Provide Support

JUNE 1, 2017

5 Tips for Effective Leadership in Customer Service. Customer service team success is most significantly influenced by service-focused culture that starts at the top and works its way throughout the company. Published in Provide Support Blog , 2017. Read more. © 2003 - 2017 Provide Support LLC.

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Execs In The Know

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

This shift in mindset will enable companies to improve their staffing strategies, optimize their efficiency, and provide a delightful and consistent experience for customers every time. . Overhaul your operational strategies and take your business to the next level with these five tips for leading a successful multilingual contact center.

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Contact Center CX Technology Technology 98

Intercom, Inc.

DECEMBER 28, 2022

For one, Eoghan McCabe , our Co-founder and Chairman, returned to the role of CEO , the position he had held from our founding in 2011 until 2020 – and he is bringing a renewed focus on the customer service space, so you can expect to see even more innovation from us in that area. Luckily, customer service teams are a resilient bunch.

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Innovation Customer Retention Machine Learning Customer Service 118

TeamSupport

JUNE 20, 2023

Compounding these hurdles is the fact that providing excellent customer support is facing its own set of challenges. As customer support demand continues to increase by 11% per year, reduced staffing levels is causing 75% of customer service agents to face a serious risk of burnout.

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CX Customer Satisfaction Customer Experience Customer Service 97

Provide Support

MAY 9, 2017

New Customer Service Trends. No business can afford to be a customer service laggard. businesses each year following bad customer experiences. Forrester data shows that 72% of businesses say that improving the customer experience is their top priority. Published in Provide Support Blog , 2017.

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Lumoa

MARCH 21, 2023

You read blog posts and research articles if you want to learn more about a specific topic. Although it makes sense to search for information online where you can find up-to-date answers to specific questions, what about getting a more comprehensive understanding by reading a book about the topic. I hold nothing back.

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Customer Experience Customer Experience Management CX Start-ups 94

Hodusoft

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Providing exceptional customer service is crucial in today’s call center environment, but what if your customers disconnect even before reaching an agent? A high call abandonment rate may lead to customer churn, increased operational expenses, and low revenue. Also, a high call abandonment rate is 10% or more.

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Customer Satisfaction Technology Technology Actionable Insights 59

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

Fonolo

MAY 10, 2018

Luckily, those seeking reliable sources for CX and CS-related topics can still rely on a special corner of the digital sphere, one which has made a comeback in recent months: Blogs. This fabulous bunch will enrich the lives and careers of customer experience professionals, all through the power of their wisely written words.

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Customer Experience Contact Center Innovation Omnichannel 113

ClientSuccess

DECEMBER 19, 2022

For customer success teams, playbooks are invaluable tools to help them save time and be more efficient in their customer interactions. Playbooks consist of a series of actions, next steps, and tactical items that can be used to help customers achieve their goals or objectives in a scalable manner. Playbook Vectors by Vecteezy.

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Education Customer Relationship Sales Customer Service 72

Execs In The Know

APRIL 13, 2023

Underneath the glowing possibility of introducing your product or service to a much wider audience, there lies an underbelly – one populated by clever, tech-savvy fraudsters who use complex schemes and strategies to exploit businesses, often with massive consequences. As eCommerce grows, so too does its vulnerability to friendly fraud.

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Machine Learning Technology Technology Customer Satisfaction 98

Customer Service Life

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

My boss approached me and said, “Hey Jeremy, you might start seeing calls, emails, and chats trickle in about this new VOIP phone service. While I’m incredibly proud of the work we did in those early days to deliver awesome customer service, there are also some things, in hindsight, that I’d do differently.

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Customer Service Net Promoter Score Social Media Start-ups 68

Customers That Stick

MARCH 17, 2015

This morning we released CTS Service Solutions’ Ultimate Starter Guide to Employee Empowerment. One of the concepts discussed in the guide is the idea we share at CTS Service Solutions called Smart Empowerment. Smart empowerment helps ensure that empowerment is successful for organization, employee and customer.

