ShepHyken

MARCH 20, 2017

Each week I read a number of customer service articles from various online resources. No More Nonpologies: Apologize to Customers Like You Mean It by Leslie O’Flahavan. If the customer is willing to share their phone number with you, treat it with respect it deserves. Here are my top five picks from last week.

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2017 Article Customer Service Social Media 75

Comm100

JULY 20, 2020

As one would expect, an increasing number of business organizations are now using chatbots to fuel their marketing and customer service efforts. Adding a chatbot to customer support helps brands handle large volumes of inquiries and gives agents more time to focus on more complex issues. Better Visitor Conversion Rates.

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ShepHyken

MAY 22, 2017

Each week I read a number of customer service and experience articles from various online resources. 5 Fun and Inexpensive Customer Appreciation Ideas by Aja McClanahan. Fundera) Customer appreciation doesn’t have to be complicated or expensive. 7 Powerful Customer Service Phone Tips by Pascal van Opzeeland.

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2017 Article Customer Service Airlines 82

ShepHyken

JANUARY 30, 2017

Each week I read a number of customer service articles from various online resources. Southwest’s Communications Chief Shares Her Top 3 Crisis Management Tips by Social Media Today. Keep these in mind the next time a customer service crisis occurs. Here’s how customer service of the future will look like.

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2017 Article Customer Service Airlines 81

ShepHyken

JANUARY 23, 2017

Each week I read a number of customer service articles from various online resources. Are You Taking Your Customers For Granted? CustomerThink) What does your B2B marketing program have to do with your customer retention strategy? Driving Revenue With Great Customer Experience by Maxie Schmidt- Subramanian.

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2017 Article Social Media Customer Service 59

CSM Magazine

JANUARY 19, 2018

Could social media be realizing its true calling as the ultimate customer service channel? Power, overall satisfaction is highest when customers ask questions or make requests of their wireless carriers via social media. For full-service carriers, T-Mobile ranks highest with a score of 828.

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ShepHyken

JANUARY 2, 2017

Each week I read a number of customer service articles from various online resources. Kick-Ass Customer Service by Matthew Dixon, Lara Ponomareff, Scott Turner, and Rick DeLisi. My Comment: This article had me a the title: “Kick Ass Customer Service.” However, any of this will work on most social channels.

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2017 Article Customer Service Social Media 76

ShepHyken

MARCH 6, 2017

Each week I read a number of customer service articles from various online resources. How Artificial Intelligence is Transforming Enterprise Customer Service by Adelyn Zhou. Forward-looking enterprises are especially keen to leverage AI for customer service, a cost center that traditionally scales linearly with revenue.

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2017 Article Customer Service Social Media 83

ReviewTrackers

JUNE 25, 2018

Kristen is a writer for The Manifest and focuses on social media, digital marketing, and advertising business trends. . Ninety-two percent of small businesses plan to invest more in social media this year, and Facebook’s recent Cambridge Analytica scandal isn’t slowing them down. Social Media is Where Your Customers Are.

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ShepHyken

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

Each week I read a number of customer service articles from various online resources. Surprises Await When You Pretend To Be Your Own Customer by Steve DiGioia. Steve DiGioia) Stop complaining about your customers. Steve DiGioia shares some nice ideas about the importance pretending to be your own customer.

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2016 Article Social Media Net Promoter Score 117

ShepHyken

DECEMBER 12, 2016

Each week I read a number of customer service articles from various online resources. Creating Moments of Wow Predictions for 2017 and Beyond by TeleTech. You’ll find good information, some stats and facts and insights from some of the top customer service and experience experts in the industry. by Tara Thomas.

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2016 Article Social Media Customer Service 103

SurveySensum

JULY 10, 2023

This is how Starbucks prioritizes its customers and consistently delivers exceptional retail customer service – showing how by creating a positive customer experience you can foster trust, cultivate customer loyalty , and set your business apart. Before that, What is Customer Service in Retail?

