BlueOcean

AUGUST 6, 2020

For months, we’ve been settling into new patterns of working and communicating, and we’re finally beginning to see a return to some semblance of “normal.” You may have pushed pause on your decision to find a new customer care outsourcer, but now’s the time to dive back in. Agent Engagement. Hourly staff? Agent Profile.

Contact Center 156

Contact Center Customer Care 2020 Culture 156

BlueOcean

APRIL 15, 2019

Everyone, from top to bottom, needs to have an equal commitment to providing an optimal customer experience, and there must be regular communication to determine what that looks like. But we want to call out the impact of social media in the hands of customers whose expectations haven’t been met. Read this next!

Customer Care 189

Customer Care Social Media Contact Center 2019 189

Bill Quiseng

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Even if the traditionalists could hear, they would wear noise-canceling headphones, oblivious to the employees’ concerns and customer complaints. These traditionalists cared more about profits and didn’t care much about employees or customers. Let’s be revolutionary to improve the customer experience.

Customer Care 97

Customer Care Culture Employee Experience Customers 97

CSM Magazine

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Businesses are continuously on the lookout for innovative approaches to enhance their customer outreach and engagement strategies. However, one essential element of customer communication often goes unnoticed – outbound voice communication. In addition, outbound voice communication is not only about sales.

Communication 52

Communication Contact Center Omnichannel Call Center 52

Russel Lolacher

APRIL 5, 2021

Ten years of leading a provincial government team in web services and social customer care has been a challenging and rewarding experience. So here’s just a bit of what I’ve learned so far: What I’ve Learned…about Public Engagement. Oh, it’s been amazing.

Customer Care 98

Customer Care Government Communication Engagement 98

Russel Lolacher

DECEMBER 20, 2021

A lot goes into providing social customer care during an emergency event considered a “once-in-500 year flood” As the team leading public engagement and digital communication for BC’s provincial transportation, it’s done with a process that prioritizes intentional effort, accessibility and empathy.

Customer Care 98

Customer Care Transportation Social Media Government 98

Customer Bliss

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

Customers complained that their problems were taking too long to be solved. Lucy had to figure out how to design her organization in a way where all of the departments are working together to achieve customer success. Communicate Your CX Strategy With Leaders, Stakeholders, and Outliers.

Communication 222

Communication Chief Customer Officer 2012 Presentation 222

InMoment XI

OCTOBER 28, 2021

In my last post, we discussed the difference between interactions, engagement, and customer experience. Now, I’d like to dive deeper into customer experience and the role everyone in your organization plays in delivering that experience. You heard me right: not one department owns the customer experience—it’s every department!

Airlines 493

Airlines Government ROI Webinar 493

CSM Magazine

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Learnship , the business language learning solution provider, announced the launch of Sprint Business Skills Customer Care today. The fast-paced, online learning solution helps customer service professionals acquire relevant English vocabulary to better communicate at work. About Learnship.

Customer Care 52

Customer Care 2008 Social Media Culture 52

Russel Lolacher

MARCH 2, 2021

In BC, I’m the public service director responsible for the government social media customer care for our ministry, but my dad still doesn’t understand what I do. A big part of my role has always been change management, and communication is key to that. “Yes, but what do you do? Thanks, Dad. We have a few.

Social Media 52

Social Media Government Customer Care Transportation 52

Russel Lolacher

MARCH 8, 2020

Here are a few of reasons you should take millennials, and how they engage with your business, a little more seriously. 1) If They aren’t Your Customers Now, They will Be. 2) Millennials Expect You to Engage with them on Social Media. But it’s not only about engagement. Commerce and conscience together.

Customer Care 80

Customer Care Social Media 2018 2019 80

InMoment XI

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Every company executive will agree that having loyal customers is a key to business success. But what are executives really doing to encourage customer loyalty? Most businesses will point to their customer care training or customer relationship management (CRM) system and count on these tools to build loyalty.

Loyalty 519

Loyalty Feedback Advertising Customer Relationship Management 519

Retently

APRIL 5, 2024

This interconnected retail context demands a cohesive approach, ensuring that customer experience is consistent and positive, regardless of how or where the customer chooses to shop. Now, let’s cut to the chaise to uncover practical strategies that create such engaging retail experiences that foster loyalty and repeat business.

