CSM Magazine

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

After more than a decade as the USA’s leading customer service and contact event, CCW (Customer Contact Week) is coming to Europe in 2017 for the first time ever. Achieve customer centricity through your culture.

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COPC

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

and Execs in the Know have published survey results of the 2016 Customer Experience Management Benchmark (CXMB) Series Consumer Edition, which focuses on customer journey insights from the consumer’s perspective. While the preference for Traditional Care remains strong, there was a slight pullback in 2016. Each year COPC Inc.

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ShepHyken

AUGUST 17, 2021

When you consider the different scenarios that individuals are put in, dealing with different contacts every day, they have a lot of people they have to interact with, whether that’s the customer directly or the supervisor at the company they’re supporting. in 2017 after 10 years with the company in senior leadership roles.

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ShepHyken

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

ROI’s on the Prize: Twitter Links Social Customer Care and Willingness to Pay by Lia Winograd. When a customer tweets to a company and receives a response, the customer is willing to spend 3-20% more. Be sure to read through the entire article as there are some good suggestions to focus on in 2017.

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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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ShepHyken

AUGUST 7, 2017

In this short article he shares six lessons about customer service he learned from a cheese retailer. It’s all about service, the story, the way people feel when they interact with you and more. How Brands Can Use Social Listening to Improve the Customer Experience by Smadar Landau. However, the concept of listening is powerful.

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Interactions

MARCH 20, 2019

Therefore, a customer’s experience with your company means everything. And that experience is dictated by customer care. The conversation during a two-minute call with a company can make or break a customers loyalty forever. Simply put, customers want a quick, effective solution.

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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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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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TechSee

APRIL 3, 2018

Churn refers to the percentage of customer attrition over a specific period of time. The churn rate is calculated by dividing the number of customers lost by the total number of customers. For example, if a company began 2017 with 50,000 customers and lost 2500 over the course of the year, the churn rate would be 5%.

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Storyminers

JULY 7, 2020

How do you expect customer expectations to change in 2017? Customers will expect most of their vendors to serve them as well as their favorite vendors do. Prefer the customized recommendations you get from Nordstrom? What’s the most important thing contact center managers should prepare for in 2017?

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ShepHyken

MARCH 9, 2018

It is no secret that customers are turning towards digital communication channels when contacting organizations. This is expected to grow, as over the next 5 years it has been predicted by Gartner that phone interactions will drop from 41% to 12% as consumers keep going digital [i].

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ShepHyken

AUGUST 7, 2017

In this short article he shares six lessons about customer service he learned from a cheese retailer. It’s all about service, the story, the way people feel when they interact with you and more. How Brands Can Use Social Listening to Improve the Customer Experience by Smadar Landau. However, the concept of listening is powerful.

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ShepHyken

JANUARY 8, 2018

(Retail Customer Experience) As the new year arrives, it’s a great time to look ahead at what’s to come from those in the trenches. Retail customer experience gurus, leaders and experts shared their insight with Retail Customer Experience via email as 2017 ebbed to a close. Of course, not!

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TechSee

JUNE 25, 2019

Forward-thinking companies are increasingly turning to AI-powered customer service solutions to optimize CX and to streamline their back-office operations. As the technology matures, many companies will inevitably look for holistic AI solutions that unify customer and operational data to achieve the most valuable and actionable insights.

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CSM Magazine

JANUARY 19, 2018

Power, overall satisfaction is highest when customers ask questions or make requests of their wireless carriers via social media. Wireless Customer Care Full-Service Performance Study—Volume 1 and the 2018 U.S. The studies were fielded from July through December 2017. The 2018 U.S.

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transcosmos Information Systems

JANUARY 29, 2017

Customer Support Trends and Predictions. The present landscape of customer service experience continues to evolve by the day. Here’s how experts weigh in on customer support trends for 2017 and the not-so-distant future: . And when you win your customers’ approval, you’re almost sure to become a huge business success.

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Natalie Petouhof

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

So, consider where the data in customer service resides. The customer record data lives inside the CRM platform. And the customer interaction history lives inside the customer service application. MIT Sloan and BCG Study, 2017. References: Is Your Business Ready for Artificial Intelligence?

