ShepHyken

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Each week I read a number of customer service articles from various online resources. What’s stopping your customers from being loyal? Graham Jones) Most business leaders appreciate that 80% of their profits come from 20% of their customers. Keeping loyal customers is the “holy grail” of business. by Graham Jones.

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Customers That Stick

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

What should be on my customer service job resume? There are lot of topics you should cover on your resume, but as someone who has hired hundreds of people for customer-facing roles, I can tell you the main idea you want to convey — especially if you’re just starting out — is that you are passionate about customer service.

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Beyond Philosophy

MARCH 16, 2016

All Customer Experience professionals are in sales. Even if you never sell a good or service to a single Customer, you are still in sales. Customer Think published a great article on the topic of selling your CEO and the other members of the C-Suite. Tip #2: Get more time for Customers on the agenda.

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Toister Performance Solutions

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

Vee Rose used the conference hashtag to tweet a request for customer service leadership book and podcast recommendations. Books for Customer Service Leaders Full disclosure: I've added affiliate links to each book's Amazon page, which means TPS gets a referral fee for each purchase.

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CCNG

JULY 10, 2020

I've interviewed numerous executives on the topic of leadership in the contact center. In these conversations there are common threads that run through their stories and an obvious consensus around three major areas of impact. When we’re faced with a challenge you can lean heavily on the experience and knowledge of your network.

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Netomi

JANUARY 5, 2022

Customer service leaders come in all shapes and sizes. This is especially true in the customer service industry. Customer Experience (CX) has catapulted into one of the most important aspects of determining business success. At Netomi, we deeply care about improving the customer experience. Adrian Swinscoe.

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Customers That Stick

JANUARY 28, 2020

It’s no secret that artificial intelligence is already starting to impact customer service. Employees in many customer service roles are beginning to wonder whether they will lose their job to a robot, whether or not their role will be replaced. This impact is certainly to grow immensely in size in the coming years.

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Toister Performance Solutions

MAY 7, 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. The research started as a quest to discover the most effective ways to delight customers. What is customer effort?

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Bill Quiseng

OCTOBER 27, 2014

This blog is all about Delivering the World’s Best Customer Experience. In my posts, I provide advice to improve face to face customer interactions. James and GetApp are focused on offering the best customer service technology solutions. So, How Can You Improve Customer Service?

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Fonolo

APRIL 2, 2019

One of our goals with the Fonolo blog is to expose our readers to a broad range of voices on a broad range of topics. He has a great opening story about the Pony Express. Vasili Triant, Vice President and General Manager, Cisco Customer Journey Business Unit, Cisco. Read more on their blog post.

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ProProfs Blog

APRIL 24, 2020

We’ve seen popular brands create some of the most memorable and successful customer service stories. Believe it or not, but customer service psychology is one of the driving factors for their success. You record and understand customer pain-points better. What is Customer Service Psychology?

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Fonolo

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

We got a lot of feedback on last week’s blog , both in private and in public (see this thread on LinkedIn, for example). Contemplating the eventual fate of humans in the customer service process leads to some spicy conversations. Register for “The Impact of AI in Customer Experience” here. On closer look, don’t be fooled.

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ShepHyken

JUNE 5, 2023

Each week, I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. Customer Support Is an Investment, Not an Expense by Dave Seaton (CMSWire) Traditionally, software companies view support as a necessary expense — a cost center they must bear to correct mistakes. I’ve even used it.

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Dialer 360

MARCH 20, 2020

Call center blogs and magazines contain highly useful information. In fact, industry top brands can help you get the right knowledge through their blogs and magazines. Best Call Center Blogs And Magazines. Here are 7 Leading call center blogs and magazines that are already most visited in 2020. 1 The Call Center School.

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Anexa BPO

JANUARY 18, 2022

The customer experience – referred to as CX – has become one of the most critical principles in today’s business world. The customer’s journey must resonate with satisfaction in order to create repeat business and cement brand loyalty. Your brand’s reputation is more important to your customers now than it’s ever been before.

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Nicereply

MARCH 28, 2019

Putting yourself in customer’s shoes can really help you to empathize and keep your customer responses genuine and honest. Customer service is one of the most powerful factors that affects loyalty and sales. Each customer you interact with is different. Empathize with a customer’s feelings.

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Lumoa

MARCH 21, 2023

You read blog posts and research articles if you want to learn more about a specific topic. Although it makes sense to search for information online where you can find up-to-date answers to specific questions, what about getting a more comprehensive understanding by reading a book about the topic. I hold nothing back.

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Toister Performance Solutions

SEPTEMBER 17, 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 and affiliated sites. Customers are notoriously bad at describing their needs. Often, customers just don't know what they want.

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CX Accelerator

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Many leaders do in fact think they are supporting Customer Experience in their organization. Budget, personnel, structure, culture, organizational habits, and lack of demonstrable progress impact sustained operational commitment to customer experience. How much authority will the Customer Experience function be granted?".

