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Guest Post: Why B2B Business Needs Dedicated Customer Support

ShepHyken

This week, we feature an article by Kateryna Boiko, Marketing Director at Mobilunity , an organization that provides dedicated digital marketing and development teams to companies worldwide. She shares the benefits of having dedicated customer support in B2B organizations.

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Guest Blog: The Hidden Workings of Top Customer Support Teams

ShepHyken

This week we feature an article by Robert Occanyan who shares what successful customer support teams are doing to deliver an exceptional customer experience. . This puts a lot of extra pressure on businesses to deliver exceptional customer service.

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5 Top Customer Service Articles of the Week 10-25-2021

ShepHyken

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. What Kind of CX Do Customers Really Want?

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5 Top Customer Service Articles of the Week 5-10-2021

ShepHyken

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. Here are eight different ways to streamline your customer support.

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5 Top Customer Service Articles of the Week 12-5-2022

ShepHyken

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. An updated loyalty program can help keep you connected to customers.

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Guest Post: How To Reduce Customer Support Tickets And Enhance CX?

ShepHyken

This week we feature an article by Soumya Juttukonda, a content developer & digital media strategist at Knowmax , an AI enterprise knowledge base solution to enhance customer service. She shares how you can reduce customer support tickets and enhance customer experience.

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Best Practices to Monitor Your Remote Call Center Agents

ShepHyken

This week we feature an article from Tanya Bansal , Marketing Executive at Ameyo. We know that as much as optimizing customer experience is essential, it is also important to provide an exceptional experience to the remote agents.

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Guest Blog: What is Outsourced Customer Support and Why Do You Need it

ShepHyken

This week we feature an article by Costi Teleman who writes about the importance of excellent customer support and what to look for when outsourcing your support team. Your business may have the best products and services in the industry, but without effective customer support, consumers would likely not care about your brand. The right agency would remove the burden of customer support from your administrative team or other departments’ shoulders.

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Guest Post: How to Choose the Right Call Center Software to Supercharge Your Customer Support

ShepHyken

She shares how companies can choose the call center software that fits their customer support teams. In today’s digital world, whether your customers prefer phone support or traditional customer service, effective call center software is essential for smooth functioning.

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5 Top Customer Service Articles of the Week 1-3-2022

ShepHyken

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. How to Train Your Customer Support Agents To Provide Better Service by Kimberly Zhang.

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5 Top Customer Service Articles of the Week 12-27-2021

ShepHyken

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. This article has a few other ideas worth considering.

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5 Top Customer Service Articles of the Week 8-9-2021

ShepHyken

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. How do you handle a bad customer service experience ?

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5 Top Customer Service Articles of the Week 2-14-2022

ShepHyken

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 Asking the Right Customer Experience Questions?

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Guest Blog: Customer Support Chatbots ? Striking The Right Balance

ShepHyken

This week we feature an article by Ayush Chaudhary who writes about the social media customer support experience. Social customer service allows you to take the interactions with your customers to an even higher level. – Shep Hyken. If you’ve not been living in a cave, you’ve probably heard by now numerous projections about how chatbots are destined to take over customer support. Think of it as a telephonic IVRS analog for customer support.

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Guest Blog: Why cross-team collaboration is essential for B2B customer support teams

ShepHyken

This week we feature an article by Robert C. Johnson who writes about the importance of cross-team collaboration when providing B2B customer support. . Simply put, B2B support is significantly different than B2C support. A stand-alone customer support group can’t handle 100% of the issues they receive in the B2B industry. Customer Success / Account Management – Outside of support, this team interacts with customers the most frequently.

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5 Top Customer Service Articles of the Week 7-12-2021

ShepHyken

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. Why would customers stay loyal to brands that are slow or can’t offer help?

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5 Top Customer Service Articles For the Week of November 2, 2020

ShepHyken

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. If Customer Service Reps Were Honest [Spooky Edition]: The Scary Reality Your Customer Service Agents Face Every Day Plus How You Can Help by Veronica Krieg. My Comment: Just after Halloween, this is the perfect article. But how about customers?

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Guest Blog: Exceptional Customer Support Is Fresh, Not Canned

ShepHyken

This week we feature an article by Daphne Kasriel-Alexander who tells us how to create mega-fans who can then become your biggest advocates. – Shep Hyken. Meet Mor and Yoni, two of the Lightricks support team all-stars. Forced to listen to fake-happy ‘customer care’ puppets reading from scripts? The dissatisfaction you’ll be left with goes both ways: the cost of disappointed customers is high for companies, too. That’s Mor, who heads the Lightricks Support Team.

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27 Helpful Customer Support Tools and Resources

Help Scout

To get the most out of your customer service team, they need access to the right support tools and resources. Read the full articleHere are 27 to consider.

