Execs In The Know

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Execs In The Know recently held its Fall 2021 Customer Response Summit (CRS) event (October 18–22, 2021) featuring nearly two dozen online, virtual sessions including engaging panels, a featured case study, highly informative Shop Talks, and five powerful keynote presentations from these top brands: Williams-Sonoma, Inc. Jamie Hudson.

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Comm100

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Businesses today thrive on efficiency, and the customer service domain is no exception. With the rise of technology, businesses have started to adopt customer service automation software to scale their operations without ballooning headcount. What is customer service automation software?

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Customer Service Life

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

This article was originally published on the ICMI Blog on August 22, 2017. I have to admit; it’s awfully cool to work at FCR , a company where we observe the support channel mix for dozens of different companies. As an outsourcer, about 60% of our support volume is still phone, with chat and email making up most of the other 40%.

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Hodusoft

APRIL 17, 2024

Everything You Need to Know About Auto Attendant If you have ever dialed a business phone number, you must have been greeted by an automated system, which then gives you a series of options and routes you to the right agent and department. No matter however they disliked keeping callers waiting, organizations were helpless.

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Hodusoft

MARCH 6, 2024

E-commerce Customer Support: How BPO Can Elevate Your Service Experience Are you an e-commerce business struggling to provide seamless and efficient customer support services? Primarily, the success of e-commerce or any customer service-related company is measured through increased customer satisfaction and loyalty.

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TeamSupport

JULY 6, 2020

because of all of the e-mails related to support tickets piled up? This is one of the top pain points reported by B2B customer support professionals, and this four-part blog series will explore how the right B2B customer support software will help you solve for all of them.

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Hodusoft

JULY 19, 2023

In-Depth Guide: Inbound Call Center Software Inbound call center software is an essential tool for delivering optimal customer service. It is designed to help businesses in efficient management and handling of large volumes of incoming customer calls. In this blog, we will explore everything related to inbound call center software.

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Intercom, Inc.

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Through it all, we’ve focused on building delightful features for our customers – and today, we’re focusing on something a little more positive with our roundup of the biggest and best of what we’ve built for you this year. With a modern and flexible no-code design, you can support and engage customers with speed, ease, and versatility.

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Zendesk

APRIL 28, 2021

To offer superior support, customer service teams need their systems, tools, processes—and most of all—people to work in harmony. But in lieu of personalized service, self-service support is your stand-in, and it needs to be just as good as your agents. When customers prefer self customer service.

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Comm100

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

87% of senior business leaders see customer experience as their top growth engine, and yet only one in three feel prepared to address this. Although this level of uncertainty is worrisome, the first step towards improving customer experience (CX) is far simpler than many realize. Personalized conversations.

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Fonolo

JANUARY 14, 2020

Which customer service blog posts helped to shape the last decade for you? . When we look back at the customer support industry in 2010, we see a very different beast to the one we work in today. Here, we cover the 20 best customer service blogs and influencers to follow in 2020. Shep Hyken.

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Comm100

MARCH 9, 2022

As consumers move further online and competition becomes fiercer, improving credit union member engagement should be at the top of every priority list – and it all starts with the credit union member experience. . In this blog, we’ll take a look at the top strategies that credit unions can employ to improve member experience.

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UJET

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

This phrase can be applied to numerous industries and roles, however, when discussing customer support agents, it can be even more relevant. Agents are subjected to many types of issues and forms of communication , depending on the business the company does. Use Specialized Agents.

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Callminer

AUGUST 1, 2017

If customers are being sent to the wrong department, then they tied up customer service personnel from helping the right people. Just by using software, you can scale from one customer representative agent to one thousand and back again without dealing with any downtime. Alex Tebbs. Katherine Dougherty.

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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. . Multilingual operations can compound existing challenges within a contact center, but that’s no reason to avoid native-language support.

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UJET

JUNE 3, 2020

Right now, your support team is either mostly or entirely remote. Agents can access the platform from any location and are fully capable of helping customers resolve issues. Agents start work by signing in , but what other technology do they need? WFM and QM solutions can help optimize the support organization.

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UJET

APRIL 1, 2020

From on-demand food delivery, e-commerce purchases, telehealth, and more, customers are looking for great digital experiences that not only mirror the experiences of speaking with someone face-to-face or visiting a brick and mortar location, but that goes above and beyond. Queue Customization. Accurate Wait Times.

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Fonolo

AUGUST 29, 2023

Call centers are at the heart of modern customer service and that makes active listening an indispensable CX tool. As call center managers, you have the power to train and encourage your agents to become active listening experts; enhancing customer satisfaction and loyalty.

