Kustomer

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

Listen and subscribe to our podcast: In this episode of the Customer Service Secrets Podcast, Gabe Larsen is joined by Matt Dixon from Tethr to reinvent what it means to delight your customers. Delight typically means going above and beyond customer expectations, so what is there to reinvent? Stay tuned to find out more.

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Customer Bliss

MAY 3, 2017

This especially holds true when it comes to customer service. In fact, CEB data shows that 81 percent of customers today will use self-service channels first before reaching out to a company to speak to a customer service rep live.

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Bizagi

JULY 8, 2020

In this article, we’ll talk about a few of the ways that technology leaders can prepare for the inevitable economic challenges and possible economic downturn ahead. 2 – Prioritize initiatives that keep existing customers happy. 90% of consumers have left a business because of poor customer service, reports Customer Think.

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CSM Magazine

JUNE 19, 2019

Hand in hand with speed of resolution and responsiveness is the customer’s evaluation of the quality of service they receive, which in turn impacts customer loyalty. Researchers from CEB , (now part of Gartner) first discussed the idea that we should stop always trying to delight our customers in 2010.

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Bold360

DECEMBER 12, 2019

Sure, you know the importance of customer service. One look at customer service statistics and it’s clear that consumer expectations when it comes to service aren’t just rising—they’re skyrocketing. If you want to stay competitive, it’s critical to step up your customer service game. Why can’t you?”

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CloudCherry

JANUARY 22, 2020

Nonetheless, when a vendor’s technology doesn’t live up to expectations, or when your company has clearly selected the wrong vendor, transitioning to a new VoC may be your best or only option. McKinsey & Company recommends obtaining “journey-centric feedback” from customers, supported by a backbone of technology investments.

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CSM Magazine

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Samantha Saunders, Head of Innovation & Regulatory Compliance at OmniServ shares the first of five special insights for Customer Service Week. Insight: Knowing your customer and how to deliver to them. At OmniServ, we deliver a wide range of services to a diverse group of customers in and around airports.

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CSM Magazine

JUNE 27, 2023

Zenarate raises $15M and leads movement from passive training to natural language AI Simulation Training to develop confident and prepared customer service and sales agents who deliver superior empathetic experiences and performance.

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Retently

MARCH 23, 2023

In industries with a low overall NPS, we’ve looked at consumer complaint data to learn which brands are the least likely to retain customers and earn positive feedback. The antivirus software company McAfee is at the bottom of the technology industry, earning a Net Promoter Score of 2. Ready to start?

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Interactions

JUNE 24, 2021

So then the question becomes: With so many resources invested in customer experience, why is it still falling short for many brands? Taking a step back, we know that there are some things that brands are collectively doing right in customer experience. Imagine if we time travelled back to 2010. Agent optimization.

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CSM Magazine

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

Taking automation to the next level, Utilita is now training AI-enabled digital workers to read, categorise and forward more than 2,000 customer queries each week to the correct customer service team. The company serves approximately 800,000 customers, managing around 1.3million meters. It employs 1,400 people.

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Magellan Solutions

JUNE 15, 2021

In searching for outsource customer service solutions , you must consider how long an agent stays in the company. Outsource customer service solutions offer a wide range of benefits to any SMEs. Is it about the least expensive service? Hence, they can provide a better service quality for your consumers.

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Forrester

JUNE 21, 2016

To do that we compared five pairs of publicly traded companies where one company in each of the pairs had a significantly higher score than the other in Forrester's Customer Experience Index during the period 2010 to 2015. Then we gathered financial data from company SEC filings like Forms 10-K and 10-Q.

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CSM Magazine

APRIL 20, 2023

Dean Asher, Head of Technical and Customer Services at Polypipe Building Products, says: “We’re proud to be delivering a universally positive experience across the service, and the itemised nature of how we collect feedback provides us with data that highlights areas we’re really excelling in, and those in which might need a little work.

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CSM Magazine

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Part of the Atlanta Group of insurance brands, which includes Swinton, Marmalade’s approach has picked up recognition and resulted in them being named a finalist in several industry awards, most recently as highly-commended finalists in the UK Customer Service Excellence Awards.

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Service Untitled

MAY 27, 2010

Service Untitled The blog about customer service and the customer service experience. The software is able to predict how interested a customer is in one’s product and when to stop, within a minute if a customer is getting angry; the computer will then suggest the representative end the call.

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Kerry Bodine

MAY 1, 2018

Part of the reason for that is that the book talks primarily about how organizations work and how they need to change—and, unlike technology, organizations don’t change all that quickly. So equating customer service with customer experience is like saying that a safety net is a trapeze act.

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NetBase

JANUARY 28, 2020

Like us, Quid has a client-first focus, is deeply connected to technology, driven by purpose and acts as a leader in the evolving consumer and market data analytics landscape,” said Peter Caswell, Chairman & CEO of NetBase. “We We have always been impressed with Quid’s technology and leadership. Learn more at netbase.com.

