SugarCRM

MAY 23, 2023

In our previous two blog posts, we discussed the core features of sales automation and lead management that a CRM needs to deliver complete functionality. Continuing on the same note, this blog post will discuss the core service and customer support features a CRM needs.

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Hodusoft

JULY 26, 2023

Among all those results, you need to look for the best ones, which can help you provide the best customer service to your customers. This blog post discusses why HoduCC contact center software is a suitable alternative to Ameyo’s contact center software and how you can benefit by using HoduCC.

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Contact Center Transportation Omnichannel Customer Relationship Management 52

Comm100

JUNE 27, 2021

Imagine a customer is at the checkout of your eCommerce store. Now imagine that in the bottom right corner of the screen, there is a button they can click to immediately connect with an agent and get their question answered. But more than this, live chat allows your agents to respond quickly without sacrificing quality.

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Manufacturing Sales Customer Satisfaction Retail 52

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? Now consider training for a team that’s distributed over multiple locations or a team of tenured agents needing ongoing training to keep skills and knowledge up to date.

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Contact Center Non-Profits Education Healthcare 79

SurveySensum

OCTOBER 23, 2023

GetFeedback is a customer feedback platform that empowers businesses to capture real-time data from customers at different touch points of the customer journey. The tool provides several exciting features, like survey customization, a gamified user interface, feedback segmentation, custom reports, and many more.

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CommBox

JULY 18, 2021

Customer Communication may be a daunting process, especially if you’re always addressing the same issues. However, this is an essential part of customer service and should not be neglected. This will instantly attract the type of customers who value brands that stand for something. Make it easy to receive feedback.

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Customer Service Life

MAY 21, 2018

This article was originally published on the ICMI Blog on March 29, 2018. The most alarming were those with high-quality scores but low CSAT — especially if you view quality as the company’s gauge of the customer experience and CSAT as the customer’s gauge. What about average handle time, service level, or agent attrition?

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Contact Center Customer Experience Artificial Intelligence Machine Learning 68

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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Customer Service Life

MAY 15, 2017

This article was originally published on the FCR blog on May 3, 2017. At FCR we have an Emerging Technologies (ET) team that exists to learn about the various tools and technologies that can help companies deliver a better customer experience and help contact center leaders manage their teams better. Click here to read the original.

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Technology Technology Customer Service Contact Center 74

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?

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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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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). In this blog post, we’ll answer all these questions and more.

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Customer Service Life

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

The text of this article originally appeared on the ICMI blog on December 5, 2018. Hint: Focus on Agent Performance. If you’ve sat through any customer service technology demos or walked the showroom floor at an industry conference, you’ve undoubtedly heard well-meaning sales folks speak of innovation, disruption, and automation.

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Contact Center Artificial Intelligence Text Analytics AI 67

Zendesk

JUNE 15, 2021

You receive an email from Lowe’s claiming that a new LG model is a customer favorite. As customers turn more toward their inner circles and fellow consumers for recommendations, it only makes sense that brands rely heavily on user-generated content, influencers, and customer advocacy. How to build a customer advocacy program.

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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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SurveySensum

MAY 25, 2023

Takeaway In the realm of customer-centric businesses, one thing is clear—they understand the immense power of customer feedback. It’s simple—they know that customer feedback holds the key to unlocking insights that can elevate their game and exceed customer expectations. That’s where we come in.

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Comm100

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Chatbots are quickly becoming a long-term solution for customer service across all industries. A good chatbot will deliver exceptional value to your customers during their buying journey. It boosts customer engagement because it’s quick, simple, and puts the user in the driver’s seat. What Is a Chatbot?

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Comm100

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Customer experience (CX) is the convergence of three elements – human, process, and increasingly, technology. As more and more touch points between businesses and customers are established, the expectation to provide a seamless customer experience across channels has turned into a necessity.

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Comm100

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

Whether you are bringing aboard new live chat agents or setting up your live chat dream team for the very first time, you want to make sure that you are hiring agents that will have a positive impact on your team and your customers. In your opinion, what makes for great customer service? Download Free.

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Comm100

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

It’s hard to remember a time when Chatbots weren’t a hot (albeit, polarizing) topic in the customer service and tech industries. From customized Chatbots on major brand websites to Siri and Alexa in our own homes, it seems like Chatbots have entered the discussion (and our lives) for good. Source: Alex Knight. Why Chatbots?

Contact Center 52

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SurveySensum

DECEMBER 14, 2023

NPS has long been a go-to metric for businesses seeking to gauge customer loyalty and satisfaction. Improving customer experience is a multifaceted process and the simplicity of the NPS question does have some limitations that hinder you from truly understanding and addressing customer needs, no matter how robust your NPS software is.

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Comm100

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

Social media is a modern day holy grail for businesses: should your company achieve a successful social media strategy, the promise is happiness (for you and your customers), abundance (of engagement and incoming cash flow), and longevity (of your corporation… social media is, after all, a major driver of what keeps businesses relevant nowadays).

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Comm100

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Let’s be honest, companies do not send out newsletters promoting massive “wins” and provide huge commission checks when an internal team manages to “save” a customer. 8 out of 10 marketers of global companies actually agree that a much better strategy is retention , but their organizations are still focused on customer acquisition.

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Customer Journey Map Customer Experience Touchpoint Social Media 59

Comm100

OCTOBER 11, 2017

Once you decide to engage in social media customer service, the next step is coming up with an effective strategy for implementing it. Should it be customer service? If you want a well-rounded, capable, and effective social media customer care team, then the answer is all of the above. Introduction. Download Free.

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ProProfs

APRIL 5, 2022

Analytics – The best lead generation services offer powerful reporting and analytics that make it very easy to sculpt your lead campaigns for maximum convertibility. They also help in providing customer support and collecting valuable information. Customer Insights for Refined Marketing. A/B testing functionality.

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Social Media CRM Start-ups Net Promoter Score 52

Comm100

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

Out of all the customer engagement software tools that are out there, which one is right for your company? Different companies have different needs, and a very diverse number of customer engagement tools are waiting to fill those needs. Popular Customer Engagement Software Tools and Who They’re Good For?

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