Callminer

MAY 11, 2020

When employees exhibit disgruntled behavior, it’s concerning for managers. Not only are managers concerned for their employee’s well-being and happiness, but disgruntled employees can contribute to a stressful working environment for the whole team. Meet Our Panel of Customer Service & Customer Experience Managers: Anh Trinh.

Management 273

Management Customer Experience Customer Service Coaching 273

Lumoa

APRIL 18, 2023

As the volume of data companies collect grows and as artificial intelligence (AI) gets better, analytics is set to become a key differentiator for customer experience management. Predictive modeling and real-time data analysis have created huge opportunities for companies to personalize the customer experience.

Analytics 83

Analytics Customer Experience Management Surveys 83

ShepHyken

JUNE 14, 2019

This week we feature an article by Nick Glimsdahl who writes about how customer retention should be a priority and how to avoid losing customers. Successful companies make it a strategic priority to retain customers because they know retention has a significant impact on their bottom line. So, customer churn is expensive.

Customer retention 335

Customer retention contact center solutions Advertising Cloud contact 335

ShepHyken

OCTOBER 4, 2019

This week we feature an article by Dwayne Charrington who writes about how to engage your customers in personalized, meaningful, and relevant ways. Customers, employees, lead generation, or profit. Well, the best answer is customer engagement. No business can survive without engaging its customers.

Benchmark 299

Benchmark Feedback Customer retention Consulting 299

kommunicate

DECEMBER 30, 2023

Last Updated on December 30, 2023 A poor customer experience is a costly affair, according to a report by Retail Customer Experience, brands that manage an above-average customer experience bring in 5.7 Not providing a great customer experience can result in reputation damage, [.]

Customer Experience 52

Customer Experience Management 52

ShepHyken

AUGUST 9, 2019

This week we feature an article by Yogesh Chabria who shares an article about how customers want to be wowed and how you can turn your customers into fans. I often get asked how I focus on customer satisfaction with everything else that is going on? In fact, I feel that customer satisfaction is an old-world concept.

Feedback 291

Feedback Sales Accountability Personalization 291

ShepHyken

DECEMBER 2, 2016

This week on our Friends on Friday guest blog post my colleagues, Thomas A. Stewart and Patricia O’Connell, write about how to manage customer emotions and ensure that employees know how to be empathetic. Customers are smarter than ever and we must know how to create a positive experience. Shep Hyken .

Customer emotions 316

Customer emotions Management Banking Personalization 316

Aspect

JULY 2, 2020

As we move toward economic, social, and business recovery from C OVID -19, while simultaneously navigating the social , mainstream and alternative media environments, the customer experience is more important than ever. How a customer perceives your brand has never had a more direct impact on your brand’s viability as it does now.

Customer Experience 157

Customer Experience Management CRM Analytics 157

ShepHyken

MAY 31, 2019

This week we feature an article by Abdul Babar who explains why your customer experience strategy must be a priority for any customer-facing organization. Same goes for a poor experience and how badly it turned you off from that company, brand or product. What is the customer experience?

Customer Experience 290

Customer Experience Feedback Construction Personalization 290

ShepHyken

APRIL 5, 2019

This week we feature an article by Irina Kirnos who writes about how chatbots are customer experience tools that are changing the way that companies interact with their customers. These virtual customer experience tools are transforming the way that companies interact with their customers in the contact center environment.

Chatbots 287

Chatbots Customer Experience Cloud contact Contact Center 287

Hodusoft

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

IP PBX Software- Optimizing ITSP Call Management for Superior Customer Experiences In today’s swiftly evolving era of the Information Technology Service Provider (ITSP) industry, it has become a necessity to ensure efficient management of call routing to deliver excellent customer experiences.

Customer Experience 52

Customer Experience Management Interactive Voice Response Telecommunications 52

ShepHyken

OCTOBER 26, 2018

This week we feature an article by Tim Richardson who writes about a hospitality experience gone bad and then reminds us what must be done to provide a great guest experience. – Shep Hyken. Think about an incredible service experience you’ve had recently. What about the service experience was extraordinary?

