Customer Service Life

APRIL 12, 2023

Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay One of my favorite things about writing and speaking about customer experience, customer service, and contact centers is the opportunity to connect with others in the industry and talk about topics that are near and dear to my heart. In retrospect, this was a wonderful CX lesson.

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SurveySensum

JANUARY 30, 2024

A few months ago, I interviewed candidates for the Customer Experience Head position in our team. The role is crucial – CX professionals shape how customers perceive a company. Understanding the Company’s CX Vision “What does ‘customer experience’ mean to you, and how is it measured?

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Customer Bliss

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Bell , the best selling author of the 9 1/2 Principles of Innovative Service and many other customer service books. Chip has just released his latest book, Inside Your Customer’s Imagination: 5 Secrets for Creating Breakthrough Products, Services, and Solutions. Ah, therein lies the problem.

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Innovation Customer Relationship Education Customer Loyalty 115

Totango

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

How can you ensure you’re aligning resources to the right initiatives that will protect and grow your customer base? Thankfully, customer success operations has come to the rescue. Chris says, “Your teams should be talking about, ‘What journey do I need to build to get my customer to their outcome?’”

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Fonolo

MAY 30, 2023

Managers know that call center workforce management matters. Put it another way: if customer interactions are at the heart of a contact center’s success, then effective workforce management is the backbone. It enhances agent productivity, helps you deliver exceptional customer experiences and improves the agent experience , too.

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Contact Center Customer Satisfaction CX CRM 106

Execs In The Know

APRIL 5, 2024

Customers anticipate this level of continuity in their interactions with brands, reflecting a shift towards channel-agnostic, lifelong conversations. How Brands Are Prioritizing Channels Balancing customer preferences with operational constraints is an ongoing challenge in customer experience. The panel fell on Pi Day.

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Contact Center AI Social Media CX 52

Help Scout

APRIL 29, 2021

Your customer service culture is not what your fancy “Customer Guarantee” promises, and it’s not whatever you say it is in your new employee handbook. It’s worth noting that companies with any of these primary cultures can still deliver good customer service experiences. Strategies for company executives.

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Customer Service Sales Start-ups Voice of the Customer 139

CX Accelerator

OCTOBER 25, 2018

Naturally, Customer Experience and AI were on the tip of everyone’s tongue. The AI revolution is truly at the doorstep of Customer Service…and it will change the face of the industry forever. Great knowledge and harmonized service across all channels are the foundation on which AI will rest. NPS still has value.

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CX Net Promoter Score NPS Contact Center 140

Execs In The Know

MARCH 31, 2023

Knowing your customer is the golden rule of any strong CX strategy, but focusing solely on customer satisfaction metrics can lead to missed improvement opportunities. By measuring customer and agent effort scores in tandem, CX leaders can tap into a more complete picture. What Are Agent Effort Scores?

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Customer Satisfaction Customer Loyalty CX Start-ups 52

Fonolo

MARCH 7, 2023

Today’s customers are a demanding bunch. That’s where self-service comes in. Even if you provide 24/7 live support, there are many situations where a customer can’t get in contact or doesn’t have the time to wait for an agent to become available. TIP: Today, 70% of customers expect self-service options.

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SurveySensum

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Imagine your business as a vibrant garden, with customers as the colorful blooms. But, here’s the thing – how do you ensure your garden is thriving? — Enter the Customer Health Score – the secret sauce that successful businesses swear by. With customer feedback ! What is a Customer Health Score?

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Totango

AUGUST 25, 2022

Six Customer Engagement SaaS Strategies That Work. For software service providers, customer engagement SaaS strategies play a central role in a successful business model. Proactive interactions with your customers can increase satisfaction and retention, driving repeat business and referral revenue.

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Net Promoter Score Customer Acquisition NPS Customer Journey Map 96

Execs In The Know

AUGUST 26, 2021

On August 19, Execs In The Know facilitated an Executive Virtual Roundtable session dedicated to discussing omnichannel customer care, with an emphasis on discussing key metrics as well as current challenges. Omnichannel Metrics — What Matters Most.

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Execs In The Know

APRIL 14, 2022

As covered in last week’s keynote-focused blog post , Customer Response Summit (CRS) Clearwater, Florida was a recent wrap (March 28–30, 2022). Is Your Voice of the Customer Data Failing to Deliver Change? Customer loyalty has to be earned, now more than ever, making your CX a prime differentiator. You’re Not Alone.

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Totango

JUNE 30, 2020

Communication during a crisis is about protecting your core asset, your customers. The digital transformation of business has shifted enterprise focus toward customer retention and the pursuit of long-term value. Challenges such as the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic only reinforce the importance of keeping the customers you have.

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Fonolo

MARCH 28, 2023

Customer experience managers in the contact center have never mattered more. Because even though most businesses work hard to offer excellent service , today’s savvy customers notice so much more. Managers must ensure their agents have the skills and knowledge to provide excellent customer service.

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Hodusoft

APRIL 5, 2023

7 Best Practices for Managing Call Center Operations Call centers are crucial for many businesses, especially the ones that deal directly with customers. By leveraging call centers, they provide customer support, answer customer queries, resolve issues with products or services, and even accept orders or requests over the phone.

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Net Promoter Score AI Start-ups Contact Center 52

Intercom

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

The rules of customer support are being totally rewritten, and anyone who thought “this whole AI thing” would eventually blow over is updating their predictions. For support leaders watching the world of customer support transform, it’s natural to feel ill-equipped for this new era.