Retail 78

Retail Engagement Customer Experience Loyalty Programs 78

Inbenta

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Social distancing has altered how people purchase goods, communicate and work, and banks have had to reduce their dependence on humans, when possible, to become a lights-out business that meets customer demands for 24/7, omnichannel access to services. Want to build your own banking chatbot? Get our 14-day free trial.

Banking 95

Banking Customer Care Competitive Advantage Omnichannel 95

Russel Lolacher

DECEMBER 20, 2021

A lot goes into providing social customer care during an emergency event considered a “once-in-2000 year flood” As the team leading public engagement and digital communication for BC’s provincial transportation, it’s done with a process that prioritizes intentional effort, accessibility and empathy.

Customer Care 59

Customer Care Transportation Social Media Government 59

InMoment XI

OCTOBER 5, 2023

That’s why we’ve taken everything we have learned by working with best-in-class brands and distilled those learnings into five simple steps you can follow to make sure you build a contact center that works for you, and works for your customers.

Contact Center 486

Contact Center Call Center Social Media Employee Experience 486

ProProfs Chat

JANUARY 30, 2020

Well, that’s exactly why you need to focus on engaging with your customers regularly. With consistent engagement, you’ll get to figure out: Customer pain points. Customer expectations. Communication challenges. Impacts of consistent engagement. Customer loyalty. Successful Customer Engagement.

Customer Engagement 136

Customer Engagement 2020 Engagement Social Media 136

Interactions

JULY 29, 2021

It’s no surprise that 47% of consumers said this mode of communication (landline or mobile) is their go-to way of contacting customer service. Although a brand may start with voice, a solution that can scale easily to include text can help optimize the customer experience by making it easy for customers to engage.

Customer Care 71

Customer Care Consumers Poor Customer Service Contact Center 71

Interactions

MARCH 26, 2020

Hold times that seem to last hours, phone trees that are impossible to navigate, and rigid voice prompts forcing customers to speak like a robot. This type of experience is detrimental to customer satisfaction for many reasons and engaging with contact centers can be frustrating even without long hold times or robotic prompts.

Customer Care 71

Customer Care Contact Center Hospitality Travel 71

ClearAction

DECEMBER 14, 2017

Customer Care … CRM … Customer Experience — What’s the Difference? Customer Care … Customer Relationship Management … Customer Experience — what’s the difference? Customer Profitability (efforts to increase revenue and profit from customers). Lynn Hunsaker.

Customer Care 66

Customer Care CEM Customer Experience Net Promoter Score 66

InMoment XI

FEBRUARY 26, 2009

Some organizations don't exactly bury their heads in the sand when it comes to customer care--they just run away or abandon an avenue for customer feedback. But to do so, you have to provide your customers with as many options for communicating with you as possible. Read this blog post to learn more.

Customer Care 200

Customer Care Loyalty Blog Feedback 200

InMoment XI

FEBRUARY 26, 2009

Some organizations don't exactly bury their heads in the sand when it comes to customer care--they just run away or abandon an avenue for customer feedback. But to do so, you have to provide your customers with as many options for communicating with you as possible. Read this blog post to learn more.

Customer Care 200

Customer Care Loyalty Blog Feedback 200

InMoment XI

FEBRUARY 26, 2009

Some organizations don't exactly bury their heads in the sand when it comes to customer care--they just run away or abandon an avenue for customer feedback. But to do so, you have to provide your customers with as many options for communicating with you as possible. Read this blog post to learn more.

Customer Care 200

Customer Care Loyalty Blog Feedback 200

Bill Quiseng

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

In the last two weeks, I explained the first and second QUI TAKEAWAYS: CX versus CXM, and customer service versus customer CARE. This week, I will explain the third QUI TAKEAWAY: customer service training versus customer CARE education. QUI TAKEAWAY: Don’t offer customer service training.

Customer Service Training 97

Customer Service Training Customer Care Social Media Loyalty 97

ClearAction

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

Are Your Customer Care Metrics Customer-Centric? Customer care metrics are a barometer of performance across a variety of customer interactions such as chat, text messages, email, social media and communities. Both of these orientations tend to be company-serving rather than customer-focused.