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Retail Customer Service Exceptional Customer Service Customer Centricity 52

Comm100

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

Social media is chaotic, but your social media team shouldn’t be! In order for your social media strategy to work, it’s important that your team be onboard with what you are trying to achieve, and have the knowledge and resources to help you achieve it. The Basics of Social Media Training.

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ShepHyken

JUNE 29, 2018

This week we feature an article by Laura Bourne who shares four important factors that can help you achieve success and avoid customer service problems. – Shep Hyken. Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning. There is no denying that loyal customers are the bread and butter of an organization.

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Social Media Blog Customer Service Touchpoint 82

Bold360

JANUARY 19, 2017

Customer service has never been more important. Businesses are beginning to understand that customer experience is the difference between social media shares and bad publicity, between creating brand ambassadors or handing over the profits to your competition. His area of expertise is customer loyalty.

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Provide Support

JANUARY 6, 2020

Your customers may also use social media or an app on smartphone. This is convenience that will drive repeating sales and customer loyalty. (.). © 2003 - 2017 Provide Support LLC. Thus you should not limit your communication channels just to phone, chat and email. Read more. Permalink | No comment.

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2003 Customer Service Social Media 2017 52

ShepHyken

AUGUST 7, 2017

Each week I read a number of customer service and experience articles from various online resources. Is The Customer Service “Department” Becoming Obsolete? My Comment: This is an interesting article with a provocative title: “Is the Customer Service Department Becoming Obsolete?” by Mike Wittenstein.

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Article Customer Service 2017 Social Media 58

Clarabridge

MAY 4, 2017

Before Clarabridge, Rebecca and her team were manually reading hundreds of support tickets a day and as a result, they couldn’t share customer feedback on recent changes to Lyft’s app as fast as the product team wanted. The post Inspiring Customer Service Excellence: Recapping Day 2 and Wrapping Up C3 2017 appeared first on Clarabridge.

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2017 Customer Service Social Media Guest Experience 45

Joe Rawlinson

AUGUST 9, 2017

Mobile technology has been changing consumer expectations for both e-commerce and brick-and-mortar retailers, making it more challenging to deliver satisfactory customer service. The 2017 IBM Consumer Experience Index (CEI) Study says only 3.4 percent of brands are delivering leading-edge customer experience , while 33.5

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Avaya

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

In fact, according to a new research commissioned by the organisers of IP Expo, 37% of respondents believe that AI will be a main technology focus for businesses in 2017. Part of our Avaya Oceana™ solution , it will be capable of holding intelligent conversations with customers, answering their queries, and resolving customer service issues.

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2017 Social Media Technology Events 76

Eptica

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

Date: Wednesday, February 21, 2018 5 tips to transform your social customer service. Author: Pauline Ashenden Consumers are spending more and more of their time on social media networks, with the likes of Twitter and Facebook now vital sources of news, information as well as places to interact with friends, families and brands.

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Customer Service Social Media 2018 2017 55

Eptica

DECEMBER 20, 2017

Date: Wednesday, December 20, 2017 What were the key CX trends in 2017? Published on: December 20, 2017. Author: Pauline Ashenden As we come to the end of a busy 2017 it is a good time to review the year, and in particular to look at the most important developments in customer experience over the last 12 months.

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2017 Competitive Advantage Social Media Customer Centricity 48

ShepHyken

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Each week I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. Dan Gingiss) Find a “candle” in your customer experience and see if you can upgrade it to the way-cooler “sparkler.” (Dan Gingiss) Find a “candle” in your customer experience and see if you can upgrade it to the way-cooler “sparkler.”

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Article 2021 Customer Service Airlines 84

ShepHyken

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

Each week I read a number of customer service articles from various online resources. Five Ways Artificial Intelligence is Changing the Customer Experience by Titir Pal. TechZone360) AI is also transforming the way companies interact with customers. How to Staff Your New Social Customer Service Team by J ulian Nguyen.

