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.

2018 93

2018 Article Customer Service Social Media 93

ShepHyken

JANUARY 22, 2018

Each week I read a number of customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. 10 Customer Experience Mistakes You Need to Avoid in 2018 by Ronak Meghani. Harvard Business Review) Customer service seems like common sense for businesses. But how valuable is it really?

2018 90

2018 Article Customer Service Wireless 90

Kayako

JANUARY 24, 2018

Armed with that empathy and over ten years in the business, there’s been one consistent signal that stands out from the noise in this year’s customer service trends: customers want effortless experiences. Customers hate putting in effort to get problems resolved. Self-service will become a form marketing.

Customer Centricity 83

Customer Centricity 2018 Customer Service Customers 83

ShepHyken

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

Each week I read a number of customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. I call it The Convenience Revolution , and I’ve written an entire book about it and how you can use convenience to take your customer service to the next level. Save the Customer. Here’s Why.

Article 79

Article 2018 Customer Service Hospitality 79

ShepHyken

MAY 28, 2018

Each week I read a number of customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. The Customer Journey Begins – and Sometimes Ends – With Your Employees by Katherine Evans . CMSWire) Today’s customers don’t just expect high quality and excellent service at a fair price — they demand it.

2018 77

2018 Article Customer Service Loyalty Programs 77

Oracle

DECEMBER 26, 2018

As 2018 draws to a close, we’re looking back at the year’s biggest AI innovations. Companies have applied artificial intelligence and machine learning to everything from customer success programs to healthcare. Here’s a closer look at key AI innovations that made a splash in 2018. billion by 2025.

2018 105

2018 Innovation 2025 Healthcare 105

ShepHyken

AUGUST 13, 2018

Each week I read a number of customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. Are You Making This Critical Connection With Your Customers to Strengthen Relationships and Drive Loyalty? Want better customer service? My Comment: Want to get better at customer service?

2018 72

2018 Article Customer Service Loyalty 72

GetFeedback

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

Today, companies must provide customers with personalized, seamless customer service across all channels. But that’s not all—the modern customer also expects to receive speedy support from a real person, which means the days of putting customers on hold are over. Best practices for live chat customer service.

Customer Service 236

Customer Service Customers Presentation 2018 236

GetFeedback

MAY 9, 2018

This is a guest post by Alexa Lemzy, customer service manager of TextMagic. Excellent customer service is a cornerstone of most successful businesses. Today, customer service goes beyond the call center. A consumer survey by Imprint Plus found that 32.5% Collect customer feedback via mobile.

Mobile Customer Service 170

Mobile Customer Service Customer Service E Commerce E-support 170

ShepHyken

JULY 9, 2018

Each week I read a number of customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. How to Deliver Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Customer Experience by Deb Miller. My Comment: Want to deliver bad customer service? Want to deliver good customer service?

Article 84

Article 2018 Poor Customer Service Customer Service 84

ShepHyken

MAY 14, 2018

Each week I read a number of customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. My Comment: This is one of the most incredible demonstrations of AI I’ve seen – direct from Google I/O 2018 (their developer’s conference). Complaining Customers Are Your Best Customers.

2018 76

2018 Article Customer Service Employee Experience 76

ShepHyken

MARCH 19, 2018

Each week I read a number of customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. Infographic: What Marketers Need to Know About Changing Customer Service Expectations by Erik Wander. Adweek) Consumers are demanding multichannel options that are easier to use. Follow on Twitter: @Hyken.

Article 81

Article 2018 Customer Service Loyalty 81

TechSee

OCTOBER 23, 2018

Personalization as a driver in customer service. consumers abandoned a brand due to lack of personalization and trust. For organizations to succeed in creating a truly personalized CX, innovative approaches must be implemented that resonate deeply with customers so that they feel valued and appreciated.

Customer Service 157

Customer Service 2007 Virtual Agent 2018 157

ShepHyken

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

Each week I read a number of customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. Top 5 Tips to Improve Social Customer Service by Kristina Knight. And, while about two-thirds of consumers contacting b usinesses for customer service are doing so on social media, this is a problem.