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A Step-by-step Guide to Provide Exceptional Customer Support

ProProfs Blog

Everyone says that customer support used to be easy. For an 18th century blacksmith, the questions and concerns from customers were pretty simple. At least it was obvious that customers would simply walk to the store whenever they needed support. . Customer Surveys.

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5 Top Customer Service Articles of the Week 12-19-2022

ShepHyken

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. Here’s What Really Builds Customer Loyalty in the B2B Industry by Brandon Spear.

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How to Use Machines to Deliver Great Customer Support

GetFeedback

Scale your hyper-personalized customer support program with the help of AI and chatbots. Articles

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Guest Blog: The 8 Elements of Customer Support Quality

ShepHyken

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? To be good, a customer support interaction needs to be…. The speed of service delivery has a massive effect on how customers view your support. Customers expect correct information from support.

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5 Top Customer Service Articles of the Week 12-26-2022

ShepHyken

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. Customer Service Heroes: 5 Happy Holiday Tales by Cassandra Vincent.

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3 Ways to Improve Customer Support in 2023

CSM Magazine

Even the best product or service may fail to satisfy if your customer service is poor. It leads to a sharp increase in your customer acquisition cost. It costs more to acquire a new customer than to retain one. Improved customer support will boost customer loyalty behavior.

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Guest Blog: The 8 Elements of Customer Support Quality

ShepHyken

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? Personal tastes vary in how individuals rank these elements in order of importance, but specifying them allows companies to deliberately improve their support setup over time – be it through tools, people, or organization.

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10 Awesome Customer Support Tips and Examples

CSM Magazine

Sam Walton, the founder of Walmart famously said – “The goal as a company is to have customer service that is not just the best, but legendary” In today’s competitive business world, it’s not just sunshine and rainbows. 10 Awesome Customer Support Tips & Examples.

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5 Top Customer Service Articles For the Week of March 1, 2021

ShepHyken

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. Foundational Steps for Customer Journey Mapping Initiatives by Dom Nicastro.

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An Insider View on Customer Support Strategies with Lindsay Willott

ProProfs Blog

Every brand in the market wishes to revamp its customer support strategies after a certain period of time. No wonder we come across so many articles online that speak of various strategies that organizations can implement to improve their customer service. But are these articles sufficient enough to revamp the existing strategies? Well, I’d say why not consult a customer service expert to help you bring the necessary changes to the strategies.

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5 Top Customer Service Articles of the Week 7-26-2021

ShepHyken

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. How to Build Customer Loyalty with a Thank You Page by Thomas Griffin.

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5 Ways to Maintain Quality While Scaling Customer Support

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It’s a surefire sign that you’re doing things right, providing a high standard of customer service quality , and delivering a product people want. . But one way to ensure you can scale without compromising on quality is to scale your customer support team too.

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5 Top Customer Service Articles For the Week of May 18, 2020

ShepHyken

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 Loyalty Is Flat. CMSWire) A fair portion of customer loyalty may have been flattened over this 90-day period of the pandemic for businesses that haven’t been able to function as usual, and that includes a large portion of the business world.

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5 Top Customer Service Articles of the Week 11-29-2021

ShepHyken

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. If you are in a business that ships merchandise, then you must read this article.

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5 Top Customer Service Articles for the Week of August 19, 2019

ShepHyken

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. Which is Your CX Priority: Satisfied Customers or Profit? LinkedIn) What should your ultimate goal be when designing your customers’ experiences? My Comment: Someone once told me that if you chase profit over the customer, you may not get profit or the customer.

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5 Top Customer Service Articles of the Week 9-5-2022

ShepHyken

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. 4 Ways Digital Evolution Has Changed Customers’ Ideas About Patience by Scott Clark.

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5 Top Customer Service Articles of the Week 12-12-2022

ShepHyken

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. My Comment: Joseph Michelli is one of my favorite customer experience experts to follow.

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5 Top Customer Service Articles of the Week 7-4-2022

ShepHyken

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. 7 Top AI Trends in Customer Service by Zendesk.

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Guest Blog: Why Knowledge Base Integration with Live Chat Is Important for Better Customer Support

ShepHyken

This week on our Friends on Friday guest blog post my colleague, Jason Grills, writes about the importance of good customer support and the impact it can have on your business. Customer support agents must understand just how important their roles and responsibilities are to the customer experience. Consumers today expect to receive high-quality service when doing business with various brands, so meeting their customer needs should be one of your top priorities.

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How to Deliver Great SaaS Customer Support: Tips and Examples

Help Scout

SaaS customer support has a deeper impact on your business's key metrics than you might think. Read the full articleHere's why it’s important and how to do it well.

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5 Top Customer Service Articles of the Week 12-13-2021

ShepHyken

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. Please Hold: How AI Is Changing Customer Service in Call Centers by Defined.ai.