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After Call Work – Why it Matters and How to Ensure it’s Done Right
TechSee
SEPTEMBER 18, 2019
After call work (ACW) refers to the tasks completed by a customer service agent once the call with the customer has been completed.
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Eight Days a Week: The Always-On Contact Center
Contact Center Pipeline
SEPTEMBER 19, 2019
In February 1965, The Beatles released a song called “Eight Days a Week” as a single to the U.S. market before it appeared on the album Beatles VI. It became the band’s seventh No. 1 single in the U.S. in just over a year.
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5 Ways to Build Rapport Over the Phone with Your Caller
CallSource Insights
SEPTEMBER 15, 2019
Learn how to build rapport with customers with rapport building questions and great phone skills. The call handler’s role at your business is one of the most important positions. It is a job that takes both people skills and sales skills.
Yes is More Than an Answer. It’s an Attitude!
ShepHyken
SEPTEMBER 18, 2019
Customers don’t like to be told no. Any request or complaint that is met with a negative response may only add fuel to the fire. That’s why I’ve been intrigued for years by Cameron Mitchell’s philosophy—and also the title of his book— Yes is the Answer! What is the Question?
Training for Lead Generation, Customer Onboarding and Support
Advertiser: Skilljar
Customer lifecycle training gives customers the knowledge and tools they need to be successful. As customer success and satisfaction grows, so does retention and repeat business. This eBook can help training teams improve or expand their customer training programs.
Customer Satisfaction is Declining in the UK. Is the US Next?
Beyond Philosophy
SEPTEMBER 19, 2019
In January, I was surprised and disappointed that research from Nunwood and Forrester, two significant firms in the Customer Experience movement, showed that Customer Experience was flatlining.
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Why Customer Service is Important to Businesses: Top 5 Reasons
ProProfs Blog
SEPTEMBER 20, 2019
Annually, U.S. companies lose more than $62 billion due to poor customer service. Not surprising, considering Americans tell an average of 15 people about a poor service experience, versus the 11 people they’ll tell about a good experience. .
Guest Blog: Why cross-team collaboration is essential for B2B customer support teams
ShepHyken
SEPTEMBER 20, 2019
This week we feature an article by Robert C. Johnson who writes about the importance of cross-team collaboration when providing B2B customer support. . Simply put, B2B support is significantly different than B2C support.
How To Overcome Organizational Silo’s To Make Progress
Beyond Philosophy
SEPTEMBER 20, 2019
How To Overcome Organizational Silo’s To Make Progress. In The Fellowship of the Ring , Gandalf the wizard calls all the creatures of Middle Earth—the elves, dwarves, men, and hobbits— to a council. Their goal is to determine what to do with the Ring that threatened to end life as they knew it. Gandalf reasoned that since the Ring was a problem for all of Middle Earth, everyone should be involved. A Customer Experience Council (CX Council) follows Gandalf’s lead.
Q&A with the Customer Service Summit’s Jasmine Kees
Contact Center Pipeline
SEPTEMBER 18, 2019
The 9th Annual Customer Service Summit will take place on October 23rd & 24th at the Brooklyn Bridge Marriott in New York City. We sat down with Jasmine Kees, the lead organizer of the event, to discuss the Summit and the contact center industry in 2019. This is your 9th year of the Customer […]. Customer Service call center call center events contact center customer experience learning & development
Contact Center Cloud Migration Done Right
Speaker: Sheila McGee-Smith, Founder and Principal Analyst, McGee-Smith Analytics
Many companies are in the midst of migrating their contact center to the cloud. Understanding how best to execute the transition of premises to cloud is part of that process. Join contact center industry analyst and No Jitter blogger Sheila McGee-Smith as she discussed tried and true best practices for avoiding the potential pitfalls of CX migration.
NPS, CES, CSAT: Which One is the Best Metric?
GetFeedback
SEPTEMBER 20, 2019
NPS, CES, and CSAT are customer loyalty metrics. They’re used to measure the level of loyalty that a customer has toward your brand. Customers are considered loyal when they consistently purchase from your brand over an extended period of time. . How do you get loyal customers?
5 Top Customer Service Articles for the Week of September 16, 2019
ShepHyken
SEPTEMBER 16, 2019
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.
Startup Life: Accelerate!
NameShouts
SEPTEMBER 16, 2019
Startup life is pictured as immensely demanding. Weekly hours push closer and closer to three digits; emails, papers and tasks amass. The hustle reigns supreme, despite recent pushback against it. So what happens when you introduce acceleration to a startup?
6 Ways a Survey Maker Can Help You
ProProfs Blog
SEPTEMBER 20, 2019
With the world continuing its march towards the digital space, data collection and information gathering have become both; easier and harder. Is that an oxymoronic statement? – Yes. Is it true? Also Yes. Why is that so?
Redefining Customer Experience Metrics for Better Performance
Speaker: Lynn Hunsaker, Chief Customer Officer of ClearAction Continuum
Join us for this insightful webinar with Lynn Hunsaker, Chief Customer Officer of ClearAction, who will show you how to zero-in on true leading indicators and describe how to connect business results metrics with employees’ workflow metrics.
