DMG Consulting

MARCH 13, 2025

These applications deliver a persistent and consistent user experience across all touchpoints to reduce customer effort and enhance the customer experience (CX) while increasing self-service automation. without the help of a live agent, salesperson, or other employee.

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CSM Magazine

JANUARY 2, 2025

Customers want to feel valued, not processed. Empathy bridges that gap, turning frustrated customers into loyal advocates. In this article, well explore why empathy is the foundation of meaningful support and how it creates lasting positive experiences. When agents show empathy, they naturally guide customers more effectively.

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Global Response

JUNE 24, 2025

An article by PWC shows that 32% of consumers will walk away from a brand, even if they love it, after just one bad experience. Building loyalty involves investing in every single aspect of the customer experience. Helpful Tip: Actually listen to your customers. A strong CX builds trust and creates lasting relationships.

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Nicereply

JUNE 24, 2025

She clicks on the live chat, where a support agent instantly sees her activity history and suggests an article from the knowledge base. Omnichannel: Highly personalized experiences based on customer behavior and history. Data Sharing: Multichannel: Each channel stores customer data separately. Source: cloudtalk.io

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CSM Magazine

MARCH 13, 2025

Measuring customer satisfaction isnt just about knowing if people are happyits about understanding what drives loyalty, repeat business, and positive word-of-mouth. In this article, well explore the most effective ways to measure customer satisfaction and why these methods matter for long-term success.

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CSM Magazine

JULY 3, 2025

This targeted approach reduces customer effort and creates more satisfying experiences. Customers appreciate speaking with knowledgeable representatives who can address their concerns immediately. First-call resolution rates measure how often customer issues are resolved during the initial interaction.

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Quiq

APRIL 29, 2025

This is vital, as industry projections suggest AI could handle a significant majority of customer interactions, potentially between 70% (per Gartner) and 95% by 2025. This article cuts through the complexity to deliver actionable AI benchmarking strategies specifically designed for CX professionals who need to demonstrate tangible results.

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CSM Magazine

JANUARY 2, 2025

Customers want to feel valued, not processed. Empathy bridges that gap, turning frustrated customers into loyal advocates. In this article, well explore why empathy is the foundation of meaningful support and how it creates lasting positive experiences. When agents show empathy, they naturally guide customers more effectively.

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Global Response

MARCH 12, 2025

Read Time: 12 minutes Table of Contents Introduction Looking to understand and use contact center analytics to boost efficiency and build customer loyalty? Customer satisfaction (CSAT): Evaluates customer satisfaction through post-interaction surveys, asking them to rate their experience on a scale. Youre in luck!

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Interactions

JUNE 2, 2025

A customer who ends a call or chat, frustrated and angry that their issue hasn’t been resolved, is contained. If they are sent to self-service articles that don’t really help, are told to visit the website to conduct a simple transaction, or give up on a long wait queue? Also contained.

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Balto

JUNE 18, 2025

At Balto , we help contact centers improve efficiency and customer experience in real time. In this article, we’ll break down what AHT is, why it matters, how to calculate it, and how to improve it using AI-powered tools. Customer Satisfaction Score (CSAT) – A post-interaction rating, often collected via surveys.

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Balto

JUNE 27, 2025

Offer Self-Service for Simple Issues Let customers handle low-complexity requests — like password resets or shipment tracking — through bots, help articles, or IVRs. refunds, callbacks), close the loop proactively so customers don’t feel the need to reach back out. This frees agents to focus on complex resolutions.

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Calabrio

MARCH 25, 2025

This article delves into how to evaluate call center agent performance effectively, outlining key call center agent metrics and exploring innovative new techniquesas well as too-often-overlooked onesto elevate your team’s success. Why it matters: Reflects reduced (or increased) customer effort.

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CSM Magazine

MAY 14, 2025

The value proposition is clear: organisations that successfully transform their customer service operations enjoy higher satisfaction ratings, improved loyalty, and ultimately, stronger revenue growth. Net Promoter Score (NPS): Likelihood of customers to recommend your service to others.

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Nicereply

OCTOBER 22, 2024

A feedback survey is a great way to get valuable information about your customers’ preferences while keeping them engaged with your brand. In this article, we’ll discuss the definition of a feedback survey in detail, showing the different types of questions you can ask in a feedback survey, with great examples to inspire you.

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Interaction Metrics

DECEMBER 10, 2024

This article answers these questions. Effort: Identifies how easy or difficult it is for users to achieve their goals with your product or service. Comments mentioning “frustrating” or “easy to use” highlight areas where customers struggle or succeed. But is AI your best solution? Are there any downsides?

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Interaction Metrics

APRIL 17, 2025

Its a curated list of 17 Qualtrics alternatives, each chosen for a specific strengthwhether thats streamlined online surveys, better integrations, or smarter ways to tie customer feedback data to revenue. (If If you’re ready to discuss the best survey software for your company, skip this article and click here to contact our team.

