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The need for excellent customer service training

Peter Lavers

Amongst all the hype of customer experience, AI, chatbots and real-time personalisation, don’t forget that staff still need excellent customer service training – no matter how successful your company is right now! When customer support representatives start at a company, they usually get a bit of training upfront. They learn about a company’s support software, its products and services, and how to communicate and be empathetic in interactions.

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How Do I Convince People Of A New Way Of Thinking?

Beyond Philosophy

Didn’t Blockbuster, Kodak and Circuit City see the end was in sight? Why did they not change? Too many people reject new thinking that will improve their Customer Experience. Why? What is it about human behaviors that does this? In this podcast Colin Shaw and Professor Ryan Hamilton will debate why this is the case and what you should do about it.

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What Doesn’t Get Done Gets Noticed

ShepHyken

Jeff Bezos, the CEO of Amazon, once said, “The best customer service is if the customer doesn’t need to call you, doesn’t need to talk to you. It just works.”. In other words, the best customer service is invisible. It just happens. The customer doesn’t have to ask for it. It just gets done the way it’s supposed to. What does get done isn’t always noticed, and shouldn’t be.

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"Follow the Leader", Featuring Jeremy Watkin

Call Center Weekly

What is an effective way to collaborate with other departments to improve customer experience? There’s no need to overcomplicate things. It always starts with relationships -- genuine, authentic relationships. Apply the same great customer service skills you use with your customers to the people within your organization. When others come to you for assistance, stay positive and upbeat, stay away from “no,” and aim to respond with “let me see what I can do for you” instead.

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The 2023 Verint Experience Index: Retail

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

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20 Call Center Pros Reveal the Biggest Things Companies Overlook When It Comes to Call Center Compliance Issues

Callminer

Call centers are constantly under pressure from regulatory compliance concerns.

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Guest Blog: Why Luxury Retail KPIs and Incentive Schemes Need a Makeover

ShepHyken

This week we feature an article by Christophe Cais who writes about how the internet and Millennials have disrupted retail, suggesting that retail KPIs and incentive schemes need to be evaluated. – Shep Hyken. In luxury retail these days (or any retail, for that matter), it all seems to be about the internet and Millennials, doesn’t it? Retailers would tell you that digital technologies have disrupted the business, then go on to add that Millennials are proving a tough demographic to crack.

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Quick Tip: 3 Practices for Retaining Top Talent

Contact Center Pipeline

As the job market continues to improve, holding onto skilled service staff will be a top challenge for contact centers. Competitive wages are no longer enough to coax talented agents to stay, so forward-thinking companies have been looking for other ways to make their organization more attractive to today’s workforce. The following are three proven […].

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The High Cost of a Bad Review

Aspect

You can’t make all people happy all of the time. But even if a large majority of your online customer reviews give a glowing representation of your customer service capabilities, it only takes one bad apple to spoil the bunch. Just how much can one bad review sidetrack a long run of success? Here are a few statistics to consider: 88 percent of people trust online reviews as much as they trust their best friends’ recommendations. 80 percent of people will choose to go elsewhere if they read bad r

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On-demand Economy Drives Customer Service as a Service – From Home…

TechSee

The on-demand economy is defined as economic activity created to meet a consumer demand via the real-time delivery of goods and services. The instantaneous nature of our lives has generated customer expectations for fast, simple, and efficient experiences that rival those of messaging, e-mail, media, and other online functionality available instantly via smartphones.

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Strategic CX: A Deep Dive into Voice of the Customer Insights for Clarity

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.

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5 Top Customer Service Articles For the Week of February 26, 2018

ShepHyken

Each week I read a number of customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. Here are my top five picks from last week. I have added my comment about each article and would like to hear what you think too. Can awful airline customer service be overridden with AI and analytics? by Scott Kendrick. (tnooz) After the debacles that occurred within domestic air travel in 2017, it’s clear airlines need to look carefully at their customer service tactics.