Why an Effortless Experience Isn’t Enough for Customer Loyalty
GetFeedback
SEPTEMBER 18, 2019
A while back, my teammates and I spent hours in a conference room mulling over the concept of effortless experience.
Amazing Business Radio: Paul Selby
ShepHyken
SEPTEMBER 17, 2019
Customer Service Will Never Go Out of Style. Keeping Customer Service Relevant to Self-Service and Proactive Service. Shep Hyken interviews Paul Selby of ServiceNow.
The ‘Uberization Event’ – London – 26th September 2019
CSM Magazine
SEPTEMBER 18, 2019
‘Uberization’ is now listed in the Cambridge dictionary. And it is used daily all over the world to symbolise the shift towards a consumer focused, digital economy, where the dynamics between consumer and provider is equitable, transparent and fair.
Tethr raises $15 million to fuel continued rapid growth
Tethr
SEPTEMBER 18, 2019
Over the past several months, Tethr has had the opportunity to work with many CX, customer care and sales leaders on some exciting initiatives, helping them improve their overall customer experience and drive better alignment with their overall brand promise.
Beyond the Contact Center: Unlocking Insights with Speech Analytics
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A global survey of 500 key decision makers by Opus Research shows the core benefits of making the leap to an omnichannel contact center, such as uncovering actionable business insights on employee-customer interactions.
DSW Successfully Incorporates AI into Customer Experience
NICE inContact
SEPTEMBER 17, 2019
We love our shoes! Designer Shoe Warehouse, better known as DSW, continues to find innovative ways to capitalize on that universal truth and keep customers coming back for more.
Millennials and Generation Z are Reshaping Customer Support
UJET
SEPTEMBER 19, 2019
Consumer demographics are changing. Baby boomers and Generation X are no longer the only age groups making key business decisions and purchases. Millennials (Generation Y) and Generation Z are becoming the dominant consumer demographic with buying power that is exponentially increasing.
Sales Enablement Success Roundup: September 2019
Guru
SEPTEMBER 19, 2019
How does the Guru team stay on top of the changing sales enablement landscape? Here's what we're reading to stay ahead of the curve: sales enablement
Keeping customer service consistent for global brands
TELUS International
SEPTEMBER 17, 2019
CX Best Practices
A New Segmentation Model for Customer Onboarding
Advertiser: Skilljar
A great customer onboarding program is a proactive and meaningful way to make a lasting impact on customer engagement, retention, and expansion. In this eBook, Skilljar will show you a new framework for building a customer onboarding program, including how to segment users and drive long-term value and retention through education.
The Devil I Know vs. The Devil I Don’t in the Call Center
NICE inContact
SEPTEMBER 17, 2019
Have you ever heard the saying “the devil I know vs. the devil I don’t” as it relates to making a change to something new? I hear that saying all the time when talking with people about why they are stuck on an outdated call center software platform.
What I Learned from Customer Success Summit 2019
Totango
SEPTEMBER 20, 2019
5 Fun Memories That Made This An Event I Won’t Forget. Customer Success Summit – Team Edition wrapped up last Friday in New York City. Seeing everyone learning, collaborating and sharing was incredibly inspiring and made this definitively the Best Customer Success Summit ever.
Your Knowledge Management Horoscope
Guru
SEPTEMBER 17, 2019
As part of our company charter to make sure that the knowledge you need to do your job finds you, we thought you might want to see all your bases covered. As we were looking to seek and share knowledge, we wondered what the universe has in store for everyone, knowledge management-wise.
How to Measure Customer Centricity the Right Way
C3Centricity
SEPTEMBER 16, 2019
As a customer first strategist (hopefully just like you), I spend a lot of my time searching how to better measure customer centricity for my clients. I also do a lot of analyses on what customers really want today.
How to Make the Transition to Customer Service Outsourcing
Speaker: Randy Clapp, Chief Revenue Officer, Advantage Communications Inc.
You’re feeling the pressure of keeping your employees engaged and improving your customer experience, but you’re not sure if you’re ready or even know how to make a smooth transition to a contact center. Randy Clapp, Chief Revenue Officer of Advantage Communications, will lead you through an outsourcing Self-Assessment you can apply to your business in this insightful webinar developed to provide you with the building blocks to take your customer service experience to the next level.
Moving to Cloud: A Must for Contact Centers
NICE inContact
SEPTEMBER 20, 2019
Everywhere you turn, the calls to move to cloud environments have become prevalent – regardless of system, workload or application, its no secret that cloud has redefined how our most critical systems are deployed and operated. Cloud has matured far beyond its early beginnings nearly 2 decades ago.
The Customer Data Platform Benefits You Should Know
Totango
SEPTEMBER 17, 2019
Hidden inside customer data, there are many opportunities to grow and improve your brand, but what if you don’t know what to look for? Say your customer just completed onboarding quicker than the average user, but you missed the chance to recognize their success.
KEEP: The Essential Ingredient to KPI Performance Success
Transparent BPO
SEPTEMBER 17, 2019
Belize, where our contact centers are located, is home to Marie Sharp’s , a well-known hot sauce company. While not as popular as Tabasco, the company, named for its founder, produces products made with a unique secret carrot-based habanero pepper recipe.
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