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Customer Service AI Start-ups Innovation 89

Lumoa

APRIL 7, 2022

The NPS system was created by Fred Reichheld and his team at Bain & Company and Satmetrix Systems in 2003 to help companies improve their marketing strategies to better serve customers’ needs with real, verifiable data that they could analyze and act on. So, without further ado… Why is NPS important?

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NPS Net Promoter Score CEM Customer Satisfaction 83

Callminer

DECEMBER 17, 2019

However, the world’s call centers are arguably the most public examples of companies’ outsourcing efforts, facing customer directly in one-on-one interactions. Of course not all call centers are outsourced, nor are all call centers purely customer-facing operations. The need for competent customer support is growing.

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Contact Center Finance AI Innovation 207

VOZIQ

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Every month, we bring you the best resources from the internet to help you navigate customer retention and customer experience issues. How to Gain CX Insights that Matter. According to Forrester, being data-driven is no longer enough to become a customer-centric business. Customer Retention – How to Ensure Loyalty.

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Totango

JUNE 1, 2021

Customer Success software helps your enterprise understand what matters to your customers. Being able to use your customer success data will enable you to better connect with your customers. It all starts with knowing how to gather customer insights and properly leverage that data.

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Touchpoint Customer Relationship Education Customer Loyalty 69

Callminer

AUGUST 1, 2017

Coping with unanticipated upticks in demand, staff turnover, and other common call center challenges only further complicate matters for managers working to create an efficient, productive, and effective team. If customers are being sent to the wrong department, then they tied up customer service personnel from helping the right people.

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Contact Center Real Estate Start-ups Sales 334

SurveySensum

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Do you know how exceptional customer experience can transform your SaaS journey? Your customers feel the same way. A positive SaaS experience facilitated by cutting-edge SaaS feedback software leads to satisfied, loyal customers who not only stay but also become your advocates. Why does this matter? –

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Actionable Insights Customer Experience NPS Net Promoter Score 52

CSAT.AI

AUGUST 12, 2021

Meeting QA goals score with both customers and businesses! Customers cheer when they feel that they matter. Treat your customers like valuable members of your team! Zendesk’s 2021 Customer Experience Trends Report reveals 75% of customers are willing to spend more on a brand that provides quality CX.

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Contact Center Social Media Customer Satisfaction Manufacturing 98

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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Customer Service E-commerce AI Customer Satisfaction 52

Zendesk

DECEMBER 23, 2020

When you think of customer service enablement, what’s the first thing that comes to mind? Whatever you just thought of, I’m going to go out on a limb and guess it wasn’t, “Yes, customer service enablement is my favorite!” What metrics does your department own? Consider the data.

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Customer Service Customer Satisfaction Customer Retention Start-ups 64

SurveySensum

AUGUST 8, 2023

According to a Microsoft Dynamics 365 State of Global Customer Service Report , 95% of consumers consider good B2B customer service essential for earning loyalty. Remember the old saying, “A happy customer is a loyal customer”? That’s where customer feedback comes into play.

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Hodusoft

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

7 Key Indicators Your MSP Call Center Needs a Revolutionary Shift For Managed Service Providers (MSPs), a call center is extremely crucial. That’s one of their most potent tools to deliver exceptional customer service. When MSPs serve this many clients, it’s quite important for them to provide the best-in-class customer service.

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Artificial Intelligence Social Media Compliance AI 52

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

Zendesk

MARCH 22, 2021

In 2021, customers can check a business’s reputation just by pulling out their phones and doing a quick search. These days, 87 percent of buying decisions begin with research conducted online before the purchase is made,” says Rani Sivesind , a customer success operations manager at Zendesk. What is a customer testimonial?

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Lumoa

JUNE 14, 2023

You’ve designed your NPS survey and emailed it to all your customers—and the results are in… but not those you were expecting. When it comes to gauging customer sentiment and loyalty, few metrics enjoy such widespread acclaim as the Net Promoter Score (NPS). Does it spell doom for your business? Well, not so fast.

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NPS Sentiment Analysis Start-ups Net Promoter Score 83

ClientSuccess

DECEMBER 27, 2022

At the heart of any successful customer relationship is a clear and well-defined path to customer success. Here are key strategies to consider when creating a Customer Success Journey Map: 1. Develop clear tasks, milestones and goals throughout the customer lifecycle. Road Map Vectors by Vecteezy.

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Fonolo

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

In a busy customer service department, having an agreed-upon set of milestones helps you cross the finish line because it clarifies decision-making, keeps morale up, and can even reduce agent turnover. In this blog, we’ll discuss how to create goals that will take your call center to the next level. Using the S.M.A.R.T

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Contact Center Customer Satisfaction Construction Social Media 91

Hodusoft

AUGUST 13, 2021

Inundated with an exhaustive call list, auto dialers can make customer service agent’s tasks easier, they can then focus on meaningful customer conversations. At the end of the day, every company will concur that customer experience matters the most. . The length of service calls was looked upon as a metric.

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Sales Engineering Education Customer Service 98

Zonka Feedback

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Nowadays, most users prefer to use products that they can use easily and smoothly without getting stuck on something and then following a long process of raising tickets and waiting for customer support agents to respond. The same is with your customers. Let’s first understand what is Product Improvement and why you need it.

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Social Media Net Promoter Score Customer Satisfaction NPS 96

Totango

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Know the Most Important Customer Satisfaction KPI Metrics to Monitor. Your customer satisfaction KPI data lends you invaluable insight into whether your customers are likely to buy from you again or promote you to others. Why Customer Satisfaction KPI Numbers Matter. Net Promoter Score (NPS).

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Customer Satisfaction Net Promoter Score VOC NPS 63