2018 82

2018 Article Customer Service Social Media 82

ShepHyken

JUNE 25, 2018

Each week I read a number of customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. Chain Store Age) One bad experience can turn off a customer. My Comment: Here is a great recap of some of the pertinent facts and stats from Medallia’s “Customer Experience Tipping Point” survey.

Article 85

Article 2018 Customer Service Loyalty 85

GetFeedback

JUNE 3, 2019

While people feel compelled to be involved in the decision-making process of a company, and love to feel like their opinion makes a difference, the fact still stands: people don’t always want to complete customer service surveys. Know your customers . 90% of consumers find personalization appealing.

Customer Service 186

Customer Service Engagement 2012 Customers 186

ShepHyken

APRIL 9, 2018

Each week I read a number of customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. 3 Ways Amazon Has Raised the Bar on Customer Experience by Joey Coleman. My Comment: Joey Coleman is one of the leading customer service and CX experts. Here are my top five picks from last week.

Net Promoter Score 89

Net Promoter Score Article 2018 Customer Service 89

ShepHyken

JULY 2, 2018

Each week I read a number of customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. 11 Types of Difficult Customers and Ideas for How to Handle Them (INFOGRAPHIC) by David William. Small Business Trends) A critical part of running a successful business is managing customers.

Article 75

Article 2018 Customer Service B2C 75

CSM Magazine

MAY 22, 2018

Brands are failing to create the positive, emotive experiences that drive customer loyalty. New research from NewVoiceMedia reveals that 42 percent of UK consumers left a business last year due to poor customer service. connection with a customer service agent, they’d be more likely to do business with that company again.

Poor Customer Service 53

Poor Customer Service Consumers Customer Service Social Media 53

NetBase

OCTOBER 5, 2018

Renewed focus on creating a top-notch customer experience is all the rage – in fact, it’s table stakes. So why are brands missing so many opportunities on the customer experience analytics front? The 2018 Consumer Experience Analytics Report highlights the ways brands are on target – and the areas where they need to better their aim.

2018 45

2018 Consumers Brands Social Media 45

Magellan Solutions

APRIL 19, 2023

8 Secrets to Improving Customer Service in the Insurance Industry with Outsourcing If customers do not get satisfactory service, they easily switch to other competitors. In order to keep up with the changing needs, improving customer service in insurance is one of the top priorities of businesses.

Insurance 98

Insurance Customer Service Competitive Advantage Exceptional Customer Service 98

ShepHyken

APRIL 30, 2018

Each week I read a number of customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. 16 Statistics Showing Data’s Influence on Customer Experience by Tricia Morriss. Phone Is King for Customer Experience by Blair Pleasant. (No 5 Predictions On The Future Of Customer Service by Mikhail Naumov.

Article 82

Article 2018 Net Promoter Score Customer Service 82

CloudCherry

OCTOBER 25, 2018

While all of these companies offer their customers a best-in-class customer experience, they all approach it a little differently. For example, Raju Nair at DBS Bank, says that they’ve transformed CX from a solely customer service practice to a firm-wide strategy, pervasive in every decision. It comes from the top down.

CEM 170

CEM 2018 ROI Metrics 170

Lumoa

JANUARY 9, 2018

Customer experience has been already a hot topic in business during 2017 and is promising to be even of higher importance in 2018. “CX It’s predicted, that by 2020 customer experience will overtake price and product as the key brand differentiator when making consumer choices. How to overcome those challenges?

2018 141

2018 Customer Experience Competitive Advantage 2017 141

ShepHyken

JULY 23, 2018

Each week I read a number of customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. Geolocation: How Businesses Are Improving Customer Experience and Engagement by Robert Szyngiel. Why reducing customer friction is the new customer loyalty by Jeremy Goldman. (TNW) Bad, if it’s negative.