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Beyond Philosophy

MAY 20, 2015

Sometimes it is differentiating, and offers consumers definite benefits – such as practiced by companies like Zappos, Wegmans, Ritz Carlton, Rackspace, Southwest Airlines, Trader Joe’s, Amazon, Baptist Health Care, and Zane’s Cycles – and sometimes it is just one of multiple factors which contribute to customer loyalty or disloyalty behavior.

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Magellan Solutions

MAY 2, 2024

Increased Efficiency and Productivity Offshore outsourcing providers often have well-established processes and technologies to streamline operations. This can translate to faster turnaround times, higher quality output, and consistent service delivery. In 2010, Microsoft signed a 3-year contract with the Indian IT company Infosys.

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Magellan Solutions

MAY 3, 2022

In Microsoft’s State of Global Customer Service Report , 95% of respondents named customer service as an important factor in choosing and being loyal to a brand. In this article, there are four lines of companies that outsource call centers overseas, these are: Telecommunications and Technology Companies.

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Solvvy

AUGUST 21, 2020

The real difference, however, comes from encouraging customers to self-service with a conversational, next-gen customer support chatbot – far and away the best and most cost-effective way to resolve issues quickly and accurately without bogging down your support team. . Next-gen chatbots provide 24/7 customer support.

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InteractionMetrics

JUNE 19, 2023

In contrast, companies with an appointed CX director aim to improve customer relationships at all touchpoints — packaging, store layout, customer service, onboarding, repairs, billing, product returns, and more — not just the products and websites. The solution was the iPhone. Apple had set the bar.

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CSM Magazine

APRIL 23, 2021

Cierra Dobson, strategy director at design and technology agency, Rufus Leonard , explores how brands of all shapes and sizes can adopt the successful strategies of category-defining service brands to grow their market share and take the lead. Being a service brand doesn’t automatically inoculate your business from commoditisation.

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Service Untitled

OCTOBER 1, 2010

Service Untitled The blog about customer service and the customer service experience. The International Customer Association began Customer Service Week in 1988, and in 1992 Congress proclaimed Customer Service Week a nationally recognized event.

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NICE inContact

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

NICE inContact recently commissioned a study by Forrester Consulting —the Total Economic Impact of NICE inContact CXone—to quantify the financial benefits and strategic value of migrating from on-premises contact center technology to its cloud customer experience platform, CXone. Unify to Deliver Immersive Customer Experiences.

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Service Untitled

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

In 2010, Forrester Research stated that retail online sales had grown 11 percent and expected increases of 10 percent a year through 2014. Primarily the best defenses against customers sitting in front of their computers and buying products is to compete in price, selection, and customer service.

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ShepHyken

JANUARY 27, 2020

Each week I read a number of customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. Leveraging Trends to Drive Business Success through Customer Experience by Joseph Michelli. My Comment: Joseph Michelli has written an excellent article about how to leverage trends in the customer experience world.

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Comm100

AUGUST 17, 2022

Answer: “It didn’t start out as CX, it started out as CS, that’s customer service. And when I first started, the concept of customer experience was not even thought about, it was all about service.”. Service is a big part of that. Service helps drive the experience, but it’s not all of it.”

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ShepHyken

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

In 2010, the boys over at Apple released Siri that astounded the world because for the first time you had a super-commercial chatbot/personal assistant that was so easy to have the mass market adapt to. Instantaneous Customer Service. The Rise of Chatbots. Believe it or not, the chatbot has been around for a while now.

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ShepHyken

APRIL 3, 2023

Each week, I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. My Comment: AI is changing the way companies manage customer support. It’s the last group that will win the digital customer experience game. Here are my top five picks from last week.

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CSM Magazine

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

As the last tranche of Baby Boomers – born between the mids 1940s and mid 1960s – plan for their retirement, they’re making way for Generation Z – mid 90s to 2010. We saw systems quickly introduced, new ways of working trialled, and a swathe of technology brought in to prop up a new structure. Why have expectations changed?

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Service Untitled

AUGUST 5, 2010

Service Untitled The blog about customer service and the customer service experience. The customer service representative standing at the kiosk in the lobby of the bank had been speaking to a customer about a “Power of Attorney&# and its relevance to her aged parent.

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Team Support

DECEMBER 6, 2019

As we look forward into the next decade, let's first reflect back to the previous one and the impact it had on customer support. The 2010's was a decade driven by the emergence and evolution of mobile technology, making it easier to communicate than ever before. After all, if the technology isn’t valuable, people won’t use it.

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Second to None

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

As technology increases, customers are interacting with brands in completely novel ways. Because of these new trends, brands need to constantly measure and update the value they are providing to customers at these different touchpoints. So what does the year hold for customer service?

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Customer Bliss

APRIL 26, 2016

Around 2:00-2:23, the discussion turns to rooting new customer experience projects in data and metrics. Consult an old post of mine from 2010 on essential customer service metrics for more, or another deep dive from Client Heartbeat in 2014. At 3:22, a discussion about organizational alignment for customer growth begins.

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Magellan Solutions

APRIL 16, 2020

Headquartered in Sydney, it provides a wide range of banking and financial services to individuals, small businesses, institutional and government clients, and multinational corporations. Westpac sought support in technology and other areas of back-office administration. This is to ensure continuous customer service improvement.

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