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Think 2018

Peter Lavers

We’re delighted to announce that WCL Customer Management’s founding director Peter Lavers will be participating at IBM Watson’s showcase Think 2018 conference in Las Vegas in March. Peter will be attending in his role as a IBM Futurist – an independent influencer recognised for his thought leadership and expertise in the field of customer experience and CRM.

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How To Create WOW Experiences For The Customers At All Times: CX Lessons By Mr. Premanshu Singh, CEO, Coverfox

Customer Guru

At Customer Guru, we believe that Customer Experience (CX) should be the number one priority for all the Indian businesses so that they become more sustainable and successful globally. Thus, we are on a mission to spread this awareness, inspiring and guiding professionals to adopt and inculcate a customer-centric approach. We are certain that this is a first step to help organizations WOW their customers and create raving fans for themselves.

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The Twilio / Amazon ‘Stack’ Will Dominate the Next Call Center Era

Fonolo

Today’s cloud-based call centers are increasingly built on top of platforms created by Amazon and Twilio. That includes newcomers like TalkDesk and Serenova, legacy vendors like Avaya and Genesys and companies from adjacent sectors expanding into call center like ZenDesk. For better or worse, this “stack” is going to define the contours of the next generation of call center.

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SME Relationships: Proven Solutions for Seamless Collaboration and Success

Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

💢 Do you find yourself stuck in never-ending review cycles? Are you wondering if your Subject Matter Expert actually got that last review request? Are you having trouble trying to decipher impractical or conflicting feedback? 💢 If any of these scenarios sounds familiar, you may benefit from a crash course on managing SME relationships!

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Amazing Business Radio: Denise Lee Yohn

ShepHyken

Company Fusion Rather Than Company Confusion: The Importance of a Clearly Defined Culture. Shep Hyken Interviews Denise Lee Yohn, Author of Fusion. Are your brand and culture clearly defined? . . <span data-mce-type=”bookmark” style=”display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;” class=”mce_SELRES_start”>?

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Customer Experience Is All That Matters

Solvvy

The post Customer Experience Is All That Matters appeared first on Solvvy.

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Think ‘Outside-In’ to Improve Customer’s Experience: CX Lessons by Dr. Maneesha Pednekar, Director – Quality, Atos International

Customer Guru

At Customer Guru, we firmly believe that the only way more Indian businesses can become sustainable and globally competitive is by focusing on Customer Experience (CX). Thus, we are dedicated to spreading this awareness, inspiring and guiding professionals to adopt and inculcate a customer-centric approach. We are certain that this is a first step to help organizations in delivering unparalleled experiences to their customers and creating raving fans for themselves.

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SaaS Companies: Implement a Product NPS Program in 5 Simple Steps

PeopleMetrics

It has become all too common for B2B SaaS companies to survey their customers once a year through a moment-in-time customer relationship survey, with at least one section addressing the ultimate question of Net Promoter Score (NPS). Assuming the results are positive, the company then proudly presents their board with the survey results compared to industry benchmarks and proceeds with the board meeting.

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Contact Center Dialers Demystified

Dive into the realm of contact center dialers with our infographic! Explore the various types – Preview, Predictive, Automatic, and Progressive Dialers – and unravel their roles in boosting call center performance.

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Getting Out Of A Bad Date (With Fitbit and Nexmo)

Nexmo

So, you’ve been set up for a blind date by your friends Bob and Carol, who it turns out are fantastically bad judges of character. Your date is rude, has terrible table-manners and to be honest, smells funny. You need to get out of this date, fast. You’ve got two choices. The first is a […]. The post Getting Out Of A Bad Date (With Fitbit and Nexmo) appeared first on Nexmo.

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Corporate Culture is More Critical Than Ever in the Digital Age

The Northridge Group

All companies have their own unique corporate cultures. The values and attitudes that are pervasive among a company’s employees, guiding how they respond, make decisions, and ultimately deal with change, develop and evolve over time. In small and mid-sized companies, the culture often stems from a key leader or leaders who set the pace. Whether they realize it or not, the key leaders’ actions, modes of operation, and core values are observed and often repeated by others throughout the organizati

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Chatbots: What Role Should They Play in Customer Service?

