ShepHyken

AUGUST 18, 2021

I recently released my 2021 Achieving Customer Amazement research. We surveyed 1,000 consumers in the U.S. and asked them numerous questions about topics related to customer service, customer experience, loyalty, reviews, and more. If I had to book a flight on an airline, why would I choose one over another?

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CSM Magazine

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Customer service, often seen as the heart of a business, is the assistance and advice provided by a company to those people who buy or use its products or services. It operates as a key touchpoint between a business and its customers – a platform where relationships are built, trust is established, and loyalty is earned.

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ShepHyken

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Each week, I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. It’s Not All Negative: How Bad Customer Reviews Create Revenue Opportunities by Cynthia Sener (Total Retail) Although negative reviews can raise a red flag for consumers, they also present a unique opportunity.

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2023 Article Customer Service Airlines 63

ShepHyken

MAY 16, 2022

Each week I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. Are You Tracking the Customer Service Metrics That Really Count? My Comment: We kick off this week’s Top Five roundup with an excellent article about the best customer service metrics. Yes, metrics matter.

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Article 2022 Customer Service Net Promoter Score 64

InMoment XI

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

As e-commerce becomes increasingly global and competitive, business leaders understand that technology can be a valuable tool in reconnecting with consumers. In particular, Artificial Intelligence (AI) has emerged as a powerful tool, revolutionizing the way companies understand and enhance the customer experience.

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Beyond Philosophy

MAY 20, 2015

It’s pretty well understood that service is a component of overall experiential value delivery. Bob Thompson chronicled a part of this very well in a recent, widely-read, blog, where he looked at customer experience vs. customer engagement. After this positive result, 31% of consumers said they purchased more from the retailer.

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CSM Magazine

OCTOBER 18, 2023

The casino industry has always been at the forefront of delivering exceptional customer service. With the proliferation of casino sites on the internet today, the competition has intensified, making customer service a pivotal differentiator.

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Interactions

MARCH 19, 2020

Consumers are scrambling to contact airlines and hotels to cancel or change their bookings. . Amidst this chaos with emotions running high, customers still expect these brands to show empathy and offer fast, efficient, and effective solutions. Especially in times of need, consumers want brands to show empathy and support.

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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.” 3 Ways Covid-19 Has Changed the Customer Experience Forever by Josiah Johnson. Business went under.

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Article 2021 Customer Service Airlines 84

CSM Magazine

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Frontier’s decision to go fully digital and drop its customer service phone lines may, on the face of it, seem like a company moving with the times. Indeed, our research revealed that 67% of UK consumers prefer customer service via phone; eliminating such methods comes with the potential risk of alienating customers.

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Experience Matters

MAY 26, 2015

For the third straight year, USAA took the top spot in the 2015 Temkin Customer Service Ratings , which uses feedback from 10,000 U.S. consumers to rate the customer service of 278 organizations across 20 industries ( see.pdf with full list ). consumers during January 2015. population.

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CSM Magazine

APRIL 3, 2018

Southwest Airlines delivers the best customer experience in the airline industry, according to the 2018 Temkin Experience Ratings. Southwest has earned the highest score for airlines every year since the Ratings began in 2011, with the exception of 2015 when JetBlue came in first. Alaska Airlines: 74%.

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Win the Customer

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

Thanks to increasing connectivity, your customers can now voice their frustrations to everyone on social media. Research has shown that in the period between 2009 and 2014, the number of Twitter users using the platform for customer service doubled to 22%. Let your customers rave. Conclusion.

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Social Media Customer Service Multi-Channel 2014 145

ShepHyken

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Each week I read a number of customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. 4 Things Your Contact Center Can Learn Now From Chewy on How To Improve Your Customer Experience While Still Keeping Your Agents Happy and Productive by Veronica Krieg. A Customer Service Perspective) Consider how L.L.

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Article 2020 Customer Service Net Promoter Score 84

Michelli Experience

AUGUST 22, 2017

It’s hard to believe it has been seven months since United Airlines faced the first of three monumental customer experience debacles. In fairness, other airlines have faced similar flight delays due to computer-related “glitches” during the same time frame. Overbooking and United’s Technology Initiatives.

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ShepHyken

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Each week I read a number of customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. Radical Empathy And Other Ways To Rethink Your Customer Experience by Bridget Brennan. My Comment: Let’s start this week’s Top Five with one of the hottest topics in customer service and experience, and that’s empathy.

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Service Untitled

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

The trade industry organization Airlines for America has reported customer service for airlines improving in three different areas. Airlines chalk it up to improved baggage handling, however let’s face the reality of travelers checking less luggage because of the outrageous baggage fees. drop from 2010.

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West Monroe

JULY 5, 2023

Read on to learn what can happen when trust goes wrong—and what organizations can do to bolster their operational technology and subsequently their customers’ trust. Customer distrust and significant financial loss. So powerful that the same research found 95% of consumers would stay loyal to a brand they trust.

