ShepHyken

JANUARY 5, 2018

This week we feature an article by Ford Blakely about text messaging which can provide that instant, convenient and low-friction customer experience that delivers delight. I like the idea of the convenience of texting but as Ford points out, you must have a strategy in place for your team to answer texts correctly. – Shep Hyken.

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Fonolo

JANUARY 14, 2020

Which customer service blog posts helped to shape the last decade for you? . When we look back at the customer support industry in 2010, we see a very different beast to the one we work in today. Here, we cover the 20 best customer service blogs and influencers to follow in 2020. Shep Hyken.

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ShepHyken

APRIL 28, 2017

This week on our Friends on Friday guest blog post my colleague, Murph Krajewski, writes about the importance of a single customer view when it comes to serving your customers. This will help lead you to forming important relationship with your customer. – Shep Hyken. Customer service needs customer data.

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Beyond Philosophy

JULY 16, 2020

Today, we decided to address memory and how crucial it is to enhance your customers’ recollections of their experience with you. We wrote about memory in our latest book, The Intuitive Customer , as one of the seven imperatives. Customer loyalty is a function of memory. I’m obsessed with memory.

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Beyond Philosophy

JUNE 9, 2022

Many organizations bust their backs trying to deliver excellent Customer Service. However, it might surprise you to learn your Customers want self-service—and the reasons why might surprise you even more. 68% of shoppers want virtual try on tools for clothes and makeup. Motivations for Wanting Self Service Vary.

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Beyond Philosophy

SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

When you ask a person why they bought something, they can always tell you straightaway. Is the person lying? Many times people don’t know the real reason they did something. Our second imperative of the seven is: Imperative 2: Embrace the all-encompassing nature of customers’ irrationality 
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Beyond Philosophy

APRIL 9, 2018

Honest feedback from your customers is the best way to improve any hiccups in your Customer Experience. Overcoming the obstacle of social norms is a crucial activity for today’s Customer Experience professionals. We have X surefire ways to get your customers to talk. and the U.S.,

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Beyond Philosophy

JANUARY 28, 2019

Customer Experience is having some growing pains. However, by adopting a renewed focus on the following five concepts in Customer Experience, you can overcome these challenges, and, perhaps more importantly, stay ahead of the competition. I have assembled them here for your reference. Segment your customers into personas.

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Beyond Philosophy

JANUARY 28, 2015

Follow the stories here and write your own (please include the hashtag #First90 in the body of your post). However, the actions during the first 90 days of anybody’s new job are more important to forming a good and hopefully lasting relationship with your new employer. Understand thoroughly what your boss expects of you.

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Beyond Philosophy

MARCH 7, 2019

I am routinely gobsmacked by the number of organizations that don’t measure customer emotions. To measure something like customer emotions in your Customer Experience, you need the proper tools. We talked about measurement tools in a recent podcast , and how you can employ them in your Customer Experience.

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LiveChat

JANUARY 3, 2019

The end of the year is the time when you sum the past year, thinking about your ups and downs, (trying not to focus too much on downs, I hope). Yet another year has passed, you’re a year older person, but it’s a good thing! It was a good year for the LiveChat blog. How we reached 100,000 unique views a month on LiveChat blog.

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Comm100

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

It’s all the product of the on-demand economy, which has come to dominate across industries and has forced organizations to rethink the way they do business and provide customer service. In a nutshell, an on-demand economy prioritizes providing consumers with what they want when they want to. What are on-demand economies?

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TeleDirect

JANUARY 12, 2023

It doesn’t matter what industry you may be in—if you work with customers and clients of any type, you need to offer them proper support. Otherwise, they will not be loyal to your brand and might even spread the word to others about their negative experience. In some situations, an automated “robot” can handle customer calls well.

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Lumoa

JULY 17, 2023

Key Drivers of Successful Customer Experience Digitization Today, businesses must continually evolve to address the needs of their customers. Embracing new technology solutions and digitizing customer experience has become a crucial part of this evolution. Optimizing your online presence 2. Personalized digital journey 4.

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ProProfs Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

More than 50% of Americans have given up on a planned purchase or transaction because of bad customer service. Goes on to show that businesses shouldn’t take customer service for granted. After all, no one in the competitive market can afford to lose its customers. Is it the lack of 24/7 availability to your customers?

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NICE inContact

AUGUST 2, 2019

We talk a lot about “future-proofing” your business. It’s an important concept for any company considering digital customer service integration. You don’t simply want to plan for your current customer service needs. 1) Live Chat. 1) Live Chat. Now, live chat is a necessity.

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SmartAction

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

When used in business, conversational artificial intelligence (AI) supports overall call center operations by providing self-service options, 24/7 availability, and real-time data and analytics – while lowering costs and increasing profits. Any technology implementation has to align with your overall business goals.

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Spearline

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

We live in an age of instant gratification. Instant, straightforward communication is a massive want, and need, especially for the customer. Your webpage should load instantly with all of its assets and graphics. You want fast and reliable communication when messaging. High end-to-end speed is a necessity.