Article 69

Article 2018 Customer Service Banking 69

Eptica

JANUARY 9, 2019

Date: Wednesday, January 9, 2019 Author: Anne-Claire Bellec - Marketing Director Reviewing 2018 – our top 10 blog posts from the year. At the Eptica blog we’ve looked at all of our posts from 2018 and come up with a top 10 of the most popular and topical, based on the number of views, comments and general feedback.

2018 89

2018 Blog Average Handle Time 2019 89

ShepHyken

AUGUST 27, 2018

Each week I read a number of customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. Medium) Customer service is still king. Top 5 Customer Experience (CX) Predictions for 2020 by Sonali Datta. My Comment: What will the future – at least in 2020 – of customer experience look like?

2018 59

2018 Article Customer Service 2020 59

Eptica

JANUARY 17, 2018

Date: Wednesday, January 17, 2018 5 ways to get your email customer service ready for 2018. Published on: January 17, 2018. Author: Pauline Ashenden Despite the rise of new channels such as social media, email is still the number one digital channel for customer service.

2018 49

2018 Customer Service Social Media 2017 49

CloudCherry

DECEMBER 1, 2018

While all of these companies offer their customers a best-in-class customer experience, they all approach it a little differently. For example, Raju Nair at DBS Bank, says that they’ve transformed CX from a solely customer service practice to a firm-wide strategy, pervasive in every decision. It comes from the top down.

CEM 150

CEM 2018 ROI Metrics 150

Joe Rawlinson

JULY 10, 2019

More and more companies are finding systematic ways to invest resources for better customer service, and this will continue to happen. Let’s check out a few important customer experience statistics as they foreshadow the future of customer service. Huffpost ). Image Source. Microsoft ). Accenture ).

Customer Service 130

Customer Service Social Media Customer Journey Mapping Poor Customer Service 130

Comm100

AUGUST 23, 2018

It’s 2018, and customer expectations are changing faster than ever. Consumer patience is dwindling; we want better, more accessible products, and everything that we do seems to revolve around convenience. In other words, why invest in chasing after customer expectations when you could be shaping those expectations yourself?

Exceptional Customer Service 40

Exceptional Customer Service 2018 Customer Service Hotels 40

TechSee

DECEMBER 28, 2020

In reality, the lines between customer service agents and technicians have become blurred – the technician’s role includes some traditional responsibilities of agents, and the agent’s role includes more responsibilities traditionally held exclusively by technicians. Focus on agent engagement.

Customer Service 186

Customer Service Contact Center Average Handle Time Measurement 186

Eptica

OCTOBER 24, 2018

Date: Wednesday, October 24, 2018 Author: Anne-Claire Bellec - Marketing Director Creating the customer service agents of the future. Published on: October 24, 2018. No wonder that Gartner predicts that AI will disrupt the jobs of one million phone-based customer support agents by 2020.

Customer Service 113

Customer Service Net Promoter Score Contact Center 2018 113

ProProfs Chat

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

As leading researchers indicate that organizations lose about $62 million every year due to poor customer service , you can’t expect any good with an average customer support. No matter how great your product your service is, you can’t sustain market competition without a top of the line customer service.

2018 111

2018 Omnichannel 2017 Technology 111

Second to None

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

To learn more about some common customer service trends, check out the following list of six created by Jonathan Steiman for Forbes. This piece was originally published by Forbes on February 8, 2018: “You may still be writing “2017” on forms, but no one can deny that 2018 is in full swing.

2018 63

2018 Social Media E Commerce E-support 63

Comm100

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

The customer service landscape is forever changing as technologies and consumer expectations develop, but 2021 has seen a shift of proportions that we have arguably never experienced. Query volumes spiked as customers (and companies) faced unprecedented problems, placing huge stress on customer service agents.

2022 88

2022 Customer Service Omnichannel 2021 88

ShepHyken

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

He shares how companies can use QR codes to improve customer service and experience. Even before the pandemic, usage of QR codes increased by 96% between 2018 and 2020, highlighting its importance in this digital era. For instance, QR codes can effectively be implemented in customer service.

Customer Service 65

Customer Service Hotels Social Media Hospitality 65