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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. How Customer Service Can Turn Angry Customers into Loyal Ones by Wayne Huang, John Mitchell, Carmel Dibner, Andrea Ruttenberg, and Audrey Tripp.

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2018 Article Customer Service Wireless 90

Alida

JANUARY 29, 2018

Keeping a level head can de-escalate the immediate issue, while also cementing existing loyalty and even transforming a consumer who might be new to your brand into a regular. Below are real-life examples of how brands have delivered excellent customer service to transform a negative customer interaction into a positive experience.

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Customer Bliss

MAY 3, 2017

Consumers today prefer to do things on their own – and, most importantly, according to their own timeframe. This especially holds true when it comes to customer service. 81 percent of customers today will use self-service channels first before reaching out to a company Click To Tweet. Guest post by Matt Dixon.

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Talkdesk

MAY 6, 2015

Similarly, enterprises across all verticals need to keep customer satisfaction at an all-time high to make sure consumer sentiment across the internet remains positive—as word of mouth is everything. One market that has been making a go at better customer service is aviation. Allow Callers to Help Themselves.

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ShepHyken

MAY 29, 2023

.”), Quality time (Spending time to ask them about their day or their experience), gifts, acts of service, and physical touch (a handshake or a gentle tap on the shoulder when appropriate). Plus, Mark shares the interesting ways airlines and customers benefit from loyalty programs.

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Kustomer

JANUARY 19, 2023

In this episode of the Customer Service Secrets podcast , Gabe Larsen is joined by Steven Maskell , Vice President of Customer Experience at Zones , to discuss how to use customer experience data analytics to create a personalized, data-driven customer experience. So you also want to keep testing your hypothesis.

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ProProfs Chat

DECEMBER 22, 2019

But, with the overwhelming consumer demands and customer expectations, you cannot afford to negate the importance of satisfactory customer services. . And proactive customer support is the prime reason which can ace up the customer retention rate, which eventually boosts brand loyalty in return.

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Retently

MARCH 23, 2023

Since not all NPS® data is public, and most brands aren’t eager to publish their low Net Promoter Score, we’ve taken several steps to find reliable customer satisfaction data that we can use to compare brands: Whenever possible, we’ve sourced data from various NPS benchmarks to gain a picture of the general NPS range within an industry.

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Service Untitled

AUGUST 30, 2011

If you had to cancel your flight because of Hurricane Irene, you may have been waiting on a “a virtual holding pattern&# for a customer service representative. National airlines and their regional affiliates from Washington to Boston scrubbed almost all of their flights because of the ominous forecast.

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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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ShepHyken

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

Each week I read a number of customer service articles from various online resources. Contact Center Satisfaction Negatively Impacting the Customer Experience by Andrew Berger. My Comment: The contact center can be the focus of how a customer rates a company’s customer service. Take Starbucks as an example.

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ShepHyken

OCTOBER 19, 2018

So, how is AI changing customer experience? There are two main angles that describe how AI improves CX for e-commerce companies, their end consumers, and own employees. Customers receive far deeper personalization that they were used before. Cameron Halcomb • Customer Experience Consultant, Emarsys • @cam_hassler • LinkedIn.

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ShepHyken

MARCH 31, 2018

Over the last few years, customer service has shifted from traditional phone support toward social media channels like Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and others. Dan Gingiss started the Social Customer Care Track and interest has grown exponentially. Social Media Changes Customer Service. Even millions!

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Social Media Customer Service Marketing Airlines 87

ShepHyken

MAY 8, 2017

Each week I read a number of customer service and experience articles from various online resources. 10 Content Marketing and Customer Experience All-Stars by James A. FCR) I recently flew on one of the major airlines and observed many opportunities for improvement (a phrase we like to use in contact centers).

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NICE inContact

JUNE 14, 2016

Earlier this year I had an issue with an airline so, as many of us would do, I called them. Within minutes of my tweet I got a response from a competing airline, inviting me to start flying with them. They offered me credit for future flights and would carry my status over from the airline that was causing my delay.

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ShepHyken

OCTOBER 14, 2016

This week on our Friends on Friday guest blog post my colleague, Pascal van Opzeeland, writes an informative article about the popularity of messaging apps and how they are impacting customer service. Have you been focusing on social media service lately? Why Messaging Is So Promising For Customer Service.

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Conversocial

AUGUST 17, 2021

At Conversocial, the majority of our partners in the transport sector fall within two categories - airlines and train operators. It’s going to be months, probably years, before it returns to pre-pandemic levels. If it ever does.

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NICE inContact

AUGUST 9, 2018

In a previous blog, I outlined 14 different metrics that contact centers should be tracking to improve customer experience. In this blog, I outline 3 critical customer service metrics that organizations are using to answer broader business questions including: Are my customers happy with my products and services?

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CSM Magazine

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Insurers still seem to be struggling to match customer expectations, although overall performance had risen by 10% from 2017. Only 20% successfully answered a basic question sent via email, despite 49% of consumers identifying it as their primary or secondary channel for finding information. As well as email, chat also fared badly.

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