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Comm100

JULY 20, 2020

Guest blog – Nahla Davies is a software developer and tech writer. As one would expect, an increasing number of business organizations are now using chatbots to fuel their marketing and customer service efforts. Customers can also get instant responses to urgent queries 24/7 which contributes to a better customer experience.

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JivoChat

JANUARY 15, 2023

An effective lead nurturing strategy will help you turn more of your leads into paying customers. But, it’s not always easy – you have to fight for your audience’s attention against other companies, and prove to your leads why it’s worth investing in your product or service. Use Live Chat to Answer Key Questions.

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Global Response

OCTOBER 25, 2023

In this article, we’ll show you how to effectively cater to your Gen Z audience and how to understand the needs of this new generation. In this article, we’ll show you how to effectively cater to your Gen Z audience and how to understand the needs of this new generation. It’s Gen Z, of course. think again. In short: luxury.

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Nicereply

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Whether it’s a help desk to process tickets or software to collect feedback easily, there’s a software solution that will make your job easier and more efficient. For many people, customer service is a key factor when deciding whether or not to do business with a company. What to look for when choosing a customer service tool.

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Comm100

JANUARY 21, 2021

There are many digital customer service tools for small businesses to choose from, but there’s only one that stands out with real-time, accessible, and cost-effective support – and that’s live chat. How many channels offer as many benefits as live chat does for both the customer and business? What is live chat? .

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CustomerSuccessBox

MARCH 18, 2020

In a world where work from home is fast becoming the norm, Customer Success Managers have always faced this dilemma – to travel or not to travel to meet their customers. But say, you can’t travel and have to work remotely, what can you do to make your customers feel that you are a part of their team without being face to face?

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GetFeedback

JANUARY 28, 2020

Although customer retention is cheaper than acquisition, it’s easier said than done. It takes a lot of commitment and dedication to get customers to stay loyal to your business. In this article, we are going to talk about how to use social media to attract and retain customers. What is customer retention?

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Lumoa

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Not only are online retailers enjoying massive revenue from their customers (expected to be over $6 trillion in 2022 ), but the platforms themselves are also becoming increasingly sophisticated. Now, technologies such as AI and machine learning are driving highly personalized customer experiences.

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ProProfs Blog

OCTOBER 16, 2020

She’s been collecting customer feedback via surveys for years but feels frustrated that results seem to be diminishing. An anonymous survey helps Stella to capture the survey feedback, without collecting their personal information like name, phone number, email, etc. Hence, you express your genuine, free, and fair opinion.

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Help Scout

APRIL 29, 2021

Your customer service culture is not what your fancy “Customer Guarantee” promises, and it’s not whatever you say it is in your new employee handbook. Your culture is the set of beliefs held by your employees about your company: who and what it is for, what it values, and how they act in response to those beliefs.

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IdeasUnlimited

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

We aren’t always sure where we want to go on vacation. As an AR user, you may attract additional clients by providing them with real-world exposure in the near future. Apple has unveiled a groundbreaking product called Vision Pro, and it is the talk of the tech town these days. Have you ever wondered how it works?

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JustCall

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Want to ramp up to more than 100 cold calls in a day with a powerful sales dialer? Sales Dialer is an outbound phone dialer system that allows you to upload contact details or lead lists via excel or through your CRM and create automated call campaigns to eliminate manual dialing effort. Still making every cold call manually?

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Global Response

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Today’s companies collect more customer data than ever. Customer analytics allow you to take the customer data you’ve collected and assess , aggregate and analyze it to understand trends, make forecasts and better understand your customers. Unfortunately, many companies still aren’t using it for its full effect.

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Comm100

JULY 20, 2021

Customer service has long been a slow-moving piece of the broader business landscape, and it’s not hard to see why: business owners are reluctant to experiment with customer service channels they’re unfamiliar with. Nowadays, though, a good customer service experience can be the deciding factor between two competing brands.

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Nicereply

JUNE 21, 2021

Often overlooked support skills can elevate your service offering to a more delightful, high-quality customer experience. Customer Service is a difficult job. Many customer-facing roles deal with high-pressure situations, emotional customers, negativity and insults, delivering bad news, and many other draining activities.

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Real Blue Sky

MARCH 6, 2023

There are many reasons to consider whether to outsource your contact center. Before the internet, customer service was typically limited to a brick-and-mortar storefront, letter-writing, or a phone call to customer service. Cost is only one of them. Thankfully, this perspective on the contact center has shifted significantly.

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NobelBiz

MARCH 5, 2024

Are you grappling with the complexities of call center metrics, seeking to elevate customer experience, and driving operational excellence through insightful data analysis? How do you navigate the sea of data to extract actionable insights and make informed decisions that propel your contact center forward?

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Nicereply

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

A good customer experience builds customer loyalty and brand value, helping you reach a wider audience through word-of-mouth marketing and other marketing strategies. When creating a friction-free customer experience across all touchpoints, you first put customers in the center.

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Comm100

APRIL 15, 2021

Unless you live under a rock, you’ll have heard of, and likely used, online chat on a website. While phone was once the dominant customer service channel, live chat is quickly taking its place. If you’re reading this blog, you’re probably still wondering if online chat on your website is right for you.

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