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Calabrio

MAY 26, 2025

These days, contact centers face unique challenges: omnichannel interactions, remote agents, and customers who expect perfection on every platform. This article talks more about what a truly effective quality management system looks like in 2025.

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ShepHyken

MAY 31, 2021

Each week I read a number of customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. I have added my comment about each article and would like to hear what you think too. 5 Ways to Drive Brand Loyalty and Customer Lifetime Value by Ian Simons. (Ad Here are my top five picks from last week.

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ShepHyken

JANUARY 20, 2020

Each week I read a number of customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. I have added my comment about each article and would like to hear what you think too. Customer Effort Score or Customer Satisfaction? How to Run a Customer Loyalty Program by ThriveHive.

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ShepHyken

AUGUST 25, 2024

Each week, I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. I have added my comments about each article and would like to hear what you think too. This article shares the concerns you should consider when putting technology between your customer and a live support agent.

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Beyond Philosophy

AUGUST 13, 2020

There is a significant connection between successful Customer Experiences and the amount of effort they require from customers. We discussed this idea of Customer Effort in a recent podcast, and its related measurement, the Customer Effort Score. . By thinking, I mean rational thinking. .

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ShepHyken

MAY 16, 2022

Each week I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. I have added my comment about each article and would like to hear what you think too. Are You Tracking the Customer Service Metrics That Really Count? There’s quite a bit packed into this short article.

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Beyond Philosophy

AUGUST 10, 2020

Whenever you make customers think about something in your experience, you create what we call Customer Effort. A Customer Effort Score measures how difficult a customer thinks it is to work with you as an organization. Use Feedback from disgruntled or struggling customers to reduce Customer Effort.

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Nicereply

JUNE 6, 2022

Everything you need to know about Customer Effort Score – why is so important and how to measure it. Let’s talk about a popular survey type known as the Customer Effort Score (CES) and discuss what it is; when to use it; and why it’s so important for your brand. What is the Customer Effort Score (CES)?

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ShepHyken

MAY 25, 2020

Each week I read a number of customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. I have added my comment about each article and would like to hear what you think too. How to calculate your customer retention rate by Bryce Baer. Here are my top five picks from last week. Zendesk) Churn happens.

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Nicereply

JUNE 6, 2022

Everything you need to know about Customer Effort Score – why is so important and how to measure it. Let’s talk about a popular survey type known as the Customer Effort Score (CES) and discuss what it is; when to use it; and why it’s so important for your brand. What is the Customer Effort Score (CES)?

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Hello Customer

JANUARY 6, 2022

This is why it is up to you to provide them with a seamless and fluid customer experience throughout all their customer journey. The customer effort score (CES) is a key metric that shows companies how simple or difficult it is for customers to do business with them. Customer loyalty can be predicted by CES.

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Spearline

JANUARY 20, 2022

This is one of the questions customers ask when getting involved with a new company. of customers expect a response of “effortlessly” Customer Effort Scores provide insights to potential customers. Consequently, customer satisfaction is essential. ’ What is a Customer Effort Score?

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CSM Magazine

JUNE 19, 2022

In each case, it’s easy to see how a customer might feel they have to try too hard to do business with you. High customer effort often means bad customer experience. Bad customer experiences obviously damage existing customer relationships, but they can also endanger potential opportunities and erode your bottom line.

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ShepHyken

MAY 26, 2017

This week we feature an article by Bikash Mohanty about how important customer experience metrics are to your business. Companies that track and measure their customer service have a competitive advantage. Customer Effort Score (CES). Answer choices ranging from Very Low Effort to Very High Effort.

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GetFeedback

MAY 9, 2019

If you Google customer experience you’ll get about 2,340,000,000 results—articles, videos, reports—with in-depth information about the space. This article is inspired by our own frustrations with getting to know the CX space. Customer experience is how your customers perceive their interactions with your company.

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GetFeedback

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

The four major activities that must be undertaken after CES feedback is received by the company.

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ShepHyken

NOVEMBER 23, 2018

This week we feature an article by Pascal van Opzeeland who writes about the quality of customer support and what it takes to provide great customer support. – Shep Hyken. What makes a customer support interaction good or bad? Consider the number of actions customers have to take to get in touch.

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Help Scout

AUGUST 22, 2023

Use Customer Effort Score to see where you’re making things difficult for customers and learn how to improve your customer’s experience. Read the full article

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ShepHyken

JUNE 21, 2019

This week we feature an article by Jonny Everett who discusses what businesses must do to be successful in the on-demand world in which we live. Your customers are used to ordering a taxi, booking hotel rooms and getting their shirts dry-cleaned in a few taps of their phone screen or clicks of their mouse.

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ShepHyken

APRIL 2, 2021

This week we feature an article by Hannah McCabe , Director of Demand at Stella Connect by Medallia. She shares common misconceptions about customer service and offers ways to fight them in order to provide great customer experiences. But customers don’t want to feel like another ticket in the queue.

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