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2016 Article Customer Service Social Media 111

ShepHyken

JANUARY 29, 2018

Each week I read a number of customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. Customer Service Report 2018 by Olga Kolodynska, Justyna Polaczyk, Malgorzata Buksinska and Lukasz Labedzki. LiveChat) The report contains key customer service findings from 2017 and trends for 2018.

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2018 Article Customer Service Social Media 93

TechSee

JUNE 25, 2019

It seems like every company in every industry wants to harness the power of AI to enhance operations and positively impact the lives of their customers. A Tata Consultancy Services survey found that 31.7% of major companies around the world are currently using AI customer service technologies, the second most common use of AI after IT.

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Technology Customer Service Contact Center Call Center 122

SurveySensum

JULY 10, 2023

This is how Starbucks prioritizes its customers and consistently delivers exceptional retail customer service – showing how by creating a positive customer experience you can foster trust, cultivate customer loyalty , and set your business apart. Before that, What is Customer Service in Retail?

Retail 40

Retail Customer Service Exceptional Customer Service Customer Centricity 40

ShepHyken

MARCH 9, 2018

This week we feature an article by Gemma Baker who writes about how the customer service world has changed with the development of digital communication channels. – Shep Hyken. It is no secret that customers are turning towards digital communication channels when contacting organizations. Provide a Quicker Answer.

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2018 Blog Customer Service 2017 75

Calabrio

JANUARY 19, 2017

At Calabrio, we know that to achieve those goals, successful companies are constantly analyzing what is and is not resonating with customers and driving those insights back into the business. More and more companies are realizing that the key to happy customers is happy employees. 2017 is all about #customersatisfaction.

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2017 Customer Satisfaction Brands Contact Center 59

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. Customer satisfaction has been in a freefall for four years running.

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CSM Magazine

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Poor performance and focus on social media damages trust and risks future revenues. Insurers are the least trusted companies in the UK and are unable to answer over half of routine questions successfully, according to research commissioned by digital customer experience technology provider, Eptica.

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Insurance Customer Service Multi-Channel Fashion 45

Clarabridge

JULY 20, 2017

We are excited to announce that we are now accepting nominations for the 2017 Clarabridge Customer Experience Champion (CXC) awards – Europe. Winners will be publicly celebrated at the Clarabridge C3 event on 10 and 11 October 2017 in London. Winners will get two free passes to next year’s not-to-be-missed C3 2018 event.

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ShepHyken

JULY 24, 2017

Each week I read a number of customer service and experience articles from various online resources. What do older generations want from customer service? The point is, don’t be misled to think customer service solutions driven by technology or social media doesn’t apply to an older generation.

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Article Customer Service 2017 Loyalty Programs 51

ShepHyken

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

Each week I read a number of customer service articles from various online resources. ROI’s on the Prize: Twitter Links Social Customer Care and Willingness to Pay by Lia Winograd. That stat probably applies to other social channels as well. My Comment: Here is some interesting info on customer support.

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2016 Article Customer Service 2017 127

Eptica

OCTOBER 4, 2017

Date: Wednesday, October 4, 2017 National Customer Service Week: The opportunity of Artificial Intelligence. Published on: October 04, 2017. It is a great opportunity to demonstrate how customer service, and customer experience, has grown to become business-critical for organisations, whatever industry sector they are in.

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Customer Service Contact Center 2017 2015 68

ShepHyken

JUNE 4, 2018

Each week I read a number of customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. Stop Trying to ‘Delight’ Customers, Says CX Expert Paul Greenberg by Noreen Seebacher. How Companies Can Identify Racial and Gender Bias in Their Customer Service by Alexandra C. Feldberg & Tami Kim.

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Article 2018 Customer Service Airlines 76

ShepHyken

JANUARY 27, 2017

This week on our Friends on Friday guest blog post my colleague, Shital Shah, writes about how with the right combination of technology and human touch, customer service doesn’t have to be difficult. She shares four excellent solutions to help manage your customer service more effectively. Shep Hyken.

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