Help Scout

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

With access to fewer resources and generally leaner teams, small businesses need to be more creative and tactful in their approach to customer service. Armed with those insights and learnings, you should be able to get started on — or refine — your own customer service program to start delivering consistently exceptional support.

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TechSee

MARCH 7, 2023

Elizabeth Dixon, Independent Consultant, ex-Chick-fil-A – As an experienced leader of business and people development, Elizabeth has demonstrated a history of shifting corporate culture, creating strategy, leading teams to implement, and measuring impact. She is known globally for transforming businesses.

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JustCall

MARCH 8, 2023

Annette Franz is a renowned customer experience thought leader, consultant, coach, and author with over 30 years of experience in the industry. Diane has a proven ability to identify opportunities in customer interactions, partnering with companies of all sizes to enhance their customer experience practices.

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Vcaretec

JUNE 6, 2022

When it comes to customer care across major industries, like Retail & E-Commerce, Wireless & Telecommunications, and Healthcare, there are plenty of smart minds out there. As a leader in outsourced customer service solutions, the customer care specialists at Vcare voted on fifty of the top thought leaders in our space.

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ProProfs Blog

JUNE 30, 2020

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. To help you understand this essence and develop better customer service strategies, we’ve curated a list of some of the best customer service books below.

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ProProfs Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2018

Now, there are many online platforms that advice you on how to improve your customer service this holiday season. They all have some practical tips that contribute to building a better service for your customers. Lavy Mammen Customer Experience Consultant, GEA Group Americas, Inc. That’s okay. Tweet this.

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Customer Guru

AUGUST 8, 2018

While there are many experts on this field, we have created a list (in alphabetical order) of customer experience influencers (experts, speakers, consultants, and authors) who are leaders. Adam is a globally recognized expert on customer experience. Do follow these experts to learn from the best in business!

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Beyond Philosophy

DECEMBER 23, 2015

In the past decade, we’ve seen the number of companies with an individual in the role of Chief Customer Officer (CCO) – nicely defined by Wikipedia as “the executive responsible for the total relationship with an organization’s customers” – grow from under 100 to thousands today. Michael Lowenstein, Ph.D.,

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CSM Magazine

AUGUST 22, 2019

The customer service department is too often referred to as “just a cost center”. As experience overtakes price and product as a key brand differentiator, customer service is being recognized as the face of, and driver for, organization-wide strategy. The board includes: EVP, Global Customer Care, Mastercard.

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CX Global Media

JULY 9, 2019

Her passion is to promote discussion, resources, events and services that impact the lives of our employees and customers. Chief Customer Officer, FrontSpin. His service strategies and opinions are published in numerous industry publications, and he is a frequent conference speaker. Randy Rubingh ??Chief

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Comm100

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

Sometimes we learn important customer service skills through training, or through years of hard-earned experience. But we still want you to be able to take advantage of the books that can transform your current customer support operations. For Support Team Leaders. Chief Customer Officer 2.0:

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Kayako

JANUARY 12, 2017

It’s easy to rush into 2017 without appreciating the good parts of 2016: there is now a lot of great content out there that supports you, the customer advocating superhero! How do you round off a year that’s been so good to the customer service industry? Jamie Edwards, Co-Founder.

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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. Top 51 Customer Service Leaders and CX Influencers (Editor’s Choice): Adam Toporek.

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Toister Performance Solutions

OCTOBER 26, 2017

Author, speaker, consultant, Brad Cleveland Company, LLC. The relationship between staff and service level is not linear – it’s exponential. The relationship between staff and service level is not linear – it’s exponential. Chief Customer Office, SalesLoft. Director of Customer Experience, FCR.

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Taylor Reach Group

MARCH 10, 2020

Over the past number of years, the customer experience (otherwise known as “CX”) has become a profession unto itself. Roles like Chief Customer Officer, Customer Experience Director, Manager, Customer Success have been popping up. By Patricia Ballantyne.

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SmartKarrot

JANUARY 5, 2022

Recognized as one of the most respected business outcomes and Customer Success experts globally, Rick has been helping individuals and companies maximize business value for over 25 years. His company Practical CSM Academy provides global customer success management consulting, training and certification services.

