BlueOcean

JANUARY 21, 2020

Blue Ocean, a world leader in customer care solutions, was named a Finalist today in the “Customer Service Success – Technology Industries” category in the 14 th annual Stevie® Awards for Sales & Customer Service. Blue Ocean is an award-winning provider of innovative customer care solutions.

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2020 Customer Service Insurance 2017 156

Storyminers

JANUARY 24, 2017

This article appeared first January 10, 2017 at SharpenCX.com. Customer experience expert Mike Wittenstein sheds light on enhanced customer expectations, AI innovation, and more. How do you expect customer expectations to change in 2017? 2017 won’t be a year of “one thing changes one time.”

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Contact Center 2017 Brands Hospitality 53

ShepHyken

AUGUST 14, 2017

My Comment: Innovation is a big word in business today. Read this article about five ways successful retailers have innovated to make a better CX. Even if you’re not in the retail industry, these examples may kick-start a good conversation around creativity and innovation. The answer lies in improving Customer Experience (CX).

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2017 Article Customer Service Retail 80

NICE inContact

MAY 12, 2017

2017 was arguably the biggest and best year ever at Enterprise Connect 2017 for those who care about contact centers. In 2017, it became increasingly clear that tracking a customer’s journey needs to be part of a broader corporate imperative to coordinate marketing, selling, service and customer care.

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Contact Center 2017 Connections 2020 48

ShepHyken

AUGUST 7, 2017

4 Simple Yet Innovative Tips To Boost Customer Care (without sacrificing your tech budget!). LinkedIn) Here are 4 simple yet innovative tips that help change the way customer care operations are run and improve the customer experience for the better. by Neal Dlin.

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Article Customer Service 2017 Social Media 58

Storyminers

JANUARY 24, 2017

This article appeared first January 10, 2017 at SharpenCX.com. Customer experience expert Mike Wittenstein sheds light on enhanced customer expectations, AI innovation, and more. How do you expect customer expectations to change in 2017? 2017 won’t be a year of “one thing changes one time.”

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Contact Center 2017 Brands Hospitality 34

Storyminers

JUNE 3, 2022

Kampyle, now part of Medallia, published this interview as a kick-off to their Emerging Trends in Customer Experience series in 2016. We’ve updated it for 2017. Steve Haeckel (the guy who taught me systems thinking applied to enterprise design) introduced me to Lou Carbone (the guy who helped me fall in love with customer experience).

Customer Experience 59

Customer Experience 2016 2017 Wireless 59

BlueOcean

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

Blue Ocean, a world-leader in customer care solutions, was awarded a Silver Stevie Award ® in the “Customer Service Team of the Year – Recovery Situation” category in the 13th annual Stevie Awards for Customer Service. The company won a Bronze Stevie in the same category in 2017. About Blue Ocean.

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2019 Customer Service Contact Center Insurance 136

TechSee

APRIL 3, 2018

It is well known that the acquisition costs of converting new customers far outweigh the cost of maintaining current customers, further motivating companies to find and implement innovative customer retention strategies. Churn refers to the percentage of customer attrition over a specific period of time.

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Customer Retention Technology Multi-Channel Customer Satisfaction 141

ShepHyken

JULY 17, 2017

How Enterprise Chatbots Platforms Will Change Customer Service by Murray Newlands. Business2Community) The key to good customer care is making your customer’s experience with your brand seamless, easy, and great. However, because customers are more informed than ever, they expect more. Follow on Twitter: @Hyken.

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2017 Article Customer Service Net Promoter Score 30

COPC

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Hot off the presses, the 2017 Consumer Edition of the Customer Experience Management Benchmark (CXMB) Series, titled The Consumer’s Voice: Opinions, Perceptions and Expectations , was recently released during the Execs In The Know Customer Response Summit, Chicago, on September 19-21. From now until November 17, 2017, COPC Inc.

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Consumers 2017 2014 Multi-Channel 40

BlueOcean

MARCH 30, 2018

And will your customer experience be strengthened or hit a slump because of the programs in that budget? Not to add another thing to your plate (sorry), but there’s another question to ask that can impact all of those answers: is this the year customer care outsourcing takes a more central role in your go-forward plan?

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Insights Contact Center Hospitality Culture 184

TechSee

APRIL 17, 2018

With all the AI hype in 2017, the customer service industry expected smart machines to truly transform the customer experience. The path to the future of efficient AI in customer service is collaborative – today, humans and AI-based customer service chatbots can collaborate to maximize interactions with customers.

