traditional phone support toward social media channels like Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and others. Dan Gingiss started the Social Customer Care Track and interest has grown exponentially. Social Media Changes Customer Service. Even millions!

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ShepHyken

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

Each week I read a number of customer service articles from various online resources. Contact Center Satisfaction Negatively Impacting the Customer Experience by Andrew Berger. My Comment: The contact center can be the focus of how a customer rates a company’s customer service. Take Starbucks as an example.

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CSM Magazine

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Customer service, often seen as the heart of a business, is the assistance and advice provided by a company to those people who buy or use its products or services. It operates as a key touchpoint between a business and its customers – a platform where relationships are built, trust is established, and loyalty is earned.

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ShepHyken

OCTOBER 19, 2018

Clothing outlets will be able to suggest certain sizes and colors — and let customers re-order their favorite pair of shoes as soon as they walk inside (and it will not require any human interaction). Cameron Halcomb • Customer Experience Consultant, Emarsys • @cam_hassler • LinkedIn. appeared first on Shep Hyken.

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CCNG

AUGUST 16, 2023

Surveying shouldn’t be a feel-good exercise in your company – it needs to be taken seriously by every person to truly make the voice of the customer alive in your organization. One of the best transaction surveys I’ve encountered is from Delta Airlines.

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ProProfs Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

companies lose more than $62 billion due to poor customer service. Not surprising, considering Americans tell an average of 15 people about a poor service experience, versus the 11 people they’ll tell about a good experience. . Bad customer service has become a major business problem today. Annually, U.S.

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Andrew Mcfarland

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Marketing and sales activities also fall under this strategy. Even a budget airline may develop a customer lounge to attract new customers. Business development strategies must be implemented in conjunction with marketing and sales efforts. A good sales process will lead to a successful sales organization.

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Toister Performance Solutions

DECEMBER 30, 2021

The big question is why do customer service employees routinely do this? What's the impact of giving customers bad information? The salesperson confidently told a customer, "If anything happens, even if it just gets a scratch, the company will replace it, free of charge." Why are there so many lines?

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Fonolo

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Your airline has updated your flight details, shortening an already tight connection time. You decline and make a mental note to never fly with that airline again. Often customer service leaders believe that with a few simple moves, they can transform their customer service department from a cost center into a profit center.

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Vonage

OCTOBER 24, 2016

When a company reaches the top, does customer service quality still matter? I recently organized a service bench-marking visit to Singapore for 22 Korean sales and service trainers. At the Singapore Airlines Cabin Crew Training Center, one visitor asked, “How does Singapore Airlines stay on top all these years?

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Fonolo

NOVEMBER 28, 2019

Airline services have been scrambling to improve their customer service strategies and initiatives, making key investments to elevate the overall customer experience. in an effort to shave time from its customer service call volumes. in an effort to shave time from its customer service call volumes.

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Vonage

DECEMBER 18, 2018

It was a deeply engaging and apropos discussion as many businesses embark on initiatives to transform their contact centers and deliver on the customer experience promise. In fact, the discussion organically tilted toward customer experience rather than customer service - a subtle, but noteworthy shift in being customer centric. .

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IdeasUnlimited

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Instead, here we’re focusing on how you can soldier on and maintain, or even grow, your sales in this strange new situation we find ourselves in. Walmart and Amazon have both reported a staggering 40% to 97% increase in their onlines sales just this first quarter. Sales is a pursuit to satisfy customers.

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ShepHyken

AUGUST 26, 2016

This week on our Friends on Friday guest blog post my colleague, Doug Sandler, busts some popular customer service myths. MYTH – Great customer service starts with understanding the customer is always right. Unfortunately, the customer may always think he is right, but in reality, that just isn’t the case.

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Fonolo

JUNE 26, 2019

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. The Customer Service Takeaway: Customers want convenience on their terms, not yours.

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Global Response

MARCH 27, 2023

Customer service matters—a lot. How can you convince your organization to invest further in customer service, and what can you do to improve it effectively? How can you convince your organization to invest further in customer service, and what can you do to improve it effectively?

