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How to Manage Customer Wait Time: The Best Tips From Great Companies

Beyond Philosophy

Your customers likely wait in your experience, too, and that may or may not be creating negative feelings about your experience. Therefore, managing customers’ perceptions about wait times in your Customer Experience is essential—and a practical way to foster customer-driven growth. Feeling uncertain makes waiting worse.

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Zero Cost! How to Use Behavioral Science to Improve Your Customer Experience

Beyond Philosophy

When you cannot engage expensive consultants or re-imagined experiences for your business, it is essential to determine if the decisions you want to influence can be affected by regular business expenses that you have. For example, I once heard a story about cleaning staff at a hotel trained to stand in the shower when cleaning a room.

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Bad Customer Service Rarely Results in Profitability

Beyond Philosophy

We have all been in line or on hold for customer service , waiting for a company to get back to us. We tap our toes and roll our eyes as we wait. Then, when our wait time runs long and our patience runs short we get cranky and think, this customer service crew is really inept today. Or are they?

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Uncover the incredible Impact on ROI of Harnessing Customer emotions

Beyond Philosophy

My global Customer Experience consultancy developed a research methodology that defines the hidden impact of your experience on customer behavior. However, it does require training. We also addressed customer communications regarding wait times and overhauled how they handled their retail staff’s presentation.

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Happy New Year and Welcome to 2023!

Taylor Reach Group

We have seen more than 20 months of long wait times due to “higher than normal contact volumes”. . This will mean better pay, better training, better tools, better support, and a better work-life balance. We have seen Contact Centers struggle to find and retain workers. The post Happy New Year and Welcome to 2023!

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3 Keys to Q4 Contact Center Success in 2021

Outsource Consultants

So if you have specific AI goals, you should definitely consult on your options with an expert contact center partner. Waiting is the Hardest Part (But It Doesn’t Have to Be). Customers have not only come to expect inevitable wait times — they’ve come to loathe them. Don’t wish you started three months sooner.

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4 Ways to Help Your Team Resolve Customer Service Complaints Quickly

Call Design

Whether you are implementing new training, new technology or more communication channels, it’s essential to be prepared to solve a customer problem quickly. This will eventually lead to a lower satisfaction rate and longer waiting times, ultimately hurting your reputation. How Call Design Can Help.