Shep Hyken

MAY 23, 2022

Each week I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. Customer Experience Leaders Can Learn from Baseball by Lynn Hunsaker. 3 Common Customer Complaints and How to Address Them by DP Taylor. Here are my top five picks from last week.

Customer Service 57

Customer Service Sports CX Customer Experience 57

Inside Customer Service

OCTOBER 7, 2021

My latest book, The Service Culture Handbook , was taking off and I was receiving more inquiries than ever before. Companies that hired any customer service consultant were struggling to see any gains. I analyzed the successful engagements and saw those clients had a few things in common. The decision wasn't made lightly.

Customer Service 147

Customer Service Customer Experience 147

CallCare

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

in 2023, the lowest it has been in five years[2], citing the main cause of dissatisfaction as patients having difficulties accessing their GPs[3]. Lack of patient-centric customer service: The experience of patients begins from the first contact, the impression of which lingers for the entire duration of the care process.

Healthcare 59

Healthcare Customer Service 59

Uniphore

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Customers may still flock to big online retailers and avoid brick-and-mortar establishments. customer service to adapt. with some creativity and a lot of data insight, retail customer experience (CX) leaders can overcome many of these holiday season challenges.? Obviously, customers will choose Company B.

Retail 130

Retail CX Omnichannel Artificial Intelligence 130

CSAT.AI

APRIL 19, 2023

Documented customer complaints have been around since, well since the first record of one in 1750 BC (which was much harder a complaint to make than sending an email). Closed tickets are happy customers. However, this is only true if the customer issue is actually answered. Or are they? That’s fine” is another one.

Sentiment Analysis 71

Sentiment Analysis AI Customer Service Customer Satisfaction 71

Lumoa

JANUARY 27, 2023

This is especially true when it comes to serving your customers. Customer service in the 21st century is not just the prerogative of one specific department but of every business process, role, and philosophy. This article looks at how customer service can be optimized for better results. So what can be done?

Customer Journey Map 83

Customer Journey Map Customer Service Customer Experience Touchpoint 83

Help Scout

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Just because a customer clicked a smiley face in your post-service feedback survey does not mean you gave them high-quality service. They might love the product, and your service is just okay enough not to make a difference. Step 1: Define customer service quality for your company.

Customer Service 116

Customer Service Scorecard NPS Customer Satisfaction 116

Ameyo Callversations

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Customer engagement is a tricky business. Organizations now use multiple tools to communicate with customers according to their preferences. Include cases of unavailability of products or services, and the customers start leaving you at the behest of poor customer experience. What is Proactive Customer Engagement?

Social Media 98

Social Media Customer Satisfaction Touchpoint Sales 98

CSAT.AI

JULY 19, 2023

This year, the 2023 Customer Rage Survey indicates customers are experiencing more problems and 79% will complain about them. 1) Reduce Consumer Problems One of the reasons customers are angry according to the 2023 Customer Rage Survey is because they are experiencing more product and service problems than ever.

Sentiment Analysis 74

Sentiment Analysis AI Contact Center CX 74

Experience Investigators

OCTOBER 19, 2021

In any customer journey, there are countless small efforts. These include efforts from the company serving the customer and effort from the customer themself. . After all, the customer journey is really the journey of a relationship. The customer has to seek out the brand somehow. – Robert Collier.

Invoicing 125

Invoicing B2C B2B Start-ups 125

Fonolo

JUNE 22, 2023

Visual IVR – now known as Fonolo’s Web Call-Backs – was one of the first self-service technologies to have a hugely positive impact on the customer experience. The original interactive voice response system (IVR) might be better known to customers as a phone menu. Almost everyone has used an IVR at some point.

Contact Center 91

Contact Center Technology Technology Customer Satisfaction 91

Help Scout

AUGUST 3, 2021

No matter how well-designed or intuitive your product is, customers will have questions about how to use it. For those common questions with standard answers, it makes sense to have a resource customers can access on their own time without needing to contact support. What is FAQ software? Public articles are viewable by anyone.