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delighted

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Attracting customers in a competitive market can feel like an uphill battle. One powerful tool in today’s marketplace is customer testimonials. In fact, 78% of shoppers say the presence of social proof – like a positive customer testimonial – increased their likelihood of purchasing from that brand.

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Kayako

MAY 12, 2016

It might surprise you to know that there are two regular podcasts dedicated to nothing but customer support. With one of those having 100+ episodes, how much more could there possibly be to say about customer support? Much like the early days of B2B “inbound” marketing, customer support didn’t really exist ten years ago.

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Vonage

AUGUST 7, 2017

“Customer service—now that’s a dying art.” I’m just not convinced that customer service is in particularly bad shape compared to how it was in the gauzy, dimly-remembered past. In fact, objectively speaking, customer service and the customer experience are in many ways better than they used to be.

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The Center for Client Retention

AUGUST 3, 2017

Let’s face it, most Customer Service Departments were created, and still exist, to deal with a mismatch between customer expectations and what a business delivers. This mismatch can occur even when the organization does due diligence and thinks it knows what customers want. How Customer Service Got Started.

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Nicereply

DECEMBER 3, 2019

In late 2008 Malcom Gladwell published his book Outliers: The Story of Success. With these two incredibly different approaches in mind, here’s the challenge this article will answer: How can you become an expert in customer service in just thirty days? Customer service is a broad term. Break it into its components.

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Fonolo

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

It’s hard to believe, but the WordPress dashboard doesn’t lie: This is our 1000 th blog post! From the very beginning, we knew we didn’t want the blog to just be a tool for self-promotion. Too many company blogs are filled with recycled press releases and thinly-veiled cheer-leading. Chat, Messaging, and Customer Service.

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Bill Quiseng

MARCH 7, 2016

We have all seen the word “viral” tagged to a personal story about bad customer service more often than a good one. At the same time, the millennials and Gen Z who interact primarily through digital communication are becoming your customers and will expect you to be available to them via social media.

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Toister Performance Solutions

JANUARY 16, 2018

Each Monday, I send out an email with a weekly customer service tip. I call it the Customer Service Tip of the Week and it's available to anyone who subscribes. People send me questions, share successes, and even pass along interesting or unusual stories. Customer Operations Manager, AVOXI. "We

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ShepHyken

MARCH 7, 2022

Each week I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. How to Build Customer Loyalty by Sharing the Inflation Burden by Joel Comm. But there are some companies that are finding ways to keep their doors open while also keeping those inflation costs from impacting their customers.

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Provide Support

JUNE 23, 2016

How to Build a World-Class Customer Service Team. It’s undoubtedly true that basing your business around customer service always pays off. These days, we’ve been witnessing many amazing stories of companies that made customer service a key pillar of their business and eventually the face of their brand.

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Fonolo

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

We got a lot of feedback on last week’s blog , both in private and in public (see this thread on LinkedIn, for example). Contemplating the eventual fate of humans in the customer service process leads to some spicy conversations. Register for “The Impact of AI in Customer Experience” here. On closer look, don’t be fooled.

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Steve DiGioia

APRIL 10, 2023

When 2 “hospitality guys” get together, there’s bound to be many stories and CS/CX secrets to share. Thanks, Tony Johnson for having me as a guest on your podcast. Click here to listen.

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Customers That Stick

OCTOBER 23, 2014

I’d like to take a moment to tell Customers That Stick™ readers about the 25 th annual Compete Through Service Symposium ( online brochure ) put on by the Center for Services Leadership at Arizona State University’s W.P. I am proud to say that I have a Certificate in Customer Experience from the W.P.

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Lumoa

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

The focus on enhancing customer experience has gained traction in recent years. As businesses recognize its value, the shift from a product-centered approach to a customer-centric one continues. Actionability is also, as we believe, one of the essential aspects of customer experience management. Listen to your customers.

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Beyond Philosophy

APRIL 16, 2021

For such an important topic that can be awkward for people, it seems there should be books, podcasts, training, and everything else on it. Focus on the customer. For example, sales or marketing departments had more power than customer service, who, on the whole, always seemed to be second class. Don’t be naïve.

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Fonolo

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

It’s not an easy topic because there are many ways to look at economic data, especially from a country as large and diverse as the United States. We addressed this on the blog: No, Google’s Duplex is Not Going to Replace Call Centers. What’s happening is that the ways customers and companies interact is changing.

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Beyond Philosophy

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

We recently learned about the inventor of the hashtag Chris Messina’s concept of Conversational Commerce and how it has changed the way brands interact with their customer on social media platforms. We spoke with Messina in a recent podcast about how a brand can humanize itself for its customers.

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Comm100

JUNE 13, 2018

Welcome to the first of a new series of monthly posts where I will be looking at the best of Customer Service, Customer Experience and Customer Success articles that can be found online. made an excellent point about churn and the importance of customer service. Have a H.E.A.R.T.

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