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“We Deliver Amazing Customer Service”: The Difference Between Perception and Reality

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This is an important topic that every CEO, business owner, leader, manager, and supervisor must understand. When it comes to customer service and customer experience (CX), there is a difference between perception and reality. First, how we think our customers perceive our customer service and CX is often not the reality.

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Predictive Customer Support

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In the old days – and even in modern times – if a customer wanted help or support, they picked up the phone and called for help. A (hopefully) friendly and competent customer service professional, also known as an agent or representative, would answer the question or resolve the problem. Fix it before it’s a problem.

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Guest Post: What it Takes to Be an Effective Customer Service Manager

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This week, we feature an article by Natasha Thakkar, Content Marketing Manager at Oleeo. She writes about the five ways to become an effective and efficient customer service manager. A customer service manager’s main priority is to retain customers. Either way, this article is for you.

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Guest Post: How to Boost Customer Support Employee Productivity for Better CX

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This week, we feature an article by Sowmya Juttukonda, content developer & digital media specialist at Knowmax , a knowledge management system to enhance customer service. She shares how organizations can create an environment that motivates employees to become more productive and improve customer experience.

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The Evolution of Support: How to Manage Customer Support in an Era of Self-help

Speaker: Kristina Evey, Customer Experience Expert and Consultant

As self-service as a customer preference continues to grow, it's more important than ever that we assess the amount of support being given to our customer service reps. Is there a way to find the right balance between self-service and support?

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Customer Support Software: The Easy Path To SLA Management

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Any customer support team receives a range of customer requests throughout the day. The requests are often recurring, and a technology-based customer support tool is needed to implement an agent workflow that allows easy and efficient management of each customer request.

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The Biggest Opportunity in Customer Service

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I was asked the same question three times in the last week: “What is the biggest opportunity in customer service?” I’m talking about a result that does three things: The customer’s problem, issue or question is resolved or answered. It’s about fixing the customer, which means restoring confidence.