Customer Bliss

AUGUST 28, 2020

We’ve had discussions about their role in developing a customer experience strategy within their organization or for other organizations, and about how they’ve had to recently pivot in their jobs. Don’t Assume; Check-in with Customers to Understand How They Feel and Where They Stand. Or can I sell it to them?

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Customer Journey Map Start-ups Customer Retention Innovation 129

Intercom, Inc.

MARCH 25, 2020

It’s a challenging time right now, and you might be seeing more customer conversations as a result. We’re also republishing this Help Center article to further help you reduce your Support team’s load so they can provide your customers with the personal support they need. Custom Bots. Resolution Bot.

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Start-ups 160

Customer Bliss

JULY 23, 2019

In my Daily Dose video series, I explore the topics that chief customer officers must grapple with on a daily basis. The extra mile customer with the gusto to call and call, search, act as a private eye, and put the pieces together and make copies and send files and return receipts gets the worm. End service exhaustion!

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Healthcare CX Customer Experience Customer Service 69

Fonolo

JULY 5, 2023

Customer perception has never mattered more. In the age of social media backlash and call-out culture, how your customers feel about your brand is key to your success. Although it’s almost impossible to completely control what people think about your organization, improving customer opinions of your brand is very possible.

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Social Media Sports Customer Satisfaction Net Promoter Score 104

CX Journey

APRIL 11, 2018

Image courtesy of Pixabay Does your CEO - and your entire leadership team - really care about their employees? Leadership Strategy A Customer Experience Carol "Be Positive" is Not a Strategy We Have a Crisis in Leadership I have followed Bob since that first post back in 2012, and I've spoken to him twice since then.

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Execs In The Know

APRIL 26, 2023

This blog post provides an overview of why organizational transformation is crucial for business leaders, what advantages it offers them, the possible roadblocks they may face on their journey towards creating meaningful change in their organization, and perhaps most importantly – how to reap its rewards!

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Intercom, Inc.

MARCH 14, 2018

To address that deficit, I’ve put together a guide on how we run betas here at Intercom. Get feedback direct from your customers. Jump on customer calls and send targeted messages based on usage of the beta to gather feedback. Short on time? Here are the key takeaways: Understand the problem that you’re trying to solve.

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Aquire

DECEMBER 9, 2021

If you want your customers to stick around, it’s important you understand how to reduce customer churn rate. Of course, some level of churn is inevitable — no matter how much effort you put into satisfying your customers. There are reasons customers stop doing business with you that are simply beyond your control.

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Steven Van Belleghem

MAY 3, 2022

And as always, I wanted to write down my top insights here on my blog as well: Going above and beyond. To put it in Tom’s words: “Atlantis The Palm is truly a destination in its own right”. And as a customer, you won’t ever forget that. You can listen to our podcast conversation here: [link]. People: Training + Empowerment.

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Beyond Philosophy

MARCH 27, 2017

Uber’s woes continue to escalate, and the ridesharing company is scrambling to get back on track. But Jones’s departure, in my view, is just a symptom of the larger problems that are dragging down Uber’s reputation and, ultimately, its customer experience. The Customer Experience Will Suffer Too.

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Customers That Stick

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

While the product design could be more customer friendly (wait until the screwdriver part), the call center handled the situation like champs from beginning to end. It was time to call customer support. As customer service professionals, we are always thinking of ways to respect our customers’ time. Call Number One.

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Aquire

JULY 26, 2021

Customer service agents respond to a wide range of queries – but thankfully, most questions aren’t unheard of. Instead, they can use customer service email templates to cut response times and provide consistent service. First, here’s some advice on how to write customer service emails. Do they have an issue or a question?

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Customer Service Start-ups Social Media Customer Feedback 98

Zendesk

MAY 26, 2021

Customer service can make or break a business. In this guide, we’ll share how to set your business up for customer service success. The definition of customer service. Customer service is the act of supporting and advocating for customers in their discovery, use, optimization, and troubleshooting of a product or service.