Start-ups 96

Start-ups Customer Experience 96

Uniphore

OCTOBER 7, 2021

It’s increasingly vital for organizations in all industries to provide superior customer service that exceeds expectations and meets users’ needs quickly and efficiently. Here are impressive examples of superior customer service: 1. Sainsbury’s Gives a Young Customer Exactly What She Wants U.K.

Customer Service 113

Customer Service Artificial Intelligence AI Omnichannel 113

Comm100

APRIL 22, 2021

By 2022, CNBC predicts that 75-90% of customer queries will be handled by a chatbot. From Starbucks to Duolingo and in almost every industry in between, top brands are turning to chatbots to improve their customer service and support operations. 64% of consumers claim that 24/7 service is the most useful chatbot functionality.

AI 98

AI Machine Learning Engineering Education 98

Lumoa

APRIL 21, 2022

Wayne Dyer Act 1 The Customer Support Blues “Does Customer Support have enough of a mandate to drive improvements in customer satisfaction?” When I started thinking about writing a piece on transforming customer support, this question immediately came to mind. What will your answer be? I can almost picture the scene.

Non-Profits 83

Non-Profits Customer Satisfaction Outlook Technology 83

SurveySensum

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

So, it’s super important to listen to the voice of the customer. When customers give direct and honest feedback, it helps a lot in making products better. How Customer Feedback Helps in Product Innovation Customer feedback means everything customers share after using a product or service.

Customer Feedback 52

Customer Feedback Innovation Social Media Start-ups 52

Fonolo

JUNE 7, 2022

Setting goals with your contact center agents will support your most important profit driver: your customer base. Finance-focused CFO might see customer service as separate from the company’s financial goals. Why Team Customer Service Goals Important are — and Why Call Center Agents Need to Be Involved.

Customer Service 81

Customer Service Net Promoter Score Contact Center Finance 81

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 52

Retail Customer Service E-commerce Social Media 52

Shep Hyken

AUGUST 16, 2021

Each week I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. 16 Great Customer Service Tips and Examples by Tom Coombe. Small Business Trends) Customer service in the U.S. Small Business Trends) Customer service in the U.S. I love the GIF’s!

Customer Service 85

Customer Service Social Media Contact Center Technology 85

CallCare

AUGUST 26, 2021

According to Forbes, 96 per cent of customers believe customer service plays an important role in their choice of loyalty to a brand. For this reason, being able to measure how successful your business is in providing a good customer experience is essential. However, measuring customer experience can be a tricky task.

Customer Experience 52

Customer Experience Touchpoint Social Media Customer Satisfaction 52

Experience Investigators

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Voice of the Customer (VoC) programs often start with a general plan on how to gather customer feedback. The plan typically includes suggestions for customer listening posts. Customer listening posts are specific tools, locations and mechanisms to gather customer feedback along specific touchpoints on the customer journey.

Voice of the Customer 130

Voice of the Customer Close the Loop VOC Social Media 130

Beyond Philosophy

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

In our customer experience consultancy, we find there’s one thing that consistently prevents companies from adopting a more customer-centric approach. You see, as people move up the chain of command, they get further and further removed from the average customer. They’re not greeting customers or closing sales.

Finance 123

Finance Retail CX Sales 123

SurveySensum

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Identifying Top Customer Complaints from the Trending Tags. Deep dive into the Complaints and Validate them with the Customers. Take Action on the Customer Issues. How to communicate with your customers in B2B and B2C? Reading customer feedback and identifying common problems can be really tedious.

NPS 52

NPS Net Promoter Score Sentiment Analysis B2C 52

Fonolo

JUNE 7, 2022

Setting goals with your contact center agents will support your most important profit driver: your customer base. Finance-focused CFO might see customer service as separate from the company’s financial goals. Why Team Customer Service Goals Important are — and Why Call Center Agents Need to Be Involved.

Customer Service 67

Customer Service Net Promoter Score Contact Center Finance 67

Totango

MAY 21, 2019

In the customer-centric economy, retaining current customers is a top priority. Not only are new customers expensive to win over, but loyal customers are more valuable in the long run. Plus, retaining a following of customers gives you a good brand image, as it shows that your company is capable of inspiring loyalty.

