Totango

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Hiring team members with the right customer success manager skills is critical for the effectiveness of your CS team and strategy. We’ll cover these below, along with five best practices to follow when bringing a new customer success manager aboard your team. What Is a Customer Success Manager (CSM)?

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Nicereply

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Customer Support jobs are often remote-based so the chance of working from home is really high. If you’re a person that loves helping, finding a career in customer support can feel like a dream come true. However, being a support manager can be very stressful and overwhelming. Resources to master your skills.

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Hodusoft

OCTOBER 19, 2023

They help manage customer interactions by serving as the initial point of contact. BPOs offer a comprehensive range of services, including but not limited to customer support and sales. As per a report , the customer care BPO market is estimated to rise from US$22,598.82 million in 2022 to US$34, 570.73

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Beyond Philosophy

AUGUST 16, 2018

Today, I present six critical questions you need to ask when implementing Customer Experience theory in your Customer Experience reality. When I left British Telecom to start my global Customer Experience consultancy, I remembered my dissatisfaction with the all-theory-no-practicality approach to business.

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Global Response

AUGUST 7, 2023

Culture is one of the most nebulous aspects of any company or team—but creating a positive one can make or break your employee experience, your customer service, and your bottom line. While call center culture can be led from the top, when it’s supported and shaped by your employees, they’ll be more engaged. Follow the leader.

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JustCall

OCTOBER 15, 2023

A striking 83% of top-performing customer service agents confirm they received the necessary agent training to excel. They capture the candid moments of customer interactions and pinpoint the triumphs and missteps. It lets your agents experience customer’s changing tones and prepare for it accordingly.

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Blueship Call Center

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Selecting an outsourcing partner that is both affordable and has highly skilled staff is essential for businesses looking to outsource to grow and enhance customer operations. But with so many BPO companies in the world, it may surely be difficult to choose one that offers customer-focused email service and a fast response time.

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Global Response

JUNE 27, 2023

Once you’ve determined the location, strategy, services and structure that’s right for your call center, you still have one of the toughest parts yet to go—recruiting and hiring. Your job descriptions should also provide clear qualifications and skill requirements.

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Lumoa

MARCH 9, 2023

In the world of customer experience, “customer empathy” is not just a buzzword, it’s a game-changer. Put simply, it means genuinely caring about the experience your customers have with your brand. And when you master this skill, you can create an emotional bond that sets you apart from the competition.

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Provide Support

APRIL 21, 2018

If you are aiming for excellence, you can never stop learning and polishing your skills. What skills are needed for a great customer service? There is a long-running debate over which set of skills is more important for a customer service rep, soft skills or technical skills.

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Nicereply

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

What does being customer-centric really mean today? Find out here and learn what are the essentials of a healthy customer-centric culture. The concept of customer-centricity and customer-centric culture has been around for nearly 20 years now. Today, they owe a great deal of their success to putting their customers first.

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Global Response

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Decreased budgets, increased demands, growing burnout among healthcare workers across all positions, increasing need for security and data privacy, and growing patient expectations all contribute to the desire and need for outsourced support. 24/7 customer support availability. But outsourcing in healthcare isn’t always simple.

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Nicereply

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

Nevertheless, to hire, onboard, and retain a great customer support agent may bring numerous challenges. Running a successful team of remote support agents requires hiring or training people with corresponding skills and aptitude. Soft skills are of key importance at this stage as customer service runs on soft skills.

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Integrity Solutions

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

It wasn’t easy to convince leaders that training, particularly in soft skills areas like sales and service, could be conducted effectively without everyone being in the same room together. Closing the Skills Gap. by Steve Schmidt. In the past, getting top-level buy-in for virtual training was often an uphill battle.

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Nicereply

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

The common mantra that ‘ Customer Experience is not a department, it is an attitude ‘ only succeeds when agents are set up successfully to provide the experience you desire. Soft skills are an essential part of this success and yet, are incredibly hard to teach. Remove Assumptions. We use assumptions every day.

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NobelBiz

JANUARY 16, 2024

Are you struggling to boost customer satisfaction, enhance agent efficiency, or increase lead generation in your contact center? These strategic touch points hold the potential to greatly influence customer satisfaction, lead generation and overall success story of a company. Why Are Call Center Campaigns Important?

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ProProfs Blog

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

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 support is not rocket science.

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Anexa BPO

JUNE 22, 2023

The newest CX trends are sweeping the business world, and they’re all about ensuring that all customer service activities are focused on deepening the customer-brand connection. It’s 2023, and customer service has truly arrived – it’s no longer a department, it’s a philosophy. Here’s how.

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JustCall

JUNE 2, 2021

Over 50% customers today are willing to switch brands after having one bad customer service experience. While that may sound excessive, there is no denying that the call center skills of your agents can either make or break your business. What is Customer Service? Why are Right Call Center Skills Important?