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Customer Service Social Media Start-ups E-commerce 105

SurveySensum

JULY 10, 2023

Are you a regular customer of Starbucks? This is how Starbucks prioritizes its customers and consistently delivers exceptional retail customer service – showing how by creating a positive customer experience you can foster trust, cultivate customer loyalty , and set your business apart.

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Retail Customer Service E-commerce Social Media 52

SurveySensum

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

You reach out to their customer service, and within seconds, a friendly chatbot listens to your issue properly and provides you with the answer, gathering valuable customer feedback. That’s the power of good customer service! In this blog, we’ll explore seven customer service trends for 2024.

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Provide Support

OCTOBER 7, 2015

A guide to customer service nirvana. It is a state of perfect balance where, once you reach it, everything gets taken care by itself, one element enabling and supporting the functioning of another and where everything is interconnected and interrelated. And still, it is amazing how long a customer is made to wait even today.

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Customer Service Social Media VOC Customer Feedback 86

Intercom, Inc.

DECEMBER 10, 2018

This guide is for marketers interested in learning more about the tools of the trade and the various types of in-app marketing – and the ways to use them. In-app marketing is about reaching out to your customers while they’re inside your product to engage, retain, or upsell them. Guide your user’s experience.

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Start-ups Gaming Sales 137

SurveySensum

AUGUST 28, 2023

According to the book Product-Led Onboarding: How to Turn Users Into Lifelong Customers , 40-60% of new users won’t even bother to come back after they sign up. But what if there was a way for SaaS companies to make onboarding a breeze, ensuring that every customer’s journey begins with a smile? Probably not!

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Start-ups Customer Feedback Customer Satisfaction AI 52

Fonolo

AUGUST 28, 2018

With it’s pivot to cloud , a big question is whether Gartner will put Avaya in the next MQ. Vertical markets in the sample base included: retail banking, insurance, health care, government, retail/e-commerce, technology, travel/hospitality/leisure, telco, born-digital, and utilities. His blog post is the source of the chart below.

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Contact Center E-commerce Omnichannel Hospitality 65

Callminer

APRIL 23, 2019

To ensure the quality of customer service. However, in order to be compliant with the PCI DSS, the CV2 security number on the back of most credit cards must not be included in audio or transcribed conversations. Lack of compliance puts businesses at an incredible risk. To train and evaluate call center staff.

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Compliance Contact Center E-commerce Customer Satisfaction 159

Zendesk

AUGUST 4, 2021

Because cloud computing is the norm in our distributed, digital-first world, and startups need digital-first support strategies to help them grow by gaining and retaining customers. Scaling your startup with customer service. “In So as SaaS startups grow, how can they keep the feedback loop between customers and the company close?

Customer Service 98

Customer Service Social Media CX AI 98

SurveySensum

JULY 10, 2023

Are you a regular customer of Starbucks? This is how Starbucks prioritizes its customers and consistently delivers exceptional retail customer service – showing how by creating a positive customer experience you can foster trust, cultivate customer loyalty , and set your business apart.

Retail 40

Retail Customer Service E-commerce Social Media 40

Comm100

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

It takes a great deal of maturity to put a relationship or another person before our need to be right.”. Still, customers don’t respond to a non-apology the same way they do a sincere one. Her parents gave her one, Extra-Strength Tylenol and sent her back to bed. Harriet Lerner says: “Humans are hard-wired for defensiveness.

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Social Media Non-Profits Legal Manufacturing 116

ECXO

DECEMBER 26, 2023

02 2 Best Customer Experience Books 2023 in Digital Data, Design and Centricity – The famous 3 Ds: Digital, Data, Design. Using Behavioural Science in Marketing: Drive Customer Action and Loyalty by Prompting Instinctive Responses by Nancy Harhut. The Digital Seeker: A Guide for Digital Teams to Build Winning Experiences by Raj K.

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CX Social Media Sports Customer Service 52

Zendesk

APRIL 18, 2022

B2B leads are people, organizations, or businesses that have the potential to become customers for B2B (business-to-business) products or services. Write white papers as a lead magnet, create videos, and publish blogs—then continue to track clicks, and optimize accordingly. Let’s dive in. What are B2B leads? Run an A/B test.