Consulting 275

Consulting Consulting Sales Marketing 275

Nicereply

APRIL 27, 2022

To understand CXM and its importance, brands must first absorb the impact good (or bad) customer experience has on their customers and reputation. What is customer experience management (CXM)? Customer Experience is how a customer feels about your brand. The Benefits of CXM.

Customer Experience 104

Customer Experience Management Feedback Surveys 104

ShepHyken

AUGUST 2, 2019

Whether on the phone or in person, it’s important to train your employees the right way to interact with your customers. Customer service is one of the most important parts of doing business. The relationships you create with your customers reflect directly on the success of your business. On the Telephone. Face to Face.

Customer Service 275

Customer Service Customer Support Personalization Management 275

ShepHyken

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

This week we feature an article by Kristin Erikson writes shares great customer service training tips and ideas that will help your company build brand advocacy. Remember customer service training is not something you di, it’s something you do. – Shep Hyken. The answer is as obvious as it is overlooked: improve customer service.

Customer Service 378

Customer Service Morale Sales Coaching 378

ShepHyken

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

This week on our Friends on Friday guest blog post my colleague, Mark Smith, writes about how crucial personalization can be to the customer experience. When you customize or personalize the experience, even during the sales process, you are delivering a better level of service. Shep Hyken.

Customer Experience 295

Customer Experience Personalization Marketing Analytics 295

ShepHyken

DECEMBER 9, 2016

This week on our Friends on Friday guest blog post my colleague, Stephan Delbos, writes about the importance of doing more than satisfying customers, you must delight them. There is a big difference between satisfied customers and loyal customers. What Emotions Mean for Customers. Satisfactory is a rating.

Customer emotions 306

Customer emotions Marketing Customer Experience Customer Service 306

ShepHyken

NOVEMBER 25, 2016

This week on our Friends on Friday guest blog post my colleague, Ricky Nowak, shares a customer experience she had recently with a hotel that didn’t exactly go well. It’s a great example of how not to give excellent customer service! Or, Make sure your staff knows that without customers they don’t have a job.

Morale 271

Morale Coaching Customer Service Customer Experience 271

ShepHyken

MARCH 22, 2019

who argues that digital transformation is bringing customer experience to an entirely different level. Communities were smaller, shopping was local, and technology wasn’t there to either help or confuse the customer. All this progress requires businesses to provide an “always on, always available” customer experience.

Customer Experience 267

Customer Experience Banking Technology Consulting 267

ShepHyken

MAY 17, 2019

This week we feature an article by Ashwini Dave who writes about how important it is to show your customer’s appreciation in order to retain their loyalty. Organizations are irrelevant without customers. Data from NewVoice Research revealed that 53% of customers switched brands because they felt unappreciated.

CRM 273

CRM Personalization Engineering Enterprise 273

ShepHyken

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

This week we feature an article by Christa Heibel who writes about how important employee feedback is to a successful customer service experience and high CSAT ratings. – Shep Hyken. In my past experience as both a consultant and owner/operator of a BPO, I understand that CSAT surveys tend to get all the attention.

Feedback 235

Feedback Customer Experience Abandon rate Surveys 235

ShepHyken

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

This week we feature an article by Andy Steuer who shares valuable information about how to use virtual web assistants to optimize productivity in areas of customer service, customer support, CRM management and more. – Shep Hyken. Customer Service. Support Tickets and CRM Management. Email and Phone Support.

CRM 235

CRM Enterprise Benchmark outsourcing 235

ShepHyken

OCTOBER 11, 2019

This week we feature an article by Joseph Michelli who has written a new book about how Airbnb has used convenience and personalization to deliver an amazing experience. Unfortunately, many senior leaders, managers, and frontline team members don’t understand that every business is a people business.

Technology 238

Technology Customer Experience Personalization Engineering 238

ShepHyken

MARCH 29, 2019

This week we feature an article by Alexandr Galkin who writes about how retail management should focus on direct communication and/or a balanced pricing strategy and allow AI to manage price optimization. Customer experience comes first. Customers choose retailers with optimal prices. Definitely, no.