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Customer Service Call Center 2017 Interaction 95

Customer Bliss

DECEMBER 20, 2016

Like many Chief Customer Officers, Amy kept getting pulled in the direction of the customer, but needed to find her path to a formal role. At Lifesize, she was initially VP of Customer Care. That scope ultimately didn’t make sense, which is how she became the Chief Customer Success and Happiness Officer.

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Customer Success Net Promoter Score Chief Customer Officer Leadership 0

Storyminers

JANUARY 12, 2017

Kampyle, now part of Medallia, published this interview as a kick-off to their Emerging Trends in Customer Experience series in 2016. We’ve updated it for 2017. Steve Haeckel (the guy who taught me systems thinking applied to enterprise design) introduced me to Lou Carbone (the guy who helped me fall in love with customer experience).

Customer Experience 68

Customer Experience 2017 2016 Wireless 68

Storyminers

JANUARY 12, 2017

Kampyle, now part of Medallia, published this interview as a kick-off to their Emerging Trends in Customer Experience series in 2016. We’ve updated it for 2017. Steve Haeckel (the guy who taught me systems thinking applied to enterprise design) introduced me to Lou Carbone (the guy who helped me fall in love with customer experience).

Customer Experience 55

Customer Experience 2017 2016 Wireless 55

ShepHyken

AUGUST 7, 2017

4 Simple Yet Innovative Tips To Boost Customer Care (without sacrificing your tech budget!). LinkedIn) Here are 4 simple yet innovative tips that help change the way customer care operations are run and improve the customer experience for the better. by Neal Dlin. Follow on Twitter: @Hyken.

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2017 Article Customer Service Social Media 17

transcosmos Information Systems

JANUARY 29, 2017

Needless to say, the newly found culture of sharing of customer experiences across channels became the language of modern-day marketing, and businesses had to abide or risk a slow demise. Fast forward to today and you could expect more innovations coming customers’ way. Customer Support Trends and Predictions.

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Social Media Omnichannel 2017 Innovation 85

ShepHyken

JUNE 8, 2018

Forced to listen to fake-happy ‘customer care’ puppets reading from scripts? The dissatisfaction you’ll be left with goes both ways: the cost of disappointed customers is high for companies, too. Our support team, itself operating in a creative, startup environment, takes advantage of innovations to tailor replies to users.

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Blog Social Media 2018 2017 76

TechSee

JUNE 25, 2019

The field is becoming increasingly mainstream with a 2017 Tractica report predicting that biometric hardware and software revenue will grow to $15.1 When agents are empowered, they become invested in every customer interaction. billion worldwide by 2025, with a CAGR of 22.9 Face and voice recognition. Agent training.

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Technology Customer Service Contact Center Call Center 122

ShepHyken

MAY 5, 2017

Common customer frustrations include having to repeatedly explain a problem to multiple people and the inability to find a quick answer to a simple question. Forrester predicts that in 2017 “a new wave of technologies that remake industries and customer experience will begin to emerge.”

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Blog Omnichannel Social Media Retail 80

ShepHyken

JANUARY 27, 2017

Luckily, with the right mixture of technology and human touch, customer service doesn’t have to be hard. Here are 4 technology solutions to help you manage your customer service more effectively: CRM Software. While investing in CRM seems like a no-brainer, the customer service modules are becoming more advanced.

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Blog Technology Customer Service Management 93

WorkOutLoud

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

They keep your content chugging along and build your network on LinkedIn and Facebook, they engage your brand fans in innovative ways on Twitter. More so, an online community is able to be customized to the point where it looks and feels just like your website because your company owns and controls the space.

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Social Media B2C 2017 B2B 40

Qualtrics

JULY 15, 2019

have used social media to complain about a brand or its customer service. As customer expectations continue to rise your support options must grow. Companies need to innovate in order to keep up with consumer demand. Twitter: The same survey showed that 50% of customers who tweet at your company expect a response within an hour.

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Net Promoter Score Customer Service Social Media NPS 41

Natalie Petouhof

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

Choose a solution designed to allow customers to easily get the answers they need on their own, your agents to intelligently engage with customers and for you to deliver business results that matter. MIT Sloan and BCG Study, 2017. References: Is Your Business Ready for Artificial Intelligence?