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Customer Service 140

Customers That Stick

DECEMBER 15, 2014

Welcome to the Monthly Mash, a mashup of tools, tales and tips on customer service and the customer experience from around the blogosphere. Thoughts on the Customer: The Sympathetic Holiday Shopper. The Month in Customer Service Blogging. What the Hell is Customer Experience? – Edgy title.

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Mystery Shopper Contact Center Social Media Retail 126

Intercom

MAY 9, 2023

The thought of upleveling your customer service strategy with AI is incredibly exciting – but can also feel a little daunting. Well, we believe customer service leaders already have all of the knowledge and expertise they need to implement AI and uplevel their team’s success. If this seems like a big job, don’t worry.

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AI Start-ups Customer Service Technology 59

Steven Van Belleghem

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Here’s for instance an interview with Marty Neumeier, an American author and speaker who’s specialized in the topics of brand, design, innovation, creativity and the brand gap (which is also the title of his book). Pat Flynn is a blogger and internet marketer most famous for his blog Smart Passive Income. Simon Sinek.

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CX Customer Experience Social Media Innovation 98

Bill Quiseng

MARCH 28, 2016

This week’s blog post is contributed by a very special guest, actually more like a guest star, Nancy Friedman , better known as “The Telephone Doctor.” Inbound or outbound; service or sales. By using only a few of these Telephone Doctor tips, you will raise awareness and increase customer satisfaction.

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Entertainment Social Media Customer Service Customer Satisfaction 128

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 99

Lumoa

APRIL 28, 2024

Every interaction with your business has the power to build or damage the relationship with your customer – and can directly impact your revenue. 78% of customers have backed out of a purchase due to a poor customer experience (CX). More than 80% of business leaders see customer experience as a growing priority in 2024.

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Sentiment Analysis Compliance AI Social Media 83

Customer Service Life

MARCH 18, 2018

This article was originally posted on the FCR blog on February 22, 2018. I posed this question to our program managers at FCR and compiled seven tips for keeping Slack organized. These questions likely represent real customers waiting for an answer and therefore are time sensitive. Click here to read the original post.

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Customer Service Contact Center 68

Comm100

JUNE 13, 2018

Welcome to the first of a new series of monthly posts where I will be looking at the best of Customer Service, Customer Experience and Customer Success articles that can be found online. Michael Pace on his site, the Pace of Service (I really like the name by the way!) Have a H.E.A.R.T. Pacing Yourself for the Win.

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Customer Service Education CX Gaming 41

Execs In The Know

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

Crunching customer data is at the crux of it all, and applying data insights to decisions is the most challenging barrier to the success of a hyper-personalization strategy for 53% majority of marketing influencers, according to a report by Ascend2. Ill-informed data-driven approaches risk violating customers’ trust.

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Omnichannel B2C CX AI 52

TeamSupport

OCTOBER 19, 2020

In Part 1 of this blog series, we introduce d why it’s more important than ever to revisit how to keep customer support teams engaged with each other and what tools will help enable collaboration and keep agents motivated and excited about providing excellent support to their customers. It starts with the cloud. Seven in 10 U.S.

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B2B Customer Relationship Sales Customer Service 59

Provide Support

DECEMBER 6, 2016

Holidays are approaching and we, the Provide Support team, started thinking what treat we could give to you, our blog readers. Over the last few years we have covered a wide range of topics related to live support, from hiring the most talented agents, training them, selecting the best tools and maximizing efficiency. Read more.

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Customer Service 63

TeamSupport

AUGUST 3, 2020

How many times have we heard that when calling a customer support line? And it’s worse if you are a B2B customer because your issue could be mission-critical and if you’re waiting for a response for your issue to get resolved, so are your B2B clients. Topics for online community discussion forums. On the contrary!