Customer Care 54

Customer Care Customer Centricity Metrics Social Media 54

ClearAction

DECEMBER 14, 2017

Customer Care … CRM … Customer Experience — What’s the Difference? Customer Care … Customer Relationship Management … Customer Experience — what’s the difference? Customer Profitability (efforts to increase revenue and profit from customers). Lynn Hunsaker.

Customer Care 59

Customer Care CEM Customer Experience Net Promoter Score 59

COPC

MAY 23, 2023

US Employee Engagement Research Report COPC Inc. Honing a team leader’s skillset is fundamental to broader contact center employee engagement initiatives. ’s Employee Engagement Research uncovered a crucial takeaway for effective team leadership in the contact center industry: the power of education and skill building.

Contact Center 88

Contact Center Engagement Leadership Webinar 88

Russel Lolacher

OCTOBER 28, 2019

74% of Millennials (18-34) and 58% of GenX (35-54) have a better opinion of organizations that provide social media customer care – Microsoft . Building and nurturing these connections can lead to improved internal and external engagement, deeper trust and boosted social capital. Great social customer care can do the same.

Customer Care 45

Customer Care Social Media 2017 Engagement 45

Interactions

OCTOBER 29, 2020

When interacting with customers, brands should apply the same simple practices of etiquette and courtesy as with any other type of business or social engagement. If these basic principles are at the core of your customer interactions, it sets the tone for a good experience. Remember people’s names. .

Customer Care 48

Customer Care Interaction Customers Technology 48

BlueOcean

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Finding Bilingual Support That Suits Your Customers Best We’re an onshore Canadian contact center outsourcer and pride ourselves on delivering sophisticated (bilingual) customer care through strategic partnership. It’s our thing. So, of course, we’re biased.

Contact Center 310

Contact Center Customer Care Average Handle Time Consumers 310

Bold360

JUNE 18, 2020

For one thing, social distancing keeps people from engaging face to face any more than they have to. Customers just don’t want that kind of high-touch, hand-holding treatment like they once did. Visual engagement can help to accelerate the ways that businesses stay close to customers. What is visual engagement?

Connections 71

Connections Engagement Insurance Customers 71

Joe Rawlinson

APRIL 16, 2014

” Here are a few steps to help you achieve exactly that–a customer service dream team. While there are some benefits to hiring team members who possess a Degree in Customer Care Management or Customer Service, there are several important qualities that many believe cannot be taught. Hire the right people.

Customer Care 121

Customer Care Management Call Center Customers 121

Bill Quiseng

MAY 18, 2015

This week’s guest post is from Rhonda Basler , director of Customer Engagement at Hallmark Business Connections. I have been a longtime fan of her blog so I’m honored that she is sharing her customer experience insight here. Rhonda Basler is the Director of Customer Engagement at Hallmark Business Connections.

Customer Care 156

Customer Care Social Media Customers Loyalty 156

TechSee

MAY 29, 2018

Visual engagement and support are maturing as a technology, and are swiftly becoming key differentiators in many customer service organizations. They have found that visual engagement and support have a dramatic effect on KPIs measured in every call center: NPS, FCR and Truck Rolls. Maturity of Visual Engagement.

Contact Center 95

Contact Center Engagement Call Center Net Promoter Score 95

SurveySparrow

JANUARY 7, 2021

Whatever situation your customer faced, the value of providing a great customer experience hasn’t changed a bit for businesses. In fact, brands started to put more attention on improving their customer engagement. Customer Engagement in Pre-Covid World. So, what’s the wait?

Customer Engagement 52

Customer Engagement Engagement Social Media Net Promoter Score 52

Totango

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

What do you do when you realize that 95 percent of your customer base is tech-touch and you don’t have the manpower to properly engage with and measure this group? Getting Started: Tips for Implementing an Effective Customer Engagement Strategy. How many employees support digital engagement at Aruba?

Customer Engagement 111

Customer Engagement Engagement Customer Journey Mapping Definition 111

Kayako

APRIL 11, 2017

She will guide you through why customer care is so important and how teams can feel empowered to help their customers. You love doing everything that you can for your customers. How do you train your employees to offer the same level of care? How to teach customer care. All awesome, right?

Customer Care 76

Customer Care Culture Customer Service Representative Customers 76