Education 85

Education Start-ups Customer Relationship Customer Experience 85

Aquire

OCTOBER 12, 2021

With competition increasing, good customer service has become core to a company’s success. But delivering quality products alongside outstanding customer service is a big challenge. Let them find ways to better serve your customers. 8 most common customer service challenges. It can happen.

Customer Service 105

Customer Service E-commerce Customer Journey Map Customer Expectations 105

Fonolo

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Agents are responding with genuine empathy and care because they are as worried and concerned as their customers about this pandemic and its impact.”. And contact centers were utterly overwhelmed in the floods of anxious customer calls. Historic Call Center & Customer Experience Trends. We had to listen.

Contact Center 176

Contact Center CX Social Media Omnichannel 176

SurveySensum

JULY 4, 2023

According to a recent article, “The five disciplines of customer experience leaders” by Bain & Company , excelling in customer experience can have a significant impact on a company’s revenue. In fact, companies that prioritize customer experience have been found to grow their revenue by 4-8% above their market average.

Customer Satisfaction 52

Customer Satisfaction Social Media Touchpoint Customer Feedback 52

SurveySensum

JULY 4, 2023

According to a recent article, “The five disciplines of customer experience leaders” by Bain & Company , excelling in customer experience can have a significant impact on a company’s revenue. In fact, companies that prioritize customer experience have been found to grow their revenue by 4-8% above their market average.

Customer Satisfaction 52

Customer Satisfaction Social Media Touchpoint Customer Feedback 52

CommBox

JANUARY 4, 2022

Customer experience is one of the most important factors in business success. According to Deloitte, a whopping 88% of businesses are now prioritizing customer experience in their contact centers. And on top of that, over two-thirds compete with customer experience as their primary basis. What does all of this mean?

Customer Experience 105

Customer Experience Social Media Entertainment Sales 105

Experience Investigators

JULY 26, 2022

Customer experience leaders report that teamwork and cross-functional cooperation are some of the top drivers to achieving customer experience success. The more we treat CX as a team sport, the more likely it is for us to achieve meaningful outcomes for both our customers and our organizations. Customer experience is not magic.

CX 52

CX Sports Customer Journey Map Hospitality 52

SurveySensum

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Did you know that a remarkable 77% of customers hold brands in higher esteem when they actively seek and diligently apply valuable customer feedback? But what is customer feedback and why is it so important? This is a great channel for customer to share their thoughts and experience with your brand.

Customer Feedback 52

Customer Feedback Social Media Customer Satisfaction Customer Expectations 52

ECXO

MARCH 20, 2024

Unlock the magic of positive language and elevate CX to the next level Today, we’ll be exploring the fascinating world of language and its impact on customer interactions. This is particularly true in the world of Customer Success, where the language used can frame the entirety of a customer’s experience.

CX 52

CX Construction Customer Satisfaction Start-ups 52

Experience Investigators

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Finding Empathy In Customer Experience It’s easy to assume that empathy is one of those things…we should all know it, feel it, and share it. So the term empathy gets tossed around a lot in customer experience. But really, it’s about the customer FEELING that empathy. But what do we really know about it?

CX 98

CX Contact Center Healthcare Construction 98

SurveySensum

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

They are the ones crafting your products, delivering your services, and acting as the vital link between you and your customers. But here’s the truth: employee engagement isn’t just a nice-to-have; it’s a game-changer that can either make or break customer satisfaction. The inevitable outcome?

Customer Service 52

Customer Service Net Promoter Score Customer Satisfaction Touchpoint 52

Aquire

AUGUST 11, 2021

With 66 percent of businesses saying they’ve seen an increase in requests coming in through digital channels, according to Salesforce, any company — regardless of vertical — stands to benefit from digital customer experience strategies that work. 14 digital customer experience strategies. 14 digital customer experience strategies.

Customer Experience 105

Customer Experience Omnichannel AI Social Media 105

SurveySensum

JULY 25, 2023

You’re eager to identify areas for improvement and boost customer satisfaction. However, when you send out the survey to your customer base, you’re met with a dishearteningly low response rate. That’s what we’re going to talk about in this blog – 7 common pitfalls to avoid while sending B2B surveys.

B2B 52

B2B Text Analytics Customer Survey Customer Satisfaction 52