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ChurnZero

JANUARY 4, 2019

Whether that’s AI-enabled analysis of customer data to help teams be proactive, in-house virtual assistants that are a resource to support teams as they work with customers or other operational applications, AI will play a larger role in this capacity next year.” – Julia Ahlfeldt, Customer Experience Advisor, Julia Ahlfeldt CX Consulting.

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SmartKarrot

JANUARY 5, 2021

Without further ado, here is presenting to you our Top 50 Customer Success Influencers for 2021. Proclaimed as the Customer Success growth expert, consultant, and thought leader, Lincoln is a customer-centric growth mastermind. Additionally, he serves as the Chief Customer Officer at Higher Logic.

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SmartKarrot

MARCH 8, 2022

They then help the clients develop a customer-centric business strategy that increases customer loyalty and retention. With over 30 years in the industry, Annette is a professional coach, consultant, customer journey mapping facilitator, thought leader, and influencer. Annette Franz. Bhavika Kochhar. Daphne Lopes.

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ChurnZero

JANUARY 4, 2019

Whether that’s AI-enabled analysis of customer data to help teams be proactive, in-house virtual assistants that are a resource to support teams as they work with customers or other operational applications, AI will play a larger role in this capacity next year.” – Julia Ahlfeldt, Customer Experience Advisor, Julia Ahlfeldt CX Consulting.

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ChurnZero

JANUARY 13, 2022

Our recent Customer Success Leadership Study showed that 61% of respondents reported a Vice President and above as being the highest leader in their Customer Success organization in 2021 – an increase of 7% from the previous year. This is in part due to a rise in the standing of the Chief Customer Officer role.

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ChurnZero

JANUARY 8, 2021

With their visibility elevated, Customer Success leaders stepped up to carry the weight of their fellow revenue-driven teams and prove their value within the broader organization. With Customer Success demand at an all-time high, we expect to see more of its leaders join the executive ranks in the coming months and years.

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Kayako

JANUARY 25, 2019

Customer experience expert Jeanne Bliss joined us for a webinar where she spoke with us about her new book ‘Would You Do That to Your Mother’, and how businesses can provide customer service that would quite literally “make mom proud!”. As customers, we want our lives to be improved. Webinar: What we covered.

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Netomi

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

“Pixalate has a reputation for being hyper focused on customer success, and I’m eager to build upon that strong foundation as we continue international expansion.”. Anastasia Zdoroviak – Director Customer Experience, DoorDash. Dione Hedgpeth – Chief Customer Officer, Sumo Logic. Connect with Amanda.

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CSM Magazine

AUGUST 11, 2021

Unfortunately, many brands still are either unable or unwilling to take the proper steps to listen to the customer and therefore improve the customer experience. Jason Grier leads Reputation ‘s customer loyalty and growth initiatives as executive vice president and chief customer officer.

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Solvvy

JUNE 12, 2018

AI, Bots and Humans – The Future Customer Journey is Here. Jim Whatton , VP Solutions Consulting, Genesys. Chas Bowman , Senior Technical Sales Consultant, Genesys. We all know that technology is changing the customer experience landscape. Develop a Scalable, Transformative Support Model. Hope to see you there!

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Netomi

APRIL 7, 2023

The top CX practitioners making the most impact on employee and customer experience Customer service is more important today than ever before. The customer service teams that are driving revenue, wow-ing customers and building long-term relationships often have a strong leader at the helm.

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ChurnZero

JUNE 3, 2022

Customer Success is the team that makes sure customers are onboarded and welcomed, that they are adopting the service and product the way you expect them to, that they renew at the right time, and maybe even expand. To combine customer-centricity with commercial benefits is rare in a typical human being. You Mon: It is.

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ChurnZero

JUNE 3, 2022

Customer Success is the team that makes sure customers are onboarded and welcomed, that they are adopting the service and product the way you expect them to, that they renew at the right time, and maybe even expand. To combine customer-centricity with commercial benefits is rare in a typical human being. You Mon: It is.

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