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ProProfs Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2019

With the ever-changing scenario of business globalization, companies are thriving hard to retain their brand’s loyalty by creating cutting-edge product sales strategies. But, with the overwhelming consumer demands and customer expectations, you cannot afford to negate the importance of satisfactory customer services. .

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Beyond Philosophy

JUNE 9, 2022

Many organizations bust their backs trying to deliver excellent Customer Service. However, it might surprise you to learn your Customers want self-service—and the reasons why might surprise you even more. Freedom Boat Club Customer Service reps, you’re welcome.). If You Build It, Will They Come?

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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? Conclusion.

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Real Blue Sky

MAY 31, 2023

Here are some easy steps to create a customer journey map: Define the scope of the map , including who the customer persona is, which touchpoints to include, and what goals you want to achieve. Gather data: Collect customer feedback, look at customer interaction data, and get insights from sales teams or customer service reps.

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Toister Performance Solutions

APRIL 16, 2020

Advertising disclosure: This blog participates in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites. Your customers are facing unprecedented hardships. I don't mean a sale or special promotion.

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ShepHyken

AUGUST 30, 2019

This week we feature an article by Lukas Sitar who writes about growing and sustaining customer lifetime value for the entire customer cycle. While many marketers look at metrics like conversion rates, net profit per sale, average value of a lead, and average customer order, they often overlook their customer lifetime value.

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ShepHyken

MARCH 24, 2017

Used properly, I believe bots can be an customer service excellent tool. Suddenly, each airline had its own website, with its own esoteric booking system, full of opaque requirements and mandatory fields. Read Shep’s latest Forbes Article: Seven Lessons From A Moving Company: How Service Leads To Sales. .

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CSM Magazine

MARCH 18, 2021

Poor customer service and perseverance in long waiting loops – what we have begrudgingly accepted as the norm can be changed with the help of modern AI software. Cognigy , an internationally successful pioneer in customer service automation, offers one of the leading Conversational AI platforms (think voice- and chatbots).

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ShepHyken

JULY 1, 2022

This week we feature an article by Prabhjinder Bedi, Chief Growth Officer at Tech Mahindra Business Process Services. He writes about the impact on the customer experience that metaverse will have on the travel industry and how customers and brands will navigate the new developments.

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Global Response

JANUARY 9, 2023

Amidst the daily focuses of product, sales, marketing and business strategy, the customer’s needs and experiences can get lost. As a result, brands that want to grow their organization and customer base should consider taking on a customer-focused strategy. creating personalized customer experiences. and more!

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Beyond Philosophy

JUNE 11, 2015

The company doesn’t have, as a result, the ability to track, at household level, what customers are and aren’t purchasing in their stores. What Publix does, instead of loyalty cards, is try different alternative approaches to build sales. Some retailers do more than emphasize the sales and service fundamentals.

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Toister Performance Solutions

JUNE 3, 2021

The Overlook is in a remote mountain town where having just one option for a variety of services means you can't easily take your business somewhere else. The uncomfortable reality is great customer service often requires leverage. What is customer service leverage? How can leverage affect customer service?

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Global Response

MARCH 16, 2023

In 2023, customer service is more important than ever. Just take a look at any recent research, and you’ll see that customer service is a key differentiator between brands: 54% of customers say customer service is a key factor in making purchasing decisions.

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Skybridge

MARCH 30, 2020

America’s biggest companies are racing to overhaul customer-service operations that are ill-equipped to have employees working from home amid a pandemic. Meantime, customer-service setups in the U.S., s customer-service agent in person after efforts to recover $2,000 spent on canceled flights proved fruitless.

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Beyond Philosophy

JUNE 1, 2015

Are, beyond customers who would be loyal anyway, are they driving more purchase activity and narrowed consideration sets? These programs produce positive sales increases for hotels, for example, but negative sales impact on car rental, airlines and food retail.

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NICE inContact

AUGUST 9, 2018

In a previous blog, I outlined 14 different metrics that contact centers should be tracking to improve customer experience. In this blog, I outline 3 critical customer service metrics that organizations are using to answer broader business questions including: Are my customers happy with my products and services?

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