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Kindness, Customer Retention, and the Contact Center Agent

Call Center Weekly

By Sean Hawkins By definition, customer retention is the activity an organization undertakes in order to reduce customer from leaving the business relationship. Most often though, it is the contact center that interacts with those customers who wish to leave.

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5 Keys to Effective Governance of Your CX Program

inmoment

Whether companies are new to the CX world or looking to brush up their brand, it never hurts to (re)visit the building blocks of effective CX governance. A well-governed CX program can help brands achieve transformational success, a better bottom line, and an improved experience for their customers. Visibility. Accountability.

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Top 5 Customer Service & CX Articles for the Week of August 7, 2023

ShepHyken

Since the beginning of my career, I’ve preached about that many customer service skills and CX strategies apply to every type of company in any industry. That includes B2C, B2B, and G2C (Government to Citizen). Here’s a list of eleven, and while many of them may seem like common sense, that doesn’t mean they are commonly practiced.

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Top 5 Posts in November

Contact Center Pipeline

This month’s top 5 blog posts highlight two of our most in-demand topics: customer experience (CX) and expanding your workforce. In our CX posts, our authors touch on everything from CX management programs, platforms, and governance, to improving your customer service emails and live chat experiences.

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AI & CS: Innovate or stagnate

Totango

This juncture is a serendipitous moment for AI to take a prominent role in how businesses drive growth and accelerate impact for customers. Embracing AI presents challenges and some uncertainties with regard to optimal data consolidation, ubiquitous governance and regulation, and succinct experimentation and process updates.

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Guest Blog: Do customer experience teams take cyber security risks?

ShepHyken

It has broader business ramifications, such as widespread customer dissatisfaction, which leads to customer churn and ultimately, revenue loss. Successful cyber attacks have plunged organizations of all shapes and sizes into chaos, from private companies to governments.

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Grasp this opportunity, it’s the small things that have the biggest effect!

Beyond Philosophy

Therefore, the government had shops charge customers for giving them plastic bags for their purchases. Nevertheless, the “taxing” of plastic bags reduced customers’ use by 85 percent. Neither of these purchase motivations portends loyalty or customer retention based on the value you provide.