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Customer Service E Commerce Average Handle Time Metrics 89

Comm100

AUGUST 23, 2018

In this list, you will find the customer service developments that have reshaped consumer expectations, and that are on their way to determining the customer expectations of the future. In 2018, industry leaders have turned to mobile as a means of establishing an effective omnichannel outreach in customer service and in marketing.

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Exceptional Customer Service 2018 Customer Service Hotels 40

SurveySparrow

JANUARY 7, 2021

Before the pandemic devastated us, most businesses weren’t aware of how to keep customers engaged for the long run. Most importantly, they didn’t consider social platforms an effective medium to keep their customers engaged or gain profits. It makes the customer experience pleasurable and convenient.

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Customer Engagement Engagement Social Media Net Promoter Score 52

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

JANUARY 23, 2024

A joint study by McKinsey and NielsenIQ found that customers care about sustainability – and they’re willing to pay more for sustainable goods. Be a Mind Reader (Sort of) Proactive is the New Cool : Customer experience management is still relegated to reactive customer service in too many organizations, in my opinion.

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2024 Customer Experience Omnichannel Customer Journey Mapping 143

BlueOcean

JANUARY 21, 2019

Blue Ocean, a world leader in customer care solutions, was named a finalist in the “Customer Service Team of the Year – Recovery Situation” category in the 13th Annual Stevie® Awards for Sales & Customer Service. The company received a Bronze Stevie in the same category in 2017. About Blue Ocean.

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Comm100

DECEMBER 1, 2017

Agents that are happier can better care for customers, inspiring loyalty through quality service. Fulfilled agents also have a lower turnover rate (a common industry problem that saps companies’ precious time, resources, and affects customer care). They are about the customer.

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Contact Center 2018 Customer Centricity Social Media 42

ShepHyken

DECEMBER 18, 2017

The Customer Experience Effect: A Look at We Learned in 2017 and What’s Ahead by Liliana Petrova. For information on The Customer Focus customer service training programs go to www.thecustomerfocus.com. The post 5 Top Customer Service Articles For the Week of December 18, 2017 appeared first on Shep Hyken.

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2017 Article Customer Service Customer Journey Mapping 79

SurveySensum

JULY 14, 2020

Brenda Lynn Dichoso – Head of Customer Experience Performance Management at PT Smartfren Telecom. Brenda Lynn Dichoso is a customer experience executive with direct vertical market experience in designing, implementing, and managing complex customer care operations in a telecom set-up. LinkedIn : [link].

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2020 Customer Experience Magazine Consulting 132

Storyminers

JULY 6, 2020

He has appeared in over 150 media and is regularly cited as a top customer experience thought leader. In addition to his customer experience work, Adam is an angel investor with an interest in entrepreneurs who disrupt the status quo through innovation. Adrian Swinscoe. Barry Dalton. Bob Thompson.

Customer Service 59

Customer Service Customer Experience Magazine Books 59

Storyminers

JULY 6, 2020

He has appeared in over 150 media and is regularly cited as a top customer experience thought leader. In addition to his customer experience work, Adam is an angel investor with an interest in entrepreneurs who disrupt the status quo through innovation. Adrian Swinscoe. Barry Dalton. Bob Thompson.

Customer Service 52

Customer Service Customer Experience Magazine Books 52

Customer Bliss

APRIL 20, 2018

This is our opportunity to choose to build empathetic actions into our operating model, to wire in acts of kindness and humanity, and to have knowledge of customer frailties (leading to new and innovative products and services). Their Net Promoter Score is near 84 – eclipsing other optical retailers performing in single digits.

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Net Promoter Score Retail 2016 Healthcare 157

LiveChat

AUGUST 3, 2018

They’re so efficient at targeting customers that there’s a separate Wikipedia page that talks about their advertising campaigns. It’s no wonder GEICO was voted the most trusted insurance brand in the US in 2017. Be where your customer is. However, New versions keep your product constantly on top of the customer’s mind.

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Customer Focused Multi-Channel Airlines 2007 28

Bold360

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

What exactly are the takeaways making the biggest impact on customer experience initiatives as companies look to 2017, and how can CX pros and business leaders move their companies forward in the digital, always-on, always-connected, omni-channel landscape? Meet Our Panel of Customer Experience Pros: Daisy Jing. Sasha Tenodi.

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2016 2017 Customer Experience Social Media 111