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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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Guavus

OCTOBER 9, 2019

Guavus sits squarely in the customer experience/service delivery solution space. The company was acquired by Thales in 2017. Our products provide customers with two main things, operational intelligence and end-user intelligence,” said Stephen Spellicy, vice president of Marketing and Products. “Our

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ShepHyken

MAY 5, 2017

In case you think the horror is confined to voice interactions, don’t forget the sense of dread you feel when clicking through 13 webpages on your smartphone while your data charges rack up just to reach the appropriate contact button. The benefits of offering promotions based on known customer preferences are striking.

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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. and can change with each interaction. Meet Mor and Yoni, two of the Lightricks support team all-stars. Still not sure?

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WorkOutLoud

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

Community members are able to interact with content, videos, images, and blogs that are all able to be stored directly inside of the community which makes it easy for users to find if searching for something particular. Your customers come to your community specifically to interact in some way directly with or about your business or products.

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Qualtrics

JULY 15, 2019

There are two popular methods for measuring customer experience: Net Promoter Score (NPS) and Customer Satisfaction (CSAT). NPS measures how likely a customer is to recommend your company to someone else. CSAT measures customer satisfaction related to a specific interaction.

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Provide Support

APRIL 21, 2018

After all, to resolve any technical problem a CSR needs strong communication skills to effectively gather information, analyze it and find a solution which will help the customer. A customer service rep needs to listen to the customer carefully, pay attention to every detail in order to understand the problem or the question correctly.

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Myra Golden

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

When the customer came back with the request a second time, the waitress simply repeated what she could not do. When customers feel pushed into a corner, many will escalate, either in intensity or by asking to speak with a manager. A big no-no in customer interactions is limiting choices. Limited choices.

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Magellan Solutions

MAY 28, 2019

It is also wise to interact with managers and possibly other team members of the BPO firm before signing a long-term contract. In the 2017 A.T. Customer service. E-commerce customer care. Interactive voice response support. Feedback will play a key role in choosing your BPO partner. Where to outsource?

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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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Magellan Solutions

JUNE 27, 2019

A 2017 Forbes article, Inside Retail’s Live Chat Revolution , may offer some insights that may lead us to the answers for these two questions. In the article, it explained that the customer-centric features were gaining traction. That alone can improve the customer experience and make the engagement journey fluid.

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Experience Investigators by 360Connext

JANUARY 23, 2024

Over-Reliance on Chatbots While AI and chatbots are absolutely critical to your overall customer experience strategy, over-relying on them at the cost of human interaction can be detrimental. Customers often crave personal, empathetic connections and some bots simply aren’t up to the task. Former CX “Trends” to Leave Behind 1.

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Magellan Solutions

MAY 10, 2020

As revealed in Live Chat Statistics 2020 , 79% of customers prefer live chat support. Unlike other communication channels, live chat doesn’t have lengthy back and forth interaction. Aside from generating sales leads, live chat support is also an intuitive and proactive way to show customers that your business is accessible 24 hours.

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SurveySparrow

JANUARY 7, 2021

Whether your customers shop for their own need or on behalf of their organization, they simply expect a memorable interaction with the brand. After the pandemic, every brand is becoming customer-centric. Before the pandemic devastated us, most businesses weren’t aware of how to keep customers engaged for the long run.

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Call Center Pros

AUGUST 27, 2018

He also writes that, if businesses don’t pursue 1:1 customer care and engagement, they’ll lose business to their competitors. This book will teach you about how to use the power of technology to more effectively grow relationships with customers around the world.

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Comm100

AUGUST 23, 2018

In 2018, industry leaders have turned to mobile as a means of establishing an effective omnichannel outreach in customer service and in marketing. These companies know that customers want user-friendly mobile experiences that they can access on the go (in 2017, 67 percent of website traffic worldwide was generated from mobile devices).

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Comm100

DECEMBER 1, 2017

.” By examining these pain points, companies can begin to remedy them by removing snags from the buying process, and in doing so create a more valuable experience for customers. Visually map out the customer journey using these touchpoints. Gaining customer insights from digital touchpoints (3.94/5).

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ShepHyken

MAY 1, 2017

My Comment: If you’ve been following me at all you know I’m a huge fan of social media customer care. 3 Tips for Successful Social Customer Service by Krysta Gahagen. Repeat business is not built on a foundation of customer loyalty. This is especially true the very first time a customer does business with us.

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Stella Connect

JUNE 5, 2017

In an age when consumers love sharing their brand interactions on social media, the impact of a single service experience can be massive. Suzanne will explain how to use social media and online ratings and reviews, along with traditional methods of connecting with customers, to better understand your brand. See You at CCW 2017!

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