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Guest Post: How to Align Customer Service and Sales

ShepHyken

She writes about how you can align customer service and sales in your organization. More often than not, when we think of customer service, we tend to picture post-purchase tasks and activities, such as returns, refunds, exchanges, delivery information, and the like. The next step?

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Three Customer Service and CX Metrics Every Employee Needs to Understand

ShepHyken

Many of you who read my articles or watch my videos may not have jobs related to customer service or CX measurement, but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t pay attention to what I’m about to share. Here’s why this is important to you, even if you aren’t in a customer-facing role. Connect with Shep on LinkedIn.

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

ShepHyken

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. They should learn firsthand what it’s like to be a customer. It’s just our perception.

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Top 5 Customer Service & CX Articles for Week of April 1, 2024

ShepHyken

Each week, I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. Put Yourself 2nd to Place 1st in the Experience Economy by Barry Fiske (Fast Company) Customers can sense when a company’s products and experiences aren’t loyal to their needs, so why should they be loyal to that business?

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The Challenges of Omnichannel: Why so Many Contact Centers Struggle with Digital Self-Service

To find how contact centers are navigating the transition to omnichannel customer service, Calabrio surveyed more than 1,000 marketing and customer experience leaders in the U.S. about their digital customer communication strategies. Read the report to find out what was uncovered.

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How to Create Engaging Customer Service Videos for Your Business

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Video is one of the most engaging, accessible, and eye-catching ways of promoting and successfully marketing a business nowadays. The rise in video use by so many brands has demonstrated the tremendous value that this type of marketing can bring to a company. Update the information in your videos regularly.

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Why Video is the Untapped Jewel to Greatly Enhance Your Customers’? Experience

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Why Video is the Untapped Jewel to Greatly Enhance Your Customers’ Experience. Jóhann Hannesson , Lead Product Manager and the head of Web Development at Streem , says that video could be the missing link between your customer and the expert in the contact center. The video takes this imbalance out of the equation.