Merchants
JUNE 14, 2019
More organisations than ever see their customer experience (CX) as a competitive differentiator, yet only one in 10 are happy with their CX delivery. This gap between CX goals and results was the topic of Merchants presentation at the CX Africa 360 conference. Find out more. The post The artificial CX reality gap appeared first on Business Process Outsourcing Services | Merchants.
Talkdesk
JUNE 14, 2019
1. Hire Right for the Role. When it comes to retaining your agents, you need to first make sure that the call center talent you hire is the right fit for the role, equipped with the right skills, experience, personality and temperament. It’s not everyone’s cup of tea. Handling those customer frustrations day in and day out can take a toll if you don’t have thick skin.
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ShepHyken
JUNE 14, 2019
This week we feature an article by Nick Glimsdahl who writes about how customer retention should be a priority and how to avoid losing customers. Successful companies make it a strategic priority to retain customers because they know retention has a significant impact on their bottom line. When considering a company’s assets and liabilities, customers should be viewed as the greatest ‘asset’, and diligent work and time should be dedicated to making sure losing customers doesn’t hold much weight
Myra Golden Media
JUNE 14, 2019
When you can’t tell your customer exactly what they want to hear, maintaining a sense of rapport can be challenging. But it’s possible to give your customer lousy news with empathy and a positive slant. When you have to give a customer bad news, do it using the “Feel, Felt, Found Method.” This approach helps you to foster a sense of connection with customers, even when you can’t give them exactly what they want.
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Beyond Philosophy
JUNE 14, 2019
How to Understand Customers Preference. Have you ever noticed how some people put a lot of letters after their names in their signatures and bylines? Some of them go on for quite a while, like a second surname. It annoys me sometimes. Then, I remember that when I introduce myself, I often refer to my status on LinkedIn as one of the top 150 Business Influencers.
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Nextiva
JUNE 14, 2019
Customer service is much more than a purchase and an exchange of pleasantries. What makes or breaks a relationship is the customer service psychology in play there. When you understand the psychology is when you achieve customer satisfaction. Your goal is for every customer to leave your place of business, feeling positive about the service […].
TeamSupport
JUNE 14, 2019
Customer support can be a challenge. Especially in the B2B (business-to-business) industry, the quick decisions your support team makes can have a profound impact on a customer relationship. Whether or not they make the right decision on the phone can be the difference between calming an upset customer or making them even more angry. One method businesses are utilizing to improve the number of positive customer interactions that happen every day is to leverage customer support systems.
Hello Customer
JUNE 14, 2019
It's been a week since we hosted CXFest, a casual yet festive get-together with our customers. After keynotes by Steven Van Belleghem and Matthias De Clercq we left the venue with tons of fresh CX inspiration. We felt that it was only fair to share what we learned. Here are some key take-aways and insights.
ChurnZero
JUNE 14, 2019
12 Steps to Conducting a Productive Customer Success Brainstorming Session. Automation is a game-changer for almost any department, but surprisingly Customer Success teams are a bit behind some of their counterparts (i.e. Marketing and Sales) when it comes to adopting technology to allow for automated workflows. This is especially surprising given the long customer lifecycles, Customer Success Managers are on tap to nurture and grow; from onboarding, to adoption, to renewal to advocacy.
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Reports of the death of in-store shopping have been greatly exaggerated. This year’s retail survey found that more than 60 percent of consumers start and end their journey by visiting a store. Retail customers value price above everything, but the importance of other factors varies for different brands. In-store shopping is valued highly by grocery and home improvement customers Technology retail customers place less importance on in-store experiences – for them it only ranks sixth Digital exper
inSided
JUNE 14, 2019
There's a lot of excitement about new technology in customer service. Every day customer service is gaining more relevance and consequently many organizations are attempting to modify the way they provide support. But tread carefully—if you’re thinking of cutting customer service corners, think again. The cost of poor customer service can be catastrophic.
Working Solutions
JUNE 14, 2019
The quality of customer care is important for any company—and not just for its reputation, but also for its bottom line. According to Zendesk, 42% of B2C consumers will make more purchases from a business after receiving a “good customer service experience.” And Forrester has spent years documenting the correlation between a company’s revenue growth […].
CSM Magazine
JUNE 14, 2019
Contactless payment seems like one of those technologies that’s been around forever. First trialled in 2007 with a £10 maximum spend limit, its true introduction to the mainstream was only around five or six years ago, although it feels much longer. Now a staple of modern life, contactless payments have reshaped the retail and hospitality industries.
ProProfs Blog
JUNE 14, 2019
Do you know how to keep your customers satisfied? Customer service is a high-stakes game. Every company is competing for the same customers, and customer satisfaction is one of the main differentiators between success and failure. Perhaps one of the greatest risks to company reputation today is that a single disgruntled customer has the power to disrupt your whole operation with the power of social media, which can amplify their complaints across the web.
Speaker: Nicholas Zeisler, CX Strategist & Fractional CXO
The first step in a successful Customer Experience endeavor (or for that matter, any business proposition) is to find out what’s wrong. If you can’t identify it, you can’t fix it! 💡 That’s where the Voice of the Customer (VoC) comes in. Today, far too many brands do VoC simply because that’s what they think they’re supposed to do; that’s what all their competitors do.
CSM Magazine
JUNE 14, 2019
With so much emphasis on digital services these days, brands need to ensure they’re providing a seamless online service. More consumers than ever before are using their smartphones and tablets to shop for the things they need. So, if your business wants to succeed, it needs to ensure it’s creating an enjoyable, flawless online experience. Not sure where to start?
Customers That Stick
JUNE 14, 2019
In November 2013, we released our concept of the 7 Service Triggers, a unique approach to discovering the most common hot buttons that affect broad segments of customers. The foundation of the 7 Service Triggers was built upon the idea that our customers do not come to us as a blank slate. Even if they are new to our business, they’ve had experiences with companies like ours before.
CSM Magazine
JUNE 14, 2019
Being a business owner requires walking a tightrope between the big picture and the daily grind. They are often the sole decision maker when big issues arise, and the decisions they make can ultimately impact the success of the business. There are some issues that come out of nowhere and require quick thinking. Others, however, are pretty standard in the business world.
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