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B2B B2C Sales Social Media 98

Zendesk

APRIL 16, 2021

Sales reps know nothing’s harder than patiently nurturing a lead, establishing a relationship with them, and carefully converting them into a customer—nothing, of course, except finding a good lead in the first place. In this lead generation guide, you’ll learn: What lead generation means. But it doesn’t have to be.

Social Media 98

Social Media B2B Sales Start-ups 98

ClientSuccess

MAY 1, 2019

When customers express frustrations or even start to think about ending a relationship, our first reaction as a CSM might be to assume the worst. However, embracing your most vocal customers is actually one of the best case scenarios we could hope for. 4 Strategic Steps to Help At-Risk Customers Succeed. Seek to Understand.

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Start-ups 50

The Customer Service Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Are customers getting too powerful? Has social media damaged the relationship between seller and customer? Are companies paying too much attention to their customers, and not enough attention to other stakeholders, such as employees? And should businesses reject the old maxim of “the customer is always right"?

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Customer Service Life

JANUARY 18, 2019

This article was originally published on the MaestroQA blog on December 2, 2018. Creating a quality form for your customer service team can be a scary task. But before we address them, let’s back up a bit and first discuss the “why” of quality assurance and talk about why this shouldn’t be a scary task at all. Questions abound.

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Customer Service Contact Center Legal Customer Satisfaction 80

Zendesk

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

In the early 2010s, the Age of the Customer emerged. The Age of the Customer continues today—and the data shows it. Gartner research reveals that 74 percent of customers expect more from brands, not only in their products and services but also in how they treat their customers. What is customer trust?

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Social Media Age of the Customer Customer Feedback Touchpoint 97

Callminer

AUGUST 1, 2017

To gain some insights into the strategies and tactics call centers can use to boost efficiency and arm you with effective strategies you can put to use, we reached out to a panel of call center experts , managers and leaders and asked them to answer this question: “What is the most effective way for a contact center to increase efficiency?”. “One

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ClientSuccess

JULY 29, 2019

Welcome to our blog series CSM from the Trenches, a community for frontline Customer Success Managers (CSMs) that discusses trends, best practices, and advice for the frontline. What is one important lesson you learned in your early customer success days that has had a positive impact on your career? Mentor Questions.

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Start-ups Innovation Touchpoint Customer Service 59

SugarCRM

OCTOBER 3, 2023

In this blog, we’ll explore the risks that organizations face when they opt for a large CRM vendor and why it’s essential to consider the full picture before making such a crucial decision. Investing in an all-in-one Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system is crucial for businesses in today’s competitive landscape.

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Customer Service Life

AUGUST 10, 2017

This article was originally published on the FCR blog on July 25, 2017. If you’ve worked with a customer service team for any length of time, you’ve likely encountered a quality assurance form at some point. You’re essentially teaching your agents to speak a common language and customers appreciate the consistency.

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Net Promoter Score Customer Service Customer Satisfaction Contact Center 68

Zendesk

JUNE 29, 2022

Lead conversion is the process of turning a lead into a customer. Once a potential customer visits your website and offers their contact information, they leave the generation stage and enter the conversion stage. Paying customer. Put these leads aside and return them to the sales team when the time is right.

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Social Media Sales Start-ups CRM 98

CX Journey

AUGUST 29, 2018

In today's post, Paul shares a book review of Gerry Brown's book, When a Customer Wins, Nobody Loses. As I’ve shared before GDPR should be a positive customer benefit. As well as being a business benefit, when approached in the right way, GDPR is at root about empowering people/customers. His points are well made.

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ClientSuccess

APRIL 19, 2017

For Customer Success Managers (CSMs), every customer account is critical. For a CSM, “earning a seat at a customer account” means you become the trusted advisor your client uses to achieve goals and make positive impacts. You become part of the team, you earn a seat at the customer account. Are you at the seat?

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