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TeamSupport

AUGUST 10, 2020

In Part 1 of this blog series we suggested tools that can help your B2B customers solve issues on their own and ways to help them feel more comfortable doing so. We continued in Part 2 exploring one way that customers can speed up the time to ticket resolution with live chat. A Picture—or Video—Is Worth a Thousand Words.

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Comm100

AUGUST 8, 2022

Customer service is an always changing landscape. While many aspects of providing excellent customer service have held true over decades, the reality is that customer expectations have grown and shifted with technology. The bot is then able to draw from these resources when customers ask common questions.

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Execs In The Know

APRIL 25, 2024

Conversational AI, often referred to as chatbots or virtual assistants, has promised many industries that the exorbitant costs of human-led support would decrease significantly through the automation of customer interactions. The latest trend in the enterprise world is leveraging Generative AI as a tool to assist agents.

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Comm100

MARCH 23, 2022

In this blog, we’ll look at some of the ways credit unions can take advantage of this bouyant market by exploring four ideas to increase credit union membership. . Offer fast and convenient support. Today’s financial customers demand speed and convenience through digital services, and credit unions are taking notice.

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TeamSupport

OCTOBER 14, 2020

In Part 1 of this blog series, we introduces 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.

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TeamSupport

AUGUST 5, 2020

In Part 1 of this blog series we started exploring tools that can help your B2B customers solve issues on their own and ways to help them feel more comfortable doing so. Now in Part 2 of this series, we’ll explore one way that customers can speed up the time to ticket resolution with live chat. Let’s Chat!

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SurveySensum

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

In the dynamic landscape of B2B manufacturing, where innovation is the lifeblood of progress, the power of customer feedback cannot be overstated. That’s the transformative potential of harnessing customer feedback, and in the year 2023, it’s not just an option – it’s an imperative. user/month 4.4 (5)

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TeamSupport

MARCH 10, 2021

“ While virtually all customer success management initiatives start out as “ churnfighters ,” you can’t stop there. That’s part of the definition of Customer Success as given to us by the Customer Success Association. That’s part of the definition of Customer Success as given to us by the Customer Success Association.

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TeamSupport

JULY 20, 2020

“Technical Support Excellence is the achievement of the maximum positive impact on profitability and reputation of the company, product, or brand being supported through the efficient and effective delivery of support.” Profit Contribution: The customer support function has evolved drastically in the past 10–15 years.

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Fonolo

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Active listening is an essential skill for contact center agents for one very good reason: customers want to be heard. Come to think of it, everybody wants to be heard! Of course, customers want a lot of other things , too. Your attention to these nuances is the secret sauce to customer satisfaction. Let’s go!

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Totango

AUGUST 5, 2021

Strategies for communicating with upset customers can help you retain clients and transform escalations into opportunities. In this blog, we’ll look at some common causes of customer communication problems before presenting four effective strategies for managing difficult conversations. Miscommunications.

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Intercom

JANUARY 11, 2024

A profound transformation is underway in customer service. Beyond the buzz of AI and having to manage teams through organizational restructuring and the evolving notion of support, CX leaders are also facing increasing customer expectations, dealing with the complexities of layoffs, and the ubiquitous task of doing more with less.

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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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SurveySensum

JANUARY 9, 2024

In this digital age of customer shopping behavior, customer experience is not JUST a desirable outcome – it’s CRITICAL to your business’s success. More than 90% of customers are likely to make repeat purchases from companies that provide excellent customer service. But what can the agent do here?

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Totango

JANUARY 2, 2024

In an era when customer success (CS) has become pivotal, it’s no longer enough to have a team dedicated to CS. More importantly, you need an organizational strategy that ensures your customers don’t just come to you but stay, thrive, and become your biggest promoters.

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Logicalware

MARCH 14, 2022

Anyone who has ever called a company for sales or support has probably heard the message: “Hi, thank you for calling [company name]. If you want to connect with a customer support agent, press 2”. In this blog, we’ll take a look at voice bots and how they work. Seamless transfer to agents.

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Intercom, Inc.

JANUARY 3, 2020

More and more companies are reaching the tipping point where their human teams can’t keep up with their growing volume of support conversations. Chatbots are supposed to be the fix – providing basic help to customers while taking pressure off the team behind the scenes. But there’s some tension at play.

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Comm100

SEPTEMBER 4, 2022

Note: This blog post was originally published in January 12th, 2017. By making the most of live chat features while working on the human side of live chat interactions, it’s possible to see improved outcomes and deliver superior customer service. 83% of customers expect immediate engage when contacting a company.

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Execs In The Know

OCTOBER 9, 2022

It’s another to know where or how to start putting them to use. Capture customer sentiment and learn from it. Contact centers are an organization’s window into customer feedback, trends, and sentiment. These insights reports can also chart agents’ performance to uncover coaching and training opportunities.

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