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5 Tests to Reveal How Customer Centric Your Channel Strategy Is

Beyond Philosophy

Do you allow Customers to use whatever channel they wish to communicate with you, or do you restrict them to one or two channels? The answer to this question can show how Customer centric your company is. This post is the fifth in a series of nine posts that uses our Naïve to Natural customer-centricity assessment.

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The Five Rules for Affecting Real Culture Change

Beyond Philosophy

I started to talk about how people within his organization needed to understand customer emotions and focus on customer-centricity. However, if these former brands had a more customer-centric culture, they would probably be here today because they realized that the market is moving on and appropriately adjusted.

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The One MUST-HAVE Every Customer Facing Employee Needs

Beyond Philosophy

A new study by Calabrio reports that the majority of call center employees don’t feel trained to handle customer problems, making their jobs stressful and demotivating. Chances are your call center employees feel the same way—especially if you train like most companies do. Why Am I Not Surprised?

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Are you Irrational: 7 Questions to See If You Are Irrational?

Beyond Philosophy

Have you ever abandoned an online chat because it was taking too long so you could sit on hold for five minutes or more with a call center. Have you ever tried to fix an appliance by striking it with the side of your fist, like the character Fonzie in Happy Days? The post Are you Irrational: 7 Questions to See If You Are Irrational?

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How to Make or Break Your Customer Experience

Beyond Philosophy

All the little parts along the way in your experience are what make a Customer experience Customer-Centric. Putting the Customer first in everything you do applies to every part of your organization, from the way you greet them to the way you bill them. In many cases, they will also use a Call Center script.

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Customer Centricity: Bridging the Gap Between Expectations and Experience

Contact Center Pipeline

It has been almost 15 years since Bain & Company delivered its jaw-dropping statistic on the customer experience delivery gap. The firm’s research showed that while 80% of companies surveyed believed that they provided a superior experience to their customers, a mere 8% of customers held that same view.

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The future is calling

TMP Direct

Call centers have leveraged advanced technology for decades. As nascent applications in artificial intelligence gained traction in the 2000s, call centers were more focused on using tech to reduce costs than they were on improving customer experience. Lower churn rates and higher customer satisfaction scores.