Customer Experience 259

Customer Experience Accountability CRM Enterprise 259

ShepHyken

DECEMBER 7, 2018

This week we feature an article by Brian Elrod who discusses how texting has become an important customer service tool for any type of business. – Shep Hyken. Numbers show that customers enjoy text message communication. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not suggesting you drop every other customer communication channel you’ve got.

Customer Service 286

Customer Service Healthcare Management Customer Care 286

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? To be good, a customer support interaction needs to be…. Element #1: Fast. Element #3: Clear.

Customer Support 262

Customer Support Customer effort Self service Metrics 262

ShepHyken

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

This week we feature an article by Hamzah Tariq who shares seven ways to improve the overall live chat experience for your customers. Businesses constantly try to improve the customer experience they deliver through new approaches, tools and strategies. . Don’t make customers wait when they initiate live chat requests.

Customer Experience 271

Customer Experience Technical Support Self service Best practices 271

ShepHyken

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

Johnson who writes about the importance of cross-team collaboration when providing B2B customer 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.

B2B 266

B2B Customer Support CRM B2C 266

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.

Airlines 259

Airlines Metrics Advertising Sales 259

ShepHyken

APRIL 6, 2018

This week we feature an article by Anand Srinivasan who looks at a few ways a business can keep tabs on the customer experience through continuous testing. – Shep Hyken. This brings down the time it takes to fix bugs and usability issues on the user’s end and thus contributes to a better customer experience.

Customer Experience 294

Customer Experience Metrics Marketing Surveys 294

ShepHyken

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

This week we feature an article by Dawn Gucciardo who took my model of Six D’s to Creating a Customer-Centric Culture and applied it to developing and implementing a CRM software. – Shep Hyken. Shep Hyken believes customer centricity must start on the inside, with your employees. – Imagine the desired customer experience.

Customer centricity 220

Customer centricity CRM Finance Coaching 220

ShepHyken

OCTOBER 12, 2018

This week we feature an article by Chip Bell who writes about the importance of being easily accessible and convenient for your customers to do business with you. – Shep Hyken. I was among a group of bank customers standing in the rain at 8:55 am in front of the branch. The post Guest Blog: What Time Does Amazon Close?

Banking 232

Banking Government Customer Experience Management 232

ShepHyken

DECEMBER 29, 2017

This week we feature an article by Patrick Thuot who shares an infographic about how customer service can help the retail industry. A customer-centric approach can help any type of business succeed. – Shep Hyken. To entice those customers to come in-store requires there to be something worth coming in for.

Customer Service 223

Customer Service Customer centricity Service level Marketing 223

ShepHyken

DECEMBER 14, 2018

This week we feature an article by Chanice Henry who writes about the importance of cyber security in providing a trustworthy experience for your customers. – Shep Hyken. Customer loyalty is built on trust. Every employee working with customer data needs to consider their treatment of data very carefully.

Customer Experience 256

Customer Experience Government Coaching Customer retention 256

ShepHyken

DECEMBER 15, 2017

This week we feature an article by Keith Schorah who states that in order to deliver an excellent customer experience, you have to know your customers better than ever before, and this begins with your frontline. Employee engagement is crucial for any organization striving to become more customer-centric.

Employee engagement 298

Employee engagement Customer centricity Feedback Morale 298

ShepHyken

MAY 11, 2018

This week we feature an article by Rohit Prasanna who shares a great list of 10 customer service trends that will affect the customer experience this year. – Shep Hyken. The customer-centric economy has taken the front-seat across the globe, and it is no different for B2B businesses.

Customer Service 246

Customer Service B2B Customer centricity SaaS 246

ShepHyken

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

This week on our Friends on Friday guest blog post my colleague, Brie Tascione, writes about the importance of improving the customer experience in the healthcare industry to improve loyalty and reduce frustration. Any service industry today must keep up with the technological advances when communicating with their customers.

Healthcare 318

Healthcare Advertising Education Technology 318