VocalCom

Many brands believe that chatbots are key to modernizing customer service. The trouble is, many have rushed to use them without fully considering their limitations. It’s still an early stage for chatbots within the domain of customer experience, and companies need to use them prudently. According to Forrester, most chatbot failures occur because they attempt to handle too many tasks.

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Building an Onboarding and Training Program in Customer Support

Kayako

There are so many different ways to onboard new employees with a training program. It can be hard to know which way to start, especially if it’s your first time. You need to consider what kind of culture you are trying to foster, what priorities you want your team to have, and make a plan to preemptively correct problems and questions before they’ve even come up.

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The Open CCaaS Advantage Report

Over the next 12 months, what do you think will have the biggest impact on your CX automation efforts? When asked the same question, only 10% of CX leaders surveyed by Verint chose telephony. It’s no longer the engagement channel leading CCaaS conversations. The customer engagement challenges facing organizations have changed – so a new approach is needed.

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Think ‘Outside-In’ to Improve Customer’s Experience: CX Lessons by Dr. Maneesha Padnekar, Director – Quality, Atos International

Customer Guru

At Customer Guru, we firmly believe that the only way more Indian businesses can become sustainable and globally competitive is by focusing on Customer Experience (CX). Thus, we are dedicated towards spreading this awareness, inspiring and guiding professionals to adopt and inculcate a customer-centric approach. We are certain that this is a first step to help organizations in delivering unparalleled experiences to their customers and creating raving fans for themselves.

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The Customer Success Road: Where to Start?

Amity

Congratulations! You have successfully made the case for Customer Success and your organization has realized that investing in a customer success program will help provide more value to your customers. However, recognizing the need for a customer success program and actually working on implementing one are two completely different stories. Even if you see the merits, you will eventually face your first roadblock, which is, where to begin?

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5 Customer Support Surveys for Quality-Driven Teams

GetFeedback

Empowering your support team by using the right feedback solution is crucial to a company's success. Here are five customer support surveys to use.

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The Secret Lives Of Contact Center Agents

SharpenCX

If you’ve ever wondered what your agents thought or said once the headset is off and their shift is over, this is where you’ll find it. [.]. Read More. The post The Secret Lives Of Contact Center Agents appeared first on Sharpen Contact Center Software.

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Your Expert Guide to CX Orchestration & Enhancing Customer Journeys

Speaker: Keith Kmett, Principal CX Advisor at Medallia

Join Keith Kmett, Principal CX Advisor, in this new webinar that will focus on: Understanding CX Orchestration Fundamentals: Gain a solid understanding of what CX orchestration is, its significance in the customer experience landscape, and how it plays a crucial role in shaping customer journeys. This includes the key concepts, strategies, and best practices involved in CX orchestration. 🔑 Connection to Customer Journey Maps: How to effectively integrate customer journey mapping into the

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3 Benefits of SMS as a Customer Support Channel

Return Customer

The behavior of consumers has evolved as their environments and behaviors have shifted — and it’s up to brands to catch up. These days, many companies are stuck in old habits, trying to stick a round peg into a square hole. Case in point: Choosing to not operate a call center from the cloud won’t allow businesses to keep up with customers’ demands in real time.

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The Do's and Don'ts of NPS [Infographic]

Amity

For those of you who might be new to this, NPS is a simple one-question survey in which you ask your customer “How likely are you to recommend our product to friends or colleagues?” Because NPS is a strong indicator of customer satisfaction across support, product, success, and more, it’s meaningful for all departments. Not only does it indicate how loyal your customers are, it also helps you gauge the entire company’s customer centricity.

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Give Your Call Center a Customer Service Makeover

Fonolo

Some people tend to go through life without making changes to their appearance. Others frequently change their look to reflect current trends or change with the seasons; women sometimes go from long hair to short, men often grow a beard. Regardless of the change, even minor improvements can have a dramatic impact. Let’s apply the same concept to the contact center.