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B2B Technology Technology Customer Service 64

Fonolo

AUGUST 15, 2023

Occupancy rate is the percentage of time that agents spend handling customer inquiries vs. waiting for calls (idle time). It’s the most common measure of how much of their time your call center agents spend dealing with customers. Lowering your target service level means fewer agents are needed, which raises occupancy.

Contact Center 67

Contact Center Event Planning Technology Technology 67

Intercom, Inc.

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Most businesses design customer experiences from the inside out, based on what is best for the company, when they should be doing the exact opposite. Few people are as passionate about customer experience as Annette, the founder and CEO of consulting firm CX Journey Inc. How to put the “customer” in “customer experience”.

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Customer Experience CX Start-ups Close the Loop 211

Comm100

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

You want your live chat customer service experience to be top notch, so it’s no wonder you want the best and the brightest for the job. How can you tell who will treat your customers with kindness and compassion – who will work diligently to provide them with the solutions and the support that they are reaching out for?

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Customer Service Start-ups Construction Customer Satisfaction 42

Customer Service Life

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

This article was originally published on the FCR blog on October 8, 2018. When you picture customer service training, what key elements come to mind? Regarding instructional design, here are some design tips to help boost learning. Click here to read the original post and to see a video discussing this content.

Contact Center 79

Contact Center Non-Profits Education Healthcare 79

Shep Hyken

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Each week, I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. When CEOs Engage Directly with Customers by G. Harvard Business Review) Customer expectation in the United States has held steady for the last decade, while customer satisfaction has deteriorated.

Customer Service 11

Customer Service Contact Center Manufacturing Social Media 11

Fonolo

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Everyone involved in customer service wants to understand consumer channel preference. It’s understandable that there is a craving for data on this topic. Here is a common example: We used that exact chart (hat tip to RingCentral ) in last week’s webinar on AI in the Call Center. Otherwise, how can we plan ahead?

Contact Center 67

Contact Center B2C AI Customer Service 67

ProProfs

MAY 4, 2023

In this blog post, we’ll learn about using quizzes to engage employees and boost productivity. For example, they may deliberately provide poor customer service to hurt the company’s revenue. The free positive publicity they provide can attract new prospects and customers as well as quality job applicants.

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Net Promoter Score Start-ups Sports Innovation 52

Comm100

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Access to information is key to the success of any customer service team, whatever channel you use. For customer service, that means collecting, centralizing, and sorting important information into a well-crafted internal knowledge base. There are two types of knowledge bases for customer support: internal and external.

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Omnichannel Start-ups AI Customer Service 52

Lumoa

APRIL 7, 2022

Net Promoter Scores are always an interesting topic of conversation, and industry NPS benchmarks even more so. A Net Promoter Score (NPS) is a metric used to measure customer loyalty and satisfaction. This number gives you an idea of how likely your customers are to recommend your company to others.

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NPS Net Promoter Score CEM Customer Satisfaction 83

Customer Service Life

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

This article was originally published on the ICMI Blog on July 18, 2019. While I was (and am) deeply passionate about awesome customer service, the act of creating a quality form and randomly monitoring a set of customer interactions was still a necessary evil when it comes to running a contact center.

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Scorecard Contact Center Customer Journey Map Compliance 67

Shep Hyken

MARCH 7, 2022

Each week I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. How to Build Customer Loyalty by Sharing the Inflation Burden by Joel Comm. But there are some companies that are finding ways to keep their doors open while also keeping those inflation costs from impacting their customers.

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Customer Service E-commerce Retail Customer Loyalty 11

ProProfs

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Such conflict can be with team members, higher-ups, or even customers. . In this blog, you’ll learn how to create a conflict-style quiz and the tips you can use to get the maximum benefit out of them. . It’s also handy when dealing with customer grievances, which you must resolve immediately to avoid escalating the matter. .

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Start-ups Innovation Social Media Customer Service 52