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Provide Support

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

Critical Thinking For Customer Service. Customer service jobs require a composite mix of soft and hard skills for success. To positively interact with customers and team members we need social and emotional intellegence, and self-regulation skills. © 2003 - 2017 Provide Support LLC.

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Provide Support

MARCH 15, 2017

Your customer service employees are your brand representatives, the human face and the voice of your company. Their competence, soft skills and communication habits count tremendously toward the quality of the service they provide to your customers and impact overall customer satisfaction. Read more.

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Nicereply

AUGUST 28, 2019

Nowadays, businesses can’t underestimate how important it is to have the right team ready to satisfy their customers , but finding people who are great in communicating with customers is hard. Sure, picking up phones or writing emails may not seem like a big deal but customer service position includes more than that.

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Provide Support

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

Key Personality Traits for A Perfect Service Rep. Providing outstanding customer service naturally starts from finding and hiring the right employees for your customer support team. What hard skills are absolutely necessary for the job? What soft skills are ‘must-have’ and desirable to have?

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ProProfs Blog

JUNE 30, 2020

It’s not the amount of knowledge you are willing to offer, but the efforts you wish to take to keep your customers satisfied and loyal to your brand. Customers wouldn’t see what you have to offer, but what you are willing to change for them. That’s the true essence of customer service experience. So, let’s get started!

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VocalCom

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

Live chat has long been an ideal channel for offering proactive customer service. When customers are browsing your website, offering them immediate assistance can mean the difference between customer attrition and loyalty. Here are five ways to optimize live chat for true customer satisfaction.

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Anexa BPO

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

In the world of retail, the customer experience is everything. Providing an omnichannel approach is one of the most important factors in creating a great customer experience. Customers are no longer satisfied with a simple online store or brick-and-mortar shop. It’s also about the human touch.

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Nicereply

DECEMBER 3, 2019

It may feel like you’re drinking from a fire hose of metrics or drowning in talk about soft skills. In his book, Kaufman laid out something he called “rapid skill acquisition” – a systematic method for learning virtually any skill in a short period of time. Customer service is a broad term.

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JustCall

AUGUST 12, 2021

Hiring a customer service representative that suits your culture as well as requirements can be a daunting task. A customer service representative is not only a part of your organisation, but also the voice of it. They interact with your customers directly and represent your image to the outside world.

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Nicereply

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

If you can find someone that has worked down on the ground in a coffee, retail or food service, you can rest assured that they have the first grounding bits to be truly excellent at support. Almost every person that I talk to that has created a career out of supporting customers started off as a waiter, barista, or retail employee.

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Anexa BPO

MAY 24, 2023

In today’s hyper-connected and customer-centric business landscape, understanding and meeting customers where they are is vital for success. And unfortunately, despite its importance, many companies still struggle to effectively listen to their customers and harness their insights.

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Nicereply

MAY 26, 2020

Support is important—we all know this. But customer service and support are usually the first places that, when the going gets tough, team members are forced to get going. In fact, it’s actually a better time to narrow down your focus and move away from things like average handle time ( AHT ) and customer satisfaction.

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JustCall

MARCH 17, 2020

But, are you still figuring out what to highlight in a Customer Service Representative job description? In this blog, you will get to know what responsibilities customer service representative jobs comprise. Customer Service Representative Job Summary. Ensuring customer satisfaction.

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JustCall

MARCH 9, 2023

What makes for inspiring customer service stories? And what leads to poor customer service stories? In this blog, we will look at real-life examples of good customer service stories and bad customer service stories. Is there a difference in approach?

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JustCall

APRIL 3, 2023

Did you know that when it comes to SaaS customer success, acquiring a new customer can cost 4 to 5x more than retaining an existing one? Naturally, businesses will want to rely on customer loyalty for sustainable growth and profitability. This is where customer success comes in. In this blog, we’ll learn how.

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Nicereply

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Empower customer experience and win loyal customers. The customer experience (CX) is arguably one of the most vital functions of your business. The overall customer experience you create is subjective. Do want to create a consistently excellent customer experience? Customer satisfaction surveys.

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Noble Systems

JANUARY 30, 2019

In Part 1 of this blog we will discuss the “Human” category trends. Human touch is more important than ever to customers, which is why 2019 brings a new emphasis on this basic need. And it is these experiences that forge lasting connections rather than just merely serve the customer.

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Anexa BPO

SEPTEMBER 5, 2021

What do they mean, how do they tie into a customer-centric world and exactly where can robust BPO (outsourcing) companies fit? Simply put, it’s the field of study that combines domain expertise, programming skills, and knowledge of math and statistics to extract meaningful insight from data. Let’s take a look.

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